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TUBBER NS

OUR SCHOOL

PLAQUE ON SCHOOL WALL

Tubber NS is a small twoshyteacher school located on the North Clare South Galway border Tubber National School was constructed in 1875 and is a focal point of the parish of Tubber Tubber village is nestled on the perimeter of the world famous ldquoBurrenrdquo

TUBBER NS LOCATION

SCHOOL DETAILS

Personnel

Ann Comyn shy PrincipalPatricia Lee shy Assistant TeacherMary Grahan shy Shared Learning Support TeacherBernadette Malone shy Mordern Language Teacher (Spanish)Mary Clancy shy SecretaryMary Fogarty shy Caretaker

SCHOOL SUBJECTS

Subjects Taught

Gaeilge English Mathematics SESE (History Geography and Science) SPHE Arts Education (Visual Arts Drama and Music) Physical Education Religious Education Modern Language Initiative (Spanish)

OUR SCHOOL DAY

Tubber NS opens at 920 am and closes at 300 pm Infant classes finish at 200 pmBreak 1100 shy 1110 amLunch 1230 shy 100 pm

TUBBER NS PUPILS

Tubber NS Pupils range in age from 4shy12 yearsHere we are visiting Coole Park

SCHOOL INFORMATION

To find out more information on the school visit our website

wwwtubbernscom

LIMESTONE PAVEMENT Tubber is in northshywest Co Clare on the edge of

the 100shysquareshymile plateau of lunarshylike limestone Although it supports a sparse population in modern times the Burren is home to a profusion of flowers and plants not found elsewhere in Europe Also to be found are hundreds of ruined forts megalithic tombs caves and underground streams

TUBBER VILLAGE PAST AND PRESENT

These are two pictures of the road beside our school

You can see our school at the left of the picture and our local church at the right

Things havenrsquot changed much

2000rsquos 1940rsquos

In AprilMay of this year we undertook our second school mural on a wall in the playground of our school We chose the theme of Irish Myths amp Legends for this mural We wanted to depict local legends with wellshyknown Irish myths in the projectOur mural is divided into five panels each depicting a seperate legendmyth

School Mural

DISCOVER PRIMARY SCIENCE

We are involved in a programme called Discover Primary Science

We get to carry out lots of interesting experiments

THIS IS SOME OF US DRESSED UP IN OUR COSTUMES

This year we made a film called The Legend of St Colman The film tells the history of Kilmacduagh and the story of StColman from his days as a hermit living in the wilds of the Burren to his friendship with King Guaire and his acquisition of the lands at Kilmacdough

Fis Film Project

XPERIENCE ENGINEERING PROJECT 20082009

This year we took part in a new project called Xperience Engineering We had to create a project in line with the theme Engineers Save Lives We chose a subshytheme of Road Design for our project taking particular interest in the new Atlantic Corridor being built along the west coast of Ireland and especially the M18 GortshyCrusheen road which is currently under construction Here we are visiting construction

site of the no 63 bridge on the N18 bypass from GortndashCrusheen

SHERKIN ISLAND ENVIRONMENTAL ART COMPETITION

Each year we take part in Sherkin Island Environmental Competition This year we create posters under the theme What is important to me in the environment Below are some of our entries for 2009

GREEN SCHOOLrsquoS PROGRAMME

We are currently working towards our third green flag which is on the theme of water In 200820092010 we are hoping to continue our good work in the Green Schools Programme focusing our attention on water its uses and how we can play a part in water conservation for future generations

Looking at the effects of oil on water

FUNDRAISING FOR CHARITY

We had a board games playing afternoon before Halloween to raise money for charity

YARD GAMES

We have a very small yard in our school We play games with the parachute cone toss rugby drills and our national game of hurling

SPORTrsquoS DAY IN OUR LOCAL HURLING PITCH