Latest News from Castletara NS

Junior/Senior Infants took down the house with their performance of "The Twinkly Nativity". They worked very hard learning lines and singing songs over the last couple of weeks and deserve every praise!

Christmas has truly arrived in 6thclass, with excitement and festive spirit filling the room. This year, pupils have been busy preparing a lively Christmas play, Cinderella Rockerfella, bringing a modern twist, music, and plenty of laughs to the stage. Cinderella Rockerfella is a panto style, musical comedy, offering a playful twist on the modern storyof Cinderella. Prince Charming within the story is a pop star named Rockerfella, in search of his very own Cinderella.

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Our main characters ‘Cinderella’- Lara Mohan ,‘Rockerfella’- Wiktoria Szulc and the two ‘ugly sisters’- Mya Connolly and Felicity Flynn did a fantastic job, along with their classmates presenting the tale of Cinderella. Everyone was incredible and we are so proud of each and everyone of you.

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Everyone put on a great show and it was very memorable for all involved. Thanks to all parents and anyone who donated props or costumes for our play. Have a look and see a snippet of a very wonderful night had by all!

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3rd Class have enjoyed a busy but enjoyable two months. They completed their final few sessions of their 6 week block of swimming lessons in Cavan Leisure Centre.

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We learned how to look up words in the dictionary, discovered all about electricity in science, researched Christmas traditions in countries around the world and did lots of art activities including, chalk snowglobes, painting Christmas trees and creating Christmas jumpers.

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We spent lots of time learning our lines, songs and actions for our Christmas play 'Santa's on Strike' with 4th Class. We thoroughly enjoyed our performance and are very proud of how well we acted, sang and danced.

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We had a lovely final week in school with Santa visiting our class, playing interactive quizzes on Kahoot, baking rice krispie reindeer buns with hot chocolate and completing lots of Christmas art.

We have been very busy and having lots of fun in 4th class recently!

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We had great fun learning our lines for the Christmas play and practising the actions for our songs. Everyone worked really hard and it was great to see so much enthusiasm and confidence as we prepared for our performance.
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The whole school also really enjoyed the West Midlands Theatre production. It was a fantastic show and a lovely experience for all the pupils.
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In music, we have been learning the tin whistle. We are currently practising Killeagh by Kingfisher and making great progress with the tune. Well done to everyone for their effort and focus.
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A huge congratulations to our 4th class pupils who took part in the County Swimming Gala. Well done to Senan, who won gold in the individual breaststroke, and to Senan, Danny and Jaxon, who achieved 3rd place in the relay. We are very proud of you all!

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Well done to everyone in 4th class for all your hard work and achievements

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The Inn-Spectors is a nativity play about health and safety inspectors sent to Bethlehem to check accommodation for the census, who are horrified to find Mary and Joseph in a stable but are won over by the news of Jesus's birth, declaring the stable "fit for a King". It's a humorous take on the traditional Nativity story, focusing on modern concerns like hygiene and standards through the inspectors' comical complaints about the "health and safety nightmare". It has catchy songs with fun dialogue, talking animals and a diva-like star to keep you entertained!

We had a very busy and enjoyable November and December in our class. We really enjoyed our six-week block of swimming lessons at Cavan Leisure Centre. Everyone tried their best, and it was great fun learning new skills and becoming more confident in the water.

Back in the classroom, we were very busy with our learning. We researched different animals for our report writing using the laptops, which we really enjoyed. We also loved playing maths games and working together with our classmates.
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We also did lots of fun Christmas-themed art and craft activities. We loved being creative and making colourful Christmas art work to display in our classroom.
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We had auditions for our school Nativity and we were all very pleased with the parts we were given. We did lots of rehearsals and learned songs, actions, and our lines. We had great fun practising and really enjoyed performing our show for our parents.
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We were also very excited when Santa came to visit our classroom with his elves. We had great fun and were delighted to receive lots of treats. It was a very special surprise!
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It was a wonderful end to the year and we are very proud of all our hard work!

Dear parents, guardians and extended Castletara Family and Friends,

We are delighted to say that the children raised €1618 for Ronald McDonald House. We are so happy to be able to give this donation in Leon's Memory.

Thank you all for your generosity at the door. It means a lot to the children and they were all thrilled to have put on a wonderful show and spread kindness at the same time.

The atmosphere was lovely in the school yesterday. Thanks for supporting us and coming to see our plays.

Míle Buíochas,

From the staff and children of Castletara N.S

We are so excited for the Toy Show tonight but even more so as one of our own students Mya Conolly will be performing in the show as part of a dance group.

Well Done Mya! We can't wait to see you live on the Toy Show.

Best of luck from all at Castletara N.S

Congratulations to two boys who represented Castletara in the Ulster schools Swimming competition in Bangor last week.

Senan Dennany qualified for the All-Ireland schools finals in both his strokes - Breaststroke and the Individual Medley.

Tom O Reilly qualified in the Butterfly.

They are both delighted and looking forward to swimming at the National Aquatic Center in March.

Well done boys we are proud of you!.

From all the staff at Castletara N.S.