Category - Art
Making St. Brigid's Day crosses last February
In February 2020, Ms. Clare’s 4th & 5th class learned all about the story of St. Brigid, one of the patron saints of Ireland. We then decided to make St. Brigid’s Crosses, which are associated with St. Brigid of Kildare. These are typically small crosses, usually woven by rushes that have four arms tied at the ends, with a woven square in the middle. Have a look at our photos below to see how we made them!
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