School News

MAY 2011 

SCHOOL  WARDENS  WINNERS:    Congratulations to our Junior School Wardens Team that won the Galway School Wardens Competition in Tuam on Tuesday 10th May. The boys and girls on the team were all from 6th Class. The Wardens do a very important and responsible job every day helping the pupils to cross the road safely at home time. The photo opposite shows our Wardens Team on the day they won the competition.

APRIL 2011   

 

'EASTER  EGG' FUNDRAISER:                                                     A big 'Thank You' from Laura Clarke to all the pupils and teachers of Mountbellew N.S. who collected €500 for SERVE in an Easter Egg Competition. SERVE is an  organisation whose volunteers work with the  Good Shepherd Sisters in a variety of Education Programmes. Laura Clarke will be working as a SERVE volunteer in Thailand in July/August 2011 and your very generous donation will be put to good use.

Easter Egg Competition Winners

 

MARCH 2011 

STUDENTS COUNCIL:  Our new Students Council Members are:

Siobhán Callander and Joseph Fleming (6th Class), Aoibheann Russell and Ruairí Fallon (5th Class), Kate Hillhouse and Kevin McCormack (4th Class), Alex Ryan and Aine Healy (3rd Class), Diarmuid Fahey and Kate Cunniffe (2nd Class)

 

SWIMMING LESSONS for pupils in 1st and 5th Class will begin on Tuesday 1st March. The lessons will take place in Roscommon Swimming Pool every Tuesday for the next 7 weeks. 

 

 FEBRUARY 2011

MID-TERM BREAK:  Wednesday 23rd, Thursday 24th & Friday 25th February

 

 JANUARY 2011

STAFF MEETING:   Wednesday 26th January

SWIMMING LESSONS for pupils in 2nd and 6th Class will begin on Tuesday 18th January. The lessons will take place in Roscommon Swimming Pool every Tuesday for the next 7 weeks.

 

 DECEMBER 2010

PARENT / TEACHER MEETINGS

Tuesday 14th December (3-6pm)

 

 NOVEMBER 2010 

CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL 5th Class pupils with their gift-filled shoeboxes as part of the 'Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal'. Altogether pupils in the school brought in 160 shoeboxes which will now be sent to needy children in the poorest parts of the world.

 SCHOOL BOOK FAIR

Our School Book Fair took place from Monday 15th to Friday 19th November and was a great success again this year. All pupils got a chance to buy  books and it was a great opportunity to encourage pupils to read more and develop a love of reading. Many thanks to Mrs. Clarke and all the 6^th Class pupils who did a great job organising and running the Book Fair for the week.

 

ATHLETICS – CROSS COUNTRY

Last Wednesday 17^th November 19 pupils from the school took part in the Galway Schools Cross Country Races in Renmore.

Junior Girls Team: Aoife Thompson, Odharna Raftery, Michaela Finnerty and Leah Adams

Junior Boys Team: Colin Murray, Michael Finnerty, Niall Sweeney, Sean Keating and Conor Macdonald.

Senior Girls Team: Kathy McDonnell, Leona Carr, Bronagh Duggan, Kate Corcoran and Siobhan Callander.

Senior Boys Team: Joshua Barrett, Sam Lee, Conor Fahey, Sean Thompson and Sean Óg Somers. 

Well done to all the boys and girls from the school who took part in the races. Over 150 runners took part in each race. Our top finishers this year were Colin Murray (12^th Place in the Junior Boys Race) and Kathy Mc Donnell (13^th Place in the Senior Girls Race).