World Book Day provides a great opportunity to celebrate our favourite books and authors. All of the pupils enjoyed dressing on the 7th of March. Have a look at the wonderful costumes and the books that inspired them.
World Book Day 2024.
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Visit to Westside Library.
On Thursday the 8th of December the pupils in the Senior Room went to visit Westside Library. They had a wonderful day! To start with, one of the librarians talked to them about the library, how it works and the services they have to offer. Many of the pupils are already members of the library and they were able to bring their library cards with them on the day. All those who weren’t already members were able to join and get library cards of their own.
After learning all about the library the children got to make elf bookmarks and also to build a Christmas themed piece of lego art!
Then they got to meet the Mayor of Galway, Clodagh Higgins!
Finally, everyone got a chance to browse and choose books to borrow and take home to read.
Sincere thanks to everyone at Westside Library for making this such a special day. Go to Galway County Library online to see all of the services that the library has to offer.
December Reading Challenge.
Get reading this October with our Booktober challenge!
Novels in May!
This May the children in 1st, 2nd and 3rd class are enjoying the novel ‘Boy in the Dress’ by David Walliams.
And the children in 4th. 5th and 6th class are reading ‘Orchard’ by Geraldine Mills.
World Book Day!
To celebrate World Book Day on Thursday the 3rd of March the pupils in the Junior Room will tune in to a livestream with author and illustrator Catriona Sweeney.
September events.
Nature writing webinar with author Shane Casey.
On the 15th of September the pupils in the Senior Room enjoyed a live webinar with author Shane Casey and members of the Kerry and Dublin Bay biospheres. Shane spoke to the pupils about the process of writing a story, picking a character, choosing a setting, deciding on the action and writing a conclusion. At various stages the pupils were engaged in short writing exercises and coming up with ideas for their own nature stories.
We will post some of their fantastic stories on this site next week.
Find out more about the Kerry and Dublin Bay biospheres here;
https://www.dublinbaybiosphere.ie/
Draw along with Laureate na nÓg.
On the 17th of September the pupils in the Junior Room took part in a drawing and storytelling workshop presented by Laureate na nÓg Áine Ní Ghlinn and illustrator Tarsila Kruse. They drew some very cool robots and listened to a story and it was all ‘as Gaeilge’.
Novels in June!
In 1st and 2nd class, for the month of June, the children will be reading ‘George’s Marvelous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl.
In 3rd and 4th class the children will be reading ‘Once’ by Morris Gleitzman.
In 5th and 6th class the children will be reading ‘Bridge to Terabithia’ by Katherine Paterson.
Through the fantastic Galway County Library service we have been able to borrow enough copies of the books so that there’s one for each child.
