Skype is up and running in Scoil Eoin Pól.

There was great excitement in our school today as we 'skyped' our Polish and Armagh Comenius Partners.

It was a great success.

Mairéad and her class chat to Beata in Poland.

The children tell and show pictures of what we have for Christmas dinner in  Ireland.

Showing our crib.

We had a birthday in school today....Maistreas Caitlín is 21 !!!!

Getting ready to blow out the candles.

Stoca Na Nollag.

We  hope Santa Claus fills our socks!!!

Michaela stitching her sock .

Kate and Rachel from Junior Infants decorating their
Stocaí na Nollag (Christmas Socks).

"This is how you do it, Fionán" says Mark.

Yanto stitches but Shayne seems to have given up on it.

As part of Science week Rang 3,4,5,& 6 went to the library in Gaoth Dobhair to do Maths & Science Trail.

Breid -Marie & Shane hard at work.

Owen relaxes at the Library!

Oh my!! What good boys and girls we have here !!!

Áine & Celina squashed into the green chair.

Indian Art from Rang 3,4,5 & 6

We learned where the Native American Reservations are located.

We made dream-catchers, rattles, totem poles and tepees.

Road Safety Roadshow.

We had a big day in school recently. We had a road safety road show. The highlight was a visit from the Ambulance Service, fully equipped ambulance driven by our past pupil James Walsh, uncle of Conor and Caolan. All the classes got an insight into the working of a paramedic.
The Lord Mayor of Donegal was there too along with a number of counsillors. Thanks to Mary Clinton who brought the roadshow to Loch an Iúir.
Just at the end we had a great suprise...who trotted in but Eamon Magee and Sam Maguire! A great day for all in the school. We will post pictures soon.

A few photos from end of year fun in May/June.

A big net for a wee boy!-Fionán checking for a fish during the visit to Loch an Iúir lake as part of  our Heritage in Schools Day.

Mullach Bán V Loch an Iúir....we are all winners!

Freezing but Fun! At Carrickfinn Beach with Mullach Bán girls.

Working together & having fun at Carrickfinn Beach.

Climbing the sand dunes...can you see who is last??

Fish for dinner?....not a hope!....says Martin.

Did Bernadette catch something ?? Kelsey looks very cold!

Blogging Problems

Apologies to our partner schools but we are having technical difficulties with our blog... the filtering company was changed over the summer and we cannot read our friends' blogs in school. We hope to be able to fix this soon.
Dáithí

Happy days!!!

At about 5.00pm on Sunday 30,000 Donegal supporters went wild in Croke Park celebrating Donegal's win over Mayo in the All Ireland Final. No school on Monday was pre-planned and many Loch an Iuir people needed the rest!! I saw Bernadette and Jamie and the Greenes at the match...think they had a good day...will post more pictures when things have got back to normal.
Hopefully the cup will visit the school soon!!!

Michael murphy lifting the Sam Maguire in Croke Park.

All Ireland final

The big day has arrived. On Sunday Donegal will play Mayo in the All Ireland football Final.
Ádh mór/best of luck to the Donegal team. We hope you bring Sam home to the Hills of Donegal.
We will keep you all up-dated on the result. See you all Tuesday- we have the day off on Monday...hopefully to celebrate.



The Saam Maguire Cup
 

All Ireland Final

The big day has arrived. On Sunday Donegal will play Mayo in the All Ireland football Final.
Ádh mór/best of luck to the Donegal team. We hope you bring Sam home to the Hills of Donegal.

Summer is over!!!

The school begins tomorrow and we are all glad to be back!!!
We are all celebrating the fact that Donegal are into the All-Ireland Final. They had a brilliant win over Cork in the semi-final. We will play Dublin or Mayo in the final in a few weeks time. We will keep you updated on the team's progress.   Dún na nGall Abú-! (Come on Donegal!)

The final will be in Croke Park, 80,000 will be there!

The Donegal jersey

The Donegal Crest

Samhradh Anseo-Summer is here

We have now stopped school for the summer. We are hoping for a long hot summer. We are looking forward to working on the project next year.
Some of the students have arrived in Loch An Iúir to learn Irish...and guess what...Mary our school secretary, who keeps students is looking after 3 past pupils of Mullaghbawn...what about that for a coincidence...I hope to get pictures later and post them here.

Samhradh, Samhradh, bainne na gabhna,
Thugamar féin an samhradh linn,
Samhradh buí na nóinín ghlégheal,
Thugamar féin an samhradh linn.

Comenius Has Talent!!

Singing, dancing and sports to pass some of the evening.Both schools have  a great pool of talent.!

Pocahauntas singing

An Foireann Gorm/Blue team wins overall

Games and sport

Bruno Mars from Mullaghbawn!!

In the town of Ballybay!!

Getting to know each other in Pictures.

Ice Breakers

Good way to mix

An Foireann Dearg/Red Team

Children from Mullaghbawn visit Loch an Iúir

The grour all together.

Building Sandcastles on the beach.



Jamie the Mermaid Sandcastle!!

Mullaghbawn Mermaids!

We have had a great few days in Loch an Iúir with our comenius partner school St Mary's. We have had a busy time playing sports and eating, on the beach and pic-nicing. We have had a great time. The boys and girls in Loch an Iúir cannot wait to the return visit in Armagh next year some time.

Summertime

What better way to end a long hot schoolday, than walking down to the local shop and getting some ice pops. It's time to take things easy.!! 6th Class were at their chosen secondary school for the day so 5th class made the most of the good weather. Lets hope the weather is good for our special event next week!!!

Lá spóirt na Rossan/Local Sports Day

Just having fun.

Novelty events.

Glamorous Teachers Prize!

Smiles all around.



Good to win a medal.

The boys relay team-3rd place. Well done

We had our annual Rosses Schools sports day today at Carrickfinn. Weather was great, sunny and warm and the children from Loch an Iúir school did very well. We had a number of 1st 2nd and 3rd place winners. Everyone took part and had a great day of athletics. Hope you enjoy the pictures.