Curraglass N.S. Spring News Letter 2006

At the mid-term break we all had a well deserved rest, but now its back to the grindstone! We are all looking forward to the Spring term, let s hope it s as exciting and action packed as the last. We have just completed six weeks of P.E. in Conna Sports Complex. Our activities included soccer, basketball, tennis, and many other sports and games. With our P.E over we are continuing our fitness regime with our dancing lessons with Trish Leahy, and near the end of the term, Larry will be teaching us folk-dancing.
The recent visits of soccer player Liam Kearney and hurler Timmy McCarthy really promoted a healthy lifestyle for the children. We are currently enjoying learning music with our music teacher Mrs. Cullinane. We are slashing our trash in the school, as the students and staff are being encouraged to recycle their paper and plastic waste. Our wormery continues to be a big success; both Ms. Grant s and Mrs. Fouhy-Barry s pupils planted bulbs using our home produced compost! You can see the results in the wonderful crocuses and daffodils in the window-boxes as you pass the school.

On St. Valentine s Day Angela sold friendship bracelets in aid of Amnesty International s Control Arms Campaign, the total sold was 80. New library books have recently been bought; we are also utilising the Cork County Library van. Thanks to local librarian Angela Davis and her colleagues for all their help.
We had such a successful healthy eating day last term that we featured in the Southern Health Board s Spring 2006 Sl inte magazine A non-uniform day will be held on the 26th of April in aid of the Chernobyl Children s Project. Art is a major subject this term, with Mrs. Barry s room exploring the Renaissance. We used the internet to find out all about Leonardo de Vinci and his contemporaries. Ms. Grant s classes are expressing themselves freely in art with a focus on texture and colour.
Mrs. Barry s room have recently done an art project on Spring, with poems and posters galore! Some of the boys did a rap/slash poem with a Spring theme. Sixth class children are undertaking their entrance exams for their chosen secondary schools. We wish them the best of luck!
We are one step closer to having satellite broadband, thanks to the efforts of the National Centre for Technology in Education. To view our work, go on our brilliant website at http://homepage.eircom.net/~curraglassns We are now able to enjoy our new pitch, as the days are getting better and the ground is not too soft! G.A.A training is starting up again and we give our best wishes to the St. Catherine s team. Miss O Mahoney teaches us science and Ms. Grant teaches us I.T. while Mrs. Barry enjoys Our News in the junior room on Thursday mornings.