On Thursday, September 28th, 44 young athletes travelled from Our Lady's NS to Thurles to take part in the Co Tipperary Cross Country Championships.
All that training, doing laps of the school field, really paid off as our runners did excellently on the day.
Well done to all, including our 3rd/4th Class Girls team and 5th/6th Class Girls team who brought home silver medals for their efforts.
Our U13 Mixed Football team headed to Monroe to compete in the Roinn F Section 3 Blitz on Friday September 29th. Lead by our captain Niall Cleary, we took on Drangan NS and Lisronagh NS in two evenly contested games. Unfortunately we were narrowly defeated in both matches. Well done to Lisronagh who topped the group and go forward to the semi-finals.
This was Our Lady's NS first time to enter the football championships and our boys and girls did us proud.
September is a busy month in all classrooms but in none more so than the Infant Room. Mrs. Egan's young scholars didn't waste any time in getting down to work.....and having loads of fun while doing so.
First Day of Term - Tuesday, 29th August.
Halloween Mid-term - Monday 30th October to Friday, 3rd November inclusive. School re-opens on Monday, 5th November.
Christmas Holidays - School closes on Friday, 22nd December (12pm). School re-opens on Monday, 8th January 2024.
St Brigid's Bank Holiday - School closed on Monday 5th February.
February Mid-term Break - Monday, 12th February to Friday, 16th February inclusive. School re-opens on Monday, February 19th.
St Patrick's Bank Holiday - School closed on Monday, 18th of March.
Easter Holidays - School closes on Friday, 22nd March (12pm). School re-opens on Monday, 8th April.
May Bank Holiday - School closed on Monday, 6th May.
June Bank Holiday - School closed on Monday, 3rd June.
Summer Holidays - School closes on Wednesday, 26th of June (12pm)
Before we knew it we were all gathered together in the library again for Assembly, eagerly awaiting the announcement of the winners of the February awards.
It may be the shortest month but it was no less busy than any of the rest of them.
The new year started with a new face or two. Mrs Egan formally welcomed Mr Ryan and Mr Hyland to the school. Mr Ryan is the new First and Second Class teacher and Mr Hyland has started his teaching practice in Third and Fourth Class. We are delighted to have them on board and we wish them the best in their new roles.
We had lots of awards and prizes to dole out as usual and our Writers and Mathematicians of the Month were acknowledged for their efforts during the month.
Our resident 'secret shopper' Ms Conway had the mystery prize bags ready for our monthly good attendance raffle. Well done to all on the improved attendance and congratulations to the winners.
We had a new winner for the Class of the Month for January. Fifth and Sixth Class won their maiden award for the year and well deserved it was too!
