Sports Day

June 19th was Sports Day. 

The weather was great. The fun was even greater. 

Thank you to the Parents' Council for the much needed ice-cream.

Senior Tour

 On Tuesday, June 18th. Third to Sixth Classes travelled to Kilcullen to enjoy a great day out at the Let's Go Camp.

Slievenamon

On Thursday June 6th our soon to be graduating Sixth Class climbed Slievenamon. 

Camogie County Final 2024

All roads led to Thurles today. Backed by a big crowd of schoolmates and family members, our u13 Camogie team took to the hallowed turf of Semple Stadium to take on Templederry in the Roinn E County Final.

Our girls made a good start and got the first couple of scores but Templederry proved to be no pushovers and dominated the play for large parts of the first half. In fact if it wasn't for the heroics of our goalkeeper Róisín we could easily have found ourselves behind at halftime. Thankfully some good scores by Lily, Amy, Hannah and Sarah kept us ahead at the break 3-6 to 2-2.

In the second half Lily and Amy took control in midfield while the skill and clever movement of Aoibhinn and Órla Mc upfront gave the Templederry backs no end of trouble. Our own backline of Hannah and Niamh defended stoutly in front of the rock solid Róisín, ensuring that Templederry couldn't find a way back into the game.

A flurry of scores early in the second half put the Ballingarry girls into an unassailable lead but Templederry never gave up and kept their scoreboard ticking over.

Orla B, Sophie, Taylor, Kellyann, Grace and Chloe all came on in the second half and played their part in what was a historic day for Our Lady's NS.

The final score was 10-13 to 7-3 in favour of Ballingarry.

Captain, Órla McAree accepted the Roinn E Shield on behalf of her teammates and gave a lovely speech. Róisín Norton was deservedly named 'Player of the Match'.

Panel:

Róisín Norton, Niamh Quigley, Hannah Shelly, Lily Ivors, Amy Burns, Sarah Tye, Órla McAree, Orla Boylan, Sophie Hayes, Taylor Rose Rice, Aoibhinn Rice, Kellyann Donovan, Grace Croke, Chloe Fennelly.

Absent Panelists:

Amber Hearne, Iris Corcoran.

Scorers:

 Amy Burns 5-3, Lily Ivors 4-5, Aoibhinn Rice 1-1, Hannah Shelly 0-3, Sarah Tye 0-1 

Thank you to all our supporters for all their encouragement. Thank you to Trevor, Helena and Collette for their help with the team. A huge thank you to our coach Paddy for all his work this year and every other year with our young GAA stars.

Thank you also to all the parents who provided delicious treats for us when we arrived home.

May 2024 Assembly

We had our penultimate Assembly of the year recently in the library. No, we don't know where the year is gone either!

Here are all of our winners for the month of May!

Our Kindness Awardees

Our Writers of the Month

Our Mathematicians of the Month 

Our Good Attendance Raffle winners

Class of the Month for May is.........

.....Third and Fourth Class!!!

Fundamental Movement Training and Spikeball

 Our students have been enjoying some extra PE in recent times. Not only has Paddy Ivors been putting our young hurlers through their paces as usual but we have had the benefit of some extra coaching during April and May.

Barry Burke delivered six Fundamental Movement Training sessions to each class. The sessions were great fun and were really enjoyed by our students. A big thank you to Barry and to Ballingarry GAA Club for organising the sessions.

It's always nice to have former students come back to see us so were were delighted to welcome TY students Anna, Colm, Elizabeth, Gavin, Grace, James, Tadgh and Thomas back to their old stomping ground. The Presentation Secondary School students were coaching Spikeball to our Fifth and Sixth Class. 

'Pinch Pot Monsters'