Maths Week 2025
The children in Ballyconnell NS had lots of fun during Maths Week 2025, which this year, took place from 13th – 17th October 2025!
Category - Sports
Meadhbh and Isabella tell us all about their recent gymnastics lessons in PE.
Gymnastics/Gleacaíocht
Over the past few weeks, we've been learning all about gymnastics.
Week one we were learning all about handstands, which is all about trusting yourself.
Week two it was all about rolls, which you need good momentum and good follow through to do. Some of the rolls were wonder women roll, head-over-heels, and the James Bond roll etc.
Week three was all about balances, which required a lot of balance.
Week four had to do with jumps, which included the star jump, the pencil jump and the tuck jump.
And finally week five, we were putting all of our hard work to show by doing sequences which everybody really enjoyed.
By Meadhbh and Isabella












The children in Ballyconnell NS had lots of fun during Maths Week 2025, which this year, took place from 13th – 17th October 2025!
On the 1st of October it was National Tree Day, Joanna Donnelly planted a tree at the front of the school with some of the members of our Parents Association.
Ballyconnell NS took part in GOAL Jersey Day for the 5th time. Sixth class led GOAL Jersey Day on Friday October 10th. We raised €375.75! Míle buíochas to everyone who contributed so generously.
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.