Everyone in the school visited the ‘Celtic Travelling Books’ in the school halla. The girls had the chance to browse through the books before choosing and buying their favourite one.
Thanks to Ms Corbett, Ms Keane and Ms Ní Cheallaigh for all their hard work organising the book fair, ordering our books and delivering our books!! Thanks also to the parents who supported this Book Fair as the school can now avail of some free books for each class library!!
‘The Society of St Vincent de Paul is the largest, voluntary, charitable organisation in Ireland with over 10,500 volunteers. They provide help and assistance to thousands of families throughout the year.’ (www.svp.ie)
The girls in Mary, Help of Christians have been busy making hampers in their classes by donating non-perishable food items, clothes, jigsaws, games, etc.
This well help families and individuals enjoy a very special Christmas this year. Maith sibh a chailíní!
Take a look at some of our hampers!
All the girls in MHOC dressed up and paraded around the school yard in their Halloween outfits. We had some brilliant costumes. Take a look at our Halloween gallery below.
Happy Halloween!! Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh!!
On September 25th 2015, Sergeant Wayne Eastwood and Lieutenant Deirdre Fahy visited Mary Help of Christians GNS to present our school with the National Flag and a copy of the 1916 Proclamation.
This is an initiative run by Óglaigh na hÉireann to celebrate Ireland’s Centenary Programme to commemorate the 1916 Rising.
Sergeant Wayne Eastwood gave us a short talk on the care and custody of the National Flag. Every school in Ireland will receive the National Flag in preparation for Proclamation Day on the 15th March 2016. On this day, every school in the country will raise their flag at midday.
Lieutenant Deirdre Fahy read the 1916 Proclamation to us. 2016 is the Centenary of the 1916 Proclamation and Lieutenant Fahy asked us to create our own Proclamation for the next 100 years. What do you think should be included in this Proclamation?
If you want to find out more about the Centenary Programme, you can visit: http://www.military.ie
The school yard was full of fun and excitement on Tuesday, June 16th, for Junior Sports Day. There was colourful bunting hanging from the Prefabs and the 6th class girls had a circuit of 8 activities ready for us to complete.
Lots of our family members came to see us in action. We loved the stations the 6th class girls prepared for us. We had Dance, Water Races, Beanbags, Parachute, Obstacle Course, Novelty Races, Targets and Balloon Races.
After all the activities we were exhausted! We returned to our classrooms for lunch. We got certificates and treats from the Parents Association. We had popcorn and juice! We would like to thank our teachers, the 6th class girls and our wonderful Parents Association for a fabulous Sports Day! Look at our gallery and slideshow of photos below to see more girls in action.
We went on a minibeast adventure! A minibeast is small animal or ‘creepy crawly’. We learnt lots about minibeasts in the classroom and then we went out together to find them. We collected them in jars. The jars had a magnifying glass lid so that we could see the minibeasts up close. We found lots of worms and woodlouse under the flowerpots. We also collected snails, ants and even a spider! Then we took them all back to the classroom to get a better look. Don’t worry, we put them straight back in the garden afterwards! It was so much fun!
Looking for minibeasts!
We were delighted that the sun shone during our walk to the Bogies. We were searching for signs of spring. We found loads of evidence that spring has sprung! We saw cherry blossom trees in bloom; crocuses and daffodils growing and we found branches with leaf buds on them. Spring is everywhere.
When we finished our scavenger hunt we went to the playground. We had great fun climbing, swinging and spinning. When we were tired we took a break to eat our lunch. We sketched the playground. We took a short cut back to school. It was a great trip.
Mary Help of Christians G.N.S. 