On Tuesday 9th of February the children enjoyed the first of a series of visits to our school by Heritage expert Aengus. On this occasion we learnt all about Spring and spent some time building birds nests. More photographs of the day are on view in our gallery page.
We recently took delivery of our brand new football kit which we were able to buy thanks to the generosity of our Parents Association.
A big thank you to our Parents Association who hosted our annual Pancake Party on February 10th.
Congratulations to our quiz teams who did very well in the Rosses Credit Union Quiz in January. Our junior team of Erin, Ella, Fionn and Dylan were second in their section. We had two teams in the senior section. Team A: Jamie, Owen, Holly and Zach came first in their section and Team B: Katie, Lexie, Orla and Lexie claimed third place. Team A now progress to the county final in Letterkenny.
Monday the 1st of February is the feast of St. Brigid and this year we also celebrated Grandparents Day on that date, as part of Catholic Schools Week. The day started with mass in St. Mary’s church after which we were joined in the school by lots of parents and grandparents to make St. Brigid’s Crosses, which were later blesses by Fr. Ward. After a very productive hour of weaving rushes into beautiful crosses of all shapes and sizes there was lots of delicious home-baking for everyone to enjoy with their cup of tea! See our gallery for more photographs.
On Thursday 17th December we had our Christmas Show, which was a huge success. The first half of our show was our take on Strictly Come Dancing. As well as some fantastic group dances we had some very brave and talented students who danced as couples much to the delight of our audience. The second half had a bit of variety with some fun songs, a Nativity Sketch with a difference and a lovely selection of Christmas songs to finish off. Thank you to all the children for their hard work and practice in putting this show together and a big thank you to everyone who came along to see the show. See our gallery for lots of photographs from the night.
With the help of Ms Laura Houston and Mrs. Emily Bonar the children in the senior class have begun publishing a monthly magazine called The Belcruit Buzz. It is a mixture of school news, short stories, educational articles and puzzles. Priced at €1 per copy, it can be purchased from the pop up shop in the school and in local outlets. The children also sold magazines at the Christmas Fair and at our school concert. The very first copy was bought by Fr. Pat Ward.
In November we had a visit from Slí na Croí who spent the morning teaching the children all about African drums and they all had great fun learning how to play the drums and lots of other percussion instruments. See our gallery page for more photos and video clips!
We had our Halloween Fancy Dress Party on Friday 23rd of October. All the children dressed up we had a visit from two specially decorated buggies to add to the atmosphere! This was also a fundraiser for the Rosses Branch of the Dyslexia Association. See our gallery for more photographs.
On Friday 9th of October we welcomed 3 members of the Irish Army to our school. Captain Bridget Clarke along with Neil Mc Bride and Denis Kelly came to present us with our National Flag. The short ceremony included the reading of an extract of the Irish Proclamation of 1916 by Lexie. Daisy accepted the flag from Neil Mc Bride on behalf of the school and Seamus was presented with a special pack which included a copy of the 1916 proclamation and a certificate for the school. Captain Clarke explained to the children about the work of the Irish Army and she then asked some questions about Easter 1916 and the National flag, which the students had no trouble answering as they have been learning all about it in class. The ceremony finished with a rendition of Amhrán na bhFiann.
