This week we were very excited that Ms Freeborn’s 4&5th Class video application to Dare To Believe was successful for a Team Ireland Olympic Ambassador visit this term. 

On Tuesday 19th November,  we welcomed Noel Hendrick, Ireland’s Olympic Canoeist, to Bunscoil Bhride. After showcasing their work on the project, 4th&5th class along with our Active Schools Committee led Noel through a jubilant and colourful guard of honour before proudly singing Amhrán na bhFiann. The girls were enthralled by his inspirational talk about never giving up on finding a sport that you love and his personal story of resilience. 

The school presented Noel with hundreds of creative designs for his new Canoe and impressed the Kildare, Paris ‘24 semi-finalist with their fiercely energetic An Haka Gaelach performance. 

After the Assembly, Ms Freeborn’s class and the Active School members  took part in a visualisation activity with Noel. 

This was a really special day in the history of the school, and the photographs below give a glimpse into some of the highlights which will be remembered for years to come.

The girls looked amazing in their costumes for Halloween. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the annual Spooky Walk. There was a great turn out and a lovely atmosphere around the place.

A huge number of people from the local community turned out to watch our annual spooky walk through the town of Rathangan. The girls had lots of fun parading down the streets and greeting everybody! A big thanks to Natasha who gave each girl a treat as they passed her shop!

Ms. Marrinan’s 6th Class and Ms. Choudhury’s Senior Infants put on a fantastic display for our Halloween assembly. They shared all of our school news from the month of October and celebrated all the birthdays in the school. Ms. Choudhury’s Senior Infants performed an amazing rendition of “I’ll Put a Spell on You.” The 6th Class demonstrated the Irish Sign Language alphabet they have been learning, sang “The Rattlin’ Bog,” and played it on the tin whistle. Well done to both classes!

We marked Maths Week last week. It was a fantastic week full of maths games, trails, challenges and learning. The 6th class girls did a fantastic job of organising maths games for the three classes in First and Second clas. It was great fun and we hope the younger girls enjoyed it too! 6th class also participated in maths quizes and maths escape rooms. There was lots of problem-solving and collaboration to be seen!

The children in Bunscoil Bhríde were extremely engaged and enthusiastic this week as they celebrated Maths Week. They participated in a variety of exciting activities, including maths escape rooms, quizzes, trails, daily puzzles and riddles. Each task challenged the girls to use their problem-solving skills and mathematical thinking, sparking creativity and collaboration. There was often a group of girls to be seen at Ms. Rowley’s maths puzzle of the day board, which was located just inside the front door. The atmosphere was buzzing with excitement as they tackled each challenge, demonstrating their growing confidence and ability in maths. It was a fun and educational week, with every student taking an active role in exploring the world of numbers and logic. A huge thanks to Ms. Rowley, Ms Marrinan and Ms. Freeborn who organised the activities!

6th Class and Junior Infants led the whole-school assembly this month. Our Junior Infants did a fantastic job of introducing the assembly and leading the school in our morning prayer. They also sang their Gaeilge song ‘Teidí Beag Álainn’. 6th class girls informed the school about the various committee goals and objectives this year as well as nuacht from the month of September. All the birthday girls from August and September were named as well as GAA updates from the senior teams. 6th Class finished the assembly with a rendition of ‘I’ll tell my Ma’, a song they have been learning. Maith sibh cailíní!

6th Class were very busy in maths in September. We were looking at the topic of data in the final week. We studied lots of different types of charts as well as how to find averages.

The class then split into their groups and chose a topic each. They collected data by surveying different classes. The groups created different charts such as multiple bar charts and bar-line graphs to display the data they had collected. They had the challenge of creating questions for the other groups to answer based on their charts. The other groups answered the questions on post-its!

Look at our fabulous 6th Class! We are very excited about the year ahead!