The children at St. Brendan’s N.S were busy and productive during the month of March. The children in the senior room worked in groups create projects on lighthouses around Ireland.These lighthouses included Fastnet Lighthouse, Ballycotton Lighthouse, The Great Light Lighthouse in Belfast, Hook Head Lighthouse in Wexford and St John’s Lighthouse in County Down. This was an opportunity to practice using materials to recreate models of the lighthouses.
The children also practiced their Oral Language and Presentation skills by talking about the History and story behind the building of lighthouses to other children and to adults in the school.
All the children in school were encouraged to wear red recently in Give Racism the Red Card campaign and fundraiser.
The children in the Senior Room have been taking part in Rowing Lessons at Bantry Rowing Club every Thursday. This has been a wonderful experience for the students and they are having a lot of fun doing it. We would like to thank all the coaches at Bantry Rowing Club for facilitating this. All classes in school have been attending Swimming Lessons in the Maritime Hotel in recent weeks. It has been an active few weeks for the children at school!
Every Thursday all children in school having been taking part in a Buddy Reading Programme. This is a wonderful opportunity for the younger children and older children in school to explore reading together.
The IZAK9 Maths activities were such a hit earlier in the year that we decided to further explore this means of making maths hands on, engaging and in line with the new maths curriculum. The children in the senior room have relished in the challenge of using the Izak 9 Programme which is hands-on maths resource and teaching approach used in primary schools to develop children’s problem-solving and thinking skills IZAK9 uses colourful cubes and structured activities to help children explore maths concepts in a visual and interactive way.
All classes at St. Brendan’s N.S have been doing visits to Bantry Library recently. We are very grateful to be able to walk to this wonderful facility in town.
All at school were delighted to be able to present Bantry Hospice Project with 700 Euros as a result of our Solas le Chéile Fundraiser at school in December. We would like to thank all who supported this fundraiser by buying a Christmas Card that represented one light on our Solas Le Chéile Tree at school.
March 2026 School News
