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Famine Work – 5th class

May 31, 2024SESE

5th class (and their parents!) has been very busy working on some amazing ship models as a follow on activity to their work on the Famine, where they learned about coffin ships.

6th class has been working with historian Martin Curley over the last number of weeks. This week, they were searching the public records using their Ipads. They were searching through civil and church records to locate their ancestors and find […]

Ballymote Park

October 10, 20236th class, Fourth Class, Green School, SESE

We are very lucky to have Ballymote Park within walking distance of our school. We often use this park for maths trails, and yesterday 4th and 6th classes availed of the good weather to go on an Autumn Scavenger Hunt.

Class Visit

May 4, 2023SESE

Fourth class welcomed junior and senior infants into their classroom this week to teach them about Ballymote Castle and to show off their models.

St.Brigid’s crosses

February 1, 2023SESE

The school was a hive of activity today. Traditionally, St. Brigid’s crosses are made today from rushes. These crosses were made in a number of classrooms in our school. Some younger pupils had an opportunity to make them from pipe […]

Toys and Games from the Past

December 16, 2022SESE

4th class have been learning about toys and games from the past in SESE. Today, they put on a display for everyone in the school with the items they collected.

Ballymote Historical Trail

September 11, 20226th class, SESE

6th class under the guidance of Martin Curley form Heritage Ireland, took a trip along the fabulous Ballymote Historical Trail on Friday. Despite being out and about for over two hours, such was the font of information that Martin is, […]

SESE active learning

September 9, 2022Rang a ceathar, SESE

4th class had a nice morning exploring the school and the grounds. They were comparing and contrasting the past and the present.

The Great Hunger

June 10, 2022Rang a Cúig, SESE

Ms.O’Gara’s class has been studying the Famine in recent weeks. Today they dressed up in period costume and presented their work to the rest of the school. We were treated to readings from ‘Under the Hawthorn Tree’ , clay models […]

4th class – Outdoor Classroom Talk

April 28, 2021Fourth Class, SESE, SPHE

Big ‘Thank You’ to local Librarian, Nick, who demonstrated seed planting in our outdoor classroom to fourth class. Nick and Mandy also talked about their native South Africa which we have been learning about in Geography.