Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Chinese Opera Masks..

The beginnings of our Chinese Opera Masks!

 



October 2015 in the Senior Room

The month of October has flown by in the senior room! We've been kept busy with sporting and artistic endeavours in particular this month.

The first tournament of the year was the boys mini-7's hurling tournament. The competition took place in Gort GAA grounds. We fielded a strong team but we were, unfortunately without the services of Pádraic Dooley who just missed out as a result of age restrictions. We did well in the tournament and our students gave a good account of themselves. Ben Mulcair was our captain and led by example throughout.

The same week our girls took part in the camogie competition which was held in St. Thomas' GAA grounds. Our girls gave some rousing displays throughout, winning all of our group games bar one. We were unfortunately beaten by an extremely strong Kilnadeema side, who qualified for the final as a result of their victory and who would eventually go on to win the tournament. Ailbhe Flannery was our captain and proved to be a great role model for her team mates. Lean Fahy wrote a recount of the days events and this can be seen in older posts below.

The final competition was the Garda tournament which is an annual event in Gort GAA grounds. It is organised by the local Gardaí Síochána and is run in an extremely proficient manner. We fielded a mixture of boys and girls and the day was thoroughly enjoyed by the students.

We have been studying ancient China this month in the senior room and decided to create some Chinese Opera masks in art class. It is fitting for the time of year and the children have been working hard to create strong papier maché bases. They are works in progress and hopefully the end product will reflect the work the children are putting into them!

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Welcome back

Welcome back to everyone!

It's a pleasure to be back with the senior classes this year! The current fifth class have had a great transition to the senior room and have been working very well all month. Welcome to Gary, Michael, Leah, Cian, Lena, Patrick, Éabha, James, Liam, Shauna and Niamh. 
The current sixth are embarking on their final year with us and are acting as great leaders and role models to the younger children in the school! 

This year we have an extra five students in the senior room, bringing the total to twenty one. Eleven in fifth and ten in sixth. 

The students have been busy with art projects including Kites and Anti-bullying posters which came out really well. The anti-bullying posters help to highlight the ''friendship fortnight'' initiative being undertaken throughout the school. They are a testament to our very talented and artistic students.

We are now looking forward to the mini-7's competition next week. Both codes will be in action with the hurlers lining out on Tuesday in Gort GAA pitch, followed by our camogie girls on Thursday in St. Thomas' GAA pitch. The children have been training very well in preparation for the competitions and we have some excellent up and coming hurlers/camogie players. Competition for places on the team is fierce! :)

Monday, September 28, 2015

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Friday, September 4, 2015