Category - Sports
Mondays and Thursdays have been great fun since Hallowe’en with GAA training from both Wicklow and Carlow GAA.
Since Hallowe’en we have been very lucky to have not one, but two GAA coaches taking children from Junior Infants to Sixth Class for sessions.Paul Garrigan from Wicklow GAA has been taking the junior classes every Monday. They have had great fun playing games and developing their fundamental movement skills such as jumping and running. He has already picked out plenty of future stars for the Cumann na mBunscol teams!
4 th class have spent the year in St Mary’s Hall. They thought it a good idea to find out a little bit more about this important building in our parish and to share what they learned with their school mates.
Our Spelling Bee Champion, Sara O’Grady, recently took part in the Carlow County Final of the Eason Spelling Bee. Read her account below.
We were delighted to welcome our former student, Rosealice Byrne, back to Ballyconnell NS last week to regale our 4 th , 5 th and 6 th class students with details of her recent trip to The Gambia in West Africa.
Cathal and Peter tell us all about their day at the Credit Union All-Ireland Final, Ballyconnell NS’s first appearance at the finals since 2001.
Rang a 4 recently did some planting with Ms Ryan. Sarah tells us more!
Rang a 5 student and team member Florrie Cosgrove regales us with the nerves and excitement of Ballyconnell NS’s recent Credit Union Quiz triumph