Children from junior infants to 1st have been enjoying a reading buddy programme with children from 2nd- Sixth Class. They read lots and lots of books over the six week period!
đ The Little Drummer Boy đ
The children of Ballyheerin NS have astounded us with a dramatic take on the classic Christmas tale ‘The Little Drummer Boy’. Not only did we have one little drummer boy, we had four ( John, Adam, Ryan and Kyle)! We also had a family (Aaron, Jack, Kaitlyn, Chloe and Ceala), 3 shepherds ( Kelsey, Sarah and Marah), 4 angels ( Sophie, Maggie, Natasha and Abbie), 3 wise men (Daryl, Gareth and Callum) and of course Mary and Joseph (Abby and Charlie). Every child from junior infants to sixth class had a part in our play and they all gave a fantastic performance.
This was followed with music and Carol singing outside.
The children also helped MĂșinteoir GrĂĄinne and CĂșntĂłir Madeline on another lovely back-drop which really complemented our lovely drama.
Our drama was recorded, edited and uploaded to Class Dojo. We hope that all our families enjoyed watching our Christmas drama from home!
St. Colmcille Project
Comhghairdeas Ăł chroĂ to the senior class who were awarded a prize for their St. Colmcille project. We are delighted that the children’s creativity and unique energy stood out among hundreds of entries.
There was alot of work involved with the project but the 5 children in the senior class are multi-talented!
Shoebox Appeal
What a way to kick start the Christmas spirit in our school! Thank you to all the families for the amazing effort. We will be receiving an update on where our boxes go from Patricia McKemey, who collected our boxes this evening!
đ Still Life đ
The senior class have been working hard at drawing what they see in front of them, to shade the darkness and to show light. We have been setting up a still lifes in the centre. Our class have enjoyed drawing our still life from different perspectives!
The senior class have also been experimenting with oil pastels and how to blend colours!
OĂche Shamhna đŠ
Unfortunately, we were unable to invite parents into our school for our annual Halloween show. However, the virtual show which the junior and senior class presented was absolutely fantastic. The junior class recited lots of halloween poems and halloween songs. The senior class dressed up as the Addams family and performed the Addams family song and dance! D’fhoghlaim siad an t-amhrĂĄn ‘faoi sholas an gĂ©alaĂ’ agus chan siad an t-amhrĂĄn le gĂ©itsĂ iontacha! BuĂochas do Dhia, our parents were fit to tune into Class Dojo for both classes in order to join in on the Halloween fun!
St. Colmcille Project
We are very proud of our senior class. The pupils have collaborated in order to enter a competition to celebrate the life and legacy of St. Colmcille. We first began learning about St. Colmcille last year when we took part in a virtual workshop with a heritage expert. We learned about the life of St. Colmcille and the symbols we associate with him. There was soooo much to learn about St. Colmcille so we decided to brainstorm and pick one area to focus on. We decided to focus on the prophecies of St. Colmcille which were fascinating to us. We looked at many prophecies on dĂșchas.ie which had been recorded by children who were in school in Fanad during the 1930s. We found out that St. Colmcille made lots of prophecies which we believe have come true already! We decided to create a cartoon based on five of St. Colmcille’s prophecies (because there are five of us!) We used modelling clay to make miniature people and miniature sets. We each brought in a shoe box and used paint and paper to create back drops. We typed up a script based on the telling of the prophecies. We each did voiceovers in order to re-enacted the telling of the prophecies and how many of them came to pass. We used an app to make our clay model figures and we had to take loads and loads of pictures to show the movement. Aaron edited the video and we are so happy and excited about our video project!
đAutumn Learning đ
The senior class have been learning about the local, natural fauna of our local environment. We have learned to identify and name various trees and bushes that are growing near our school by examining the shapes and colours of berries, flowers and leaves.
We also took part in the annual clean up, organised by the Fanad Coastal group. The senior class walked along the road towards the bridge and used pickers to pick up any rubbish they could find along the way. The junior class helped MĂșinteoir GrĂĄinne and MĂșinteoir RĂłisĂn to pick up rubbish along the road past the church.
It is important that we do our best to ensure that our roads remain rubbish free so that we can continue to enjoy lots of lovely nature walks throughout the year!
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We’re back!
Excitement was in the air this morning when we welcomed our junior class back to school and we look forward to having our senior class back again really soon!
STEAM Week in Ballyheerin!
The junior and senior class celebrated STEAM Week remotely this year!
MĂșinteoir RĂłisĂn put a really fun timetable of activities together. We made some really cool constructions like boats and houses that were built to last. Others things were constructed, then eaten like our delicious pancakes! We carried out lots of experiments and the senior class even had the opportunity to interview an architect and a civil engineer via Class Dojo! Well done to all the families who participated. Congratulations to Sarah, Callum and Chloe who were our STEAM champions in the junior class and to Kaitlyn and Aaron who were our STEAM champions in the senior class!
Making a functional catapult!
A delicious construction! 
This lovely fan will keep the air circulating! 
Aaron’s fantastic norman castle! 
Yummy pancakes! 
Abby discovered a handy way for blowing up balloons! 
Abbey’s pancakes are a work of art! 
Making playdough! 
Aoibhinn’s strong boat! 
A sturdy house! 
J’adore Aoibhinn’s beautiful eiffel tower! 
We learnt about renewable energy and how we can conserve energy!
Aaron’s boat can hold a lot of coins due to it’s clever design!
Kaitlyn’s house plan! 
Kaitlyn’s fabulous house, we love the patio area on the 2nd floor!
