Our ‘Eoin O Connor’ inspired Art
Sports Day (28th May 2026)
3rd and 4th Class enjoyed an action packed Sports Day at Scoil Bhríde! Below are a few photographs which capture some of the fun activities that were enjoyed by all:
Energetic Dance Warm Up, Long Jump, Three legged Race, Sack Race, Egg and Spoon, Parachute, and Tug of War.
Most importantly, all our students in 3rd and 4th displayed excellent sportsmanship throughout the day. Everyone competed with enthusiasm, respect and good spirit, being encouraging and supportive teammates. Well done to all!
Our Oldcastle show Art
The theme for this years Oldcastle Show Art Competition was to draw ‘An Agricultural Scene’. Here are some of the drawings from 3rd & 4th!
Local History Tour- Visit to Joe and Winnie’s (25th May 2026)
3rd & 4th Class had such a fabulous day at Joe and Winnie’s. We watched Winnie making some bread and potato cakes over the old hearth fire and tasted them afterwards – absolutely delicious! Joe’s storytelling captured what life was like for those living in the 1800’s with a focus on land evictions and the famine.
Joe gave us a beautiful rendition of the famous ballad ‘Lough Sheelin Side.’ This is a powerful song depicting the sorrowful tale of the Mountnugent Eviction of 1848, where 700 people were evicted from their homes in one day. The song gives mention to the tragic story surrounding a young married couple who were evicted from their home on that day – during a time in Irish history when wealthy landlords oppressed many poor and hungry Irish people. With no help in sight, the young bride, Eileen, collapsed and died in her husbands arms. Heartbroken, he buried his wife by Lough Sheelin and was forced to leave his friends and beloved country behind. Thank you Joe for sharing this ballad and story with us.
We sang the song ‘Spancil Hill’, – another famous Irish emigrant ballad, capturing the profound heartbreak of leaving home. The song was writen by Michael Considine who emigrated from County Clare around 1870, tragically falling ill and dying in California at just 23 years old.
We visited the ring fort where Joe explained their purpose as well as the belief where they are believed to be connected to the fairy folk. As with the custom, we performed a dance around this stone symbolising respect for the fairy world, nature and local folklore. We made a wish. We enjoyed playing some of our tinwhistle tunes in the beautiful grounds of Lakeview House, Tonagh. We had a tour of the kitchen and drawing room where many of the original features still remain.
Our day concluded with sewing with Winnie. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks once again to Joe, Winnie, Ann and Sabana for their kindness in welcoming us to their beautiful historical home and giving up their time to help capture what life was life for those in past times.
To celebrate Lá Glas, we enjoyed performing some of our tin whistle tunes for the whole school: Dawning of the Day, Spancil Hill, Kerry Polka, Óró sé do bheatha bhaile & Inis Oírr. Well done to all in 3rd & 4th Class!
Three of our very talented Irish dancers from 4th Class, put on a spectacular performance for the whole school! We are very proud of their super talent – Well done girls!
We studied the artist – Andy Warhol. Here are some of our fabulous art pieces!
Here are some of our own Lego creations brought in from home for the school Lego Exhibition.
World Book Day – We brought in a book to share with the Junior and Senior Infants. We enjoyed visiting their classroom and spending some quality time reading and chatting about some beautiful books.
February 2026
Happy St Valentine’s Day, from all in 3rd and 4th Class!
Famous Artist – Romero Britto Here are our Valentine’s Day hearts inspired by the famous artist Romero Britto
Science- Digestion
We explored the different steps involved in the Digestive System. We particularly enjoyed the experiment ‘Digestion in a Bag’.
Learnjng about Computer Programming and Coding in 3rd and 4th Class!
1st February 2026 – Lá Fhéile Bhríde
We enjoyed listening to the story of St Brigid. We are proud that our school and local church are named after this great saint. We made some St Brigid’s Crosses in class!
January 2026 Leonardo Da Vinci
In History we were learning about Leonardo Da Vinci, born April 15, 1452 near Vinci, Florence (Italy). He was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific enquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time. His ‘Last Supper’ [1495-98] and Mona Lisa (1503-19) are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. We are delighted to show you our brilliant Mona Lisa masterpieces!!
Vivaldi (Italian Composer)
In Music, we were learning about the famous Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. The ‘Four Seasons’, one of the best known of Vivaldi’s works is a group of four violin concerti, each of which gives musical expression to the four seasons of the year. We focused on the first two movements in Winter. Unusually for the time, Vivaldi published the concerti with accompanying poems (sonnets). We explored the sonnet for Winter and drew our own thoughts, images and feelings of what the music represented for us. Here they are!!
Santa’s Visit – 19th December 2025! Wishing everyone a very happy and safe Christmas!
Winter/Christmas – December 2025
Here are some of our Christmas/Winter Art and Craft pieces.
Science Week – 3rd and 4th
We completed many enjoyable and interesting Science activities. Here are some of the following topics we explored in class with photographs attached:
Electricity – We learned all about the Stay Safe, Stay Clear campaign – a public safety campaign by ESB Networks which reminded us all to stay away from electricity wires and equipment, especially if they are damaged. The campaign emphasizes not touching fallen or low-hanging wires, which are always live and dangerous. We designed some posters for the ‘Stay Safe, Stay Clear’ ESB Networks poster campaign.
Creating our own Circuits
Height and Shoe Size – A Scientific Survey
We talked about how the human foot had to do a lot of things. It has to keep us upright and balanced. It has to be strong in order to take all our weight and to help us balance. We wanted to investigate the following idea in our class – Do taller people have larger feet and shorter people have smaller feet? We predicted what we thought the answer to this would be. In groups, we measured our heights and recorded our shoe sizes in a table.
Acrobatic Clowns
We experimented with some ‘Acrobatic Clowns’. We learnt that all objects have a balancing point which is called the centre of gravity. The lower the centre of gravity, the more stable the object will be. At first, we found that balancing the clown on its nose was difficult but when we lowered the centre of gravity by attaching coins to the hands of the clown, it made the clown appear to be doing a handstand and the clown was able to balance on our fingers.
Reaction Time
Reaction Time is defined as the length of time taken for a person to respond to a given stimulus or event. In this experiment, using the forefinger and thumb, the ‘dropper’ had to drop the reaction rod and we recorded the ‘catcher’s’ reaction time. We recorded our results using our dominant and non-dominant hand.
‘Amazing Triangles’
We explored ‘Amazing Triangles. We used mini marshmallows and cocktail sticks to construct some 2D & 3D shapes. We learned how using a brace diagonally across the square can create a much stronger shape. We attempted to make important landmarks like The Eiffel Tower or Big Ben
Spiralling Snakes We made some ‘Spiralling Snakes’. These were hung above the radiator and we watched them spiral around. We learned that this is due to the warm air rising from the radiator and the cold air gathering below. When the warm and cold air meet, it creates a convection current. The warm air makes the snakes spiral.
Maths Week 2025 We enjoyed using our ‘Maths eyes’ to observe the Maths around us in our school and local environment. We created some ‘Car Registration’ Maths for 1st and 2nd Class, as well as some number problems for Junior and Senior Infants. This generated great ‘Maths Talk’ between the different classes in our school.
Halloween 2025
Here are our spooky Halloween windows! We enjoyed using oil pastels and black markers to create a bold and vibrant effect! They all look amazing!
Art – Famous Artists (September/October 2025)
We enjoyed looking at the work of some famous artists. These included Piet Mondrian and Tim Burton. Both artists are very different. Piet Mondrian’s style is abstract, geometric and structured. He worked with straight black lines forming rectangles filled with the primary colours (red, blue, white) and yellow. Tim Burton’s style is gothic, with eerie and quirky characters. We hope you enjoy looking at our Piet Mondrian and Tim Burton inspired Art pieces!
Well done to both our girls’ and boys’ football teams who competed in the Cumann na mBunscoil competitions on Wednesday 13th May and Friday 15th May. Although no silverware is heading our way this year, both teams put in a tremendous effort and represented their school community very well. Thank you to Ms Rahill for her coaching and guidance. Thank you also to all parents who supported and provided lifts on the day. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir!
We’ve had a very busy week in Scoil Bhríde this week with the Christmas Carol Service last night in which the children performed amazingly!! The Christmas Movie Day and Mega Draw taking place today. And some special visitors are expected tomorrow. The Christmas excitement is certainly building!
The girls from 3rd-6th Class tried out some rugby on Friday 4th April. Thank you kindly to Jon Watt from Virginia RFC who facilitated the session for the girls. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
We had a lovely morning in Ballinacree last Friday as we celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge with a Cluiche Corr with our neighbours in Scoil Naomh Fiach.
Last Wednesday October 9th, 35 pupils from Scoil Bhríde participated in the annual Cavan Primary Schools Athletics Cross Country Championships in Killinkere. After training hard for the past number of weeks, all pupils ran brilliantly, showing great heart and determination. Although, we did not win any team prizes on this occasion, Sophie Lynch ran a superb race to finish 5th in the Intermediate Girls. All staff were incredible proud of the effort made by all pupils.
Scoil Bhríde pupils have said ‘Oui’ to languages. Thank you to Ms Timmons for providing very enjoyable lessons for pupils in 3rd – 6th class over the past few weeks.
We were delighted once again to take part in the Mountnugent ICA Eco-Fare. The children in Junior and Senior Infants drew a picture of their favourite animal and the children from 1st-6th Class created a poster/slogan promoting a litter-free environment. The children’s artwork was then displayed in the community centre. Pictured below are some of our 3rd and 4th Class children with their potted plant that all the children in our school received for taking part in the Eco-Fare. Thank you kindly to the ICA who presented each child in our school with a plant, we are looking forward to next year already.
3rd and 4th classes created these wonderfully spooky paintings, mixing white, blue and black paints.
3rd and 4th classes were invited to the village to help decorate the village with locally grown pumpkins!
