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. 

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. 

Seó na Nollag

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

Carol singing in Marymount.

The students of 6th class visited Marymount today. The staff gave us a very warm welcome and the students sang some of our favourite Christmas carols beautifully to patients, staff and parents. What a wonderful and special occasion. 

Thanks again to everyone at Marymount. 

Debating

The 6th class pupils have been working hard on their debating skills. They have completed two debates to date. Their first motion was

'iPads should replace all school books'. Both proposing and opposing teams argued some extremely valid points. Their second motion was 'pocket money should be earned and not just received'. It's fantastic to see such growth in each pupil. Debating enhances oral language, confidence in public speaking, voice projection and the ability to persuade and these skills are improving greatly even after just two debates.

Great work everyone. 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎅

Look at these little guys, each snowman is so different but so incredibly cute. Well done to all the creative pupils of rang a sé.

Visit from naval and defence force.

Today the 1st of December we had a very special visit from members of the Irish Naval and defence forces. They spoke to us about the proclamation written in 1916, what it means to be Irish, and gave us information about our country flag. They presented the National flag to us and they even took the time to answer questions. The pupils sang Amhrán na bhFiann beautifully. A very special and memorable day. Well done to all.