Horseleap N.S.

Paddy Madden, Heritage in Schools expert, returned to our school on the 8th of May. We had a wonderful day exploring our school grounds with Paddy, examining plants and drawing pictures.

Well done to our Cumann na mBunscol team who played a great game against Rahugh N.S. on 9th May.

Thank you so much to Caroline who visited us from Kilbeggan Library and inspired us to read and write and embrace creativity of all kinds!

We took a stroll around Horseleap yesterday as part of our History and Geography programme. We saw the Gageborough River, St. David's church in the distance, the old pump in the centre of the village and of course, the famous horse statue. We finished our trip with a visit to Paddy Ryan's shop to get some ice cream.

On the 28th March, our solar panels were installed by JFW Renewables. These solar panels are fully funded by the government. We were lucky to be located in one of the counties chosen for this pilot project. Inside our school, we have a screen installed where we can view the amount of energy that the solar panels are producing and the amount of energy that we are using. We hope to see a huge reduction in our electricity bills!

We couldn't have had a better start to our Easter holidays with the arrival of Patrick from Picker Pals. Patrick explained how the idea of Picker Pals came to him and how he developed his ideas into a book. He played games with us outside and inspired us to keep collecting litter. We will soon be featured on Picker Pals TV!

Comhairgheadas do na pháistí as Rang 4, 5 agus 6 a ghlac páirt sa Tráth na gCeist ar líne i rith seachtain na Gaeilge. Well done to the Senior Room pupils who took part in two online quizzes organised by Athlone Education Centre to promote Irish as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge.

We celebrated World Book Day on 7th March with a paired reading session between the pupils of the Senior Room and the pupils of the Junior Room.

Well done to the Senior Room students who participated in the FAI's 5 aside competition on 5th March. Thank you to their coach Mr. Lewis.

Well done to our three debaters, chairperson and timekeeper who reached the regional finals of the Concern Primary Debating Competition. The debate was held on 21st February in Athlone Education Centre. Our team valiantly opposed the motion ' The business sector has the most important role in achieving the SDGs in Ireland'. However, it was not to be their day and Emper N.S. are now through to the next stage of the competition.

Thank you to Mrs. O'Neill for showing us how to make pancakes!