March has been a month of many visitors to St. Brendan’s N.S. The visit of Eoin Warner to our school was educational and inspiring. Eoin is a native of Bantry and makes nature documentaries for television in both English and Irish language. Eoin gave a wonderful presentation to the children about the wonders of nature […]
The month of February as seen the completion of many projects and activities at St. Brendan’s N.S. The children completed the Cycle Sense programme recently. This was a very positive and educational experience. On the final day of Cycle Sense the children put into action all the safety rules and approaches that they had learned
The month of January has been active and busy at St. Brendan’s N.S, The school is going for its Active Flag this year and the children have been enjoying lots of different sporting activities. This year so far they have done new activities such as cricket and Gaelic Handball. In recent weeks the children have
This last month we’ve been very busy at St Brendan’s NS. First, we are working towards our Active Flag. One thing we are doing is Active Breaks Challenges. In the senior room, Mr O’Donovan uses the Spinning Wheel to choose the exercise that the students have to perform on their breaks. It can be anything
The month of October has been full of activity at St. Brendan’s N.S. The children have been doing walks every Monday and Tuesday afternoon as part of the Let’s Get Cork Walking Campaign. The school is now taking part in the Active Flag initiative. The children in the senior room have been busy practicing their relay racing skills. On
It has been a sunny and positive return to school at St. Brendan’s N.S. We were delighted to welcome the new junior infants to school. The children have settled in really well and are enjoying learning through each day in fun and engaging activities. The children in the junior room are doing literacy stations and exploring many
The children of St. Brendan’s N.S have had an eventful final month in school. With all of their end of year assessments completed the children explored learning through many different activities and field trips during June. On June 5th the children went to the Lagoon and Smugglers Cove in Rosscarbery for their school tour. We
May was a busy and active month at St. Brendan’s N.S. The children were delighted to take part in an athletics programme run by the Cork Sports Partnership. Each week in May Deirdre came into the school and did athletics activities and skills training with the children. All the children in the school really enjoyed
The month of April has been busy and productive at St. Brendan’s N.S. The children are excited that they are swimming every Friday at the Maritime Hotel in Bantry. They are able to walk across to the hotel and enjoy the excellent swimming lessons there each Friday. The school garden is really starting to take shape. The children have
The children at St. Brendan’s N.S have enjoyed the weeks of March as we move further into Spring. They have been busy working on the school garden with Mr. Elgammal and preparing the garden for the growing season ahead. The Senior Room were delighted to be asked to attend the performance of Grease at Coláiste Phobail recently. The transition