The children from rang 1 took part in a GAA blitz in Passage GAA yesterday. The class had a wonderful time playing the games, getting some exercise and meeting new friends. Thanks to all who were involved in organising such a fun day out. The children were rewarded for their efforts with lovely medals to…
Read MoreOur hurling campaign has finished up for another year. Overall we had a very successful Sciath na Scol Competition finishing third in our qualifying group. Unfortunately the top two teams qualified for the semi finals so we just narrowly missed out. Well done to all the boys and girls who represented the school so well…
Read MoreApril 14th 2015 Welcome back to the Third term. I hope you had an enjoyable Easter and managed to enjoy some of the fine weather. As you may be aware, we have been planning and working on ways to celebrate the Shanbally NS relocation to our present site which happened 50 years ago in May…
Read MoreSHANBALLY NATIONAL SCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 25th March 2015 Dear Parents, Welcome to our second newsletter for 2015. The Valentine Cake Sale was a great success with some amazing cakes for sale, we raised over €500 which together with previous monies raised in the Halloween Cake sale and Christmas Bazaar…
Read MoreUpdate 6 March 25th 2015 Dear Parents, As we approach the Easter holidays please read the following with care as the information is important. Days we are closed or close early this term Easter Holidays. Closing early Friday 27th March, closed Monday 30th March to Friday 10th April incl. Juniors and Seniors…
Read MoreThanks to the parents association for putting together a wonderful hamper for the Easter raffle. We congratulate James Mehigan, Junior Infants, who is the lucky winner this Easter. Well done James!!
Read MoreBhí ceiliúradh mór sa scoil i rith Seachtain na Gaeilge. Bhí ceol agus damhsa, amhráin agus dánta, drámai agus tráth na gceist ar siúl i rith na seachtaine. Comhghairdeas le gach duine a bhí páirteach. We had a great week celebrating our Irish culture and language during Seachtain na Gaeilge. Special thanks has to go…
Read MoreThe boys and girls indoor football blitz finals took place in Riverstick Hall on Friday last. The boys and girls both won their finals. This was an amazing achievement as they were competing against all the other schools from the South East division regardless of school size or pupil numbers. These players will hopefully go…
Read MoreOur Carol Service took place last night in our local church. It was a wonderful start to the Christmas celebrations for the entire school community. The children really did their classes and families proud with beautiful performances of poetry, songs and stories. Thanks to all the staff who put in a great effort over recent…
Read MoreThe girls football team had a playoff game to reach the semi finals last week. Unfortunately this year we were not successful. This is a very young team and hopefully we will be close to reaching the final again next year. The game was played in very wet conditions and scores were hard to come…
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