A huge congratualtions to our U-13 Friary GAA team who reached the Semi-Final of the Urban Schools competition this week. We had a number of very competitive and full blooded matches against locals such as St Joseph’s, Realt na Mara and De la Salle amongst others. This week however, we were defeated by a very…
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A big Congratulations to Roonald, winner of Louth’s County Council Bike Week PosterCompetition. Roonald was presented with his fantastic prize including colouring pencils, bike accessories, a €50 Smyths voucher and a winners certificate by Adrian Sullivan, Road Safety Officer. Well done Roonald, keep up the great work.
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A huge congratulations to Mr Farrell’s 3rd Class who were the winners of the Golden Boot upon it’s return this week. Despite the change in weather throughout the week, Mr Farrell’s class braved the elements to change their travel arrangements to school and the results show for themselves. Well done boys. Who will be next week’s…
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Our annual Halloween art has made it’s return with Monday, October 21st the closing date for entries. We would encourage pupils to hand in artwork on Friday, October 18th to avoid disappointment and the likelihood of forgetting the artwork over the weekend. Lsst year we had a fantastic response and a very high standard. We…
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We are delighted to announce the Green School’s ‘Golden Boot’ award will return this coming week. The Golden Boot is an award given to the class that have chosen the most sustainable methods of travelling to school overall. We will be reintroducing our WOW (Walk on Wednesday) and COW (Cycle on Wednesday) days. We would…
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This year will see a change in the Chairperson of our Parents Association in St Malachy’s BNS. Our long serving Chairperson, Fran Mc Ardle, will step down with Michelle Mc Keever stepping into the role. The Chairperson has a very important role in the running of the school and we would like to extend our sincere…
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We would like to wish all our boys the very best of luck as they start the new school year in St Malachy’s BNS today! We would especially like to welcome our second class boys who have made come from our infant school. Enjoy making lots of new friends and great memories. We would also…
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Best wishes to Mr. Ciarán Conlon whom retired from teaching today after 37 years service. Ciarán has spent these past seven years teaching in St Malachy’s BNS and we thank him sincerely for his hard work, dedication and expertise throughout his time. Ciarán is a highly qualified athletic coach and has coach many school relay…
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It’s that time of the year again when the boys efforts on sports day is rewarded with certificates and medals. As per the last few years, the boys competed at their age levels and so we had finalists and winners of sprints, sack, egg & spoon, long jump, long run and relay races from U-8’s…
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Every class took to the Friary field to watch the much anticipated Lunchtime League Finals of 2019 and it certainly did not disappoint. The junior final between 3rd and 4th class was a very tight affair with the ‘Black & White’ team winning in almost the last kick of the game. The senior final was…
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Ms Halpenny’s 2nd class took to the kitchen to bake beautiful buns for themselves and the staff. Ms Halpenny took the class through the ingrediants and steps to create the tasty buns. Here’s hoping they can treat those at home to more buns over the summer. Check out our photos.
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Today marked the launch of St Malachy’s BNS ‘Cycle On Wednesday‘ or ‘Cycle Once a Week‘. In launching COW we had hoped to fill the bike shelter and as you can see from our photo we have been successful in achieving this goal. Thank you to the boys who cycled, they have been rewarded with…
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On Friday last, Saoirse from Green Schools paid a visit to St Malachy’s BNS to teach us one of the most important lessons to know when cycling. In conjunction with the launch of our ‘Cycle On Wednesday or Cycle Once a Week’ programme, we learned how to repair a punctured bicycle tyre. This was a…
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On arrival the boys got to meet Dessie, one of the station’s inspectors. Train driver, Andy, brought them on to the train to see the inside of his cab- some even got to pull the horn. Stationmaster Anthony gave the boys a guided tour of the station’s museum. A few boys got to try on his hat as…
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The rain held off and the friary field was awash with colour….The story of the Friary sports Day 2019!! Having cancelled the Sports Day previously we finally got the races underway on Wednesday last. The children started with the heats in the 100m sprint, sack race and egg and spoon before moving onto the long…
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