PUBLISH A POEM AWARDS!

Our wonderful poets from 3rd and 4th class were honoured in an awards ceremony in the Garage Theatre Monaghan on Tuesday 30th May 2017.

Congratulations to Brandon Brady, Ned Bevis, Conor Carlin Roche, Erin Manning, Saoirse Shanley and Summer Small whose poems have been published in a poetry book titled " The Drumlins Speak in Verse".

This is an anthology of children's poetry compiled by the Publish a Poem competition co-ordinators in conjunction with Monaghan Education Centre and sponsored by the Rotary Club Monaghan.

The poetry project began last November with some schools from Monaghan and Cavan partaking.  Class teachers explored various poetry genres such as Haiku, Cinquain, Acrostic and Limericks with their classes.  Following a class poetry workshop children's poetry was brought to Monaghan Education Centre and assessed.

Congratulations also to Aine O Reilly, Craig Corrigan and Aidan O Reilly for winning Highly Commended prizes for their poetry.

All children received medals and certificates for their work and those whose poems were published received a free copy of the book.

Health Promoting School

For the last two years we have been working towards obtaining our Health Promoting School Flag.

The Health Promoting Schools Flag’ is presented by the HSE to schools as an acknowledgement of their work in improving the health of their school communities. The programme supports schools to focus on health and well-being and involves all members of the school community. Students, staff, parents and guardians are consulted to identify priority health areas. Over a period of  2 school years schools develop an action plan to address the health areas identified.  Schools are guided to address their priority area under the following evidence based categories: environment (social and physical) curriculum, policies and partnerships. Schools work, at their own pace, supported by the HSE Health Promotion & Improvement Dept. In each school, a Healthy Ireland-Health Promoting Schools coordinator and Healthy Ireland-Health Promoting Schools team lead out on the progression of health and well-being and this work is supported by the school principal, board of management and wider school community. 

We are delighted to say that Scoil Bhríde has been awarded this flag.

We would like to say a 'Big Thank You' to all involved especially Ms Monica McCrory HSE, Our Health Promotion Team, which included Mrs O'Neill, Siobhán, Caroline Wood parent representative, Grainne, Oran, Aaron and Katelyn.

Well done to all pupils in the school. 

Thank you to all parents and guardians who assisted in surveys and questionnaires.

Nest boxes

We discovered that we have starlings nesting in one of our swift nest boxes, but we are continuing to play our swift songs to hopefully encourage other swifts to our vacant boxes.

We also have Blue Tits nesting in another box. They have 3 chicks and are doing great. Below are some photos of them in their nest.

Mum with some food for the babies.

3 chicks awaiting their Mothers return.

WINDOWS POETRY WINNERS 2017!

 3rd- 6th classes entered the 2017 Windows Poetry competition run by Heather Brett and Noel Monaghan in conjunction with Cavan County Council and the Arts Office.

1,700 children nationwide entered the competition and only 100 made it to prize level.

We were so delighted in Scoil Bhríde to be informed that 4 of those prize winners came from our very own school!

The Awards Ceremony took place in Cavan Crystal Hotel on Sunday 14th May and the prizes were presented by Ger Finn -Cavan County Council and Noel Monaghan-Windows Poetry.

Congratulations to Jamie Fay 3rd class, Daniel Sweeney 5th class and Aine O Reilly 3rd class on winning a Merit Certificate for their poems based on the heritage of Killeshandra.

Special congratulations to Saoirse O Reilly 6th class whose poem "The Lakes of Killeshandra" came in the top 18 in the Heritage section! She received a certificate and a medal.

These prizes are a huge achievement for the winners.  

Also, well done to all the other entrants from our school who created beautiful pieces of poetry.

Chess

Congratulations to our Chess Winners this year.
Thanks to Tony McMahon for all his hard work.
The nail biting final.

Confirmation 2017

Sacrament of Confirmation: We congratulate the 34 boys and girls from Arva, Coronea, Corliss and Killeshandra who received the Sacrament of Confirmation in Arva, Sunday 7^th May at 3pm.  

Names:  St Mary’s N.S. Teacher - Ms Olivia Gilmartin: Shane Corcoran, Lorna Giblin, Cliona Griffiths, Charlie Madden, Ronán Mullally, Thomas Partington, Ellie Williams, Barry Donnelly, Jamie Gray, Garrett MacManus, James Miney, Bryan Noble and Sióg Reilly. Corliss N.S. Teacher Mrs Sarah Ginty: Jamie Lee Carlin, Dylan Kiernan, Ronan O’Rourke, Ellen Donohoe, Molly Lynch and Aoife Young. Coronea N.S. Teacher Mr Paddy Kerrigan: Keelin O’Connell, Emer Bishop, Joshua McGahern, Meabh Masterson, Conor Brady and Oisín McGahern. Scoil Bhríde N.S. Teacher Mrs Helen Flynn: Amy Dinneny, Aaron Fowler, Eoin Martin, Ellen McClean, Gráinne O'Reilly, Saoirse O'Reilly, Kian O'Shannon, James Phair and Jason Wood.

The Daily Mile

Everyone here at Scoil Bhríde is participating in The Daily Mile. 

The aim of the Daily Mile is to improve the physical, emotional and social health and wellbeing of our children – regardless of age or personal circumstances.

It is a profoundly simple but effective concept. Its impact can be transformational- improving not only the children's’ fitness, but also their concentration levels, mood, behaviour and general wellbeing.

We started on Tuesday 2nd May and every day at 11.50 all pupils and staff go outside to walk, skip or run. 

Poetry Competition Winners

Windows Heritage Poetry Competition 

1400 entries and only 100 winners. 

4 from our school!!

 * Jamie Fay

      *Aine O'Reilly

          *Daniel Sweeney

          *Saoirse O'Reilly

won Certificates of Merit.

Awards Ceremony Sunday 14th May in the Cavan Crystal Hotel.

Publish a Poem Competition

Publish a Poem Competition run by Monaghan Education Centre.

3rd & 4th class entered.

3 won Certificates of Merit 

          *Conor Carlin Roche

*Erin Manning

  *Summer Small

3 won Special Awards

*Saoirse Shanley - Best Limerick

*Ned Bevis - Best Cinquain

*Brandon Brady - Best Haiku

These 6  will have their poems published in a poetry book and receive a copy of the book, a medal and a certificate at an awards ceremony in Garage Theatre Monaghan on Tuesday 30th May.

3 other children will receive a medal and a cert for their Highly Commended Poems.

*Aidan O'Reilly

*Aine O'Reilly

*Craig Corrigan

Congratulations to all our Winners!!!

Wall Murals

Wall Murals

5th & 6th class together with Siobhán, repainted our wall murals. They are now vibrant again.

      

  

 

Buddy Bench

Buddy Bench

We would like to thank Mick and the Men's Shed in Killeshandra for making our Buddy Bench.

We have painted it and planted some plants in it.

It looks great!!

Fire Safety Talk

Fire Safety Talk

FIRE SAFETY TALK TO 3RD AND 4TH CLASSES

Local fire fighters, Peter Brady, Ronan Kearns and Shane Murphy came in to talk to 3rd and 4th classes about fire safety in the home.

They showed the children the instruments they use and the safety gear they wear whenever they have to enter a burning building.

They also discussed how to keep our homes safe and how to make a fire escape plan at home.

The children really enjoyed the talk.  Thank you very much to Killeshandra Fire Brigade.