Category - Sports
There was great excitement recently as the senior pupils raced to see who would represent the school at the Valleymount Cross Country Championships 2023.
Every year (except for the Covid years of 2020 and 2021), we have completed our Valleymount trials by doing laps of our football pitches. Due to the ongoing building works, we had to decamp to the church carpark this year for the trials. This provided a great novelty not to mention a challenging circuit for the students. The levels of fitness are very high among our students at the moment. This meant we had some brilliant races which went right to the wire! Well done to everybody who participated in the trials, especially those who qualified for Valleymount. Míle buíochas le múinteoirí na ranganna sinsireacha a d’eagraigh na trialacha!
Cailíní Rang a 5
Cailíní Rang a 3
Buachaillí Rang a 4
Cailíní Rang a 4
Rang a 6
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