March News-St. Mary’s Parochial School (Model School) –

We are learning about Saints and Martyrs with Cannon Fryday. She talked about Martin Luther King and other Martyrs like Stephen. We also talked about Westminster Abbey in London and the statues of the Saints and Martyrs inside the niches

The senior classroom has been doing tests in English and Maths. The 5th and 6th had an extra Maths problems test. We all hope we got good results

The 3rd and 4th have been learning about “The Book of Kells”. They learnt about Monks and drew the round tower and coloured it in.

The 5th and 6th have been learning about Pompeii and how it was covered in ash by Mount Vesuvius. We also wrote a newspaper article in our copy/ pretending to be a witness of the event as part of our History

Marina came in and taught the senior classroom more about French. We played a game to help our French improve.

The whole school got some Passports. We all wrote our name and addresses inside them. Inside the Passports were stickers of flags which we stuck into their correct places. It also told us about all the European countries and a crossword at the end.

We had P.E. with Mrs Levie - we played basketball and had a match we all enjoyed it.

We had gymnastics with Mrs Kennington and we learned more. It was really fun.

Quite a few children in the junior classroom have been very sick with a winter cold. We hope to see them back to school fit and healthy soon.

John Cummins came in and played hurling with us. We learned lots of new skills and we really enjoyed it.

We had the parent teacher meetings and we all hope we got good results.

Stephanie, a transition year student from Villiers School in Limerick came in on work experience. Ingrid Duncan, a past pupil of our school, came on work experience. Ingrid did some science with us. We learned how much air our lungs can hold. We all really enjoyed having them both.

We did Art with Stephanie. We drew abstract faces and paradise!

In French class with Marine we learned the days of the week and the months of the year in French.

The new planters are made for the Junior classroom and they are wonderful. We are looking forward to planting some vegetables in them in March. The children in the junior classroom enjoyed having Ingrid and Stephanie too.

We had a lot of green flag meetings and we were talking about ways to save energy in the school. We will be doing lots of work in the next few weeks.

We would like to thank the Ruttle Family for donating some books to the school.

Prepared by David, Meghan and Ellen.

St. Mary’s Parochial School (Model School) –

Hello everybody and hope you all are well after the storm.

We had an exciting when the McCarthy Cup visited our school. Four GAA Officials came too. Unfortunately Eoin Kelly could not come as he had just returned from Boston where he had brought the McCarthy Cup to visit. One of the Official’s name was Mr. Séan Nugent. His grandfather taught in this school many years ago. Mr. Nugent told us the history of the McCarthy Cup and we all got to hold the Cup. They gave us all a signed poster of the team. There are photos on display in the school. We had a banner in our classroom to welcome the cup. The cup was very heavy when we lifted it. Ms. Wallace and Mrs. Brennan held the cup too.


In the Junior room, one of Mrs. Brennan’s hens came to visit on Monday and some of the children got to hold her. She is a brown hen and the picture in last week’s newsletter was taken from Clip Art! The hen was running around the school yard and all the children enjoyed watching her.


Lauren Quigley is a past pupil in our school and is now in Transition Year in the Presentation Secondary School. Lauren came on Wednesday and spent some time in each classroom. She will be coming every Wednesday for the next few months as part of her work experience.


The Red Kettle Theatre Group are visiting next Wednesday and are performing ‘Rory McLory and the story that never ends’ for all children. We are also having a collection of unwanted clothing, etc. next week for Mrs. Quinn’s Charity Shop for the Blind. There is a note about these already sent home.


We have started practicing for the Christmas Play. It is called ‘Silent Night’ and will take place on Thursday 9th of December at the GAA Centre. So please keep that date free.


Mrs. Levie came in to do P.E. with the Senior Room. We played ‘Ladders’ and ‘Crab Football’.


If you have any unwanted phones please send them into our school as we are still collecting them for the Jack and Jill Foundation – there’s a box in Old St Mary’s