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Good luck!

Save the date and spread the word!!  A great evening's entertainment in store on Thursday 5th March at 8.00 p.m. in Templeport Resource Centre.  Irish music, song and dance featuring past and present pupils, McGovern Family, Cein Sweeney and guests.  Tickets on sale shortly.

Mr Sweeney continues to take the girls and boys in 3rd to 6th class for football training on alternate Wednesday's after school.  Please collect the children at 3.45 p.m.  

Thanks to everyone for supporting our Christmas concert.   Well done to all the children on their performances.  

We had a really interesting visit from Benny - a Marine Biologist in December.   He told us all about marine life around the coast of Ireland and explained how to help prevent pollution our waterways.  See gallery section for pictures from the day.

School self-evaluation is now an on-going process for all schools and provides an opportunity to us to look at an aspect or aspects of our teaching and learning in our school.  In previous years we have adapted the ‘Building Bridges of Comprehension’ as part of our Literacy Programme and we addressed problem-solving as an area that we were concerned about in maths.

In 2018/2019, we drew up a school improvement plan for P.E. incorporating the ‘Fundamental Movement Skills Programme’.

Our Schools Inspector visited us towards the end of the last school year and advised us on some strategies going forward.

We have found that our School Improvement Plans for Comprehension (English) and problem solving were very useful but we will be revisiting them this year to see what areas can be improved upon.  Our P.E. plan was quite detailed and we will narrow down the targets that we have set and try to reach them all over a 3-year period.

We will also replace/upgrade some of our old school policies in line with new legislation.

Brendan McGowan

Principal

03/10/2019

We would like to wish Mrs Cross all the best of health and happiness in her retirement.  You will be missed by children, staff and parents alike.  We also wish Mr Conefrey all the best in his new position of Principal at St. Mary's N.S. Drumlea.  

Mr. Conefrey's clasroom visited the Marble Arch Caves and Enniskillen Castle On April 12th, and Mr. McGowans's classroom took part in a Waterways Ireland biodiversity workshop at the canal in Ballyconnell on May 21st. More photos can be viewed in the gallery shortly.

Congratulations to Donal Corrigan, Mark Edwards, James Wetherall, Ruairí McManus, James McManus, Diarmuid McGovern, Séamus Edwards and Finn maguire who recived First Holy Communion on Saturday May 18th.

"National Autism Awareness Day” took place Tuesday, April 2^nd.  We supported C.A.P.S. (Cavan Autism Parents Support) by having a no uniform where we wore something blue and brought in €2 towards this charity.

Well done to all the children in the school who completed the "Around Ireland in 30 days" challenge, a PE initiative to improve fitness. Every morning, each child (and teacher!) completed at least 5 laps of the school building and yard which was approx. 1 km. Collectively we ran 80 kms per day which we tracked on our map of Ireland, and after 30 days we had completed a circuit of Ireland! A presentation took place in our school hall where everyone was presented with a specially commissioned medal and a treat.

Congratulation to Grace, Molly, Dylan, Anthony, Conor, Oisin and James who were confirmed on Saturday April 6th at 12.00 noon in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Ballyconnell.

Food Dudes is a curriculum-linked healthy eating programme, developed to encourage children to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. It is based on repeated tastings of fresh fruit and vegetables, rewards and positive role models. This year we enjoyed banana, orange, apple, peppers, babycorn and carrot. We were all encouraged to bring fruit AND veg in our lunchboxes every day - Danielle led the way!

Swimming lessons in Cavan Leisure Centre took place for 2nd to 6th class pupils in February and March. Thank you to everyone for your continued support of our clothes bank which helps subsidise the transport costs.

Sincere thanks to Maggie Edwards for offering tin whistle classes for 1^st to 6^th classes in January and February, 

as part of the school's music curriculum.