Pancake Tuesday in Ballagh
It was a happy Tuesday in Ballagh NS as everybody tucked into Crépes hand-decorated with delicious treats, by 5th and 6th class pupils.
Drama Festival Essay Competition
Big congratulations must go to Emily Ryan who was a winner in the Roscommon Drama Festival Essay Competition. Emily will attend a prize giving ceremony tonight in Aras an Chontae. Well done Emily!!
Making Musical Instruments
The subjects of Science, Music and Art were all incorporated in a recent project undertaken by the pupils of Ballagh NS when they designed and made musical instruments using recycled materials. Some wonderful instruments were created as can be seen from the photos below. For more photos, go to Gallery.
Confirmation Retreat in Knock
In preparation for their Confirmation, the pupils of Ballagh NS attended a retreat in Knock today.
Christmas Cheer
Christmas came early to Ballagh NS. On the day of the holidays, Pupils all came to school dressed in their festive gear. The Parent’s Association held a Christmas Raffle and there were a huge selection of prizes to be won. There was also a sellers prize of a beautiful fun filled hamper. Many thanks to our Parent’s Association for organising this raffle, to all our pupils who worked so hard selling tickets and to everybody who supported it. Congratulations to all the prize winners.
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Halloween in Ballagh NS
The Halloween break got off to scary but exciting start in Ballagh NS, as the school was filled with all types of witches, skeletons and scary monsters.
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World Book Day
World Book Day was a great success at Ballagh NS with all classes taking part. We were delighted to meet such a great variety of characters!
Ballagh NS learns all about The Irish Potato Famine
The pupils from Third to Sixth class has compiled fantastic projects on the theme of the Gorta Mó or The Irish Potato Famine. They worked in groups to research online their projects in depth. They integrated their work across the curriculum including making Art modals of Strokestown House, a labourer’s cottage, lazy beds, a landlord’s house and a famine ship replica. They are busy learning famine ballads “The Fields of Athenry” and “Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears”. The following are the project titles presented:
Group 1. Anthony & Ruairi – Strokestown House and the Irish Famine
Group 2. Michéal, James & Anna – The effects of the famine on Kilgefin Parish
Group 3. Jasmine & Emma – Evictions, Blight and the role of the Landlord in 1840’s & 1850’s Ireland
Group 4. Niamh, Jacob & Rebecca – Effects of the famine – population, emigration & coffin ships
Group 5. David, Emily & Tristan – The functions of workhouse & soup kitchens.
Group 6. Áine, Ava & Sophie – Dwelling types during the famine years
Dentist Visit
For the month of January, the Junior Room have been working on the theme “The Dentist” through Aistear. Last week dentist Dr. Eleanor Keaveney along with Eileen Mannion visited the Junior Room. The displayed sugar boards and talked to the children about the various amounts of sugar in different foods. The children were then shown how to brush their teeth correctly. Each child received their own pack with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all children are now going to make a great effort to brush their teeth for 2 minutes in the morning and again for 2 minutes before bedtime. This was a great informative visit and we would like to say a big thank you to Eleanor & Eileen for their visit.
Harvest Time in Ballagh School
The children reaped the benefits of their hard work when they harvested their crop of vegetables recently. As you can see, the school garden was a very successful ventue.