We bid farewell to these wonderful boys and girls this week. We will miss them all but we wish them the very best as they graduate from Barnacarroll N.S. and look forward to a new and exciting chapter in their lives.

This year 5th and 6th class have achieved our first Science Foundation Ireland Science and Maths Certificate. We provided evidence of our engagement with STEM in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Our favourite part of the experience was when the 4th class pupils came into our classroom for our showcase. We had four different stations and had a great afternoon. It was a great experience and we are glad we did it! :) By, Caragh, Ciara and Jessica, 5th Cl

On the first of June, 5th and 6th class went on our school tour to Lough Key Forest Park and the Arigna Mines. It was the best school tour ever! In the morning, we met at 8:15am to depart from the school. We arrived at Lough Key Forest Park just before 10am. After we arrived, the instructors took us through the initiation and showed us how to use our harnesses. Soon after the initiation, we started the excitement of the zip-lines!! We stayed on the zip-lines for four hours, t

5th and 6th class loved reading this novel. Take a look at some of our responses to the novel - in written and art form. We hope you like them and as you will see, this book comes highly recommended from our classroom! The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Book Report The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is the title of the book. Setting: At the start of the story the setting is in a huge house in Berlin. Later on, the setting is in a smaller house in Auschwitz Poland. The main characters

Congratulations to the children in second class who made their First Holy Communion on Sunday the 27th of May. The children were excellent completing all of their jobs in the church including singing the psalm, reading their prayers and bringing up the gifts. Well done second class. Ms. Clarke was very proud of you all.

First and Second class went on their school tour last Friday, the 1st of June. We went to a Let's Go School Tour in the Sports Arena at Breaffy House Hotel. We participated in a number of activities including a Zorbee Ball Roll, Disco Dome, Super Slide, Wrecking Ball, Woobly Ladder, iPad Fun Orienteering, Speed Stacking and KMX Karts. We were so lucky with the weather on the day. It was a great day and all the children really enjoyed themselves.

More photos from first and second classes school tour!

We had lots of fun today at Sports Day. The sprints, three-legged races and sack races were so much fun! It was a lovely warm day and we enjoyed taking part in all the races and activities. We even got a lovely ice-cream from the ice cream van to cool down after all of our hard work!