School’s Life
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Ms O’Connor Second Class
In Second Class this term, we wanted to see the different languages spoken on the 1945 corridor. We sent 2 girls around to each class on our corridor to ask the question, “What language do you speak at home?” We wrote all the languages on the board and realised there was 21 different languages spoken…
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Mrs.Crowley’s Sixth Class
After reading a story in Irish about recycling, 6th Classes were inspired to take action in a creative way. As a proud Green School, we decided that each student in 6th class would design and create their own piece of clothing using recyclable materials to showcase in a Fashion Show for the whole-school. We were…
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Ms.Bowden’s Sixth Class
6th Class has been taking part in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP) and it has been an exciting journey so far! We began by breaking into groups to brainstorm ideas for our product. After choosing our best concepts, we researched our ideas to prepare detailed PowerPoint presentations for our product and created a prototype. The…
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Ms.Meehan Early Intervention Class
Every Thursday, Mrs Larkins’ 5th class visit the Oak Class. It is always such a highlight of our week! The 5th class students are incredibly kind and caring to us. They join in with our circle time songs, helping with the actions and encouraging everyone to take part. Out in the yard, they play tag,…
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Wellbeing Committee
Our Health and Wellbeing Committee are always working on different initiatives and projects throughout the school year. We started this year by electing a new Committee and our first project was to make a Listening Ear Box for each class – so each pupil could ask a question or highlight a concern in private to…
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Active Committee
January and February have been super busy for the Active Schools Committee! We have been doing lots of fun activities to keep everyone fit and healthy. All pupils in the school are taking part in the Spring Steps Challenges Cork Sports Partnership initiative. We have been walking and staying active both on the school grounds…
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GreenSchool’sCommittee
The Green School Committee is currently working on Projects with the view to becoming Climate Ambassadors. We are currently in year one of a two-year cycle. In December we had training day with David Mcilwraith from Green Schools Ireland. We learnt all about how we here in Convent Primary contribute to Climate Change. How we…
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My Canine Companion Committee
We are so lucky in our school because we have a My Canine Companion Therapy dog called Frank. Frank is a Golden Doodle. That means he is half Golden Retriever and half Doodle. Frank helps us when we feel worried, sad or just need a little break. He visits our classrooms, listens to us read,…
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Student Council
Our Student Council was formed in September which was made up of old and new members, all of whom expressed a passion in improving the school lives of others. Our first mission was helping to encourage participation in our Monster Quiz, held on the Thursday before the Halloween break for pupils from 3rd-6thclasses around the…