To mark the end of Book Week we are inviting everyone to dress up as a character from a book this Friday 9th March. It could be anything from Snow White to Denis the Menace from Inky mouse to Shrek, use your imagination! Looking forward to seeing all of our favourite characters come to life on Friday! … [Read more...]
5th class
March 2, 2012 By
This week in 5th class we are doing projects on Africa, we split into groups of twos and we picked lots of countries like Mozambique, The Ivory Coast and Madagascar. We also went swimming this week and had great fun learning how to swim faster. We had races with 6th and 5th girls and boys. We’ve read Under the Hawthorn Tree by Marita Conlon-McKenna. We are really enjoying it. NEXT WEEK is book week and we hope you buy lots of books and we are looking forward to seeing you there. By … [Read more...]
NETNS Book Fair 2012
February 28, 2012 By
The Annual Celtic Travelling Book Fair will be arriving at the N.E.T.N.S. library on Wednesday March 7th. As always the Book Fair will have a fantastic selection of books for children of all ages and any money spent at the Book Fair automatically earns commission from sales which allows the school to buy books for the school library. The children will get time during the school day to visit the Book Fair and purchase books if they wish. If you would like to visit the Book Fair with your … [Read more...]
2 Stars and a Wish
February 24, 2012 By
Over the past few weeks we have been working in groups creating projects on Climate Change and the environment. This week we all assessed each others projects. We used the 2 stars and one wish method. The 2 stars are two points we liked about the project and the 1 wish is one thing we think the group should consider when working on their next project. We learned a lot from one and other. … [Read more...]
Siofra’s super new design for NETNS.ie!
February 24, 2012 By
The response to the first NETNS website header competition has been absolutely fantastic, we received lots of wonderful entries and it was a very tough job deciding which was the winning entry! We'd like to say a big thank you to all the children who took part, we are already looking forward to your entries for the next header competition! Siofra Munnelly's (1st class) design has been chosen as the winning entry. Her design reflects the changing character of the spring weather … [Read more...]
Swimming – 5th and 6th class
February 10, 2012 By
5th and 6th class will recommence swimming lessons on Tuesday 21st February. This is the first Tuesday back after mid-term break. … [Read more...]
NETNS Website competition. Get your design on the NETNS website!
February 9, 2012 By
The NETNS website has a fantastic picture at the top of every page called the ‘header’. This picture helps people know what our school is like and where it is. We've decided to hold a monthly competition to re-design our header image. Each month there will be a different theme for the design. You can use any materials to make your picture, but your image must fill the blank template that you can download here. You can choose to include the words … [Read more...]
Board Games Day-Friday10th February
February 8, 2012 By
Did you know.....Board games are one of the most common and popular games in almost every culture in the world. We, The Student Council decided at our last meeting to have a Board Games Day in our school this Friday ,10th February. We are encouraging everybody to bring in board games such as snakes and ladders, scrabble, chess, monopoly or any other games you have at home to play with your class. Playing board games requires lots of attention to details, remembering specific information, … [Read more...]
Spikeball
February 1, 2012 By
On the 31st of January 2012 we attended a tournament to play an excellent game called Spikeball. We have been training and learning about the sport for weeks in preparation for the tournament. It took place in Athy College. The rules of the game are simple. Its similar to volleyball therefore it would take place on a volleyball court. There are 6 on the team but only four on the court. The team rotates every successful 3 serves. The way you serve can be over arm or under arm and the … [Read more...]
Reminder: Early finishes next week
January 27, 2012 By
School will finish at 1.55pm on Tuesday and Wednesday (31st January & 1st February) next week to facilitate some of the progress meetings which are taking place. Infant classes will finish at the normal time of 1.10pm. The After School Facility will operate until 1.55pm and school buses will depart at 1.55pm. … [Read more...]
