Month: June 2017

Summer holidays are around the corner. The teachers and assistants want to thank our parents for the incredible support and encouragement which you have given us all. I personally am indebted to Tara C, Marie M, Michelle C, Maura C, Catriona S, Kerrie L.. the list could go on!

The teachers, Jennifer and assistants are pretty exhausted. They are some team! And why not? The children are so worth it….they deserve our best.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER, EVERYONE.

RESPECT and ADMIRATION! To all our athletes who represented Caherleaheen and Tralee at An Ríocht, Castleisland. Paul Griffin and his wonderful volunteers hosted a great event for hundreds of athletes. Our boys and girls were fantastic!

Dear Parents, please click on ‘Parents’ on the Main Menu, to view and download your child’s booklist for the coming academic year. A hard-copy will also be included with your child’s school/progress report next Mon (26th). We ask you to respect your child’s right to privacy and to ensure that reports are not opened at the gate or in a public place. They really should be read first by you the parent, in the privacy of your own home. Reports should not be compared with or disclosed to others. Your child is unique and deserving of your sincere praise for his/her effort throughout the year. Thank you for your co-operation in this regard. Mary C

We are immensely proud of these children. They have proven day in day out, that they are responsible, participative, motivated, co-operative, hard-working, talented and very clever. Parents and family-members arrived at 11.00am and joined us in a really touching Graduation ceremony which was led by Fr. Dan. and the children. Each pupil received his/her Graduation Certificate, a J.E.P. hoodie, a J.E.P. time-table pen. They showed their Year Books and Photo-story to their families. They walked the Tunnel of Fame, to huge applause. Ms Gillian, their teacher did a great job organising their send-off. Tears of pride and joy…..

All the colours of the rainbow (and our school logo!) arrived to John Mitchel’s G.A.A. grounds on Thursday for a day packed with games, fun, competition and anticipation. Each child had a role to play for their coloured team. Parents attended, as always and helped set up games, scoring boards, refreshments etc. Alan Duggan from Active Kingdom and a past-pupil, prepared Game Stations with teachers and parents beforehand. With all hands on deck, our children and parents/staff had an absolutely fantastic day again this year. It was great meeting our teenage past-pupils who came along to help at each station.Thank you to all!

Brendan Griffin, our newly appointed Minister of Sport and Tourism (comhgháirdeas leat, a Bhrendåin!) has been a huge support to Caherleaheen School these last few months. Though he is a busy man we were delighted that he took the time to visit our school, talk to the children and raise our new flag. He spoke about the breath-taking beauty around Caherleaheen, Castlemaine and the whole county. He urged the children to get out there and enjoy what Mother Nature has to offer. It really is an environment that is worth caring for and protecting. Ms Brid and her committee worked very hard at this all year and they managed to inspire many of us to cut down on our carbon footprint in transport. Parents attended in a show of support and appreciation. Thank you all!

Dandelion called into our school to remind us of all the wonderful activities for families in the Town Park this weekend. Many children from Caherleaheen go to the park EVERY Sunday for a 2k Park Run. It’s great fun. This Sunday young runners will dress up in ‘flower power’ style.Take a look…. .

Ms Noelle’s class went on a nature walk around Caherleaheen. They were very interested in all the local plants: herb robert, wild strawberries,tufted vetch, lesser periwinkle, common violet, and the FOUR-leaved clover. They also went to Ballybunion last Friday on their school tour. Take a look….

Our Plaque of S.T E.M. Excellence arrived today! This is awarded when schools show evidence of the following:Experiments in Energy and Forces, Living Things,Materials and Environmental care.Use of IT, computers laptops etc with coding.Designing and solving designs in Engineering. Attendance at Engineering events. Use of Maths in recording evidence in science to reach conclusions eg measuring capacity, distance,time. Promotion of Maths and Creative Maths in Maths Week. Displaying Science activities to others. Attending Science Activities outside of school. Related activities and samples of children’s work were recorded and forwarded to SFI on PowerPoint. So we are delighted. Well done to all the teachers and pupils. We all love science. Here are just a few photos of the many taken this year….. All we need now is a drill to mount our plaque beside our 2014/2015 Award.

Ms Ann posts lots of entries to various Art competitions during the school year. The Texaco Art Competition is a highly prized national competition. This 5th Class girl was cheered by the whole school when it was announced that notification of her commendation was received this morning….We are very proud to have another Caherleaheen artist commended by the Texaco judges…🖌️2017🖌️

[/caption]The wonderful Harriers Club organises a Schools Athletic Competition every year in Tralee. We have competed in these games for many years and were thrilled to be awarded Best School, due to the many medals and wonderful events which our young athletes competed in.This is the first year that this Cup has been awarded. It was a thrilling night by all accounts….

3rd/4th Class Boys Team are really superb athletes. Their SILVER is worth its weight in…

Thanks to Angela Wall from An Taisce Green Schools for presenting the prizes to 2nd, 3rd and 4th class children today for their “Bling Your Shoes” Competition!

Well Done to everyone who entered the Bling your Shoes competition. All entries represented our highly talented and creative children. Congratulations to Second class winners. Sensational shoes by all of Second Class.

The Kerry Ladies Camogie team visited the school yesterday. They recently won the Munster Final against Cork. Comhgairdeachas.

They showed us their trophy and spoke about the importance of taking part in sports and having fun along the way.
They gave us a night off Homework which we were thrilled with .