Maybe it's a bit of Halloween wickedness in me, but I just wanted to make you all jealous!
Here is a sample of some of the wonderful baked goods donated by parents for our Cake Sale today. Yum!
A big thank you to Tracey Cormack, Colette Rice and Frances Horgan for all their help today.
Thursday, October 26th was Halloween Fun Day at Our Lady's NS. The students and the teachers dressed up for the occasion and they looked frighteningly good.
Wicked appetites were sated by the cake sale in the morning. Many thanks to all who donated baked goods and thanks also to the parents who came to help organise the sale.
Mrs Egans's pumpkin soup was a hit again this year. Thank you to the Fifth and Sixth Class for all their peeling, chopping and cooking.
The Halloween Fashion Show was high octane fun as usual and there were plenty of other Halloween activities and treats to keep the boys and girls happy during the rest of the day.
Well done to our u13 Girls Football team who today qualified for the County Final. Clonmore was the venue for the semi-final against Rathcabbin NS. Our girls started very strongly and managed to hit the frame of the goal three times in the opening minutes. Once they found their range the scores started to come. Rathcabbin had their chances but a mixture of poor finishing and alert goalkeeping kept them scoreless at half time, by which time Our Lady's had amassed 5-1.
The second half was a far more even affair but Our Lady's couldn't be caught and ran out winners on a scoreline of 6-4 to 1-0.
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Orla Boylan, Orla McAree, Lily Ivors, Niamh Quigley (c), Hannah Shelly, Róisín Norton (vc), Amy Burns, Sarah Tye, Amber Hearne, Taylor Rose Rice, Sophie Hayes, Aoibhinn Rice, Grace Croke, Iris Corcoran.
On Sunday, October 15th we had our official opening of our new yard. The large crowd who had gathered in front of the school after participating in our Sponsored Walk were led down to our new yard by Fr Quirke.
Fr Quirke gave some insight into the amount of planning, preparation and background work that went into making our dream into a reality. He thanked the Board of Management for all their work. And he also thanked Des Morris and his team for doing such a wonderful job in constructing the yard.
Our eldest and youngest students, together cut the ribbon to officially open the yard.
There was cake for the parents and some goodies for the children. Sixth Class students helped the younger ones plant some daffodils in our new beds in the revamped school garden. Members of last year's Sixth Class were present to help plant the tree they gifted the school on the occasion of their graduation.
It was a busy but memorable day. Thank you to all who attended to share it with us.
A big 'thank you' to our wonderful students and parents who turned up en masse to support our Annual Sponsored Walk. We were lucky with the weather on Sunday. The bright, crisp morning only served to highlight the lovely part of the country we live in. The views from the Slí na Sláinte route were beautiful in the October sunshine.
Thank you to all who sponsored a student or who bought a raffle ticket. Your support is, as always, very much appreciated.
Our u13 girls' football team braved the cold today in O'Sullivan Park to record two victories in the Roinn F Section 4 Blitz. This was enough to see them top the group and progress to the semi-final.
Well done to all concerned.
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Niamh Quigley (c), Róisín Norton (vc), Amber Hearne, Orla Boylan, Hannah Shelly, Órla McAree, Sophie Hayes, Taylor Rose Rice, Lily Ivors, Sarah Tye, Iris Corcoran, Kellyann Donovan, Amy Burns, Aoibhinn Rice, Grace Croke, Chloe Fennelly.
Game 1
Our Lady's NS 8-3 Poulacapple NS 2-2
Scorers: Amy Burns 3-1, Niamh Quigley 2-1, Róisín Norton 2-0, Hannah Shelly 1-0, Órla McAree 0-1.
Game 2
Our Lady's NS 5-3 Grangemockler NS 1-0
Scorers: Taylor Rose Rice 1-2, Iris Corcoran 1-1, Sarah Tye 1-0, Kellyann Donovan 1-0, Lily Ivors 1-0.
Our first assembly of the year took place in the library on Friday, October 6th. Mrs. Egan welcomed everybody back and commended the children on a good first month back in school. Miss Hogan and Mr Gilvarry were welcomed to Our Lady's NS.
As is tradition 'Our Lady's Prayer' was read to begin proceedings, this time by Róisín Norton. 5th/6th Class and 3rd/4th Class both sang songs from the Grow in Love programme and the teachers spoke about the various activities their classes had enjoyed during September.
Our 'Writers of the Month' and 'Mathematicians of the Month' were announced and awarded with their certificates. Well done to all and keep up the good work!
The news that everyone was waiting for was of course who won 'Class of the Month'. It was 5th/6th Class who secured the first victory of the year and the happy students get to enjoy two nights free of homework, much to the envy of the other classes.
October 3rd, 2023 was a memorable day in Our Lady's NS as our boys and girls got to enjoy their new playground and basketball court for the first time. And it was worth waiting for......
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)