Mrs Delany's class has loved learning how to knit since September. We've been really busy and have made lots of headbands and wristbands, teddies, bunnies, pumpkins and ghosties, Christmas stockings, elves and snowmen. Be sure to continue to check out the website and see the fabulous creations we will be knitting, in the months ahead.
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We kicked off Active Week on Sunday 23rd April at St. Anne’s Junior Parkrun where many families from St. Brigid’s ran 2km together. There were some very impressive runs from the girls. Hopefully they will continue to take part in parkrun throughout the year.
On Monday Fionn from Clontarf Rugby taught tag rugby skills and set our first active challenge. Vickey taught 5th & 6th class girls Zumba for the first time and it was a huge hit. Ms. Dempsey taught classes some contemporary dancing.
On Tuesday Dominick from Ultimate Youth Frisbee set our second active challenge while teaching classes frisbee skills. Mikey from Craobhb Chiaran led the senior classes in GAA classes. Ms. Howard and Noel set up circuits of activities for all classes to take part in for our Active Picnic. These activities included team challenges, obstacle course, welly throwing, beanbag tossing, hockey races and an egg and spoon race.
On Wednesday Chiaran from Oga Yoga taught 4th-6th class yoga as Gaeilge. Chiaran set our 3rd active challenge. This was a big hit with the classes and really challenged the girls in a very fun way. Coaches from Clontarf Cricket Club taught classes some cricket skills while the whole school also took part in a skipathon. The winners were chosen for the finale on Friday.
On Thursday Enzo from Tennis Ireland taught classes tennis outdoors and set out 4th active challenge. Meanwhile indoors, Ms. Reilly and Sana, our very own badminton experts, taught classes badminton skills. Parents and grandparents were invited to the junior yard to teach playground games. This was lots of fun with the parents showing lots of energy and enthusiasm for being active in school.
On Friday we started the day with a whole school Wake Up shake up. Ms. Dempsey continued to teach classes dancing. Shane from Athletics Ireland taught the junior classes athletics skills. He also set our 5th challenge. Shane became the referee for our Active Committee -v- the staff dodgeball Game which was spectated by the whole school. This was a really fun activity and really brought out a competitive side to our staff!! We also had our skipathon finale. Well done to everyone involved in making Active Week 2013 a huge success!
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The girls in Fourth Class have been learning all about biodiversity stewardship in a weekly workshop for the past 5 weeks. Visiting the community garden, they have investigated and learned about the oak tree, brambles, plants, insects and tree Ogham, under the expert guidance of Emer and Niamh from Global Action Plan. This truly amazing programme has opened their eyes to the beauty of our local natural environment and its inhabitants. Check out our school website to see what the girls have been up to and the pleasure and fun that they’ve enjoyed along the way.
The girls from 5th and 6th class took part in Feis Ceoil the choir competition on Tuesday 21st of March. The girls sing with Ms Wickham every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning and had been working very hard in the lead up to their first competition. The girls performed in two separate competitions - Sacred Music and Two Part. We were delighted to come second in the Two Part competition!
To all our amazing students, thank you for all your hard work over the past few weeks! We were gleaming with pride watching each and every one of you. You are incredible!
A special thank you to our fabulous conductor Ms Wickham and our assisting teachers Ms O’Neill, Ms McGrane and Ms Barry.
And lastly to all you parents who came to see us today, sent messages of support, or wished us luck on our way- THANK YOU!
What an amazing day had by all! Is it too early to start practice for next year? 🎤 🎼
Check out the highlights here: Feis Ceoil Highlights
Mrs Delany's Fifth Class displayed their fabulous knitted creations in the hall today. It was a wonderful day with each class coming to visit and choosing their favourite pieces. Later on, parents and grandparents joined us and enjoyed the display, too. Thank you everyone for making it such a special day for our class.
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We had lots of celebrations in St Brigids as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge.
On Tuesday the entire school were very lucky to have the opportunity to listen to some traditional music played by musicians. The girls enjoyed learning about the different instruments and how they work. As part of the workshop we also got to learn to some songs such as Molly Malone!
On Wednesday some of our classes enjoyed a visit from a storyteller. She brought an amazing array of handmade masks that she made to represent Irish folklore. Our students chose masks and had to embody the character they represented as our storyteller told the stories.
On Friday, we hosted a very special Wake Up Shake Up in the school yard. We invited all parents to come and enjoy some ceol agus damhsa Gaelach. Our whole school had been practicing Ballaí Luimnigh, and we’re very excited to perform in a whole school céilí.
To finish off our SNAG we hosted a céilí sa halla where all classes were invited to perform a song and a dance as Gaeilge. We were blown away by the talent! We also awarded some of our incredible students with cainetoir na seachtaine!
Maith sibh!
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