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It has been a very busy Term 2 with a huge variety of activities happening. We had our school quiz, seachtain na gaeilge activities including our ceili and la glas. We also said goodbye to Jennifer a We also had a variety of sporting events and 4th class visited the library during STEM week to build a variety of creations.
The first ever term of St. Fergals’ Art Club comes to an end!
The children of 6th class were delighted to take part in an after school art club programme being hosted by 6th class teacher Mr. Domican. Running for 6 weeks in the school, the children not only had a great time with their art practice, but also learned of various art styles, medium, and artists such as Jackson Pollock.
This large painting is on the display in the 6th class corridor and brings an energy and colourfulness to the hall!
Well done to all who took part.
In the run up to Christmas in here in St. Fergal's, 3 children, along with their teacher, worked together to create a wonderful painting of Kevin the Carrot which will be enjoyed by the St. Fergal's community for many years to come!
They did a fantastic job and revealed and presented the painting well at assembly doing themselves proud.
Here is selection of different events in January and February. We were busy learning about St. Brigid.We had an assembly sharing our knowledge. We also celebrated Inside Out day working towards getting the Amber Flag. There are also lots of photos of work that the children have been doing throughout the school.
This half term has been hectic. We have been doing lots of learning. We also prepared Christmas plays, having assemblies celebrating our learning and our attendance. The parents association ran our annual Christmas raffle. Thank you for all the support.
As part of World Book Day, we got to dress up as our favourite book characters. We also designed a book cover with the theme of Ireland and the winners from each class got to choose a book. The book fair also came to school and we had the opportunity to buy books of our choice! Some classes also got together to share stories together
We did lots to celebrate our Irish culture during Seachtain na Gaeilge. The children participated in frasaí an lae, ticeidí glasa for speaking Gaeilge, ceilí móra with Claire, an Irish dancing display from our very talented students, traditional music with the teachers and lá glas to finish off our celebrations
Over the month of November, the whole school has participated in Active Break Every Day. It is an initiative between the Irish heart Foundation and Active Schools, in order to encourage everyone to move a little bit each day. The children have one task to complete everyday for the month. It has been a great initiative that has us all moving a little bit more. Here are some photos showing us in action.
Halloween was great fun in our school. We did lots of different activities and met together for assembly. Look at us in all our different costumes. We look amazing!
We were lucky enough to have past pupil Daina Moorehouse come and visit our school. She shared lots of information about her training routine and about attending the Olympics in Paris 2024. We showed off some of our boxing skills and presented her with an award from our school.
The boys and girls of Fifth and Sixth Class participated in the Boys and Girls Cumann Na mBunscol Wicklow Participation Blitz in Bray Emmets. The children played against a variety of schools such as St. Laurence’s, St. Cronan’s, Kilmac, Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath, St. Pat’s, Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin, Gaelscoil Uí Chéadaigh, St. Kevin’s, Greystones Educate Together, Nun’s Cross, Holy Rosary, St. Fergal’s, Ashford, Newtown, St. Peter’s, Ravenswell, Greystones Community National School, Wicklow Educate Together, St. Brigid’s, and St. Coen’s. They played well and had a great time.
Now the weather is back, bright and sunny again, the children are delighted to be back playing on the grass, football, in the sandpit, and with the fun yard equipment. Hopefully we get lots more nice weather days like this in the run up to the summer holidays.
The children from first and second enjoyed a great morning answering questions at their school quiz.
The entries for our Attendance Campaign Art Competition were excellent. We had a very difficult job deciding on the winners.
The overall winner in our school is Emma Burke.
Well done Emma.
The following children are class winners:
Liam Downey
Zara Byrne
Sophie Byrne
Jamie Doyle & Molly Doherty.
Attendance Certificates were awarded to children who have shown excellent attendance in the Christmas - Easter term.
The senior children displayed their talents with their tin whistles at the assembly
The 4th class children from Ms Seery’s made skyline models from toilet rolls and egg boxes.
The children in Ms Seery’s 4th class produced these lovely pieces of Easter Art.
Our school hosted our Seachtain na Gaeilge in the two weeks running up to St. Patrick’s Day. The children were encouraged to use their Gaeilge through out the day and every class was given a chance to speak on Radio Naomh Feargal and recite or sing a poem or song as Gaeilge. Claire hosted an Irish Cēilī for all the classes. Ms Forster brought two visitors to the classes to announce our frāsa an lae each day and we held a very special Lā glas assembly where children got to listen to traditional Irish music, play their tin whistles and perform Irish dancing.
On Tuesday 19th March the 2nd class children held a Show and Tell Display of Science and Stem activities as part of the Curious Minds Award.
