On the 15^th of May 2010 Ms McHales’ and Ms Coppingers’ second class both celebrated their First Holy Communion along with Ms Conlons’ class from the French school. Ms Duffy accompanied by Ms de Frein led the 4^th class girls in the choir for the big occasion. The day was a huge success.

 

International Day Concert

 

On Monday 17^th of May we began our International celebrations. The concert opened with Ms O’ Shea’s Italian class accompanied by all the Senior Infants singing a few Italian songs. Ms Bracken’s senior infant class then entertained us with an old Scottish song provided by Grace Bradley’s mum who originates from Scotland.

 

The French School also got involved in our International concert and we were treated to a few French songs composed and sung by them and their teacher. Our 4^th, 5^th and 6^th classes performed French songs they had learnt with their French teachers during the year. Ms Caffrey, Ms Kelly and Ms Cassen did a terrific job preparing their classes for the concert.

 

Our visiting Spanish students also got involved in the show and performed ‘The Macerna’ for the school. The concert ended with the whole school singing ‘This world is your world, this world is my world’. It was a great success and a great way to build up to our International Day celebrations. Thanks to Ms Glennon for co-ordinating the concert and Ms Caffrey, Ms Kelly and Ms Cassen , Ms O Shea and Ms Foy for getting involved in its organization.

 

     

 

International Day                                         

 

On Tuesday 18^th of May International Day finally arrived. We transformed the tunnel area into a colourful international bazaar full of arts, crafts and food from different countries. Every child in the school was given a passport and had to get their passport stamped from the various different countries. 5^th and 6^th class along with some volunteer parents took charge of the different stalls decorating and furnishing them with crafts as well as stamping the passports for the event.

 

The whole day was a huge success. We would like to thank all the parents who got involved in the run up to the event donating their time and effort to the day and also those parents who contributed on the day by bringing in food and goods from different countries. A huge thank you also to Bevin O’ Shea who designed our terrific International Day poster which we displayed around the school. The success of our festival was largely due to the huge support it received throughout the school from staff, pupils, parents and teachers.