Month: April 2023

First class created their Sunflower masterpieces inspired by the poem “A Spike of Green”. We learned about the life cycle of a Sunflower then drew and painted our own. They turned out great – well done First class!      

Our hurlers took part in the annual sevens tournament in Carndonagh today. With such a strong and enthusiastic group of hurlers in our school, we were able to enter two teams this year. Both teams qualified from their groups beating St.Patrick’s BNS, Craigtown and Dromore NS. With our yellow team progressing to the final with…

Our placement teacher Ms Deehan has been busy teaching us about procedural writing in English. We completed several tasks on recipes for cupcakes to practise this form of communication before making them. They  were delicious!   Ms Deehan also taught us how to use and manipulate clay to create our little monster structures. We explored…

On Wednesday 5th and 6th Class went to Moville to learn all about the importance of Algae and how it is a sustainable source of vital resources. William McElhinney, a marine biologist, showed the children a variety of different species of algae while discussing their uses and variations. From toothpaste to moisturiser to oxygen production,…

Our girls are through to the Ulster FAI 5 a side finals!!! After winning our regional section last month the girls qualified for the Inishowen finals which took place on Wednesday. They  took part in three tough games against Newtown, Tooban and Moville, drawing against our neighbours Tooban and defeating the other two teams. Thus…

2nd Class have been learning about the germination of the sunflower seed. Miss Deehan demonstrated how to plant the seed and how to care for it to ensure that the sunflower grows. The children were super enthusiastic when planting their own seeds and we will keep you posted on how they grow!

Well done to our girls from 3rd and 4th classes who participated in the go games in croke park. These warrior girls made Burt Gaa and their school very proud today. The future of camogie and hurling is safe.

Our County Indoor Hurling Champions took part in the Ulster Championship on Friday before the holidays. The 8 boys travelled to the amazing Meadowbank Sports Arena in Magherafelt. We were given a tough draw in Group A facing off against the Down, Fermanagh and Armagh winners. In the first game against Down, the boys dominated…