6th Class Graduation

Today we said goodbye to our 6th class. We wish them all the best as they begin the next chapter in their school lives.

Hats off to 6th Class

Star of the Week

Today we had our last assembly for the school year. Well done to today's pupils who won star of the week awards.

Green Flag Ceremony

We held our Green Schools Flag Ceremony on Friday 8th June. The children and staff had a great day and are very proud that we have secured the Green Flag. Many thanks to the very active Green School Committee for all their hard work. Thanks to Mayor of Clare, Pat Hayes and Mayor of Ennis, Michael Guilfoyle for coming to our ceremony.

Check out our lap of honour with our first green flag

Summer Fair 2012

Ennis Educate Together had our Summer Fair on Friday 18th May this year. It was a great success for our school. Children, parents and teachers really enjoyed coming together working as a school community to make the event possible. We really enjoyed the activities and entertainment provided on the day. A huge thanks to all who attended and worked hard. A special thanks to Mairead O'Loughlin our infant teacher for organising the day.

Check out our photos from the day

 

Thailand- 6th Class

Thailand

6th Class and their teacher Kelly were given Thailand as their country for International Day. The class did lots of art work and projects on their country and on International Day they dressed up and turned their classroom into Thailand.

Turkey- 5th Class

Turkey

5th Class and their teacher Declan turned their classroom into Turkey for International Day. Heres some of the photos of their room.

Russia- 4th Class

Russia

In 4th class they learnt all about Russia with their teacher David. When classes visited the Russian room, they got to hear the Russian Alphabet, find out about famous Russians and taste some Borshch a Russian soup. Have a look at some of the work 4th class did.

The Arctic- 3rd Class

The Arctic

3rd Class learnt all about the Arctic with their teacher Ellen. They had loads of information on their walls about the Arctic e.g. all the different animals that live there. They showed visitors to the classroom a film about the Arctic called "Arctic Tale". They told us about Inuits who are are a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions. 3rd class had lots of art work in their classroom on the Arctic e.g. clay walruses.

Mexico- 1st & 2nd Class

Mexico

1st and 2nd class learnt all about Mexico with their teacher Clair. On International Day they had a Mexico Museum, where we all learnt about the Mayan civilisation and the Aztecs. They had a Mexican restaurant where we got to taste nachos with some yummy dips.  Also they had lots of art work on Mexico, they even made clay cacti. We got to meet a Mexican wrestler too. Here is some photos of their classroom.

Austria- Junior & Senior Infants

Austria

Junior and Senior Infants learnt so much about Austria with their teacher Mairead for International Day. On International Day they told us what they had learnt and even performed a song for us from the Sound of Music.

Some photos from the day

International Day 2012

International Day Friday 18th May 2012

For International Day, every class was assigned a country to study. Junior and Senior infants were given Austria, 1st and 2nd class were given Mexico, 3rd class were given Arctic, 4th class were given Russia, 5th class were given Turkey and 6th class were given Thailand. Each class had to learn about their country e.g. music, language, sports, foods of that country. Then on International Day each class got to turn their classroom into the country they had. All the other classes got to visit each country (classroom) and learn information about the country.