School Closure Announcement 12/03/2020
Dear Parents,
It has just been announced that all schools are to close from 6 p.m. today Thursday March 12th until March 29th. As routine is very important for the children we feel that they may benefit from having some element of learning work to complete at home during this special school closure. Please note this work will start from Wednesday March 18th. All teachers have uploaded a list of activities to be completed on the relevant class page of the school website www.sbrathcormac.ie There is a mix of literacy, maths and S.E.S.E. as well as some games and colouring activities. Aside from this work any additional reading would be beneficial.
If your child is absent today his/her school books needed for completion of work can be collected before 4 p.m. from the office.
Thank you for your co-operation. We will keep parents updated of changes as they arise.
We urge everyone to keep safe during this unprecedented time.
Margaret Howard
It has just been announced that all schools are to close from 6 p.m. today Thursday March 12th until March 29th. As routine is very important for the children we feel that they may benefit from having some element of learning work to complete at home during this special school closure. Please note this work will start from Wednesday March 18th. All teachers have uploaded a list of activities to be completed on the relevant class page of the school website www.sbrathcormac.ie There is a mix of literacy, maths and S.E.S.E. as well as some games and colouring activities. Aside from this work any additional reading would be beneficial.
If your child is absent today his/her school books needed for completion of work can be collected before 4 p.m. from the office.
Thank you for your co-operation. We will keep parents updated of changes as they arise.
We urge everyone to keep safe during this unprecedented time.
Margaret Howard
Stay Safe Lessons
Please see Parents' Page (Newsletters and Information section) for information regarding Stay Safe lessons being taught.
Date for the Diary
6th Class candidates for Confirmation: Ceremony of Light has been postponed until further notice.
STEM PROJECTS
In first class to celebrate Engineers Week, each child was given the task to create their own STEM project at home. Look at all the amazing ideas the children came up with. There was a lot of work and creativity involved in each individual project.The children were very excited to show off their wonderful designs in class and to the rest of the school.
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Míle Buíochas Bride Rovers
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A huge thank you to all involved in Bride Rovers GAA for gifting the school two bags of new sliotars. We hope to put them to good use in the lead up to the upcoming fixtures in Sciath na Scoil hurling and camogie. Go raibh míle maith agaibh and thank you for the continued use of the club pitches/facilities also. The support is greatly appreciated.
Visit to UCC
This year UCC celebrate the 10th anniversary of becoming the first green campus in the world and on Wednesday 19th February our Green Schools Committee had the opportunity to visit UCC and participate in their celebrations . The committee went on a walking tour of the campus and had the opportunity to see and learn about the many green initiatives in place as well as visiting the bothán, the Crawford Observatory, the Boole Library, the Glucksman Gallery and the Aula Maxima,The committee also had the opportunity to participate in a workshop looking at the amount of plastic in our oceans and the impact it is having on our environment. We look forward to continuing our work in Scoil Bhride towards achieving our 5th Green Flag (Biodiversity).
JEP: Dragon's Den
Last week, 5th and 6th class had a very special visit from local entrepreneur, Liam Barry. Liam came in to talk to the class about what it is like to set up and run your own business. The class had plenty questions for Liam and we learned a lot about some of the important things he learned along the way through years of experience in his own business of 'Fermoy Print and Design.'
Liam also helped the class to decide on their 'Big Business Idea' for the Junior Entrepreneur Programme going forward. The class had a shortlist of four ideas and have now decided to put all their energy into making and marketing colourful laces (thanks to the feedback of the Dragons!). We want to say a special "Go raibh míle maith agat" to Liam Barry and all the other Dragons who gave us such great advice and you can look forward to seeing our 'Luscious Laces' very soon. Remember......."Our laces will take you places!"
Liam also helped the class to decide on their 'Big Business Idea' for the Junior Entrepreneur Programme going forward. The class had a shortlist of four ideas and have now decided to put all their energy into making and marketing colourful laces (thanks to the feedback of the Dragons!). We want to say a special "Go raibh míle maith agat" to Liam Barry and all the other Dragons who gave us such great advice and you can look forward to seeing our 'Luscious Laces' very soon. Remember......."Our laces will take you places!"
Ficheall
On Wednesday, January 15th we hosted a regional chess tournament as part of a chess league set up by Ficheall.ie. On the day, we welcomed St. Josephs N.S., Castlelyons N.S., St. Catherine's N.S., Ballynoe and St.Patrick's N.S., Glanworth. The children loved to play against unfamiliar faces and it was a great way to make new friendships before secondary school for the senior classes especially. Many thanks to all the teachers and volunteers that made the day possible. We hope the children continue their effort with chess in the coming months and they can look forward to the in-school tournament at the end of the year too. Well done all!
Green Schools
Dave Brooks (Green Schools Travel and Core Officer) visited our school on Tuesday January 7th to carry out workshops with the 5th Class pupils as part of our work towards achieving our Biodiversity flag. Investigating forests was the theme of the workshops. The workshops began in the classroom where the children learned about biodiversity, how different trees grow and how to find out the age of a tree. The children had the opportunity to examine different seeds and wood samples also. They had lots of fun learning about trees through games and drama activities. The workshops then moved outside, and the children observed trees in the local area. They also used their pens to calculate the age of trees and planted 5 native species of trees in the school grounds. The children helped Dave to plant oak, hazel, hawthorn, elder and rowan trees. They also planted an acorn each to take home with them. The children really enjoyed the day and had great fun learning more about biodiversity and trees.
STEM
The boys and girls in 6th class have recently been taking the scientific and technology skills they learned last year from Johnson & Johnson and teaching them to those in 5th class. The 5th class have learned a huge amount about coding in recent week using the 'Dash' and Dot' robots kindly donated from Johnson & Johnson last year. Full credit to all the children who have kept up their hard work in STEM activities since last year and it is great to see that STEM is alive and well in Scoil Bhríde!
Infants Christmas Display
On Thursday 19th December Junior and Senior Infants had their Christmas display of songs, rhymes, poems and Art work in the school hall. We all enjoyed practising for this display. Take a look at some of the pictures below of the classes in action. We would like to thank the parents for the lovely outfits and the great applause they gave us on the day!
Orienteering
6th class have been busy creating their maps for their orienteering activities in PE. We are now waiting for a dry day to put them to good use!
Sciath na Scol Sports Quiz
Best of luck to the eight 5th and 6th class students representing Scoil Bhríde in the Sciath na Scol Sports Quiz on Tuesday, December 10th.
Sciath na Scol
Well done to both our boys team and our girls team who recently took part in the Sciath na Scol football competition. We were both drawn in a very tough group with Rathpeacon, Glenville and Blarney. Our girls had a very impressive victory over Blarney but unfortunately fell short against Glenville and Rathpeacon, however they fought to the very end in both of those games.
The boys also had a very impressive victory over Blarney and played excellently to get a draw against both Rathpeacon and Glenville. Following on from these excellent performances, the boys qualified for the semi final against a very good Castlemartyr team. Unfortunately, the boys came up short on the day.
Well done to all the boys and girls who took part in Sciath na Scol football this year!!!
The boys also had a very impressive victory over Blarney and played excellently to get a draw against both Rathpeacon and Glenville. Following on from these excellent performances, the boys qualified for the semi final against a very good Castlemartyr team. Unfortunately, the boys came up short on the day.
Well done to all the boys and girls who took part in Sciath na Scol football this year!!!
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Féile Gaeilge
Ghlac na páistí go léir ó rang a cúig agus rang a sé páirt i Féile Gaeilge ag deireadh na míosa. Chuir na páistí a gcuid Gaeilge in úsáid amuigh den tseomra ranga. Thosaigh siad le comhrá idir mbeirteanna bunaithe ar an téama 'Mé Féin.' Ansin, bhí siad ag obair i stáisiúin difriúla lena gcuid múinteoirí chun ullmhú a dhéanamh don mhéanscoil sa todhcaí. Comhghairdeas leis an 'Gaeilgeoir na Míosa' as rang a cúig agus na 'Scríbhneoirí' go léir - iarracht den chéad scoth. Bhain na páistí a lán taitneamh as an lá seo agus mar a deir an seanfhocal................ "Tús Maith Leath na hOibre." We look forward to our next Féile Gaeilge at the end of October based on the theme of 'Ar Scoil.' |
Supporting our School Secretary, Anke
Confirmation Date
The Confirmation date for Scoil Bhríde has been confirmed for Thursday, 30th April, 2020 at 11am. All 6th class children were notified today in school.
