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We had a great day out on the 4th of April at the Niall Kinnevey and Gillian Lydon Cup competitions in Killannin. Our pupils once again joined with pupils from Tullykyne and Baile Nua to form two girls teams and two boys teams – the NewTullyMuckers!
At the end of the day one of the boys teams emerged victorious winning their final and going home with the Niall Kinnevey Cup 🏆!
The pupils celebrated World Book Day in style by dressing up as their favourite characters! It was great fun!
The pupils in the Senior Room had a lovely afternoon in St. Nicholas’s church in Galway on the 4th of March when they attended Lunchtime with ConTempo. Thanks to Galway Music Residency for this wonderful opportunity.
Congratulations to the team who won 4 out of 4 preliminary matches to get through to the final of their section of the 5 a-side soccer competition in Salthill Devon. They were beaten in the final but were delighted with their performance and quite rightly proud of themselves and the way they played on the day. Well done everyone!
Laura from Corrib Kids Coding came to the school on the 28th of February to do a coding workshop with the children in the Senior Room. It was a great success. Pupils used Lego to build amusement park rides and then they had to program them to function. It was a very practical and ‘hands on’ workshop which all of the pupils thoroughly enjoyed.
Thanks to the Parent’s Committee who organised a Christmas raffle to raise funds for the school. We are very grateful to the following companies who very generously donated prizes.
Supervalu Moycullen, Sweeney’s Fuel Station Moycullen, Galway Cakery, Daniel Melia Consulting Engineer, Tree Bark Moycullen, Shane Howard Pharmacy, Matt O’Flaherty Pharmacy Moycullen and Centra Store Moycullen.
Our Christmas play this year was called Stable Manners. It told the story of Mary and Joseph’s journey and the birth of Jesus. It also told the tale of some of the animals who belonged to the innkeeper. We met the hens Lottie and Louise; sheep, Cecil and Sid and pony Bertie who couldn’t agree on who was to get the recently departed Neddy’s stall. Angels Gabriel and Luke were overseeing the whole occasion and there was fun with robbers Grabber and Snatcher, a frustrated policeman, the innkeeper and his right hand man, Sonny, and two narrators as well as Nativity regulars, the shepherds, the angels, the 3 kings, their camels, and a star. It was a great show and the children really enjoyed taking part.
Our Winter Reading Challenge is continuing throughout December. We are encouraging all of the children to read for a small amount of time every day. If they are in the Junior classes a parent can read to/with them instead. We want everyone to enjoy this challenge and ultimately to get into the habit of reading. There are small rewards at various stages of the challenge as an extra incentive!
We had a wonderful response to the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal. Thanks so much to all of the parents and children who took the trouble to participate in this very worthy endeavour.
