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Friendship Tree
1st and 2nd class have been busy learning the primary colours and the colour wheel in art class. We had fun creating the friendship tree...
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MS. LAVELLE'S / MS. Mc LOUGHLIN'S CLASS
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Hedgerow Week
For hedgerow week, we had a visit from Micheál Coughlan from The Heritage Council. We talked about all the different things we can find...
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Seashore Field Trip & Leave No Trace
Today 2nd to 6 th class walked to the seashore . We found anemones, crabs, limpets, mussels and winkles. We gathered rubbish that was on...
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Board Game Hour
We had great fun sharing and learning new tips, tricks and challenges during our Board Game Hour.
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Our School Tour
We had a wonderful day on our school tour. Firstly we visited the National Museum of Country life in Turlough, Castlebar and afterwards...
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Green Flag
We are delighted to have received our ninth green flag last week for the Global Citizenship - Travel theme. It is a great achievement for...
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Gaelic Football Skills
We have been practicing Gaelic football skills such as soloing, fist passing and catching in our PE Lessons.
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Electricity
In Science we have been learning all about electricity, how circuits work and how a switch can connect or break an electric circuit.
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In My Shoes 2023
Thank you very much to all who donated pre-loved shoes to the campaign.
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Happy Easter
Happy Easter.
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Procedural Writing
We have been working on the writing genre -procedural writing this week. Our topic was how to make hot chocolate.
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How Do Sound Waves Travel?
We had fun investigating how sound waves travel. You will need: a bowl, cling film, baking tray, rolling pin, rice Method: Stretch the...
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Beannachtaà na Féile Pádraig oraibh go léir.
Bhi Lá Glass again inniù. MÃle buÃochas do na páistà a ghleasta suas agus do gach duine as a bhflaithiúlacht. BhailÃomar €372 inniù....
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Signs Of Spring
We noticed beautiful signs of springtime around the school today during playtime.
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First Confession
Congratulations to second class who celebrated the sacrament of Reconciliation in Rathlee church on the 8th March 2023.
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Happy Valentine’s Day
We made heart shaped candle holders from clay and practiced our cutting skills with the jig saw pieces.
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Lá Fhéile BrÃde
We were busy today making crosses to celebrate St. Brigid's Day.
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Fun with Clay
We made pinch pots from clay in our art class today.
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Volcano Experiment
We have been learning about volcanoes in our geography class this month. Materials needed: bread soda, vinegar, washing up liquid, red...
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Design a Parachute
In groups we designed a parachute using a variety of materials. The parachute was attached to a figure and we tested these by dropping...
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Santa Claus Visit
We had a very special visitor to the school today, thank you to our Parents' Association for pulling out all the stops to ensure Santa...
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Christmas Nativity Play and Carol Service
Our Christmas Play and Carol Service returned to Rathlee Church after a three year absence on Friday December 16th, thank you to all the...
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Jam Jar Bugs
We used our fingers to print little bugs into a jam jar . We used pens, pencils and markers to add details to the our bugs.
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Winter Landscape
We made these winter landscapes in art this week. We painted the background blue, printed the snow with bubble wrap, painted old...
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Mini Sevens Gaelic Football
We participated in the Mini Sevens tournament today in Castleconor, congratulations to Kilglass NS who go through as area winners and...
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Pumpkin Competition and Dress Up.
We had an amazing display of creations for both our Halloween dress up day and pumpkin competition. Everyone did a fantastic job. We had ...
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Skeleton Dance and Pumpkin Making
We have been getting into the Halloween spirit by dancing our socks off to the Skeleton Dance and making paper pumpkin faces.
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Planting Spring Bulbs
We planted snowdrops and irises. Each pupil brought in a pot and will look forward to see what flower grows in spring time. A little...
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What Do Seeds Need to Grow?
We investigated if seeds will grow without water, light or soil. We labelled 4 pots. A - Control B - no water C - no light D - no soil...
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Growing a hyacinth in a jar
We filled a hyacinth glass with water just below where the bulb's base sits. We placed it in a cool place and covered it with black...
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STEM Fun
As part of a fun maths class we constructed 2D and 3D shapes using marshmallows and Spaghetti.
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Self Portraits
We are focussing on the drawing strand in our visual arts curriculum. Here are our self portraits.
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P.E Games
We had fun partaking in various games today in P.E class. We played football, designed and competed in our own obstacle course and...
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A Trip to Rathlee Tower
As part of our linked Geography and History we went to visit Rathlee Tower. We learned all about its use as a signal tower. We are very...
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Swallow Nest
Lachlan showed the class this fantastic photograph of a swallow nest full of chicks tucked up high in the beams of his farm shed. Their...
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Rathlee Summer Walk/Run Part 2
Here are more images from our event on Friday last, as a school community we would like to thank everyone who gave their time to...
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Rathlee Summer Walk/Run Part 1
On Friday last, June 17, we had our annual fundraising walk/run for the first time since June 2019. A lot has changed in those 3...
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Sports Day 2022
Thanks to Darragh and Sligo GAA for helping with our Sports Day - the children thoroughly enjoyed the activities!
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Seaside Safari
Today the Middle and Senior Rooms got to experience our incredible coastline as we embarked on a walk to the shore. We found lots of...
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School Tour to the Connacht Air Dome
We had a great day of fun and excitement at our 'Just 4 Fun' school tour at the Connaught Centre of Excellence Air Dome. We had a fun...
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Farm Safe Schools
We are an accredited Farm Safe School! The Farm Safe Schools Programme engages, educates and empowers children to be responsible farm...
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Fire Safety Talk
Stephen and Donall from Enniscrone Fire Station visited our classroom today. Thank you. The information we received is so important. We...
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May Art
We have been busy bees working with paint and lots of colour this month.
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Herbs
We planted basil, parsley and mint.
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String Pull Painting
We had lots of fun creating flower images by pulling strips of paint covered wool along black card.
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Exploding Bag Experiment
We mixed vinegar and baking soda together in a zip-lock bag to see if there would be any reaction. We put the baking powder in tissue and...
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Farm Safety
We have been learning about Animal Behaviour signs in our Farm Safety lessons. It is important that we can recognise when animals are...
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