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We will have our school clean on Thursday the 25th of August @ 6:00 pm. Hoovers, mops, gardening gloves and tools, and plenty of elbow grease would be much appreciated! This cleaning evening is to have the school ready for school opening on Wednesday 31st of August.
Class allocation for 2016 and 2017 will be on display during the school clean.
50th Anniversary Celebration
50th Anniversary Celebration
Castletownroche NS would like to invite you to come and celebrate our school’s 50th Anniversary. This will take place on Sunday 27th September. Children from 2nd-6th class will be taking part in the choir for the celebration mass at 12pm. They have been busy practising hymns and doing Art work and Project work for this occasion.
Following mass, everyone is invited to the school. A tree will be planted, a time capsule will be buried and the school will be opened for everyone to view and to reminisce about their time at school in Castletownroche. Old school Roll books will be on display and old photographs and other memorabilia for people to browse.
Finally, all are welcome to the Community centre (Old School) to enjoy some refreshments and continue the reminiscing.
As part of the 50th celebrations on Saturday 26th September The Spinning wheel will provide music and finger food. All are welcome.
Important: If anyone has any photos, copies, old school books it would be greatly appreciated if they can be dropped to the school before this date. Please make sure your name and address is on each item. Alternatively, these items can be scanned, copied or emailed to castletownrochens@eircom.net . Special care will be taken of these precious items.
“Inclusion”: Poetry Book Launch
Visit http://www.fermoypoetryfestival.com for more information.
The pupil’s in 4th, 5th and 6th class will be launching their book of poems on Sunday 2nd August at 6pm in the Community hall. During the year the pupils completed Poetry workshops with local Poet Mr. Gene Barry. The poems included many themes such as Friendship, Bullying and other interesting themes. The children began to write their own poems about their own experiences and they thoroughly enjoyed this. Mr. Gene Barry has decided to publish these poems in a book called “Inclusion”. Well done to all the pupils involved!
Quiz Night!!
Fundraiser Quiz taking place Friday 14th November @ The Spinning Wheel in Castletownroche. All Welcome! 40 Euro per team of 4!!! Raffle will also take place on the night. Great fun guaranteed. See you there!
Cake Sale Fundraiser a great Success!
Well done to all the talented Bakers who provided delicious cakes on Friday 10th October in the Community hall. Both Barnardos and Castletownroche NS are grateful for the support!! The children in the school attended the cake sale and enjoyed the tasty treats. This fundraiser was organised by some of the parents of the school and was very successful. Big thank you to all involved:-)
Finnish School Visit
On Wednesday, the 9th of October 2014, a group of 42 Finnish students, with two teachers and some parents, who were on an exchange and staying at Blackwater Castle, visited our school. Miss O’ Hara’s class did projects on Ireland and some of them presented them to the group. The children provided a display of traditional Irish music, finishing with a couple of ballads and were accompanied by Mr. Dineen on guitar.
The Finnish students presented Miss O’ Hara with a book, a present and gave the children some Finnish chocolate. Miss O’ Hara’s class presented the Finnish children with an Irish book.
A number of students and parents also visited Miss O’ Keeffe’s Junior and Senior Infant classes and Miss Howard’s First Class and spoke to them about Finnish culture
Afterwards, some Finnish students gave a Powerpoint Presentation on Finland, including famous Finnish product brands, musicians, actors and sports personalities.
Our G.A.A. trainers, Derek Noonan and Eddie Sheehan, helped our boys and girls to demonstrate the fastest field game in the world – hurling and many of the Finnish students had a go! Derek and Eddie presented a hurley and sliotar to the visiting children
Refreshments followed in the form of tea, coffee, soft drinks and some cakes which were supplied by the Board of Management and some parents. This was a very enjoyable experience for the children.
The Finnish group were on an exchange and were staying at the local Blackwater Castle.
Clean-Up Day & Bingo Night!!
Clean- Up Day
On Saturday 18th October we will be holding a Clean-Up day in the school from 10am-2.30pm. Support from parents will be greatly appreciated. Jobs will include: Window Cleaning, Sweeping up leaves in the school yard and shelters, strimming, weeding beds and general tidy up. Thank you for your continued support in keeping our school clean!
Bingo Night
A Bingo Night will be held on Thursday 23rd October @ 7.30pm in the Community Hall. There will be lots of prizes to be won on the night and a raffle will also be held. Children from 2nd- 6th class are welcome to attend and should be supervised by an adult (when marking books). This fundraiser was a great success in the past and everyone that attended enjoyed the night. Please come and support our school!