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ACTIVE SCHOOL WEEK: WHOLE SCHOOL DANCE MACARENA!!

9/6/2025

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IRELAND V SLOVENIA: Some of our pupils travelled to Páirc Uí Chaoimh this week for the Ireland V Slovenia match and were lucky to meet two of the Irish players, Abbie Larkin and Kyra Carusa.

6/6/2025

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NOVEL READING GROUPS: We are avid readers in 5th and 6th class and are devouring all the new novels we bought this year! Working on our fluency and expression when reading.

6/6/2025

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  • Under the Hawthorn Tree Trilogy: Marita Colon Mc Kenna
  • The Boy at the Back of the Class: Onjali Q. Rauf
  • Return to Troy: Pierce C.Feirtear
  • The Guns of Easter: Gerald Whelan
  • Wilderness: Roddy Doyle
  • The Girl who Ate the Stars: Caroline Busher
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: C.S Lewis
  • Wonder: R.J Palacio
  • The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: John Boyne
  • Two Degrees: Alan Gratz
  • Faraway Home: Marilyn Taylor
  • The Sinking of the Titanic: graphic novel
  • Black Beauty: Anna Sewell
  • Carrie's War: Nina Bawden
  • Toad Rage: Morris Gleitzman
  • Pompeii: Karen Ball
  • Anne Frank: Susanna Davidson
  • Stories of Vampires: Louie Stowell
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PLAYGROUND LEADERS: Structured yard games: We had loads of fun playing a variety of games today. Thank you to our playground leaders for organising the stations.

5/6/2025

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  • Dodgeball
  • Basketball
  • Hockey
  • Bench Ball
  • Rounders 
  • Throwing Station
  • Duck Duck Goose Game
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PMC: MATHS GAMES: We are solving and posing practical tasks to investigate and make informed judgements about transactions and financial plans in 5th and 6th. (Budgeting, profit and loss)

5/6/2025

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TRAD BAND PREPARATION: Our talented trad band are preparing for our end of year mass this week. Great to see such a variety of instruments being played!

5/6/2025

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DIVERSITY DAY: Our country PowerPoint presentations and information posters are well underway for displaying during Wellness Week. Huge effort made by all of 5th and 6th class!

3/6/2025

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SUMMER ART: We have been having fun creating summer art in 5th and 6th.

3/6/2025

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ACHIEVEMENTS THIS TERM: 5TH AND 6TH

29/5/2025

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​CREATIVE ARTIST: Well done to our 5th class pupil who won the U12 Community Games Art Competition in Dunmore. We are very lucky to have such a wide range of interests and talents in Garrafrauns NS

ASPIRING MUSICIANS: Well done to our students who took part in the Fleadh Ceoil this year and won medals in various categories including U12 Trio, U12 slow air, U12 Céilí band and U12 accompaniment. Exceptional results!
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Write a Book winners 2025: Well done to our creative and talented 5th and 6th class pupils who participated in a creative writing competition. Many months of planning, drafting and editing went into them! Well done!

29/5/2025

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Only a few more sleeps to go!  Bring your dancing shoes for a great night that will raise vital funds for our sensory garden and outdoor exercise and play areas that our pupils will benefit from for many years to come.  Thanks so much to our amazing pa

27/5/2025

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TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC: We had loads of fun today playing various instruments with Marian. We are very lucky to have her sharing her talents and knowledge with us. We are fostering a love of music in Garrafrauns!

9/5/2025

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We are working on the following tunes in 5th and 6th this month:
  • Joe Banes
  • The Kesh Jig
  • Planxty Irwins
  • Padraic O Keefe
  • The Blackbird
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EXCITING NEWS!!!! Our foundations have been dug and concrete poured in preparation for our new sensory garden. We cannot wait for it to start taking shape. Well done to all those involved in getting this fantastic project underway!

9/5/2025

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ACTIVE SCHOOLS: Climb The Heights Skipping Challenge: We have all completed four weeks of our skipping challenge as part of our Active Schools. Well done to all the family members who participated at home for our bonus skips!

9/5/2025

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MATHS: 2D and 3D models. 1st and 2nd class have been busy constructing shapes using play dough and matchsticks.

9/5/2025

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MEET THE AUTHOR: 5th and 6th class participated in a Scholastic webinar today, met author Gerri Halliway and got some insight into her novel Rosie Frost.

9/5/2025

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Green Schools: A lot of work has gone into our poly-tunnel and it is starting to take shape. We have prepared the planting beds and have a watering schedule comprising of members of our Green Schools committee.

8/5/2025

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MEET THE AUTHOR: The Fart that Saved the World by Stephen Mangan and illustrated by Anita Mangan. Scholastic webinar.

8/5/2025

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The 5th and 6th class took part in a creative and entertaining Scholastic webinar today with author Stephen Mangan and illustrator Anita Mangan. We listened to a dramatic reading from the novel 'The Fart that Saved the World" and learned to draw aliens with the illustrator. We had a lot of fun and laughter! 
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EASTER EGG HUNT EXCITEMENT!!!!!!!!! 2025

10/4/2025

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Thank you to our Parent's Association and Student Council for organising our Easter egg hunt today. A special thank you to O'Rourke Agri who sponsored the eggs. We had great fun!
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NATIONAL CHILDREN'S CHOIR 2025: We had our final choir practice ahead of our huge performance in Leisureland this evening. Good luck to all our 3rd-6th class pupils who will be singing Thursday evening.

10/4/2025

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