Monday, 22 February 2016

Exciting news!!!! Our first order of 'A Ballinora Greeting' has arrived.

These blank cards are just perfect for any occasion with beautiful, unique images of the area taken by some very talented photographers from rang a sé. 8 varieties to choose from. 
Prices: 
Individual cards - pick your favourite landmark for only €2
Pack of 4 cards - two options of packs €6. 

These will be available for purchase at our showcase day on Wednesday 9th March but if you can't wait that long don't be shy and pop into our office (classroom) before they're all snapped up!! 









Saturday, 20 February 2016

Ceremony of light

What a beautiful mass for the Ceremony of Light. Well done to all rang a sé pupils for their efforts. 


Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Cake Sale (JEP)

A great effort to raise money for our Junior Entrepreneur Programme was made by rang a sé. A total of €702 was raised. A fantastic amount which will go a long way towards setting up our business 'A Ballinora Greeting'
Thank you to everyone who baked all those delicious cakes and thanks to everyone who contributed in any way. 
Míle buíochas. 










Friday, 5 February 2016

Making it all happen (JEP)

'A Ballinora Greeting' is making great progress and today members of the finance team opened their own Post Office account. This was a great opportunity to see first hand what is needed to open an account and deposit money. 
The friendly and kind Post Office worker allowed the children to do everything themselves even down to depositing their first investments. 
The children then carried out some market research and even gained some potential customers. A great days work!! 












Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Road Safety Week 2016

Great effort and fun was put into Road Safety Week (18th-22nd January) to highlight the importance of road safety. 
Well done to the winners of the poster competition and well done to all children on their efforts in performing the safe cross code dance! Great dancers :)









Thursday, 21 January 2016

A business visitor (JEP)

Today 6th class welcomed Mr. Dermot Carberry to the classroom. Dermot is a very successful business man. He advised the class on the skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur, he shared his experiences and achievements and gave invaluable advice on our JEP project 'A Ballinora Greeting'
The class had the opportunity to ask Dermot questions and Dermot provided great knowledge and experience and dealt with every question so professionally. A Huge thank you to Dermot for taking time out of his busy schedule. 
We now look forward to carrying out critical market research for our project and this will help us to plan for the setting up of our business in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!!!!








Saturday, 16 January 2016

Dragons Den (JEP)



On Thursday 14th January we welcomed three business visitors to our class to assist with our JEP programme. They had an extremely tough job to do as they had to choose the final idea going forward for our JEP. 
5 groups presented their product idea to the Dragons and huge credit must go to each and every individual child who spoke and presented so passionately about their idea. Huge effort was put in and it didn't go unnoticed by our Dragons. The expertise and feedback they gave to the groups was invaluable. 
The final idea was decided upon and 'A Ballinora Greeting' was chosen. 
So now the hard work begins in putting this idea into action and making it a successful greeting card business. A huge thank you to our Dragons and to Mrs. Coleman for assisting us. 






























Sunday, 10 January 2016

Junior Entrepreneur Programme 2016 (JEP)


6th class have commenced their Junior Entrepreneur Programme 2016. This is a 10 week programme in which children become entrepreneurs. They begin to learn and understand the skills and characteristics of being an entrepreneur and brainstorm ideas that they think would generate interest to produce a successful product or service. 6th class are still brainstorming ideas and will prepare for a visit from our Dragons Den. Once their idea has been finalised they will then commenced making, designing, budgeting and creating a successful product or service in a 4-6 week period. Stay tuned for more photos. 



Friday, 18 December 2015

Seó na Nollag

Rocking and rolling. Well done to rang a sé on their efforts for this years Seó na Nollag. They were fantastic.