Latest news
Credit Union Quiz
Congratulations to both our Junior and Senior Quiz teams who participated in the Credit Union quiz in Tralee recently. Our senior team performed really well but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the next round. Our Junior team came second overall and they now progress to the next round. Well done to Frank, Sé, Fionn, Liam, Luke, Cillian, Jamie and Sé.
URC Trophy
We were delighted to be visited by the United Rugby Championship trophy in the school recently. Munster won the competition in 2023. We got to hear some information about the trophy and also get some photos with it.
Castleisland Basketball Blitz
We had six teams taking part in the Christmas Blitz this year in Castleisland. We had three senior teams and three junior teams taking part. All of the boys and girls played really well over the course of the five days. We were delighted to have three teams in the finals with the Junior Girls and both Junior Boys and Senior Boys taking part. There was huge excitement in the hall for the finals. The Junior Girls were narrowly defeated in an extremely close game. Both the Junior and Senior Boys won their finals. Scartaglen N.S. would like to give a huge thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to coach the teams.
Christmas Jumper Day
Scartaglen National School were delighted to take part in the Christmas Jumper Day in aid of the Children’s Health Foundation. This charity supports the Children’s Hospitals at Crumlin, Temple Street and Connolly. Every child in the school had the opportunity to wear their Christmas jumper (or hat!) to raise money for this great cause. A grand total of €370 was raised. Thank you all for your tremendous generosity.
Christmas Carols
We had great fun the day of the Christmas holidays singing Christmas carols for all of the school community. It was a wet day but the beautiful singing certainly brightened up the day and it was a great way to get everyone into the festive spirit. Thanks to all of the teachers for preparing the songs with the students.
Dragon's Den in Scartaglen N.S.
4th, 5th and 6th Class had a Dragon's Den as part of their Junior Entrepreneur Project. They worked in small groups to come up with business ideas to pitch to the Dragons. They had to come up with a business plan as well as a presentation. It was a great experience. Thanks to Mr. Moroney, Mrs. O' Mahony and Sarah for being the Dragons on the day and to Ms. C. O' Leary, Ms. N. O' Leary and Ms. Fitzpatrick for all their hard work preparing the teams.
Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal
Scartaglen N.S. took part in the Christmas Shoebox Appeal organised by Team Hope. We were delighted with the huge response. 100 Christmas shoeboxes were packed with a wonderful variety of goodies that will be sent to children in poor countries around the world. There was great excitement when the boxes were loaded to be taken to the local depot. A big thank you to all who supported this very worthy cause and to Ms. O' Leary for organising the appeal.
Scholastic Book Fair
We held our annual book fair in the school recently. Each class had an opportunity to stock up on books before their Christmas holidays. We love seeing the children reading and there is always great interest in all the latest books that are available at the book fair! We were also delighted to welcome parents to the Book Fair. Due to the fantastic response the school now has an allowance of €1140 to purchase even more books for the classrooms and library. Thanks to Katie, Sarah and Aoife for all their work over the two days of the fair.
Tin Whistle Lessons
All of the students in the school have been taking part in music lessons for the last number of weeks. We hope all the boys and girls have enjoyed learning new songs and performing them on the tin whistle. Thanks to Sheila for all her enthusiasm teaching the students. Thanks also to the Parent’s Council for funding the lessons.
Halloween in Scartaglen N.S.
We had great fun for Halloween in Scartaglen N.S. All of the boys and girls dressed up in their Halloween costumes for “Trick or Treat for sick children”. A total of €370 was raised for the Children’s Health Foundation which supports Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght and Connolly Hospitals. Thank you all for your generosity. There was also tremendous excitement as the Parent’s Council hosted a Halloween Disco for the students in the Heritage Centre. A huge thanks to the Parent’s Council for organising this event.
Cumann na mBunscol Final
We were all delighted for our Boy’s Football team as they won the Allianz Cumann na mBunscol 4/5 teacher county final in Austin Stack park this week! Thank you all for the amazing turnout as the Scartaglen community got behind the boys and gave them tremendous support on the night. It was the first time a team from the school has won the competition in 12 years. Well done to Jamie, Thomas, Tadhg, Sean, Fionn, Connie, Brian, Olly, Zak, Sé, Nelius, Moss, Mark, Diarmaid, Liam and Eoin. The score in the final was 6-10 to 3-3. A special word of thanks goes to their coach Mrs. Eileen Fitzpatrick for all her work coaching and preparing the boys for the matches. Thanks also to Katie for supporting and accompanying the team.
Junior Infant Class of 2023
We are delighted to welcome our new Junior Infants to Scartaglen National School. We are sure they will be very happy in our school. Click on the image or the link below to see some lovely photos of their first day in school!
Strickeen Mountain
As part of our Active School Week all of the students from 3rd to 6th Class climbed Strickeen mountain in Killarney. It was a fantastic achievement for all involved and we all enjoyed the amazing views from the top!
news from the classrooms
Junior/Senior Infants (Mrs. Doody):
Junior Infants have been working very hard learning our new sounds and how to write them. Senior Infants have been busy writing our news in our copies and learning all about 3d shapes.We have been looking for signs of Spring and playing in the vets during group time learning how to look after our sick animals. We have also been taking part in Picker Pals again this year. We made Spring lambs,snowmen and self portraits in Art!
1st/2nd Class (Ms. McCarthy):
Spring has sprung in first and second class and we’ve loved noticing the changes in the school garden. Learning about biodiversity has brought birds such as the robin and blue tit to our bird feeders. We really enjoyed learning interesting facts about them! We created a collage of Spring flowers and added some 3D butterflies to our paintings to brighten up our corridors. We read about all of the Spring Feasts during English time and discussed them in our oral language lessons. We then got to make St.Brigid’s crosses! We are learning about our favourite pastimes or Caitheamh Aimsire as Gaeilge. We love being up and active in our Irish lessons. In Maths we’ve learned about fractions and had fun splitting sets of objects in halves and quarters. We’ve been practising our ball skills by catching, throwing and kicking the ball during PE. It’s also a very exciting time in our classroom as second class prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We’ve been singing songs and creating beautiful art pieces as we get ready for our First Confession.
3rd Class (Mr. Johnson):
We have been learning about many different things in our lessons. For English, we read about how plastic was invented by Leo Baekeland over a hundred years ago. We wonder what the next big invention will be. Bhíomar ag foghlaim faoi phróifílí sna ceachtanna Gaeilge- conas cur síos a dhéanamh ar dhaoine. In SESE, we learned about the history of vaccines and how Florence Nightingale modernised nursing. We had a visitor come to teach us about birds and we walked around the village completing a survey on the different species that we could spot. We are working hard on our maths and trying to master our multiplication tables at the moment. We made plenty of crosses for St. Brigid’s Day for our family and friends. We are looking forward to warmer days so we can use the outdoor classroom for some of our future lessons.
4th/5th Class (Ms. Fitzpatrick & Ms. O' Leary):
4th and 5th class have been busy with JEP. We surveyed the whole school and since then we’ve been busy designing cards and posters to promote our business, Creative Cards. We are really enjoying this project. We have started our whole school running challenge, “Run Around Europe”. Our first destination is Lisbon, Portugal. We love doing this challenge in the morning as it wakes us up and helps us start the day fresh. In Gaeilge we are working really hard on our verbs. In English we are working on explanation writing. We enjoyed doing research on the ipads and writing our own explanation piece. We have been studying all about Michael Collins. We are looking forward to going to see “Michael Collins, A Musical Drama” in the INEC Killarney. In Art, we created wildlife animals using papier mâché.
5th/6th Class (Ms. O' Leary):
5th and 6th Class have been learning about the 1916 rising. We learned about the key figures involved and the events that took place on the week of the rising. We made posters to share our learning and worked in small groups to design and construct some of the buildings taken over by rebels during the rising. In English we have been learning about procedural writing. We are currently working on writing our own cook book. On St. Brigid’s Day we helped 1st and 2nd class to make their own crosses. We had a visit from the Killarney National Park, we learned about the different plants and animals found within the park. We really enjoyed the biodiversity action day, we got to work in small groups to make bug hotels for the school and brought Junior and Senior Infants on a bug hunt.
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