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Everyone in the school put down their pencils and headed for the yard. Ms Adrienne led a wonderful aerobic dance routine that everyone enjoyed. The sun was shining, the music was pulsing and the kids were moving!

The Tunnel of Fame was enjoyed by all our visitors. The children cheered their grandparents, parents, Maree, Donal, Eileen, friends and the odd rogue teacher![/caption]

Our annual Bag Packing Day is coming soon. This year parents of children in Junior and Senior Infants will be packing bags. We are most appreciative of your valuable time. Don’t worry though, you will get a choice of slot times. When you receive your Bag Packing Newsletter, just tick your favoured time-slot and return it to Ms Adrienne or Ms Claire. You will then be contacted by your co-ordinator. This is a wonderful fund-raising opportunity and we are very grateful to Dunnes for giving a day to Caherleaheen N.S.

We are very proud of our eight contestants, who represented Caherleaheen N.S.There were 45 teams and lots of difficult questions.

NEW FOOTBALL JERSEYS!
We are all delighted. The younger children will be inspired to keep practising their soloing and the seniors will wear them with pride this coming season. Mr Paul is really pleased. They are of a high quality, a lovely navy colour(stain friendly) and we just know that they are our LUCKY jerseys. Cathair Leithin Abu!. Many many thanks to our sponsors: Fitzgibbon Interiors 👍👍

It was almost impossible to decide!. Presentation, creativity, costing, materials, production, labour costs, profit margins and salesmanship- these were important deciders.

Many thanks to Paudie,Samantha,Kaila and Jayden Sugrue for the time they gave this Saturday morning. They were joined by the usual hard working suspects/parents: Marie and John-Paul Morris,Tara Cullinan,Sarah Fitzgibbon,Cliona Caplis, Caitriona and Rachel Sargent. Paudie worked us hard for 2hours! Well worth it. We swept,pruned,pulled, scraped,cleared,cut back and dug. Very satisfying! Paudie isn’t finished,though. He wants to plant 25+shrubs soon. His generosity is appreciated by all.👍

Sixth Class were treated to a top class presentation in Ballygarry House Hotel and Spa today. Mr Padraig McGillycuddy’s powerpoint presentation summarised the history of the hotel. He described how effort and persistence, coupled with training and motivation are the skills which entrepreneurs need if they are to succeed. The children were given a guided tour and their day ended with a complimentary and delicious meal! Ms Caroline is most appreciative of the welcome that they received and the time which Padraig, Thys (manager), Aine (reception manager) invested in our future entrepreneurs!

Spring is around the corner! Don’t forget to remind our grandparents to join us in school for a special ceremony, a warm cup of tea and a chat. We would also like to invite past pupils and past friends of Caherleaheen N.S. as we regretfully say goodbye to Donal and Maree O’Connor, our retiring principal and deputy-principal.

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.