5th Class STEM with Lego We-Do

December 11, 2019 admin 0
5th class were busy this week combining their love of Lego We-Do with some Christmas spirit! They made a cool Lego reindeer pulling a sleigh! […]

Food Appeal: 11th December

December 10, 2019 admin 0
This year in Scoil Barra, we are
collecting non-perishable food items for the St. Vincent de Paul Christmas
hamper appeal. All hampers will be distributed by the […]

Correct Pencil Grip

December 4, 2019 admin 0
Does pencil
grip matter?

Yes, it does!

Correct pencil grip:

reduces hand fatigue improves legibilityincreases speed.

Incorrect pencil grip:

leads to slow handwriting speedcan cause pain during handwriting.

Getting children […]

Shoebox Collection

November 20, 2019 admin 0
It has been a great tradition every November in Scoil Barra to collect shoe boxes containing small gifts for less fortunate children around the world. […]

Green Schools’ Recycling Play

November 19, 2019 admin 0
First and Second class pupils were delighted by the puppet theatre show ‘The Rubbish Monster’ today!  They learned lots about recycling and disposing of all […]

Art Display

November 19, 2019 admin 0
There is a lovely collection of Art on display in the school hall at the moment. We have collected pieces from various classes around the […]

Junior Infants’ STEM fun!

November 15, 2019 admin 0
Junior Infants were visited by the Stem Academy from ‘Johnson and Johnson’ as part of their outreach programme for Science Week. Noreen and Susan came […]

Bishop Gavin Comes to Visit

November 15, 2019 admin 0
Today Scoil Barra were delighted to welcome the new Bishop of Cork and Ross, Bishop Fintan Gavin. After receiving a warm welcome from our Student […]

Science Week: Weather

November 14, 2019 admin 0
Fifth class made some cool weather vanes for Science Week! We can wait to go out in windy weather and try them out!