The 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…
Read MoreShanbally N.S has been a hive of activity for maths week. The pupils in Rang 6 have been doing great work coming up with games and activities for the rest of the school. The daily puzzle is proving very popular also and many of the teachers and parents have been trying to figure these out…
Read MoreDear Parents, I hope by now that your child/children have settled into school and that as families you’ve had a chance to recover from the back-to-schools costs. As customary in October we begin to collect family contributions for the school year 2014-2015. Following a review of our finances we have been forced to increase the…
Read MoreCongratulations !! We congratulate the Shamrocks Minor hurling team who are grade C county champions, after a 7 point win over Lisgoold at Ballincollig on Sunday 28th September. All in Shanbally school are very proud of the many connections the team has with our school. A total of fourteen on the Minor Panel are past-pupils of…
Read MoreUpdate 2 Monday 15th September Parents, Just a few notes for you: ¨ An Oral Hearing into the Port of Cork’s proposals for development of a container terminal is currently running in the Cork International Airport Hotel. A special evening session will be held there on Wednesday 17th September from 6.30-8.30pm for An Bord Pleanála…
Read MoreUpdate 1 2014-2015 September 5th 2014 Dear Parents, Welcome back after our great summer. We are looking forward to another successful and positive year in Shanbally NS. Best wishes in their studies/progress to all our former pupils who have transferred on. A warm welcome to Marion O’Donovan who is with us on a Teacher…
Read MorePat McCann, SNA in the school for many years retired after contributing hugely to the school and to the lives of many children in her care. We are very sad to see her go and will feel the loss of her experience and her warm and caring nature. We would like to wish Pat the…
Read MoreSchool Books & Requirements Junior Infants: August 2014: Shanbally N.S. Junior Infants will commence the Literacy Lift Off Programme this year. Parents are asked for a donation of €10 towards the graded readers children will use throughout the year. Please place in an envelope marked English. ·“Ready to Write A Script” (Edco) · …
Read MoreOur 6th class pupils were recently invited to DePuy Synthes to view and learn about their recently installed wind turbine. The pupils were shown an overview of the logistical operation to build the turbine and then proceeded to assemble and conduct experiments on wind turbine kits. In a recent school newsletter Principal, Mr. Nolan, expressed…
Read MoreThe boys and girls in rang 5 and rang 6 were given a wonderful presentation by Captain Tom McCarthy recently. Tom, whose grandchildren attend our school, has captained many commercial ships as well as the Jeanie Johnston and the Asgard. Tom put together a great Power point presentation of photographs from his travels and…
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