We had a wonderful day on Tuesday, June 25th, celebrating our 6th class completing their eight years of primary school. The day began with a beautiful ceremony at the church, led by Fr. Bill and enriched by the fantastic school choir. After the ceremony, all the families gathered in the school hall where the 6th class students received their hoodies, sang their graduation songs, and watched a PowerPoint presentation showcasing pictures from over the years. These girls have been exceptional ambassadors for our school, especially in their final year. They are kind, hardworking, and have a fantastic attitude towards school. We wish them all the best as they move on to secondary school.

See below for pictures of the day, the powerpoint of pictures as well as the girls singing ‘Slipping through my Fingers’ for assembly.

Ms. Bank’s and Ms. Costello’s 5th class and Senior Infants finished off our May assembly with an Abba melody! Well done girls!

5th and 6th class went on their school tour on the 12th of June. It was a fun-filled day that began in Sports Aquatic Centre in Dublin where they spent two hours on the slides, in the lazy river and in the wave zone. After lunch we went on the bus to K-Bowl in Naas to complete the day. Tired but happy pupils and teachers arrived back to the school after a great day! See pictures below of our day.

We had a wonderful day of celebration on Friday 7th June to mark the recent achievements of being awarded our eleventh Green Schools Flag and our fourth Active Schools Flag. We are very proud as there are not many schools in the country that can boast having eleven green flags and four green flags!

A huge congratulations to Ms. Kelly, Ms. Geraghty, Ms. Garrahy and our fabulous Green Schools Committee as well as our wonderful Active Schools Committee, led by Ms. Rowley and Ms. Costello. These flags were the culmination of 3 years of diligent work by the whole school community.

On Friday, we welcomed very special guests back to our school to assist in the unveiling of the flags. Our much loved caretaker Nigel together with Ms. Kelly unveiled the Green Schools Flag. Nigel will be leaving the school after 24 years of service and was a valued member of staff in his time spent in the school. Ms. Kelly was instrumental in gaining our first ten Green School Flags before her retirement.

Ms. Fogerty returned to help unveil the Active Schools Flag. It was Ms. Fogerty who first set up the Active Schools Committee in 2011 and who led the school to earning our first two flags.

Our Sixth Class committee members informed everyone at the ceremony about the work that had been undertaken in the past 3 years to earn our flags. Ms. Rowley led each class in choreographed dances that she had taught them during Active Schools Week. The ceremony concluded with Ms. Rogerson informing all the children that an ice-cream truck would be coming as a reward for all the hard work put in by the school community. It was a fabulous end to our teddy bears picnic after the ceremony.

We were so lucky to get the expertise of Garry from the local tennis club during Active Schools Week. Each class got to go down to the tennis club and have a session with Garry. He showed the girls lots of skills and how to hit the ball. Lots of fun was had. Many thanks to Ms. Rowley for organising it!

Ms. Marrinan’s Fifth and Sixth Class and Ms. De Faoite’s Sixth Class are fortunate enough to be taking part in a six-session block of cycle safety training, which began on Thursday 23^rd May. The course is aligned to Cycle Right, the National Standard for Cycle Safety Training in Ireland, and is delivered by qualified trainers from the national register. As we are a Green School, An Taisce are heavily subsidising the course, with the cost to pupils reduced to €5. At the end of the course, each pupil will receive a digital certificate of participation.

What a fabulous day we had for our Senior Sports Day! Thanks to our super Active Schools Committee and Ms Rowley who organised an amazing day. There were lots of different activities such as basketball, dodgeball, tag-rugby, races, obstacle courses and much more! The day finished with a disco where 5th and 6th class showed off the dances that they have been learning with Ms. Rowley.

What a fabulous day we had on Wednesday 28th June for our Junior Sports Day. A huge thanks to Ms Rowley, Ms Costello and our amazing active schools committee who organised such an amazing day. The children participated in lots of different activities such as athletics, parachute games, fairy hunts, ball games and so much more. Our Sixth Class set up stations for First and Second Class after lunch to conclude an active and fun day! Well done to all involved!

Ms. Geraghty’s 4th class and Ms.Gleesons Junior and Senior Infants hosted our April assembly. We celebrated our April birthday girls, thanked our various committee members, the choir and congratulated our Communion classes. Ms. Rogerson also shared the wonderful news that we have received our 11th Green Flag. Well done to the Green Schools Committee!

All classes took part in a drumming workshop this month. Ms. Gleeson’s Junior and Senior Infants did a lovely drumming piece for us to showcase what they learned. 

4th class concluded the assembly with some riddles and jokes for the whole school. 

Well done girls!

This week the girls in 6th class were lucky to receive a fantastic talk from Nuala Madigan on the canal! We started by learning all about the Royal and the Grand Canal in the halla, before walking to the canal right here in Rathangan the next day. Nuala told us all about how the canals were built for transportational purposes and how they were utilised in the 1800’s and the 1900’s. Nuala had a collection of insects and creatures that are found in the canal such as newts, water beetles and Caddisfly larvae. We had to identify them using keys. We also studied the colours on the canal by creating colour dabs. See some pictures of our outing below.