We had a fantastic day on 14th June on our school tour at Rockhill Park Kerrykeel. The children enjoyed all of the activities and were well looked after by all of the activity leaders. Some of the activities included Canoeing, Archery, Lazer tag, Orienteering, Zorbing, Trampolining, Wall climbing, Go-Karting, Mini-golf & Soft-play centre.We hope to be back again sometime. Go raibh maith agaibh.
LĂĄ SpĂłirt le Gaeil FhĂĄnada CLG
MĂle buĂochas le Gaeil FhĂĄnada CLG Â a d’Ă©agraigh LĂĄ SpĂłirt do na scoileanna uilig i gceantar FhĂĄnada ar 13Ăș Meitheamh. CĂ© nach raibh an aimsir go maith, bhĂ lĂĄ fĂor mhaith ag na pĂĄistĂ uilig i dTraigh a Locha. BuĂochas mĂłr fĂłsta dĂłibh uilig a chuidigh ar an lĂĄ. Beidh muid arais arĂs an bhlian seo chugainn. Gaeil FhĂĄnada AbĂș !
Working It Out
The Senior Classes attended the “Working It Out” event at Rosnakill Resource Centre on 23rd May. The event was organised by Patricia from Junior Achievement Ireland.
Junior Achievement work with local companies in an aim of giving back to the local community. In this case, they have teamed up with Marine Harvest Ireland. Volunteers from Marine Harvest Ireland are trained to work with children .
The Working It Out event was a sports event in a circuit format with all scores recorded and mathematically worked out. Senior classes from all of the local schools attended the event – Ballyheerin NS, Drumfad NS, Kerrykeel NS, Doaghbeg NS, Croaghross NS, Tamney NS & Cashel NS. The children really enjoyed the event, especially getting to know children from the other local schools.
Donegal Donkey Sanctuary
Our children, along with the children from Drumfad NS, visited the Donegal Donkey Sanctuary in Raphoe on Monday 22nd May. We had a tour around the Donkey Sanctuary and saw the donkeys in the fields and more of them in the stables. We were so excited to see the new foal Hope ! We were also delighted to see Timmy the Donkey, as Drumfad NS have sponsored Timmy.
The Donkey Sanctuary is doing great work caring for the Donkeys. They currently have 75 Donkeys at the Sanctuary. We enjoyed hearing the different stories and hearing the different names for the Donkeys.
We wish the Donkey Sanctuary all the best and we thank them for a very informative visit .
The Ingenious Ulster Science Show
The Senior classes from our school were invited by Drumfad NS to join them on a trip to the Raphoe Royal and Prior Secondary school to attend “The Ingenious Ulster Science Show”. The show was based on inventors from Ulster from 1660 to the present day. Some of the inventors included Hans Sloane, Joesph Black & Harry Ferguson. It may have ignited an interest in science in the minds of the children !
The children really enjoyed the Science Show and learned so much! They also really enjoyed visiting the secondary school and the yummy cookies & juice provided by the school.
The children enjoyed getting to know the children from Drumfad NS and look forward to the next time they can go on a trip together !
First Holy Communion
The First Holy Communion took place this year in Fanavolty Chapel on Saturday 13th May at 12pm. 16 children from all of the local schools in Fanad made their First Holy Communion on the day. Congratulations to Aoibhinn who made her First Holy Communion and also who read the Prayer before Communion so well on the day. Mass was celebrated by Fr Pat McGarvey and tea was provided in Fanavolty Hall by local parishioners . Thank you to MĂșinteoir GrĂĄinne for preparing Aoibhinn for her special day. Thank you to all who helped out to make it such a lovely event for everyone.
Swimming Lessons
All of the children started their Swimming lessons in Carrigart on Friday April 28th. The swimming lessons last for one hour with a qualified Swim Instructor. The children will attend for 8 lessons. Lessons and bus are heavily subsidised by the school, therefore children must only pay âŹ5 per lesson. Swimming tests take place on Friday 9th June. Certificates will be given out on Friday 16th June.
Ballyheerin Spring Clean-Up
We had our annual Ballyheerin Spring Clean up on Wednesday 26th April. All of the children and adults wore high-vis jackets and garden gloves. We headed off in a few separate groups around the roads of Ballyheerin and filled over 12 bags of rubbish. We found that the roads were much cleaner than other years. We hope next year to move our clean-up to new roads around Ballyheerin! Thanks to everyone who helped out ! Let’s keep Ballyheerin tidy !
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2017
D’Ă©agraigh Gaeltacht Bheo FhĂĄnada Seachtain na Gaeilge ĂĄlainn eile i mbliana.
Ghlac na pĂĄistĂ uilig pĂĄirt i gcomĂłrtas ĂalaĂne le tĂ©ama “TĂĄ Gaeltacht FhĂĄnada Beo “. Fuair Aoibhinn duais sa chomĂłrtas.
Ghlac pĂĄistĂ Rang 3 – 6 pĂĄirt i dTrĂĄth na gCeist leis na scoileanna uilig sa cheantar i Scoil Mhuire Caiseal. BhĂ am ar dĂłigh acu. D’imir na bunranganna le pĂĄistĂ Ăłga Scoil Mhuire fĂłsta ar an lĂĄ.
BhĂ LĂĄ Gaelach againn uilig ar 16Ăș MĂĄrta agus ghleas achan duine in Ă©adaĂ glasa.
Ar an Satharn chuaigh alĂĄn dĂșinn chuig Teach Solais FhĂĄnada chun ceiliĂșradh 200 bliain le MĂłrshiĂșil na lĂĄindĂ©ir agus Tinte Ă©alaĂne. CĂ© go bhfuair muid fliuch bĂĄite, is oĂche den scĂłth a bhĂ ann. Gaeltacht FhĂĄnada AbĂș !
Gymnastics
The children have been so lucky to have had some gymnastic lessons with Teresa. They have been learning about the:
Forward Roll-Over = Stretch, Squat, Smack, Tuck, Lift & Roll.
Backwards Roll-Over = Lay Down, Tuck hands under ears, Lift your legs over your head, Roll over to Stand up.
Hand-Stand = Stretch, T- position ( two arms outstretched & one leg off the floor ), Smack ( hands on the floor) , Kick ( Kick up two legs off the floor , careful not to fall on your back)
Obstacle Course = Forward Roll-Over, Ladder steps, Hop-Skotch. Bear Crawl, Hurdle Jump , Backwards Roll-Over, Limbo, Cartwheel, Handstand
Cartwheels = Stretch, Star, Foot hand hand foot ( sideways, on your better side)