Aine Doyle
Thursday 16th March saw a sea of green in our school. We celebrated the end of Seachtain na Gaeilge and our patron saint, Saint Patrick. We held an assembly in the hall where each class had prepared a song, dance or poem ‘as Gaeilge’ and we had our ‘Seo Faisean’ Check out some of the pictures from our assembly.
Míle Buíochas to Ms Brady and 6th class who organised it all.
Tuesday, 21st of February we enjoyed tasty pancakes with an array of delicious toppings. Chocolate spread was the clear favourite though!
Thank you to Ms Murphy and Ms Brady for all their work in the kitchen to make sure everyone got a pancake.
Caim National School is now accepting applications for enrolment for September 2023. Any parents wishing to enrol their child may collect an Application Form from Liz (Secretary) or the Junior Infant teacher during school hours. Telephone 053 9255534. Alternatively you can request a form by emailing caimnationalschool@gmail.com or you can download a form from the school website www.caimns.ie. Please return completed forms as soon as possible.
We would like to wish our two teams the very best of luck in the upcoming Credit Union Quiz which takes place this Sunday, 29th January. They have been busy brushing up on their general knowledge in the comfortable surrounds of our sensory room.
We are celebrating Catholic schools week from the 22nd – 29th January. The theme this year is ‘Walking together in faith and love’
On Wednesday, we will go to Mass and celebrate our Grandparents. We give thanks for all the love they give us.
Sixth class received a pleasant surprise on Monday 23rd January when their delivery of beautiful half zips arrived. The class designed the tops themselves and they are delighted how they turned out.
On Monday 19th December we welcomed a full to capacity church to our first Carol Service since 2019! The pupils were busy preparing and practicing so it was lovely to see everyone come out to support them. The Carol Service was a great success and thank you to our very generous Parents Association who provided hot and tasty refreshments for everybody afterwards in the Community Centre.
The boys and girls from fourth, fifth and sixth class competed in a Gaelic football lunchtime league during October, November and December. After five weeks of very competitive entertaining group games Carlow and Dublin eventually qualified for the B final with Kerry and Wexford making it through to the A final.
The B final was a thoroughly enjoyable game which ended a draw; it then had to be decided by penalty shootout where Carlow overcame Dublin.
The A final didn’t disappoint; the teachers and children who came to support were treated to an excellent display from both teams with Kerry narrowly overcoming a very strong Wexford team by one point.
Referee John O Rourke presented the medals and trophies; he complemented the children on the excellent skills, attitude and behaviour on display and commented that the future of Gaelic football in the Duffry looks very bright.
The children from 1st and 2nd class took part in the Junior Achievement Ireland Programme which ran over the past five weeks. The theme for the programme was ‘Our Community’. The programme was given by a parent in our school and BD employee Derek Doyle who volunteered to conduct the lessons over five weeks. We would like to thank Derek for giving his time and being so accommodating. This programme was something which the children really benefited from and enjoyed.
