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Six counties battled it out today. Caherleaheen represented Kerry and certainly did the county and our school proud. We won one game(Waterford) but lost two (Cork and Tipp). Cork were a class team and took the title.They will represent Munster at the Aviva Stadium. We wish them the best of luck! Many thanks to our 8 soccer stars: Seán Moynihan, Bobby Byrne, Darragh Cunnane, Cathal Murphy, Ryan McMahon, Jesse O’Reilly, Ben Callinan and Seán-Óg Brosnan. Mr Paul and Damien are immensely proud of our 8 players as are all the supporters who turned up today and roared them on. It was a lovely sunny, blustery day and the FAI organisers should be proud- it was a fabulous display of soccer skills from the six counties, especially Caherleaheen, Co Kerry!👍👍

You will find their special Weebly account by clicking on ‘kids’ in menu above. This is a great springboard and resource to use when you are chatting with your child about life at school. Expressive oral language can be enhanced when you share photos. Senior Infants are exploring all things related to Transport and Travel (new Aistear theme). They are busy reading travel brochures, booking tickets, packing suitcases etc…God only knows where they will end up!

Junior Infants Weebly

Fr Piotr and Fr Dan celebrated our First Holy Communion mass. It was a truly lovely ceremony. Ms Gillian had everyone well prepared and ready for their special sacrament. The mass was enhanced by Third and Sixth Class choir, along with musicians and singers.They sang and played beautifully. The children knew all their prayers and responses. We have to thank parents for helping and participating all year in their preparation. We were very proud of them all today. Everyone headed back to the school hall which was brimming with delicious savouries and desserts. It looked (and tasted!) fantastic when we arrived. Sincere thanks to parents of First Class and the P.Assoc. Natalie Maher took family photos, giving lots of her time to each family and taking great care of every photo shoot. Eventually, everyone headed home with their respective families. We hope you all had a lovely weekend!Remember that children can wear their communion dresses and suits on Monday.

What a week! Let’s recap…. Athletic skills with Harrier Coach Paul Griffin,Yoga with Maeve and Ms Adrienne, Active Kingdom/Fundamental Movement with Robert, Zumba with Linda, Gymnastics with Teresa Murphy, Hurling with David O Dea, Balance Gym with eight wonderful IT students, Skipathon relays and challenges,Whole school Dance Yard.FAI Soccer SUCCESS with Mr Damien and Mr Paul. Spikeball (more success there too!), Caherleaheen Clean-Up with Ms Brid and Staff. It really was an action packed week. Special thanks to the Active Committee, which includes parents Caroline Lynch, Una Moynihan, Ms Ann, Ms Caroline and class reps. Please visit our Active Flag ’17/18 Weebly posts for more details.

We are immensely proud of all our Fifth and Sixth class soccer players, subs and supporters. Our talented players won 7 games and drew 2 games, taking the Kerry 5’s Gold medals with a 4:2 Final score. They played teams from all over the county during the last two weeks, having trained with Mr Paul and Damien since January. This is a huge achievement.Today, 11 supporters cheered them, non-stop from 10am to 1.40. They really carried the team forward! Meanwhile, prayers and good wishes from everyone at school propelled them over the line. SPAR treated them to well-deserved pizzas, which were dutifully shared on their return, with all their classmates. Paul and Damien stood them chips. The cheers when they returned to school, exhausted, were deafening and heart-felt. Comhgáirdeas daoibh go léir. Imreoirí sacair iontach iad!

Where do kids get their energy? They really are embracing everything that is on offer….beats doing long division, perhaps! It’s all about participation, but the competitive streak in us has everyone hoping that Caherleaheen will do REALLY well in the SPAR 5s soccer FINAL tomorrow..no pressure!!😁 So far,this week, children have enjoyed Junior and Senior yoga, Spikeball (Caherleaheen won that too!),gymnastics, Zumba, basketball..More to come yet on Active Week. Thanks to all the staff, ‘specially Ann, Caroline, Paul, Damien, Gemma and Adrienne for all their coaching, organisation of venues, visiting coaches, transport, bookings, equipment and huge enthusiasm etc

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What have we been doing for the last year and more? We encourage everyone to be active, to participate and to have fun. Please click this link as we launch into Active Week… 
Active Week

Rose of Tralee, Jennifer Byrne, stole the show. What a lovely lady! She interacted so well with the infants. They believed she was a ‘real live princess’. There was lots of touching and rubbing of her ‘magic dress’ and they wanted to know was her tiara ‘real’. The arrival of the Clobber truck was a less glamorous affair, but proved to be a lot more valuable than Sheila’s tiara!Click Read More

Wow! What a day we had at the FAI 5-a-side competition on Tuesday in the Park F.C. grounds. Caherleaheen had 2 teams taking part and for the first time ever we reached the county finals which will take place next Wednesday!! It was a superb day for all the children participating, with each team getting to play a full 5 games each! It was very blustery but that didn’t deter our budding soccer stars and both teams really did the school proud – both on and off the pitch. A huge well done to all the children, we are all looking forward to taking part in next week’s county finals.

We have lots of lonely patient tadpoles in our aquarium waiting for all the kids to get back to school (especially Rang a Dó!). They have grown and maybe little legs are visible?….you will have to check them out on your first day back! Click ‘Read More’

Metamorphosis!

Congratulations to Sixth Class! We are very proud of how they prepared for this special sacrament. Bishop Ray Browne confirmed the children and we hope they are filled with the Holy Spirit and a renewed sense of their role in the Christian Family! Thanks to photographer Denis Walsh for forwarding this lovely photo.

Bhí Céilí Mór againn inniu agus bhain gach páiste agus múinteoir an-taitneamh as an lá. Míle buíochas dona rinceoirí, na hamhránaithe, na ceoltóirí, ár seanachaí scoile agus Ms Gemma.

Pupils in First and Fifth really enjoyed and were challenged by engineering activities. First Class built the tallest buildings….in the World: The Burj Caherleaheen! Fifth class dropped eggs without cracking any shell….they used pneumatic platforms and other clever landing structures. Click ‘Read More’ to see other activities…..such as the secret chef behind the delicious soup:a hearty, healthy organic soup made with sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash,garlic, onions and more (another fab recipe from Ms Gemma)

Delicious soup.

We love books and many of the children have favourite books, with characters which draw them deep into another world. Our senior readers in Fourth and Second, paired up with juniors and infants to read to them and all of them enjoyed this ‘paired reading’ activity. It’s the perfect way for parents to end the day at home, too: Share a book together at bedtime. Click ‘Read More’. We encourage all parents to visit the library often with their young readers.

We continued our daily 10am class exercises and 8.45am assembly-line moves with a spring in our step. Dry weather also gave us the opportunity to get out and about, looking at new buds and daffodils. Art work reflected the new season and everyone was busy. Tag rugby, football and hurling coaching continues. Ms Gemma and Paul supervised the Basketball blitz in Mitchell’s. Well done to all the boys from Fifth and Sixth. Brave teachers embraced the kitchen on Shrove Tuesday! Children enjoyed lots of batter-whisking, pan-cake tossing and finger-licking. Valentine’s Day fell on Ash Wednesday. Thanks to Dr Dan for calling in and blessing us with the ashes. Aistear will be moving to Junior Infants soon. It is very popular with the infant children.

This Aistear waiter is taking his job very seriously…..Four stars![/caption]

The Switcher Cube has arrived! We are asking parents and children to support Sixth Class as they launch their product to the market. It is a colourful and cool type of fidget gadget. It’s smooth to the touch and can be manipulated effortlessly. It comes in various 2 colour combinations. It’s labour intensive to make but Sixth Class are busy beavers and enjoy a challenge. Cost is €4 each, or buy 2 for €7, 3 for 10euro

Míle buíocas do gach duine, agus go háirithe dona tuismitheoirí. Bhí an-lá againn! A sincere ‘Thank You’, to all our parents for securing sponsors and prizes. Your attendance, support, sponsorship,generous goodwill and precious time was much appreciated.

Our Grandparents and parents arrived in their droves;some had travelled from other counties. The excitement was palpable and barely containable as we filled the hall, yet ALL the children made us so proud. A mass St Blaise blessing of our throats, by Fr Poitr and hundreds of St Brigid Crosses reminded us of how blessed we all are!Click ‘Read More’ for pics. The songs and prayers were very well received, as were the teas and scones baked by Third Class. I really want to thank Sixth Class for welcoming our VIPs so warmly, the Fifth Class group who cleaned and dried the red chairs during their breaks,our LS teachers for serving ( and adorning) so many scones and teas, Fr Poitr for welcoming our Polish visitors and all, Noreen, Caroline and Carol (our hardworking parents), SNAs for magically clearing and restoring equipment in hall, the kids for their wonderful art and poems, the teachers for their motivation and ‘can do’ attitude, Ms Claire for pulling it all together and again…. the kids! Lastly,👍to all our grannies, granddads and parents (your presence and support means alot to staff and children). Míle buíochas daoibh go léir.

2017 closed with a busy bang! Thanks to all the boys and girls for keeping us on our toes. Our Christmas Morning Coffee event, Carol Service and Santa Dash made for great fun. School Attendance for Nov/Dec was celebrated (96% average!) and parents have distributed the 2018 calendars and DVDs in perfect time. Thanks to our parents and elves. The staff wish you all a peaceful Christmas with best wishes for the New Year. Croí-bhuíoch daoibh go léir. Don’t forget to check today’s email for more details of recent days. Slán agus Beannacht.

Please bring friends and neighbours to our Christmas Cakes and Coffee Morning.🍰☕ Enjoy a cuppa, a chat and some carols. Take a break!!☕Take home some savoury or sweet confectionary. All the children can wear their Christmas jumpers on the day 🎄.

It’s great to see the classrooms, corridors and streets filling with festive art, crafts and carols! Take a look at these pics of the Jun Infant chimney. Paudie and Samantha Sugrue donated a beautiful noble fir to the school…thank you!Third and Fifth Class carolers helped raise funds forlocal charities. Well done!

We were blessed with fine weather as our young runners crossed the finish line. 42km and 21km. Please keep up the jogging from now on. 👍To Parents.👍To Ms Ann L, Ms Caroline and staff.The kids were 🏆 TOP CLASS!

We shared 40 copies of the book ‘Wonder’ and nearly all of Fifth and Sixth Class have read it by now, just in time for the film release. So we are heading to the Omniplex next Thursday. 3.55pm-6.10pm. CAN’T WAIT!

We prayed for the Holy Souls yesterday. Fr Dan led the service and prayers with Ranganna 2,3,4,5,6. They filled little Memory Boxes with names of their loved ones. May they rest in peace.

We all explored and engaged with this national science initiative. There are no boundaries in science. It embraces forces, materials, living things, engineering, measurement, recording and the whole world around us! It invites us all to question, predict and try out experiments. It’s always fun and engaging. It’s life!! ‘Read More’. Just click↙️

Thank you all for trawling through hotpresses, wardrobes and attics! Sixth Class helped load the truck and they all cheered when we hit the magic 1000 number! You just can’t beat community spirit, good will and hard graft🏋️

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Lá brea grianmhar a bhí againn agus bhí gach páiste gleasta go hiontach. Here are some photos that Jennifer snapped as we went about the business of wrapping up our half-term. All of us worked hard these last few weeks, so we are looking forward to the break.

We enjoyed reading in the library today for Children’s Book Week.So many books, so little time .

We are learning about idioms too such as –
One for the books .

Never judge a book by it’s cover.

An open book.

Take a leaf out of someone’s book.

Read between the lines.

The oldest trick in the book.

We love reading.

Fourth Class really enjoyed their trip to the Library for Children’s Book Week. We learned lots of interesting facts about The Vikings. We dressed like Vikings, went into battle, drank out of Viking horns , held spears and shields and lots lots more. Many thanks to all the parents who dropped and collected and to the staff of Tralee Library.

This is not going according to plan

The battle begins. Who will win ?