Category - Sports
Last Wednesday, 25th of September, our athletics team travelled to the annual St. Laurence O’Toole Cross Country for Primary Schools in Carlow Hurling Grounds.
Well done to our 48 strong team who all started and finished their own respective race which was the goal at the outset! Unfortunately, the weather was not in our favour on the day but a great day nonetheless.
A special mention to our 3 medal winners, Oskaras in 4th Class and Sara in 5th Class who placed 8th in their races against stiff competition. Congratulations to Christopher in 6th Class who placed 7th in his race. We also had some excellent placings by the boys and girls in all the races.
See below for photos and medal winners. A special thank you to Ms Brennan, Ms Doyle and Ms Ryan who attended on the day.
We are so proud of all our runners who represented the school so well. Maith sibh!
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