We had lots of fun this week for Seachtain na Gaeilge. 5th and 6th class learned “The Siege of Ennis”. We practiced for 2 weeks. We had a big céilí in the school hall on Thursday and all the classes showed off their dances. Well done to all the irish dancers who put on a fantastic performance also.
Well done to the boys and girls who played an instrument in the orchestra performance for Seachtain na Gaeilge on Tuesday. It was super to hear everyone playing Irish music together.
The pupils in 5th and 6th class were busy carrying out experiments today. We were testing foods for starch. We used a diluted iodine solution to test various foods and materials. foods turned blue/black when starch was present and , there was no change in colour when starch was absent.
On Monday the 6th of March, 3 teams represented St. Finian’s at the FAI soccer tournament in Oriel Park, Dundalk. The boys’ teams played out on the main pitch of the League of Ireland champions. One of our boys teams were agonisingly close to qualifying for the finals on Wednesday. The girls’ team performed magnificently in their competition, winning their 1st game, drawing the 2nd game and losing their 3rd game. All the boys and girls really enjoyed the day out. There were some fantastic performances on all of the teams and there were some excellent goals scored. We cannot wait for next year!
Well done to boys and girls who represented the school at the County final of the Credit Union Quiz in the Nuremore Hotel on Sunday the 5th of March. Unfortunately we didn’t qualify for the national final, but it was a great experience. The boys and girls got a nice surprise for taking part!! Well done to all!
This week for P.E., fifth and sixth class played Uni-Hoc. There was some really exciting games and some great goals scored.
This week, 5th and 6th class had to expand a rural landscape setting. They needed to create lots of different tones of paint and carefully “finish” the rest of the landscape. They turned out great!!!!
