May has been a very busy month in Monageer National School. It began with Ms. Nolan and Ms Owen going to visit Şaşoğlu Primary School in Kayseri. They had a great time. They brought back lots of photos. The weather was warm but sometimes it rained. They told us everyone made them very welcome.
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| The School |
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| Hacilar seen from the school. |
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| Playing the saz |
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| Whirling Dervish show |
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| Visiting the classrooms |
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| Mt Erciyes |
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| Teachers playing in the snow. |
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| Cappadoccia |
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| Is it a camel? |
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| Kizilirmak River - the longest river in Turkey |
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| Teachers from England, Poland, Spain, Turkey and Ireland |
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| The real Whirling Dervishes |
Our school is a Green School and this month we were awarded our third Green Flag. This flag was awarded for our work on Water Conservation.
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| Members of the Green School Committee with our new flag. |
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| The award ceremony was in Croke Park in Dublin |
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| The next flag will be for sustainable travel. Will we be walking to school? |
This month some of our pupils took part in the Schools County Sports. Pupils from First to Sixth Classes travelled to Bree. Mairead Fortune in Sixth Class won a gold medal in the 400m sprint and Matilda Dunne Cronin won silver for the High Jump
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| At the sports Day in Bree Also on the sporting field Karl and Noel Rowsome, David Mernagh and Ronan Donohoe won medals in the Wexford Junior Golf Tournament. Grainne McCabe won the Wexford Camogie Skills Competition and qualified to take part in further competition in Croke Park Pupils in Second Class made their First Holy Communion on Saturday 19th May |
Third and Fourth Class took part in a hurling Blitz on Tuesday. They had great fun.
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| Some were tired. |
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| Some had lots of energy |
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| Some rest in different positions |
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| Out for the count! |
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| Some managed to stay on their feet. |
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| Some thought it would be better to stand on their heads. |
Tracey came into school to plant the window boxes with the Junior and Senior Infants.
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| One of the finished window boxes. |
Fifth and Sixth Classes went to visit the Fr Murphy Centre in Boolavogue last week. This is a restored farmhouse from the 18th Century
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| Taking time to study. |
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| Finally, time to play. |
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