Cáirde Nua and Sonas would like to say a huge thank you to Smith’s Supervalu in Johnstown for their donations to our school tuck shop!
Thanks to their generosity, our tuck shop is fully stocked and all the money raised supports resources for our Cáirde Nua and Sonas classes! We’re so thankful and lucky to have such supportive neighbours in our community!

March was a busy and exciting month!

We learned about Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Tuesday. We learned how pancakes are made. Then we got to add our own toppings. It was great fun and the pancakes were delicious!

We dressed up for World Book Day and shared our favourite stories. We also celebrated Lá Glas for St. Patrick’s Day. We wore lots of green and had great fun celebrating together!

We've been learning all about food. We did a fruit taste test and tried lots of different fruit! We talked about all the different colours and tastes! It was lots of fun (and tasty too!)

Our mobile shop was a big success today! A huge well done to Mrs Flood’s 5th class for demonstrating excellent business skills and for using Lámh signs while working with Cairde Nua and Sonas.

We got into the Christmas spirit by decorating the tree, creating lovely Christmas art, and listening to Christmas music together. ? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our class!!

We were learning about the people who help us in our community, we explored what chefs do—and then became chefs for the day by making our own pizzas! It was lots of fun and tasty too!!!

In October, we celebrated birthdays and Halloween! We dressed up in Halloween costumes, played, and had fun trick-or-treating to the other Cáirde Nua classes!

September

Our mobile shop was a big success today! A huge well done to Mrs Flood’s 5th class for demonstrating excellent business skills and for using Lámh signs while working with Cairde Nua and Sonas.

Making our own galaxy using oil, milk and droppers

Learning all about transport and maps

Exploring Christmas colours and free painting

Showing off our Christmas trees

We learned about people who help us like the police, firefighters, builders, paramedics, doctors and nurses. We explored and talked about what we want to become when we are older!

Autumn has been bursting with color and excitement here in our class! Our students have been jumping into leaf piles, decorating pumpkins, exploring nature, and getting creative with all things autumn!

Our classrooms sparkled this week as we learned all about Diwali — the Festival of Lights! Students explored beautiful candles, admired traditional clay oil lamps called diyas, and watched sparklers shine bright. It was a joyful celebration of light, color, and learning together.

What a wonderful start to the year!!!

June fun in Cairde Nua

June has been a very fun and hectic month. There was lots of fun had playing board games and sensory play with friends from Ms.Moriartys 3rd class and celebrating a big birthday together, the school tour and sports day.

Getting creative in May

Getting creative during free play. Making the most of dry days with PE outside. Learning about minibeasts and space. We were very lucky in Cairde Nua 3 that one of our pupils had this wonderful space projector and brought it in to share it with all his classmates. Everybody loved it!!

Fun in March

More festivities with World Book Day, Mothers Day, St.Patrick's Day and Easter. March was a very fun month.

February Fun

February was a great month of celebrations with St. Brigid's day, Pancake Tuesday and Valentines day. There was lots of creative art made. It was also a very wet month but that didn't stop us from from having fun and scooting around.

Our mobile shop was a big success today! A huge well done to Mrs Flood’s 5th class for demonstrating excellent business skills and for using Lámh signs while working with Cairde Nua and Sonas.

We were busy getting our classroom nicely decorated for Christmas and for Mr and Mrs Claus visit. We made lots of lovely decorations snowflakes, Christmas trees, and tree ornaments. We decorated some gingerbread men and reindeer food art and of course it's important to always taste what you make

Yoga Time

Making Patterns

Learning about the polar lands and animals

Belated birthday celebrations

Enjoying the spooky season!!!! It has been a fun and hectic month getting our skips in for our active school flag and getting the balance right, by enjoying some delicious treats from the bake sale. We also had a fantastic time during maths week getting involved in all the active maths games and activities. We carved our own class pumpkin and wrapped the month up with a halloween disco and party.

We had a busy and creative month this September. We have been using lots of different tools to design our imaginative and fantastic artwork of houses, hedgehogs, Autumn trees and name necklaces. We also have found different and fun uses for our Maths blocks. We took a trip to the school garden to collect some Autumn leaves for our next project and while we were there, we had fun playing together. We got to enjoy some chocolate cake for a big 9th birthday this September.

Space and the Planets

We were exploring space and the planets and had lots of fun learning about the solar system and discovering interesting facts along the way.

Learning about sunflowers

We sow, grow and farm while learning all about sunflowers

Happy Birthday

Learning about Easter

We enjoyed learning about Easter and the Resurrection through a fun and interactive activity. The children opened special eggs, each containing a symbol that helped us understand and remember different parts of the story. This hands-on approach made the learning meaningful and engaging. We also created lots of beautiful Easter-themed art to celebrate the occasion.

Our mobile shop was a big success today! A huge well done to Mrs Flood’s 5th class for demonstrating excellent business skills and for using Lámh signs while working with Cairde Nua and Sonas.

We are learning about healthy habits through the story “Olivier’s Fruit Salad.” The children explored healthy food choices, talked about fruits, and learned how good nutrition helps our bodies grow strong.

”Be Brave, Little Penguin”– hear, see, touch, and feel the story come alive!

North, South, East, West – explore the world around you!

Very special guests visited our class, spreading Christmas magic and smiles all around! The children had a wonderful time. Happy Christmas to everyone!