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February 3rd 2020
Aladdin Success!
Following the roaring success of 'The Jungle Story' last year, Mrs Garvey thought this should become a yearly event and so, back in September 2019, our fifth class students began preparations for their own show, 'Ala...
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January 16th 2020
Aladdin Update
Our fifth class students have been busy working on their performances of the Disney classic 'Aladdin', since September. Now with only two weeks to go, the excitement is definitely building. All the rehearsals have take...
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January 13th 2020
Feile Rince Tulach Mhór
Kara Mc Keown and Faye Mc Donald from Mrs Gilligan's Third Class are members of the Fiona Gallagher School of Dance. Yesterday, the girls travelled to Tullamore to take part in a feis and came h...
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December 5th 2019
Break time Entertainment
After finishing six weeks of dancing lessons with dance teacher, Siobhan Moore, the students from Mrs Lyons' Fourth Class thought it would be a shame if no-one saw the dances they had learned. So a plan...
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November 25th 2019
Buddy System
Every Friday, our sixth class students partner up with the boys and girls from Ms Hamill's Senior Infant Class and Ms Kelly's & Ms Mc Laughlin's Junior Infant Classes. Over many weeks, the older students will e...
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November 15th 2019
Chef Weronika
Our junior infants were delighted to welcome Chef Weronika Cybula into their classrooms today. Over the past two weeks, the boys and girls have been pretending to be chefs, while covering the topic, 'The Restaura...
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November 5th 2019
Biodiversity Nature Walk
Mullingar Shamrocks G.F.C. has recently opened a beautiful biodiversity nature walk around the G.A.A. pitch. Information plaques have been erected in various locations on the walk, each one specifi...
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November 6th 2019
Aistear
Aistear is an early years curriculum developed in 2009 by NCCA (National Council for Curriculum and Assessment) and designed specifically for children between birth and six years of age. The word Aistear is the Irish word for...
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October 9th 2019
Plants and Flowers
The boys and girls in Ms Hamill's Senior Infant Class are learning all about plants and flowers and they're loving every minute. Student teacher, Ms Allan, first introduced the subject during their Science les...
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October 4th 2019
Houdini Visits First Class!
Over the last few weeks, the boys and girls in Mrs Gavin's First Class have been learning about and researching 'the war on plastic'. They learned that plastic waste is a major problem in our oceans an...
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October 3rd 2019
Preparation for First Holy Communion Begins...
This morning, the pupils from Mrs Healy-Donoghue's and Mr O'Reilly's Second Classes attended 9.15am Mass in St Paul's Church, officiated by Fr Joe Campbell. This is in preparation f...
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September 17th 2019
An Autumn Nature Walk
The weather has been quite changeable since we came back to school, so, with a forecast for good weather this week, it was time for a nature walk. And that's exactly what the boys and girls from Ms ...
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September 13th 2019
Settling in Well
The first two weeks of school have passed very quickly and by now, everyone has settled into their new routine. Our junior infants are really enjoying their new experience in 'Big School'. Although their days ...
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June 19th 2019
Walk a mile with a Smile... and a Buddy!
With only a week left in primary school, the students from Mrs Walters'/Mrs Slevin's Sixth Class decided to make the most of the dry weather today and 'walk a mile with a smile'. They invit...
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June 14th 2019
Badminton
Some of our classes walked to Mullingar Tennis and Badminton Club this week and enjoyed learning the basic rules of badminton. Mrs Gilligan's Fourth Class are pictured below trying out the game.
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June 13th 2019
Outdoor Obstacle Course
Our indoor obstacle course has been in use throughout the week, but today the children from Ms Clarke's Junior Infant Class had the opportunity to try out an outdoor obstacle course on the green in front of the s...
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June 13th 2019
Circuit Training
The boys and girls from Ms Mc Laughlin's First Class got the day off to a great start with circuit training in the lower playground. They completed a number of different exercises - star jumps, squats, jogging on ...
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June 12th 2019
Farewell Fr Paul
It was with a heavy heart that we welcomed Fr Paul Crosby to the school today, because it was time to say goodbye. Fr Paul has been a familiar face around St Colman's for eight years. He always had a smile on his face a...
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June 12th 2019
Indoor Obstacle Course
Unfortunately the inclement weather forced us to cancel Sports Day today, but that didn't stop us from exercising! Many classes made use of the indoor obstacle course which was set up in the school hall. Ms Mc Lau...
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June 12th 2019
Skipping
At one time, if you entered any housing estate anywhere in Ireland, you would find children skipping away happily. Unfortunately that is not the case anymore. Sadly skipping is a lost art! This year, during Active School ...
