Clay Sandcastles

Yesterday, we made sandcastles from clay. Each group of four people worked on the design and construction of their own sandcastle. We used lots of different tools to sculpt the castles, and when we had finished, we sprinkled them with sand.

50 Years of CBS, Clounalour

We had a great day of celebrations yesterday to mark the 50th year of CBS Primary School at Clounalour, Tralee. We celebrated with a mass at St John's Church. The whole school attended the mass, which was celebrated by Bishop Bill Murphy. Our school choir, directed by Ms Kerins provided beautiful hymns and music throughout. All of the pupils who attended the school, when it first opened its doors in 1959 were invited to attend.

After the mass, we held a reception at the school. The school corridors were full of old photographs for people to enjoy. Two DVD's were produced for the occasion, and these were both shown to the guests on the Interactive Whiteboards. The first DVD was produced by John Drummey, and featured many old photographs, and various interviews wih past pupils. These included Dick Spring, Paschal Sheehy, Brother O Connell and Michael Mercer. The second piece represented life in CBS today, and featured a lot of the activities that take place in our school. The changes which have taken place have been extraordinary.

The school hall was a haven of activity afterwards, when everybody gathered for refreshments. Old friends shared stories and memories, and a memorable day was had by all.

Vote for Caoimhe Garvey

Caoimhe Garvey visited our school on Friday, looking for our votes. She is in the final six of Fame the Musical on RTE 1. She will be competing live on the show every Sunday, from 2nd May.
We will all be voting for her, and wish her the best of luck. Check out the link below to see Caoimhe singing Fields of Gold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfzkoTB5x_0
For more information on Fame the Musical, click here:
http://www.rte.ie/tv/fame/

We need your votes!

As you may have read on this blog, we were chosen as Munster winners of the Lidl Fit Factor. We really need your help to become All-Ireland champions and win some great prizes for our school.

Please, Please follow the link below and vote for us.

Every vote counts, and there can only be one vote registered per computer. http://www.fitfactor.ie/finalists.asp

Cáisc Shona Duit/Happy Easter

Cáisc shona duit. Tá súil agam go mbainfidh sibh taitneamh as na laethanta saoire. Ná ith an iomarca uibheacha cásca!

Congratulations from Fit Factor judges

We received video messages of support today, from the three Fit Factor judges - Eoin Kelly, Tipperary All-star hurler, Johnathan Sexton, Leinster and Ireland Outhalf and TV Pundit and Newstalk presenter George Hook. Have a look at what George had to say

CBS has got the Fit Factor!

We were all so excited last Thursday when we got the phonecall that our school had been chosen as the regional winners of the Fit Factor competition. Over the past five weeks, three classes in our school have been taking part in the programme.The Lidl Fit Factor programme is designed to educate children on the importance of healthy eating and physical activity in a fun and exciting way. As part of the programme, we did exercises in our classroom, made smoothies, had a healthy eating cook-off, took the fat-mile challenge, and went jogging in the town park, to mention but a few activities. We also learned all about the Food Pyramid, healthy eating and the importance of exercise in our lives. At the end of the four weeks, we put together a project representing our experience of the programme. Our project included photographs, artwork, reports, posters, video footage and poetry.

We were even more delighted to be chosen as Munster winners when we realised that Johnathan Sexton and George Hook were among the panel of judges! We have won €1,000 worth of Sports Equipment for our school and are in the final to compete for the grand prize of €6,000 worth of Sports Equipment. Online voting will form part of this process, so we will be looking for your help with his. We wil post the details when we get them.
Congratulations to the three classes involved in this fantastic achievement; Room 8 (Ms O Keeffe's 3rd Class), Room 18 (Ms Flanagan's 4th Class), and Room 17 (Ms Culloty's 4th Class)

For more information, visit www.fitfactor.ie