Second cLASS 2019/2020

World book day

On World Book Day, the 5th of March, we celebrated by dressing up as characters from our favourite books. We brought in our favourite books. 

​Yoga as Gaeilge

vISITORS TO OUR sCHOOL

On the 6th of March three Laois hurlers come to visit our school. Paddy Purcell, Ross King and Mark Kavanagh all from the Rathdowney Errill Club came to speak to us about playing with the Laois team and to inspire us to keep practising and working hard to achieve our goals. We wore our Laois jerseys and were so lucky to get their signatures. 

  On the 14th of February, we were privileged to welcome the Army Band 2 Brigade to our school under the baton of Capt. Thomas Kelly. They preformed some of our favourite popular songs for us. They also taught us about all the different instruments in the band and what each one looked and sounded like. Some of us even got a chance to conduct the band. It was a day we will always remember.

Exploring Biodiversity

On Friday the 24th of January Oonagh from Heritage Ireland came to our school to teach us all about Biodiversity. We got a chance to go outside and explore all the different living creatures in our school environment. We worked in groups to see what we could find. To do this activity we used trays and magnifying glasses. We found so many interesting creatures. It was very exciting and we learned so much. Thank you Oonagh for coming to our school and sharing all your knowledge with us. 

Christmas cONCERT

On the 12th of December we performed some Christmas songs for all the parents, students and teachers at Ballyfin National School. We wore our Christmas jumpers. We had so much fun!
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Second Class 2018/2019

Pancake Tuesday

Maths Fun!
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We are having lots of fun learning about right angles! 


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   Second Class 2017/2018
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malin head to mizen head

We have learned a lot of interesting facts about Ireland and made fantastic fact-files. To keep ourselves active, we have decided to run from Malin Head in Co. Donegal to Mizen Head in Co. Cork. The distance is 609km. One lap of the school yard = 1 km for our little legs! We will keep you up to date on our progress. We started on Monday 9th October and completed 7laps/7km on our first day. We are tracking our progress on google maps. 

On Wednesday 14th February we reached our destination. 609KM wow!!!!!!! We are so proud of ourselves. What a fun and active journey it has been. 

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Playing Cards

We are learning how to play cards. Cards help keep our minds sharp. We are learning to play games that our Grandparents played when they were young.

Halloween fun

Santa Claus is coming to.........Ballyfin

cHRISTMAS CAROLS

On Tuesday the 19th of December we performed a selection of Christmas carols and songs for our families. We worked very hard preparing for this day and did a wonderful job. Well done everyone.!

Fit for FEb

We are very active every day in the classroom and out on the yard. We are busy dancing, stretching, exercising and overall being super active.  We love Operation's 10 @ 10!

China projects

We all worked very hard to show off all the wonderful facts and information we learned about China. We are very proud of our hard work. We really enjoyed presenting our projects to the class. 

Liam's project on the elves and the shoemaker

Liam worked very hard making his project on 'The Elves and the Shoemaker' in class. He loves this story and told all the class about the different characters, the author and his favourite part of the story. He presented the project to the class. Well done Liam. 

World down syndrome Day - March 21st

Have a look at our odd, colourful, funky socks to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day!