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St. Clare’s N.S. Ballyjamesduff
June June
NewsletterNewsletter June 2015
Musical- 3rd to 6th class pupils performed a musical pantomime “Cinderella and the BJD
Fella! Vitor Nazario was Rockerfella and Aoife McCaul was Cinderella. Auditions were
held in November. Rehearsals started in January and the show was put on Friday 28th
May in St. Joseph’s Hall. Ms. Carroll directed the show, Mr. Mc Hugh was the musical
director and Ms. Sheridan was the artisitic director. The show was a fabulous success!
By Larissa Mendes & Seainín Ó Fallúin 5th class
As the school year draws to a close we are thankful for the many blessings we have re-
ceived throughout the year- our families, our friends, our health and the many activities in
which we were involved. It has been an exciting and action-packed year and we have all
earned a well-deserved rest. Hopefully we will be able to enjoy plenty of sunshine and have
a safe and happy holiday.
Open Day 56 new entrants to Junior Infants were invited to visit our school on Friday, 12th
June. It gave the children an opportunity to meet their teachers and to view our school.
There was a large turnout of excited young boys and girls, ready to go to the “big school”.
Slán agus beannacht do na daltaí i rang a sé We bid a fond farewell to the 57 children
who are leaving us and moving on to secondary school in September. It is the end of chapter
one in their lives. We wish them health and happiness as they move on to chapter two.
Staff Changes We wish Ms. Sheridan (5th class) all the best as she moves to St. Mary’s
N.S., Virginia. We thank Ms. O’Reilly, Ms. Woods, Mr. Reilly, Ms. Donohoe, Ms. Ní
Thailaigh, Ms. Clarke and Ms. Doughty for their work and service in our school.
Congratulations to Ms. Burns and Ms. Mc Entire on the birth of their baby boys Cillian
and Jamie.
Inspector Visit This term we had three Department of Education Inspectors visit St.
Clare’s. All were very pleased with the work taking place in our school. Congratulations to
Ms. Woods and Mr. Reilly who successfully completed their Diploma during the Inspector
visits.
Míle Buíochas A very sincere thank you to all the people who have helped and supported
our school throughout the past year. Thank you to the wonderful staff for their energy,
enthusiasm and dedication. They have worked steadfastly to ensure that the children are
given every opportunity to succeed and be happy. The ancillary staff - Josephine
(secretary), Annmarie (cleaner), Eugene (caretaker), Pascal (groundskeeper) have been
very supportive and diligent in their work –Thank you. The Parents’ Association and the
Board of Management, especially our Chairman, Fr. Tully, have been extremely co-
operative and supportive of all ventures. We are blessed to have such hard-working and
dedicated committees, for which we are extremely grateful. We would also like to thank all
the parents who provided refreshments, and helped out at the various celebrations in
school. A special thank you to parents, who helped with extra curricular activities in the
school. Last but not least, a sincere thank you to our wonderful pupils who are to be
commended for their commitment and hard work throughout the year.
We have a great school here in St. Clare’s, a school with all parties working together. Enjoy
the holidays!
Le meas,
Karl Mc Cartin
Principal
Class Arrangements 2015/2016
Junior Infants: Ms. McCahey
Junior Infants: Ms. Croarkin
Senior Infants: Ms. Dolan-Brady
Senior Infants: Ms. Browne
1st Class: Ms. Mulvey
1st Class: Ms. Brady
2nd Class: Ms. Smith
2nd Class: Ms. Burns
3rd Class: Ms. Murphy
3rd Class: Mr. Mc Hugh
4th Class: Ms. Carroll
4th Class: Ms. Sullivan
5th Class: Ms. O’Growney
5th Class: TBC
6th Class: Ms. O’Connell
6th Class Mr. Smith
RT: Ms. Flood-Clarke
GAM: Ms. Mc Kelvey
GAM: Ms. McEntire
GAM: Ms. Mc Govern
Language Support: Ms. Cunningham
St. Clare’s N.S. will re-open on Thursday, 27/08/2015 at 9.15 a.m.
Tennis Lessons-This term first and fifth class had tennis lessons. Our coach was called
Michael and he was a lot of fun. During the lessons he taught us lots of skills to help us
when playing tennis. After a few weeks he brought nets with him and we started to play
matches over the nets. At the end of every lesson we got to play fun games like popcorn,
graveyard and around the world. After 6 weeks Michael had to go but we really enjoyed
our time at tennis! By Mark McCabe 5th class
May Procession-This year our May Procession was held on the 28th May. The children
prepare by learning hymns and prayers. There were a few showers but that did not stop us
from going outside. Second class wore their Communion outfits and sixth class wore their
Confirmation outfits. They all looked lovely. The children also had banners to represent
our love to Mary our
Mother. We walked
around the school
and said prayers and
sang songs. Fr.
Tully came to the
school and said
prayers.
By Toms, Cara &
Kate 4th class
School Tours - 2nd went to Funtasia Waterpark for our school tour. It was on Monday 8th
June. We went on a big bus. When we got there we got pink wristbands. First we went to
the play area and we had fun. Then we got our lunch and we went to the waterpark and we
all went on big slides. We had a wonderful day. By Caitlin Carroll 2nd class
6th Class went to Loughcrew Adventure Centre on 16th June for our school tour. There was
a load of amazing things to do such as zip lining, rock climbing, obstacle courses and
water activities. Even though it was mucky it was still fun and it was hilarious not know-
ing who people were with mud on their faces. We had a load of fun on our last school tour
in St. Clare’s! By Gearóid Condren & Damien Dunne 6th class
Credit Union Quiz-The Credit Union quiz took place on the 30/01/15 in St. Clare’s Col-
lege. We trained very hard for the quiz and Mr. Mc Hugh pushed us to the limit. Some of
the questions were very very hard and some were easy. Unfortunately none of our teams
won. We had fun and were rewarded with crisps and drinks, and we got no homework!
By Cormac Lynch & Dylan Hanney 6th class
Spring Clean-Earlier this year we
held a Spring Clean all around
Ballyjamesduff. Before we went
we learned all about recyclable
and non-recyclable items. Each
class was given a designated area
to clean. Our class was given the
GAA pitch. We cleaned one half
of the pitch and Mr. Smith’s 6th
cleaned the other half. Other
classes worked on green areas
around the town, the Church and
the carpark. We had to wear big
green gloves and plastic bags like
t-shirts. We looked so funny. I
love helping to keep the school
area clean as last year we won the
green flag. I’m looking forward to
doing it again next year.
By Skye Stanley 5th class
Girl’s GAA-The girls from 4th, 5th and 6th class took part in the GAA for the school. We
trained every Tuesday after school for one hour. The 5th and 6th classes took part in
matches against the Farnham,
Mullagh and Virginia. The 6th
class played against St. Anne’s
and Kingscourt. Out of all five
matches we beat St. Anne’s
and Virginia. We are very
proud of all the girls who took
part and thanks to Ms.
Croarkin and Ms. Brady for
training us this year. By
Megan Brady & Kiera Cooney
6th class
La Glás- Was held on 16th March. La Glás is a day where we celebrate being Irish. It
was a very fun day.
We all wore green
clothes and we had
a Ceili at the end
of the day. We all
lined up and Mr.
McCartin showed
us what to do. We
all had a Freestyle
at the end. It was
great fun!
By Fiona Behan
6th class
Tin Whistle - Mr. Clarke taught us how to play the tin whistle. We learned loads of songs
like Hot Cross Buns, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Happy Horse. This was a great
experience for all of us. It was lots of fun too. We all love playing the tin whistle now.
By Sheena Ledwich 2nd class
Graduation Preparation-It’s been an exciting few weeks preparing for our Gradua-
tion. The two 6th classes learned a dance, a poem and songs. We are sure there will be a
few laughs and tears from both students and parents. The classes have been busy creat-
ing Graduation art. We brought in cute and funny photos of when we were young. We
hope it will be a great night! By Rory Smith & Sinéad Quigley 6th class
Trench Warfare- 6th class learned what life was like as a
World War One Solider when they went on a visit to the fan-
tastic trench display at the Cavan County Museum. The class
dressed in soldier's uniform, handled weapons and received a
fantastic real life experience of what life was like in WW1.
Confirmation-Our Confirmation Day was on 18th March. We were all very excited. The
Mass started at 3 o’ clock. There were loads of people making Confirmation. The Mass
took about an hour. We made our Confirmation with 3 other schools. We met the Bishop
and took loads of pictures after! The Church looked lovely with our wonderful art work.
By Ella Slowey & Pelumi Popoola 6th class
Basketball -On Tuesdays 2nd and 6th class had basketball lessons. The teacher’s name
was Carol. She taught us how to dribble and how to shoot properly. We had great fun
and we learned a lot. By Brían Slowey 2nd class
Green Schools-Here in St. Clare’s we have a Green School’s Committee who help us
keep our school clean, tidy and this year, save electricity. In the junior end of the school
ranging from our Junior Infants to 2nd class we have Power Rangers who help make sure
no unnecessary electricity is being used. In the senior end (3rd to 6th) two members of each
class make up our committee. We usually meet on a Wednesday along with Ms. Sheridan,
Ms. Brady and Ms. O’Reilly where we discuss what we have to do and how to get on
with our previous tasks. We have loads of different jobs around our school for example
switching off the switches in the staffroom, turning off lights and monitoring our electric-
ity around the school. If we keep up all the hard work we will hopefully have our second
green flag next year. By Aysha Melia 5th class
Sports Day-We had our sports day on Monday, 22nd June in the GAA pitch. We played
loads of games like egg and spoon race, sack race, football, running. After we played
rounders and games. Then teacher took out the parachute and we played popcorn, you
have to keep the balls on the parachute and find different shapes. It wasn’t too hard. We
also did an obstacle course. We had lots of fun on our sports day!
By Ms. Donohoe’s 2nd class
Reading Recovery
Couch to 5K Our wonderful Parents’
Association organised and ran
the BJD Couch to 5K. The
event was a huge success and
the proceeds (€2900) was
recently presented to the
school. The money will be
used to equip the classrooms
with new libraries next year.
Junior Infants had lots
of fun in the last term.
We went on a teddy
bear’s picnic and cooled
down with ice-lollies in
the sun. Our school tour
to Killinkere pet farm
was a great success. The
children enjoyed horse
rides, tractor and trailer
rides, feeding the
animals and holding
smaller animals.
New Classroom
Ms. Carroll’s 5th class
moved into their new
classroom in January.
It is a beautiful,
spacious new room.
The whole school
celebrated the official
opening in May.
Fr. Tully lead a prayer
service and 5th class
sang a song. By
Cherry Gao 5th class
Fireman Sam Watch Out!
Senior Infants had an exciting
adventure when they became
fire fighters for a day at the
Ballyjamesduff Fire Station.
The class got to dress up as
fire fighters, use the hose and
sit in the fire engine. The
class had a great day and
many no doubt will grow up
to become real fire fighters!
Camogie-This year girls from 5th and 6th got to do indoor camogie. Our coaches were
Ms. O’Connell and Ms. Sheridan. We had training every Tuesday after school until
4.00pm. The training was fun and enjoyable. The 5th class trained with Ms. O’Connell
for one half and Ms. Sheridan for the other half. We had a blitz in Killinkere hall against
a few other clubs. 5th class had their blitz the week before 6th class did. Both classes did
very well and won medals. We would like to thank Ms. O’Connell and Ms. Sheridan for
their excellent help in training us for the blitzes and for making us have a great time
during the training and matches. By Aoife Kelly 6th class
Fundraising- Our chosen charity this year was Oncology Day Care. €720 was raised
by our pupils and presented to the selected charity. We are very proud of our charity
work in St. Clare’s. By Ms. Sullivan’s 4th class
First Holy Communion- On 16th May second class received their First Holy
Communion. The Church was packed with families. Father Tully was doing the
Communion. We did our readings and then the big moment arrived, second class lined
up on the Altar and received their First Holy Communion. We took lots of photos. Eve-
ryone had a great day! By Emily O’Reilly & Dean Cahill 2nd Class
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