We wish you all a very happy summer holidays and look forward to seeing you all in the new school year. 

Go raibh míle maith agat

We wish to thank our longest serving SNA Mrs. Cronin for her dedication, commitment and kindness she has shown to all pupils she has worked with over her 18 years in St. Lachteen's National School. We wish her the very best in her retirement. 

Go n-éirí an bothár libh

The very best of luck to our sixth class pupils as they transition to secondary school. We had a lovely graduation ceremony in school with music and speeches from staff and pupils as they reminisced on their time in primary school.  ​We have lots of fond memories of their time in St. Lachteen's National School and we wish them all the best in their bright futures ahead. 

Basketball Tournament 

Fourth, fifth and sixth class took part in a very enjoyable and competitive internal summer basketball league. Well done to all pupils who participated and congratulations to our winning team. 

Senior Infants had an action packed June with boxercise, gymnastics, school tour, fun day, art work and lots more.
See our slide show and gallery of photos.

Jam packed June in Junior Infants

Donoughmore Ladies Football Art Competition Winners 

Junior and Senior Infants School Tour 

Junior and Senior infants had a very enjoyable trip to the Mardyke for their school tour. They took part in many different activities and had a day full of lots of fun.

Ice Cream Party

The pupils in 4th class enjoyed an ice cream party today as a reward for their hard work over the year. After enjoying a healthy week last week of tasting lots of fruit and vegetables with the Food Dudes Healthy Eating Programme, pupils voted to take a healthy approach to their reward. Lots of fruit was had along with the not so healthy treat of ice-cream and sweets. We almost got in our 7 a day today!

Pupils V Staff Challenges 

The sixth class pupils are off to a strong start on our sixth class pupils v staff challenges. So far competitions have included hula hoop, skipping, basketball, nerf gun, knitting and clay challenges. 

Sports Day 3rd to 6th Class 

Third, fourth, fifth and sixth class really enjoyed their sports day. They took part in a variety of races and team challenges. A great day was had by all! 

UCC

Fifth, Sixth and Ms. Sexton's class enjoyed a trip to UCC. The pupils walked around the quad, learned lots of history about the buildings of UCC, the symbols around UCC, the Honan Chapel, George Boole, the Crawford Observatory and the Kane building. The pupils tried on gowns and got certificates to record their visits and the wish that they may one day be future UCC graduates. 

Mural

Following on from our Creative Schools Mural Competition artist Bríd Moynihan compiled the pupils ideas and designs into one overall school design. Our pupils and Bríd have been busy working on it over the past few weeks and we cannot wait to share the finished design with you. 

June Assembly

Congratulations to all our Kind Kid raffle winners for the month of June. Go raibh míle maith agaibh to all our performers for a showstopping assembly which included: A tin whistle repertoire by first class, a performance of "All the Small Things" as gaeilge by rang a ceathair, a song from "The Lion King" by 3rd class as well as individual and group performances of dances, songs and dramas from a variety of classes. 

Sports Day- Juniors to 2nd Class

Juniors, Seniors, 1st class and 2nd class had a fantastic time at their sports day. They tried out many different activities such as crawling races, potato and spoon and sack races. They had such a fun time and really enjoyed themselves.

1st - 3rd
St. Lachteen Army Ranger Wing 
Reporting for School Tour Duty!!!

1st - 3rd had a great day being shown around Fota Adventure Park by their Army instructors. 
They made camps and fire and toasted marshmallows in the wilderness.
They made it through cargo nets and obstacle courses like pros. Davy Fitz would have been crying tears of pride!!
And they especially loved the sniper in the woods hide and seek. Face paint and camouflage made them next to impossible to spot.
​A  super day for super kids.

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Tremendous Thursday 

It was a jam packed fun day today in St. Lachteen's  N.S. The pupils really enjoyed lots of activities including bouncy castles, talent shows, inflatable obstacle courses, games and even pizza! 

West Cork Secret 

Fourth, fifth and sixth class had a fabulous day on their school tour to West Cork Secret. The sun shone on the pupils as they enjoyed team building games, challenges, orienteering, gutterball, obstacle courses and the infamous mudslide! It was a great day with lots of muck and laughter. 

Cork City Sports 

Assembly

Congratulations to all our Kind Kid raffle winners in today's assembly. Pupils worked very hard on their Creative Schools Mural suggestions over the past few weeks. Our Creative Schools Committee chose a winner from each class for best effort in their submissions, well done to all pupils and our winners. We were also entertained with a beautiful performance of "Mo Ghile Mear" from Rang a haon, "Grace" performed on the tinwhistle by 5th and 6th class, group dances from third class and an adapted performance of "Cinderella" written and performed by pupils from 5th and 6th class. 

Art in Nature 

 5th and 6th class and Ms. Sexton's class really enjoyed Art in Nature lessons with Jessica Mason. The pupils looked and responded to a variety of art in nature images and learned how some artists use the ​Fibonacci Sequence in their art. The pupils went on a nature walk paying attention to the beautiful wildflowers, colours and nature in our locality. The pupils collected leaves, flowers and petals to create found art which they created and left in nature. They then returned to the classroom to create beautiful artistic and creative images. We hope you enjoy! 

Church visit

​Junior Infants have been learning all about the Church as part of Religion. We decided we would go on a walk to visit St. Lachteen's Church and point out some things that they have been learning about e.g. altar, tabernacle, stained glass window. Tiana and Mr. McDonnell came for the walk with us too.

Printing with Bríd Moynihan

We were very lucky to have visits from an artist Bríd Moynihan over the past few weeks. Pupils from Junior Infants to 3rd class learned and practiced Mono Printing. Pupils from 4th to 6th class learned and practiced Etch Printing. We hope you enjoy a selection of our fabulous creations! 

Virtual River Tour

Pupils were fascinated on their recent virtual river tours with Jessica Mason. They learned lots of new and interesting facts. 

Cork Primary School Sports Para Athletics 

One of the highlights of the school year is always the Cork Primary School Sports. It is a huge event in the primary school calendar. This year for the first year they included a para athletics event. Congratulations to all the participants especially our pupil Bregeen, we are very proud of her and were so excited when she arrived back to school with a trophy for coming second. Maith Thú! 

Fairy Doors 

Pupils in St. Lachteen's had great fun being creative when designing and decorating fairy doors. Thank you to Niall O' Connell for donating them to the school. 

 Fota Wildlife Park

Mrs. McCarthy's Class and Ms. Sexton's Class really enjoyed their recent school tour to Fota Wildlife Park. 

First Holy Communion 2023

Making Butter

Junior Infants thoroughly enjoyed doing an experiment to make butter from cream. They all had turns shaking the jar of cream to eventually turn it into butter. They then had the chance to sample the butter on some cream crackers- yummy!

Third Class Athletics Blitz 

Third Class had a great day out at an athletics blitz in Mallow. Thanks to Ray and Cork Sports Partnership. 

Earth Day

Rang a ceathair recently celebrated Earth Day and as part of their lessons decorated this beautiful collaborative poster.

Girls FAI Soccer Tournament 

​Congratulations to our girls soccer team who put in an incredible performance and made it as far as the semi-finals in the Girls FAI Soccer Tournament Cork Finals. All pupils from 3rd to 6th class thoroughly enjoyed their day out in Musgrave Park and were great supporters for our team. Thank you to their coaches Mr. Kent and Ms. Curtin. 

Baking

​Ms. Sexton’s class enjoyed baking and especially eating queen cakes in school. 

Gymnastics and Box Aerobics 

​We are having great fun in our weekly gymnastics and box aerobics lessons. 

Mono Print Art Lessons 

​We were very lucky to have a visit from an artist, Bríd in 3rd Class. We practiced making our very own mono prints. 

Autism Acceptance Fortnight

​All pupils in St. Lachteen’s N.S. engaged in a variety of activities for Autism Acceptance Fortnight which culminated with a no uniform day to celebrate Neurodiversity. 

Fire Safety

​Second Class pupils enjoyed a fire safety demonstration in our school yard . The pupils practiced using our fire extinguishers. 

Sciath na Scol

​Well Done to our girls camogie team and our boys hurling team in their recent Sciath na Scol matches against Farran and Blarney. 

Clay Coil Pots with Norah Porter 

Our very artistic clay pots have returned from the kiln. Pupils from 5th, 6th and Ms. Sexton’s Class put a great effort into their pots and we are very proud of the finished products. A special thank you to Norah Porter. 

Third Class Athletics 

Third Class are really enjoying weekly athletic lessons with our coach from Cork Sports Partnership. We are really looking forward to our upcoming competition with other schools. 

First Confession
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Congratulations to Second class who received the sacrament of Reconciliation before the Easter holidays. We are all looking forward to the First Holy Communion on the 6th of May.

Senior Infant egg hunt

Girls Soccer Final

There is great excitement building in St. Lachteen's for the girls soccer final which will be held in Turner's Cross in April. We cannot wait.

March Assembly

Well done to all who participated in our March Assembly today. We had a fantastic showcase of singing, dance and poetry. Congratulations to all our kind kind raffle winners also. 

Sciath na Scol

Clay Coil Pots with Norah Porter

For our next step in the clay pot process our coil pots have been painted and sent off to the kiln. We can't wait to share our finished products with you. Thanks to Norah Porter for all her help. 

Busy Bees in Junior Infants

Junior had a great time making flags from paper. One child demonstrated to the class how to do it and they had great fun, making and decorating them. They have been very busy learning how to write letters correctly. They used highlighters, wrote on blackboards with chalk and even wrote their letters in shaving foam.

Pizza Party

Ms. Sexton's class really enjoyed making and eating home made pizzas today. Thank you to Mrs. Kennedy. 

First Confession 

Congratulations to second class who received their first Sacrament of Reconciliation today in St. Lachteen's Church. Thank you to Fr. O' Riordan and Fr. Foley. 

Lots of Socks ! 

There were lots of socks in St. Lachteen's this morning to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. 

Congratulations! 

A huge congratulations to our girls soccer team who have secured their place in the FINALS after an exciting penalty shoot out! 
We're really looking forward to the final. 

Lá Glas

Bhí a lán craic, ceoil agus damhsa againn inniu don lá glas. Chaith gach duine éadaí glasa agus bhí ceolchoirm againn le damhsa agus amhráin. Bhaineamar an-sult as an Haka Gaelach agus An Dreoilín. 

We had great fun in school today for our lá glas. Everyone wore green and we had a fantastic concert in which every class showcased dances or songs in Irish. The whole school (pupils and staff) peformed An Dreoilín agus An Haka Gaelach. 

Coicís na Gaeilge

Comhghairdeachas do gach dalta a rinne sár-iarracht don comórtas ealaíne agus comhghairdeachas speisialta do no buaiteoirí - maith sibh! 

Bronnadh cartaí speisialta ar gach dalta a rinne iarracht gaeilge a labhairt i rith Coicís na Gaeilge. Comhghairdeachas do na buaiteorí as gach rang inniu. 

Well done to every pupil who put an excellent effort into their art work for our Coicís na Gaeilge art competition and congratulations to all the prize winners. 

Every pupil who made an effort to speak Irish over Coicís na Gaeilge was awarded a special card that were all put into a raffle today. Congratulations to our winners from every class.

St. Patrick's Day

Ms. Sexton's class attended a webinar with author Caroline Busher and learned lots of facts about St. Patrick today. We hope you enjoy our facts and learn something new about St. Patrick ☘

Happy St. Patrick's Day in Lámh 

Thank you to our two volunteers from junior infants who showed us all how to sign "Happy St. Patrick's Day" in lámh. 

March in First Class 

First class have been very busy this March. They practiced their report writing by going around the world in their countries projects. They were practicing "Ola" and "Bonjour" and learned lots of interesting facts. Maith sibh! 

Fourth Class

Fourth class took part in a seó faisin recently and they used lots of their Irish vocabulary. Bhí an-chraic againn!

Senior Infants

Senior Infants had a fun morning planting cress, lettuce and chive seeds with Mr.Mc Sweeney, Mrs. Buckley and Mrs. Harrington.

Fifth and Sixth Class Projects 

Fifth and Sixth class researched Mahatma Gandhi, Mary Robinson and the Titanic. They have been practicing their research skills in the gathering, summarising and presentation of their interesting facts. They have also presented their projects and what they have learned to their class. 

Third Class Athletics March 2023

FAI Boys Soccer Squads March 2023

Clay with Norah Porter

Norah Porter recently visited 5th and 6th class and Ms. Sexton's Class. The pupils really engaged in making clay pots and used their creative flairs in the design of their individual pots. We are patiently waiting for them to dry so we can paint them before we send them off to the kiln to complete the process. 

Swimming 

Fourth and Fifth Class are really enjoying their trips to mallow swimming pool and their swimming lessons as part of our P.E. Curriculum. 

Second Class Ireland Projects 

Second Class took a trip around Ireland through project work. The pupils did excellent projects on Ireland. Topics included Tyrone and Centre Parcs, President Michael D. Higgins, My favourite Irish Sport Stars, My favourite place in Ireland, Irish Symbols, Croke Park and Páirc Uí Chaoimh Well done! 

Third Class Rainforest Projects 

Third class were very busy researching the rainforest and put great work into their fantastic projects. Our school corridor is decorated with all sorts of creatures from the rainforest including sloths, snakes, frogs, elephants, leopards, macaws, toucans, fossas, jaguars and tarantulas! We hope you enjoy a selection of their great work. 

Fourth Class World Book Day Art 

Fourth class pupils created their favourite book characters using potatoes! We think they did an amazing job and hope you enjoy their creations. 

Kind Kid Assembly February

Well Done to everyone who won Kind Kid Awards for February and thanks to all teachers and especially pupils for their amazing performances.

Love is in the air

 February was a very special month in Junior Infants. They made beautiful clay hearts which they painted and added some string so they could hang them up at home. They decorated some heart pictures to put on their windows. They did lots of different art this month- colouring with oil pastels and adding vegetable oil to them, they thoroughly enjoyed constructing with junk art and made really imaginative creations.

Pancake Tuesday

​Senior Infants had great fun working on the ipads, writing about Pancake Tuesday and sharing their work with their class.

​Senior Infants enjoying eating some well deserved pancakes after all their hard work earlier.

Happy Valentine's Day 

Happy Valentine's Day from Ms. Sexton's class. We really enjoyed making Valentine's Gonks and Valentine's Hearts with Frisbees! 

Seó Faisin Rang a Cúig agus a Sé

Happy Valentine's day from Senior Infants

Friendship Fortnight

Pupils in the school enjoyed celebrating friendship through a variety of activities during Friendship Fortnight. 

Cycling 

Fifth and sixth class finished their cycling sessions this week. Over the last few weeks they have been practicing road safety and many cycling skills in our school yard. This week they brought it all together and were well prepared for a cycle on the road. Thank you to Wild Atlantic Sports. 

Internet Safety 

Pupils from third to sixth class, teachers and parents had a very informative talk on internet safety from Zeeko to celebrate Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 7th February. Safety guides for parents on internet safety are available on their website or by clicking here

St. Brigid’s Cloak

5th & 6th class created a fabulous St. Brigid’s Cloak this week using crepe paper and card.

Stepping into Spring 

 Classes in the school have signed up for the Step into Spring Walking Challenge an initiative organised by Cork Sports Partnership. Our school therapy dog Tiana also joined second class. 

Second Class St. Brigid's Crosses 

Second class celebrated St. Brigid's Day and the first day of spring my making St. Brigid's Day Crosses. 

St. Brigid's Day 

Happy St. Brigid's Day! To celebrate St. Brigid's Day pupils attended an online webinar which shared the history and stories of St. Brigid. Pupils also made St. Brigid's Crosses. 

4th Class Grandparents Day Art Activity 

Fourth class completed a collaborative art project for Grandparents Day as part of Catholic Schools Week. The pupils each completed their own part of the art work and had to wait for it all to come together for the grand reveal. We think they look amazing in our halla. 

Post Office Visit

Junior Infants had a freat time visiting the post office. A big thank you to Mary for looling after them so well when they bought their stamps. Thank you to Jamsie for the lovely treat he gave them all. They each took turns posting their soecial letter home.

January Assembly

Well done to all our pupils for their acts of kindness in the month of January and congratulations to our Kind Kid Raffle winners. Thank you to all who performed at our January assembly. We were entertained with performances from individual pupils who showcased a dance, gymnastics and a dráma as gaeilge, 1st class performed a dán as gaeilge and senior infants performed a beautiful song. 

5th & 6th Class Words of the Year for 2023

Students in 5th & 6th reflected on the past year and spent some time thinking about a word that they wanted to represent them in 2023. They then decorated the word for our classroom display.

Senior Infants have been busy learning about their community, visiting the local post office and doing lots of art work.

Credit Union Quiz

The very best of luck to our quiz teams who will be participating in the Blarney Credit Union Quiz this weekend. 

Indoor Hurling Blitzes 

Third and fourth class boys and girls recently took part in indoor hurling blitzes with neighbouring schools in the Sports Complex in Stuake. 

Chinese New Year 

The Chinese New Year was celebrated on the 22nd of January this year. 2023 is the year of the rabbit. Lots of classes enjoyed learning about the Chinese New Year and completing art projects for the Chinese New Year. 

January in Junior Infants

January has been a jam packed month in Junior Infants. They have been trying out lots of new materials for painting, even painting on shopping bags and tinfoil with cotton buds. They enjoyed exploring magnets and seeing what was magentic in the classroom. Here is a snapshot of some of their learning activities.

Welcome Tiana

A big welcome to Tiana! We are absolutely delighted to welcome a school therapy dog from My Canine Companion to our school. Tiana returned to school with all the teachers and staff after the Christmas Holidays and she is settling into our school. It is a huge asset to have a school therapy dog and we are looking forward to working with her. Thank you to My Canine Companion and Mr. McDonnell. 

Cycle Right - 5th & 6th Class Cycling

5th & 6th class are taking part in a 5 week cycling programme to develop cycling skills. They are learning about road safety, bike and helmet checks and will get the opportunity to cycle around the community during their final session. The students are all really enjoying the cycling programme, and luckily the snow on the yard melted just in time for our session today!

Art 

Ms. Sexton's class really enjoyed their art collage project inspired by the Mola textiles and patterns from Panama. 

Classroom Plants

Thank you to the Student Council who welcomed us all back to school this New Year with a gift of two plants for each classroom. We are looking forward to taking care of them and watching them flourish over the next few months. 

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Rang 2 - Christmas Cribs

The children in second class were very busy in December designing and building their own Christmas Cribs.  This was done as part of our learning about the story of Christmas when Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem and Jesus was born in a stable. 

​I think we will all agree that the children made a huge effort. Maith sibh!!!

Nollaig shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh ó rang a ceathair

4th class had a busy month making lovely festive art. We made Christmas wreaths, sock snowmen using rice and amazing clay Santas.

Merry Christmas

We hope you enjoy our whole school performance of "Away in a Manger". A special thank you to all staff especially Ms. Murphy who taught us the lámh signs to accompany this beautiful hymn. We wish you all a very Happy Christmas and look forward to welcoming everyone back to school in the New Year. 

Christmas Flower Arrangements 

Ms. Sexton's class made some wonderful flower arrangements to decorate their homes for Christmas. 

1st Class decoration makers

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December Assembly 

Well done to all our Kind Kid raffle winners for the month of December. This was our last assembly of 2022 and we were all put in the festive spirit with a wonderful performance from pupils from our 4th to 6th class school choir. 

Christmas Greetings from Junior Infants

 December has been an exciting month in Junior Infants. They were busy preparing for their Christmas concert, They did lots of lovely art work and enjoyed playing Christmas games on the ipads. They enjoyed playing board games with senior infants and 5th class.

Senior Infants finish 2022 in style

Senior Infants had great fun with junior infants and fifth class trying out the new board games.
​They went on a winter nature walk and were busy getting ready for Christmas. Here are some photos of them in action.

5th & 6th Christmas Tree Decorations

Pupils from 5th & 6th Class made fabulous Christmas tree decorations out of clay. How great do they look on our class Christmas tree?! Thanks to Faye B for bringing in our lovely Christmas tree.

Board Games 

We have lots of new board games in school thanks to the Student Council. We are looking forward to lots of competitions throughout the year. Fifth class had great fun trying out and learning how to play the new games. 

Christmas Log Decorating Competition

The St. Lachteen’s Annual Christmas Log Decorating Competition took place today. The 6th class pupils had been awaiting this day for many years and it certainly lived up to expectations. The pupils produced amazing cakes with such creativity! The staff found it very difficult to choose winners as the standard was so high!
A huge well done to all pupils for putting so much time and effort into their creations. A special congratulations to our 1st place winner: Emma, 2nd place winner: Ellie, 3rd place winner: Caitlin and 4th place winner: Cathal.

Christmas Concert

Christmas Hamper Raffle 

Getting into the spirit of Christmas , Mrs McCarthys Class.

We cannot believe it is nearly Christmas and we have been busy making lots of decorations and unique baubles to decorate our class notice board. We hope everyone has a lovely Christmas and has a ball!!  

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Winter helpers - Feed the birds... let them know it's Christmas time!

Christmas Wreaths with Jessica Mason

Pupils from 5th & 6th Class made wonderful Christmas wreaths with Jessica Mason last week. Jessica provided the willow branches and the students brought in plenty of foliage and decorations. They created beautiful wreaths which will look fabulous on the doors around Donoughmore this Christmas!

November Assembly

Congratulations to all the winners of our Kind Kids Raffle from every class for the month of November. Thank you to 5th and 6th Class for their musical performance which included a song sung in English, Irish and lámh signs. Thank you to 4th class for reading a diary entry which they had written from the perspective of a passenger on board the Titanic.  

Ms. Sexton's Class Trips

Ms. Sexton's class really enjoyed our recent class trip to Mallow. We had a great trip around Mallow and are looking forward to another trip soon. A special thank you to the bus driver Ted for being so kind and helpful. 
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We also enjoyed our class visit to our local church and graveyard as part of November to remember the Holy Souls. 

Second Class Art 

We are getting into the festive spirit in St. Lachteen's N.S. This is a selection of some of the fantastic art in second class. 

Coding in Third Class

Third class are really enjoying working on Scratch Programming. We are learning lots of new coding skills and having lots of fun. 

Clay with Norah Porter 

Third Class, Fourth Class and Ms. Sexton's class really enjoyed clay workshops with Norah Porter. The pupils concentrated very carefully to create clay models of Santa. These Santa models will be placed into a very hot kiln. After this we are looking forward to glazing them. It is a very interesting process and we we will post some photos of our finished masterpieces before Christmas. 

Toy Show Treat Bags 

The Toy Show Treat Bags were a big hit in St. Lachteen's. Thanks to all who donated to My Canine Companion and to 5th and 6th class, Ms. Sexton's class and all the staff who were involved in this fundraiser. 

November in Junior Infants

November has been a busy month in Junior Infants. They used ipads to take photos of the 2D shapes they found on a shape hunt around the school. They were busy exploring primary colours and what colours you make when you mix them.  They have been learning about building sites and really enjoyed playing with building tools.

Senior infants are all set for The Late Late toy show with their treat bags.

Book Builders - 1st, 5th & 6th Class

Today, we had our second session of Book Builders where the 5th & 6th Class worked with 1st Class students to create books entitled 'My Day at the Toy Show'. They used the Book Creator app on the iPads and came up with some really exciting narratives! We look forward to finishing them off in our next session!

Senior Infants

Senior Infants have been busy this November visiting the local cemetery, working on their phonics and making lots of new words.
They used the ipads creatively for maths and did lots of art work. Here are some photos of them in action.

5th & 6th Class Science Experiments 

Students from 5th & 6th class have been busy researching science experiments over the past week. We had great excitement today when they got the chance to demonstrate their experiments in front of the class. There was a fantastic variety of experiments including; making oobleck, fireworks in a glass, lava lamps, burp in a bag, floating eggs, dancing ghosts and many more! Well done to all pupils for putting so much time and effort into their experiments! 

Science week in full flow

Exploding lunch bags were great gas!
We learned all about reactions that release gas!!
All you need is baking soda, warm water, vinegar and a resealable lunch bag. 

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First Class Gardening 

Science Week 2022 

There is a big excitement in St. Lachteen's N.S. for Science Week. We are trying out and enjoying lots of experiments. We may have many budding scientists in our midst! 

Seó Faisean  - Rang a dó
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Toy Show Treat Bag 

1st, 5th and 6th Book Builders

Halloween Disco 🎃

Today our school was taken over with all sorts of spooky costumes. We really enjoyed the day and had a great time at our Halloween Disco. We hope you all have a wonderful midterm break. 

Halloween Art by 4th Class

We had great fun making these amazing pieces using chromotography.

HALLOWEEN ART & BAKING

We had great fun in Ms. Sexton's class preparing for Halloween with some Halloween Art. We also really enjoyed making and especially eating some Halloween Spiders and Witches Hats. 

Halloween Art

We hope you enjoy a selection of Halloween Art from around the school. 

On Top of the World 

We all felt "On Top of the World" today after 5th and 6th classes performance of Imagine Dragons "On Top of the World". Go raibh míle maith agaibh! 

October in Junior Infants

October has been a jam packed month for Junior Infants. Here is a snapshot of just some of the activities they have been doing recently: a nature walk, collecting leaves, doing leaf rubbings,making leaf prints with paint, making hedgehogs from clay, making spiders with their handprints and they even made spooky witches potions. They also have been busy baking- they made hedgehog cookies and monster krispies. The best part was getting to eat the lovely treats they made- yum.

5th & 6th Class Book Club 

This year, we have started a Book Club in 5th & 6th Class. Students keep track of the books they have read throughout the month and give them a rating out of 5 stars. In preparation for our Book Club, a number of bakers are chosen each month to bring in some tasty treats for the class to enjoy while we discuss our books. It has proven to be a great success so far and encourages the students to read for pleasure. For this month's Book Club, we decided to bring in cushions to sit on while chatting about the books we have read. It is a great opportunity for the students to share their thoughts about their reading and to get some good recommendations of books that they could read next month. 

Mrs McCarthys Class Meet Botley the Robot 

We are having great fun with Botley our Coding Robot. Of course we also had to go to Jamesies shop to get the batteries to make him work!  Then we had to make sure we know our positional words like forward, back , and turn and now we are starting to follow codes and sequences - we even made Botley dance ......although we did discover that he goes slower on the carpet :)  

Maths Week 2022

Students from 4th, 5th and 6th Class took part in a Maths Table Quiz for Maths Week 2022. All of the teams worked together and helped each other out to solve some tricky maths problems, with a few maths jokes thrown in along the way! 

Maths Week 2022 

There were lots of fun activities in St. Lachteen's N.S. for Maths Week including Maths Quizzes, Coding and Maths Trails. 

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Drámaíocht as Gaeilge 

Bhí Rang a Cuig agus a Sé ag déanamh drámaíochta leis an teáma Bia. Bhí na freastalaí agus custaiméirí sa bhialann 'Bia Blasta'. Rinne gach duine an-iarracht - Maith sibh! 

Senior Infants are busy preparing for Halloween with lovely art work.

My Canine Companion 

​A huge thank you to Irene, Maeve and Maria who visited our school with Irene’s dog Jackie and her puppies Kassie, Kipper and Kalia.
 
Jackie and her puppies are very special as they are part of My Canine Companion. My Canine Companion are a charity who provide service dogs to children. These dogs are life-changing for the children and families that they are placed with.
 
We had lots of fun with Jackie and her puppies. We loved having puppies in school. They put a big smile on the faces of all the children and adults. We rubbed them, played with them and even did some work with them. Sometimes they joined in with our work and sometimes they had a little nap and rest after all the fun and excitement while we did our work. It was a very special experience for us all. 

Pizza Party in Rang 2!!

At the end of a very busy month in September, the children in second class were treated to a pizza party! The children each got to make their own individual pizza and choose their own toppings. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed making the pizzas and they tasted delicious! We hope to have many more opportunities to use the ovens this year in school. 

Student Council 2022/23

Well Done to everyone who ran for the Student Council this year, and especially to those that have been elected to represent the Student Voice this year in the school. Maith Sibh

Positive mindset from Rang 2 for the year ahead!

Senior Infants Autumn walk

September in Junior Infants

September has been a very busy and exciting month for Junior Infants. They have been painting, making shapes on peg boards, using stickers, even learning to use I-pads. As part of Maths they have been working hard at sorting objects by colour. They have been learning the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty and we managed to put him back together using plasters.

1st Class Science

Clean hands experiment.

3rd Class Rounders

​ART and POETRY WINNERS 

We had an Art and Poetry competition at the start of the school-year to show off that St Lachteen;s NS is Active, Healthy, Green, Friendly and Creative. Well Done to all the pupils that took part and here are some of the winning entries....

5th & 6th Class - Touch Typing

'This year, 5th & 6th class pupils are learning touch typing. Each morning, the students spend 10-15 minutes practicing their typing skills, even using tea towels to cover their fingers to make sure they cannot look! They are also doing 10 minutes of typing for homework each evening. The programme we are using shows each student's individual progression, with certificates for each section completed. It will be great to see the students' improvement over the coming terms. 

Start of School Year Senior Infants 

Senior Infants have got the new school year off to a great start. They have been busy working on ipads, taking their learning outdoors and doing lots of creative art work. Here are some photos.
Working on ipads:

Senior Infants were very proud of their finished pieces and engaged in great team work.

Painting together outdoors.

More fun with paint.

Practicing writing their letters using chalk.

New Junior Infants 

This morning we were absolutely delighted to welcome our new Junior Infants to St. Lachteen's. Have a look below at some photos to get a snapshot of some of the activities they did today.

Lots of fun in Mrs McCarthys Room! 

We are having lots of fun exploring and trying out new things . We particularly love our classroom tent, we can relax in it, read stories or play with the cuddly toys. Some of our favourite activities are pulling the suckers off the radiator and playing with the smooshy sand in the tuff tray.