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Our super-duper Parent Association held yet another great Book Fair. We had huge interest from parents and pupils. The selection of books was most impressive and competitively priced. It was great seeing so many parents, at such an early hour each morning, browsing and handling books as they bargained….. with their offspring! But it was most heartening to see how keen our young readers are to read, buy, swop, share with friends and bargain with their parents 🙂 Many thanks are due to the morning and afternoon ‘parent-pairs’ who managed the Fair effortlessly: A. Foley, M Flemming, L. Lovett, P. Corkery, L Wade, S. O’Mahony, M. Crusson, M. Constable, C. Buckley. and more!

Mr Damien mentored Third and Fourth Class soccer players as they competed in friendlies with six Kerry schools. They had a ‘ball’! He reported that it was a really well-run event, where our girls played 5 matches and enjoyed every single minute…..winning three but most importantly actively engaged for three hours. Again, parents stepped in by driving the girls to and from….thank you all.

We were also busy with our usual curricular activities and our annual participation in the national Science Week is always a ‘given’. Science (and SESE linkage ) is not a once-off ‘event’. These activities are regular and hugely rewarding for teachers and pupils alike eg. Ms Sinéad and the LS team linked Science activities with this month’s Aistear theme, which is Good Food. Classes also managed to avoid the hail showers this week, as they jogged their daily kms with energy. This is a really important area where teachers partner with parents. Dig out your runners and join in/ encourage your kids on weekends! The Junior Park Run is an excellent weekly opportunity to meet other kids and parents from our local schools. You can register on their website quite easily as a member of ‘Caherleaheen NS Club’, and run a fun 2km every Sunday morning at 9.25am in the town park. Jogging is better than ‘racing’! Chat as you jog! Our daily school runs are a vital fundraiser for our literacy resouces- another Win-Win!

Our Dance Fridays are amazing! The feelgood factor of moving to great songs gets everyone in a positive mood at lunchtime and it’s really lovely to see the various age-groups doing their ‘moves’ and laughing together. Also, all our votes on Connect Kerry COUNTED and are mutually appreciated by staff, parents and our friends. We all deserve a prize for true, sincere and honest engagement.

Children in Senior classes have elected our Student Council and we hope that they will enjoy engaging with the P Assoc., their peers and their teachers. Parents are meeting teachers for their annual P/T meetings this month too. It’s all go! Visit our Twitter account, Teachers Facebook Page and the P.Association Facebook Page to keep abreast! However, remember Parent Newsletters will always arrive by email. They are important notifications for you, staff and of course our young and wonderful VIPs

We had a glorious day in Ballyheigue recently! The children discovered an array of seaweeds, anemones, shellfish and fish. Every net and bucket was fully employed! It was a busy day, full of teamwork, games and fishy surprises. Please see photos on our Twitter and Facebook page.

What a thoughtful, kind gesture from all the parents and children in Junior Infants. So much effort and care, from a great class! The cards touched everyone’s hearts, especially Ms Adrienne’s and Ms Siobhán’s.❤❤. Take a close look…..

Our Sports Day turned out even better than we had hoped. We moved it from Mitchel’s to school, as the weather forecast was poor. Teachers set up 12 fantastic game stations: Tug of War, Turbo Javelin, Penalty Shots, 3legged races, Egg and Spoon, Wellie Throwing and lots of team challenges, to name but a few. Cathy Williams and Cliona Caplis organised the Fruit Chopping Marathon. They prepared a wonderful feast of fruit for all the children and staff/parents. This would not have been possible without Aldi’s kind sponsorship. Many thanks to Tony Talbot for helping Mary get it organised. Bhí dá fhoireann ar comhscór faoi deireadh an lae : An Fhoireann Oráiste agus an Fhoireann Dearg. Bhuaigh an fhoireann dearg an corn! The Mum’s team beat the dads, staff and Sixth Class on the planks. It was nail bitting! We got great feedback from children and parents alike. Well done all!

Delighted and honoured, that Seán Kelly MEP, Seán Ryan CEO Aspen Grove Solutions, BoM and P.Assoc members attended our Awards ceremony. This year was v special: Fifth Green Flag (biodiversity), Health Promoting Schools Flag, Active Flag, Science Foundation Ireland Plaque, JEP Flag, Caherleaheen Community Award for Paul Griffin (Harriers Athletics), A brand new , top of the range CR2 defibrillator, (courtesy of a great local /global tech company, A.G.S👍👍) . What a great acknowledgement of all the fantastic work invested in our kids by the incredibly hard working staff and huge support from parents these last two years. Fantastic! More pics will follow, but right now we are glowing, savouring a great year. Best part is that each award has bestowed a night off homework to all of our classes for Mon, Tues, Wed, Thursday!! Well deserved!!

Today, as part of Maths week, we held a maths fair in the Halla. Lots of activities were tried out by all classes. We really enjoyed the day. Each class got to do all activities. Thanks to Ms Claire and Ms Caroline for organising the Halla. Ms Gemma’s class went to the ITT for a workshop on maths and they really enjoyed that also’

On 15th March, we celebrated our school proclamation day.The children wrote their own School Proclamation and it was read out in full at assembly. We also had a formal raising of the Irish Flag and singing of the National Anthem

The children lined up for the National Anthem

5th Read the school Proclamation

5th Unfolded and raised the Tricolour

Tadhg and Katie played us out

Fourth Class was a hive of activity this week as they dressed up to celebrate their favourite character in Literature. They also surprised senior infants with a visit, dresses as Harry Potter, the Lion the Witch and The wardrobe and other characters.They read exerpts from Alice in Wonderland and the children really enjoyed the experience

We had a very nice Celebration for all of our Grandparents on the 4th February.
We began with a short service and after an interesting discussion we had some refreshments. Everyone enjoyed the day

Our Carol Service took place last night in St Johns. Everyone enjoyed it. Read more below

Our maths Fair was a wonderful success. All classes went to the hall and used their maths skills to play games and buy items on sale.
Senior Classes had a Maths table quiz on Thursday and Junior classes went on a Maths Trail quest

Other classes went on a Maths Trail around the school

First day at school for our new class of Junior Infants. They had great fun playing on the astroturf with their Teacher, Ms Eveleen

Yesterday, junior and Senior Infants travelled to Kennedys Pet Farm in killarney. They have a great time and say lots of interesting things. The ones above are the senior infants about to get the bus

Today Caherleaheen N.S turned blue! As part of their on going two year Green Schools Water Theme Programme, Both pupils and staff dressed in blue. The main aim of the day was to raise awareness about the importance of protecting, respecting and conserving our water at home, in schools and communities and in the water environment. The children have and will continue to engage in different water activities over the coming months.