HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Wishing you all a happy, holy and peaceful Christmas and every good wish for 2019.

School reopens on Monday 7th January 2019

Killeshandra Day Care Christmas Party

5th and 6th class visited Killeshandra Day Care Center today.

They made Christmas cards and sang carols with Lil Fleming and Rev Jean Mackerel

Thank you to all the staff for serving refreshments to the children.

We had a great day.

Annual Christmas Draw

PA Annual Christmas Draw took place in Scoil Bhríde on Friday 14th December.

Congratulations to the lucky winners

Trailer of sticks -Patricis Crotty

€100 Dunnes Stores voucher - Roy Wood

Tayto Park Pass for a family of 4 - Vernon Donohue

Sincere thanks to the Parents Association for organising it and to all the parents who supported it.

Book Fair competition

We held a design a book cover competition to coincide with our Book Fair.

We received some amazing entries from the students.

Here are some of the amazing entries.

Batteries for Barretstown

Thank you to everyone who contributed towards our collection of used batteries.

 ‘Batteries for Barretstown,’ is aimed at increasing awareness of battery recycling and raising much-needed funds for Barretstown. We filled over 5 boxes and they were collected today.

We have collection boxes in the school if you have batteries that need recycling.

Cyberbullying Talk

 

On Tuesday the 20th November Garda Edel Gilliland the Juvenile Liaison Officer in Cavan came to the school to speak to the children about Internet Safety and Cyber Bullying.

Garda Edel explained the dangers of the internet, in a friendly way, using real and practical examples for the students.

It was very informative.

Thank you Edel.

 

 

 

Additional information is available for parents on www.webwise.ie



Parent/Teacher Meetings

Parent/Teacher Meetings will take place  

on Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th November.

Book Fair

Our book fair will run from Monday 26th November - Friday 30th November.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Science Week

Science week runs from Monday the 12th - Friday 16th. 

Students will be participating in various experiments during the week.

We will post photos at the end of the week.

Student Council 2018

Student Council Election

On Wednesday 24th October we had our Student Council Election.

Well done to all our candidates who participated in the Election.

Here is our new Student Council

Football Final Brefni Park

On Saturday 10th November Killeshandra Boys football team played in the final in Breffni Park against Arva. Unfortunately they were unsuccessful but they played very well.

Well done boys!

Visit from Sr Anna

World meeting of Families 2018

On Tuesday 23rd October Sr Anna came to the school to talk to the children about the theme of this programme which was entitled "Families of Faith".  The programme invites Catholic schools to reflect on and celebrate the relationship that exists between home, school and parish.

KIlleshandra Day Care Centre

On Friday 9th November 6th class met up with 5th & 6th class pupils from the Church of Ireland School in Killeshandra to assist with packing the Team Hope Shoe Boxes in Killeshandra Day Care Centre.

They enjoyed their time there and 

 were treated to refreshments afterwards.

We would just like to say a big THANK YOU  to all the staff

Reuse a plastic bottle competition

.In association with Killeshandra Tidy Towns  and Scoil Bhríde's 4th Green Flag for Global Citizenship  Marine Environment, children from the school participated in a competition called 'Most Imaginative Use of a Plastic Bottle' .  The aim of the competition was to promote awareness of the impact of plastic on our environment and also highlight the importance of recycling properly.  More than eight million tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans every year. Plastic never biodegrades fully, but breaks down into tiny pieces, releasing toxic chemicals that end up in our food chain and water supply, creating a soupy mess of plastic. Well done to the Scoil Bhríde Green Team on their continuous work at reducing the use of plastic in the school as  98% of pupils now use reusable water bottles and lunch boxes - as opposed to cling film. . 

Children were asked to come up with the most imaginative use of a plastic bottle and all of the exhibits were outstanding.

All participants received an acknowledgment of their entry butthe following winners were most outstanding.  

Fatima Sahi - Most Creative Prize an ornamental tree. 

Abaigh Sweeney -  Biodiversity Prize a bird feeder.  

Rián O'Reilly - Most Attention to Detail Prize a skeleton with movable parts. 

Lauren Nulty -  Most Imaginative Prize a pencil case complete with zip. 

Holly Fitzpatrick - Quantity Prize (most used bottles) a foot stool.   

Adrian Magee - Fun Element Prize a bat mobile.

Prizes were sponsored by Killeshandra Tidy Towns.

Thanks to all pupils who entered our competition.

Also a big thanks to our judges Chris Kirk, Heather Bothwell, Anne Shanley and Maire O'Reilly.

The Killeshandra Tidy Towns Committee kindly sponsored the prizes as part of their  Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant 2018.

Killeshandra Tidy Towns Committee

An ornamental Tree

Bird Feeder 

Skeleton

Pencil case complete with zip

Foot stool

Bat mobile

just a few tips

1. Bring a bag when shopping.
2. Just say no to straws. 
3. Use reusable produce bags. Just say "no" to plastic produce bags. 
4. Use reusable bottles and cups. 
5. Return reusable containers.
6. Recycle Recycle Recycle