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June 2018

Green Flag

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Thank you Maria we will miss you!

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Gaisce Awards

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Activate School Tour

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Kilkenny Activity Centre School Tour

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Sports Day

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Trip on the Greenway

We would like to say a huge thank you to Suir Engineering Waterford for their kind donation to make this trip on the Greenway possible for our whole school. As you can see from the photos, we had a great day!
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Waterford Sports Day

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May 2018

Summer BBQ

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First Aid

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Gaisce Adventure Journey

What an incredible couple of days with an AMAZING group of young people. We packed a lot in to our Adventure Journey to complete the last part of our Gaisce Bronze and Silver medals. We went to Fota Wildlife, Scoozies for a fabulous dinner, a visit to the cinema to see the new Avengers film, an overnight stay in a lovely hostel - all this in between lots of chats and laughs. 
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Cork Sports Day

A great day was had at Cork Sport’s Day!
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School Museum

We set up a school museum where we showed technology through the ages.
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April 2018

The sun was shining one Friday afternoon so the Seniors decided to play soccer in the Park and have an ice-cream as a treat.
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Bikes

We are delighted to have received some bikes from the very generous Paul from Rebike. We will get great use out of them especially with the Greenway on our doorstep. Thanks Paul!
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World Down Syndrome Awareness Day

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Our Wednesday afternoon groupings are going very well, everyone is working so hard.
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March 2018

We were all very happy when the Easter Bunny came to visit! We went on an Easter egg hunt and found lots of chocolate eggs!
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The two most senior classes got a treat this week ordering pizza! We used money we earned ourselves to pay for the Pizza Party where we sat, listened to music, chatted and most importantly ate amazing food!
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St. Patrick's Day Parade
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We kicked off our St. Patrick's celebrations in style with Irish Dancing. Thanks to Mary for coming in to teach us some dances. 
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February 2018

The senior classes were invited on a tour of the local Garda Station. It was incredibly interesting and we all had lots of questions about the work of the Garda Síochána.
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Below are images of a visit we had from Heather and Ted from Dog's Trust. She spoke to junior and senior classes about how to be safe around dogs, how to care for dogs and we all learned the best way to pet a dog.
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The U18 soccer team played very well in University of Limerick. 
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                                         January 2018

We started off the year with a mixed soccer blitz in Cork. We had two teams and each team played a number of games. We got on well and enjoyed the day.
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Decemeber 2017

Christmas Party

Thank you to the Deise Brass Band for entertaining us at our Christmas party. The had everyone up dancing. 
We also had a very special visitor SANTA CLAUS!!! We are so lucky!
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Presentation of money raised from a raffle for the Lions Club Christmas Appeal.
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Variety Show

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Christmas Dinner

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Below are a selection of photographs of children getting into the Christmas spirit. 
Christmas logs and mince pies were made in cookery, classes went on walks to view the Christmas displays around the town and went for a festive hot chocolate.
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Christmas Market

The senior classes worked very hard during Novemeber and December for the Christmas market. 
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all those who supported us. 
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Faithlegg

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Munster Indoor Soccer

Well done to our indoor soccer team who played very well in the Munsters in Mary I during the week. We had a great day.
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Christmas Market 

Our Christmas elves are busy getting ready for our annual Christmas Market. 
We have bird houses, reindeer and snowmen ornaments, Christmas tree decorations and lots more.
We will be selling our handmade delights on the 7th and 14th December in the Farmer's Market in Gratten Square and 8th and 15th December in The Country Market in the Tennis club in Abbeyside. 
We would love some support and can take orders too as some of our items can even be personalised....they would make great gifts. Keep an eye for more photos!
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'It takes guts' science exhibition

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Well done to our boys soccer team who played in a tournament in Limerick 

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Congratulations to our Credit Union competition winners

Girl's Soccer Blitz

The girls went to Portlaoise for a soccer blitz where they played five matches. They played very well and they're looking forward to their next match.
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Cherrios Childline Breakfast

We all enjoyed our Cheerios breakfast this year again. Thanks to the leavers class and staff and Maria for organising it. 
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Cinema trip for senior classes

Senior classes took their history lesson to the cinema this week to watch a local documentary made about the social history of Gratten Square which was extremely interesting. 

We get very active on a Friday afternoon!

Croke Park 

Not everyone can say they played a match and scored a goal in Croke Park!!! We were very lucky to get the opportunity to play in such an amazing place.
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Beat the Street

We got September off to a great start with Beat the Street. We are very excited to be competing with other teams to get as many points as we can by going for walks. 
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