We recently held our school Open Day. We were delighted to welcome everyone to our wonderful school. 

We showcased some of our achievements from this year, and the children had planned a surprise performance of poetry and singing.

Our Parents Council provided refreshments and treats which were enjoyed by all. 

We held our second Siopa Glas 'Swap Shop' event which is part of our Green Schools work. Congratulations to our Green School Council and Olivia Melaniphy for their tremendous work this year.  

We were delighted to be invited to Tullamore recently to be presented with our certificate for particpation in the Gaelbhratach programme this year. Ms Coss and two students from the Gaeilge Council attended the awards ceremony. A great day was had by all.

Our work this year included setting up our Gaeilge Council, participating in Seachtain na Gaeilge, purchasing new books and board games to supplement our learning, singing Amhrán na BhFiann at our monthly assemblies, phrases of the month, and PE as Gaeilge. Our work towards achieving our flag will continue next year.

Check out Offaly Independent's article about Cloneyhurke's students award.

 https://www.offalyindependent.ie/2023/06/20/local-offaly-school-honoured-at-gaelbhratach-presentation-ceremony/

Táimid go léir an-bhródúil!

We are delighted to announce that Cloneyhurke N.S. have achieved a Gold Award from Science Foundation Ireland for our participation in the 'Curious Minds' Programme 2023.

We received the award in recognition of our participation with STEM teaching and learning across the school. 

We were delighted to attend the online awards ceremony, and hear our school's name called out. It was exciting to see some of our classroom experiments included in the presentation. 

Some of our work this year included Vex Robotics, experiments, construction, gardening, and coding. We participated in Maths Week and Science Week, and also updated our collection of STEM resources. Well done everyone!

Thank you to Portarlington Tennis Club for our recent block of tennis lessons.

We thoroughly enjoyed our lessons with Coach Tony and Nuala. We look forward to returning soon!

We are delighted to introduce 'Cloneyhurke N.S. Mobile Library'.

Our mobile library visits us twice per month at our Outdoor Learning Space. There are a wide selection of books available, catering to our interests. We are enjoying spending time outdoors, exploring books with our classmates and teachers. It is providing lots of motivation for reading.

Thank you to Sarah Conway for organising and running the Mobile Library. 

As part of our Green Schools Work, we took part in a whole school clean up. 

We did some litter picking, sweeping, and weeding. We also planted some flowers in our window boxes and flower pots. 

We had an exciting session at Mountmellick Gymnastics Club.

We practiced rolling, swinging, walking, climbing, and much more.

We are looking forward to going back next year. 

The students in the Junior Room are enjoying setting up camp in our Outdoor Learning Space. We have a huge interest in camping and it is leading to lots of fun learning experiences.

Thank you to Olivia and all of the families who provided camping equipment for us to use for Aistear.

We celebrated Friendship Week from 27th to 31st March. Everyone was given a friend to shadow for the week. We carried out random acts of kindness and exchanged gifts. There was a lovely atmosphere throughout the week. Thank you to Ms Coss for organising this.

Bhí an-spraoi againn ag Seachtain na Gaeilge. Bhí cluichí agus spóirt ar súil gach lá. 

We were delighted to travel next door to Brian Walsh Car Sales for a Maths Lesson. The students had fun collecting data using tally charts and bar charts. Thank you to Criostóir for our personalised registration plate.

Thank you to Presentation Primary School, Portarlington for inviting us to a special performance of their musical 'The Jungle Book'. We had a great time.

The students and staff enjoyed some delicious pancakes together.

We learned about Shrove Tuesday traditions in Ireland and in other countries. It was a well deserved treat for all.

The first week of February was spent doing some Spring cleaning around our flowerbeds and planter boxes. Thank you to the students and their families for providing gardening tools. 

We really enjoy putting on our wellies and gloves, and working together to improve our school environment. We found lots of insects and even dug up some potatoes. We identified plants and weeds, and found the first daffodil shoots.

We enjoyed some lovely Christmas events in December.

We decorated our classrooms, enjoyed Christmas arts and crafts, and a Christmas movie. 

We read lots of stories focusing on the birth of Jesus. 

We celebrated the end of our first term with a whole school assembly where we shared poems, projects, Christmas carols, and prayers.

Thank you to our wonderful Parents' Council for organising our very exciting Christmas raffle and treats for the children.

We wish everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas.

St Brigids Social Club recently held their 24th annual senior citizens Christmas party. We were delighted to be invited to sing Christmas carols at the event. Well done to our students on an excellent performance. Many thanks to Nuala from Music Generation Laois who accompanied us on the evening. 

We are delighted to be taking part in Climate Action Week from the 10th-16th October. 

As part of our Green Schools work, we have a number of exciting events taking place.

We are a participating school in the Picker Pals programme and we will be completing a litter picking walk in our local area.

Our 'Siopa Glas' swap shop event will take place on Friday 14th October. 

We are also completing a number of projects and activities throughout the week which contribute towards maintaining our Energy and Waste Flags. 

We have been researching and investigating what our school was like in the past.

We found a box of old photographs and the children got to work trying to identify people. Imagine our surprise when we found some of our own parents and grandparents!

We were very lucky to have a visit from Caroline - a past pupil of Cloneyhurke NS. Caroline answered all of our questions and shared lots of stories from her own school days. 

We are very lucky to have Garryhinch Woods within walking distance of our school.

We recently enjoyed a morning in the woods, where we looked for signs of Autumn and built a den.

Thank you to Eve for accompanying us.

The Green School Council recently met for their first meeting of the school year.

This year we will begin our work on achieving our Water Flag. The students had some exciting ideas of how we can measure our water usage and work towards conserving water. We will be working towards our goals in the coming weeks.

We are very proud of our Green School status and this year we will be taking part in Climate Action Week from the 10-16 October.

We are working with our Parents Council on an exciting event for our school community. Watch this space.

Students in the Junior Room are enjoying play based learning. This month we are learning about the school office and exploring everything that happens there.

We are having fun, learning new vocabulary, and trying out our new role as a school secretary. We are very lucky to have our own school secretary Claire to pass on vital words of wisdom to the children :)

We are delighted to welcome Jamie back for our weekly GAA session. We are also enjoying our weekly Dance and Drama workshop with Sonya from Speak Out Music & Drama.

Welcome back to all our students, families and staff. We would like to give a special word of welcome to our four Junior Infants and our new students and staff.

We are very proud of how well everyone has settled in and we are excited for the year ahead.