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Croí na Scoile in Junior Infants

October 8, 2010 By
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Throughout the last few weeks, Junior Infants have been learning lots of new things about the Jewish Belief System. A symbol of Judaism is the "Star of David" which is named after King David. Jewish people also have a special building which they like to visit called a S. A special person who works in a Synagogue is called a rabbi. Look at our beautiful art work of the Star of David and Synagogues. Have a fantastic weekend and well done Junior Infants on all of your hard work during … [Read more...]

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Update From Fifth Class

October 8, 2010 By

  Hello, we are 5th class. For the past few months we have been working very hard. This month in Croí na Scoile, we have been looking at Judaism and all of their celebrations. We learned that every week Jews have a festival called the Sabbath (day of rest). We also learned that they have to wear a skull hat called a Kippah.  In Maths we have been learning about lines and angles. We learned how to use a protractor to measure angles and we all had great fun doing it. We also have been having … [Read more...]

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Beautiful manners

October 6, 2010 By

Tom and Finbarr went on some messages today and were complimented all around the school for their gentlemanly ways and impeccable manners. Such an inspiration! … [Read more...]

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Be positive!

October 1, 2010 By

Well done to everyone who has been making our school a really positive place. There have been compliments flying all round the place, putting smiles on everyone's faces! The next tip is to do something small that helps another person out. You could hold the door open for the next person. You could pick up a fallen book. You could offer someone use of your parer, rubber or colours. Find one little thing every day to brighten up that day for someone else and help to... SPREAD … [Read more...]

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Gotcha!

September 22, 2010 By

Well done to Sadhbh in 4th class who was caught spreading a smile! Congratulations also to 2nd class who brighten everyone's day with their huge efforts to be mannerly and respectful as they move around the school! A big Thank You to Leon in 1st class whose infectious giggle cheered up Clara and myself today! Another well done in 1st class - Aaron has been spreading the reading bug! His enthusiasm spreads to everyone in the group and we all want to keep reading. Keep it up. Every … [Read more...]

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Give a compliment!

September 17, 2010 By

As promised, here is the first Positive Language tip for you. I hope to see lots of this around the school next week... Think of a genuine compliment you can pay someone and do it! Just go up to them and tell them ... - what a good writer he/she is - that you love his/her outfit - that he/she is a really good friend - that his/her eyes are a lovely colour or whatever compliment you can think of. It has to be real though! You have to mean it! Have a great weekend. … [Read more...]

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First ever Senior assembly a ROARING success!

September 10, 2010 By

NETNS held our first Senior assembly this week. 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes gathered in the Halla Glas this morning to discuss our Code of Behaviour and our Positive Language policy. It was Lorraine's first assembly at our school too and she was really impressed at the behaviour and focus during assembly. Well done everyone! Eimear asked everyone to read our Code of Behaviour on this website and also to look through the website and to think of any way that it could be improved so that … [Read more...]

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