Category - Christmas
Santa’s Visit 8th December 2020
A fantastic day was had by all when Santa paid a visit to our playground. He brought lovely gifts for all of the boys and girls. This month we have been learning lots of new Christmas songs and we decided to sing ‘Jingle Bells’ to Santa. He was very impressed with our lovely singing.
On the 18th December, Frosty the Snowman (Class SNA), made a surprise visit to our classroom. The children were very taken with him. Have a look below.
Christmas Preparation- December 2020
The month of December has been a very busy and exciting month in our classroom. We have had lots of fun putting up our Christmas tree and decorating it, we have made some Santa’s out of paper plates and we have also made some Christmas cookies.
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