A big “Thank You” to Garda Madeline and Garda Aine who visited the senior rooms today to speak to us about Cyber Bullying. 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Class all benefited greatly from a revision of the rules and guidance on how to stay safe online and how to prevent and help stop bullying on social media and gaming platforms. Pictured below are the children of 5th and 6th Class with our visitors.

5th and 6th class have been very creative over the past few weeks. We have created sock puppets by sewing felt and buttons onto our socks and are currently working on felt pictures! The children are enjoying learning new skills and are available for all patching and stitching required at home from now on!

A big thank you to Diane from Enniscorthy Hockey Club who gave us excellent sessions in Hockey over the past few months. All the children, from Junior Infants to 6th Class, got a chance to experience Hockey Training in school each week and we learned lots of new skills such as Indian and Glue Dribbling, as well as the box challenge! It was great to see the children progress so much in such a short time, at a sport that was new to many of them!

Congratulations to our Mini 7s Camogie and Hurling teams who represented our school with distinction this week! The teams, featuring children from 4th, 5th and 6th class, faced stiff opposition from Donard NS and Courtnacuddy NS here in Caim NS. The children, and their coach Mr. Kavanagh, gave it their all, with great passes, scores and saves by both teams, however, we were unsuccessful this time. The children are preparing now for their Rackard League campaigns, starting next week.

Well done to the children who worked very hard to create St. Brigid’s Day Crosses this year. Happy st. Brigid’s Day everyone!

Wednesday 25th of January marked a special day in the calendar of Caim NS as we welcomed our Grandparents for Grandparents’ Day. Part of Catholic Schools Week, we began our day with Mass in Caim Church with Fr. Byrne and then came back to school where tea and treats were served to our grandparents and parents. It was lovely to see so many in attendance and the children loved showing their grannys and grandads all around their school and classrooms.

5th and 6th class were busy organising interviews for the grandparents about life in their past and we were delighted to have so many volunteers! We were shocked at some of their stories about school when they were young but loved hearing about their hobbies and families. A big thank you to everyone who donated artefacts for the day for our Artefacts Tables in the foyer and the hall, they were many great reflections from our grandparents about some of the objects we had!

Thank you everyone and see you again next year!

5th and 6th class got into the Halloween festivities with a trip to the FCJ Bunclody for a performance of their school musical “The Addams Family”. There we joined 4 other local schools and took our seats for an enthralling show full of drama, singing and lots of stamping feet! Well done and thank you to the FCJ for a great show and it was very exciting to catch up with two former Caim NS pupils, both involved in the set design!

Check our our classpage http://caimns.ie/classes/5th-6th-class/ for the latest happenings in 5th and 6th class – our zoom call with an Irish Olympian, why we’ve been dissecting turf and our Halloween art masterpieces!

Well done to all our classes on taking part in Maths Week this year. We celebrated Maths Week from 24th – 28th of October and the classes were buzzing with games and activities for the whole week. Check out the video below of some of the entries for our 3D Halloween Art Competition and photographs of some of our maths games and trails in action!

Check out our class page for our September update!