We are excited to be able to keep you all up to date with what’s going on in each classroom. See the children’s work, projects and important information.
We were prompted by RTE to get involved in the Operation Transformation 10@10 activity day. Everybody in the school took ten minutes out at 10 a.m. to do ten minutes exercise today, the 10th of February. This is commonly done by various teachers in the school in their own time but it was a first […]
The brain child of Nicola Kelly and a great idea as it reminded children and adults alike of the importance to take that extra moment to be thoughtful and kind. Compliments were flowing, politeness was everywhere evident and moments of reflection abounded. Nicola even placed a little token daily in the teachers’ pigeon holes. Thank […]
Last Wednesday marked the first official day of Spring and the Christian feast of St. Brigid. Given that St. Brigid is said to have been born in Co. Louth, we in 6th class thought it was important to keep the cross-making tradition going. 3 hours, lots of team-work and a very messy classroom later, we […]
On Friday, the 31st of January, there was a real sense of excitement in the air in DIFE, as children, parents and teachers eagerly anticipated the first stage of the 2017 Credit Union’s Quiz Competition. 24 teams from Bettystown, Trim and Drogheda took part in the Senior Competition (aged between 11 and 13), including 2 […]
We have been very busy in 2nd class learning all about China. We made Chinese dragons, clay models and gathered all our information from both home and school to create fantastic projects! Can you identify some of these well known Chinese symbols made from clay? Chinese people all over the world are celebrating this festival […]
The boys and girls in First class were very busy before the Christmas holidays. They learned all about Antarctica and Penguins, they even got to see what blubber feels like during a science experiment. The highlight of this term for most of the boys and girls was getting to do their first assembly in front […]
On Monday afternoon, all children from 1st to 6th class got an unexpected surprise. A travelling theatre company had contacted the school, offering to put on their production of “Robin Hood”. We gratefully accepted and settled in to an afternoon of pure panto entertainment. The staff and children thoroughly enjoyed the show with many becoming […]
In December, we spent a lot of time working on our Christmas play. We did a play based on the characters of the Fairytale world of Tír na nÓg. We had great fun and really enjoyed putting on a performance for the school and our parents. We sent Christmas cards to our Erasmus+ penpals […]
November has been the busiest month yet for us in 4th Class. Of course Science Week is in November so, on Friday the 18th we had a Science Day. We all prepared an experiment to present to our class either by ourselves or in a group. We had many great experiments, including making goo, making […]
