On Thursday the 10th of May 2nd and 3rd class went on their school tour to Tayto Park. Although the day was a little wet the children still had a great day and got to participate in loads of different activities. Click here to visit the Tayto park website! 

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Well done to our girls soccer team who participated in the Mid Leinster Finals. They played teams from Laois, Kildare and Kilkenny.

The girls won their first match 1-0 with a great goal from Munachi following a excellent pass from Maeve Green.

In their second match the girls failed to score despite commanding most of the possession.  That draw meant that Durrow needed a win in their third game if they wanted to qualify.

In the last match the girls worked extremely hard to try break down the defense but were unable to take control of the game. Even when they went 2-0 down Durrow kept working to try win the match. A wonder goal from Meadhbh Mealiff lifted the team but with time against the girls it was just too much for them.

All girls played excellently and represented the school well. Hopefully they can go one step further next year!!

Durrow Girls Team

On Saturday the 28^th of April, 6th class made thier Confirmation in the Church of the Assumption in Tullamore. All children had a great day. You can read about some of the children’s days by clicking on the links below

Callum Bergin and the Bishop

Ava

Callum

Ciaran

Eilis

Jamie

Kate

The school had a visit from members of the Tullamore Town Council last week. The came to the school to hand out prizes to children who participated in an art competition. Congratulations to everyone who took part in the competition and well done to the three winners. The winners of this competition were:

Alex Drea – 2nd Class

Ellen O’Brien – 3rd Class

Jack McLoughlin – 4th Class

Click here to read more about the visit

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Junior Infants have been reading the popular story ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson.

We then wrote our own books about the characters.

Enjoy reading some of our pages!!

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Junior infants have been busy creating posters to seek help for the lost pet, Finn in their storybook!

5th class are learning about MSW logo, which is a basic form of computer programming. MSW logo fits in with the Mathematics curriculum and helps develop children’s spatial awareness. To learn more about logo visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)

All 5th class pupils can download Logo on this site

http://www.softronix.com/logo.html <—– Go to this site and click the ‘Setup Kit’

Child should practice their tin whistle every night

Notes for 5th and 6th

Off to California <——- Click to download

Off to California <——– Click to listen

On Thursday pupils from Durrow took apart in a 5 aside soccer blitz in Leah Victoria Park in Tullamore. Schools from all over Offaly took part in the competition which meant it was going to be difficult to qualify for the next round of the competition. In the boys competition Durrow were placed in a tough group with Birr boys schools and Clara boys school. Although they only lost one match Durrow were knocked out on goal difference. There was a bit more luck for the girls in their competition and at the end of the day the Durrow girls were undefeated. They now will represent Offaly in the Mid Regional finals in May. Best of luck girls!!

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On Friday the Parents association and the teachers organised an Easter Egg hunt for the children. All classes had to work in teams and answer questions based on the school. All the children really enjoyed the hunt and everyone got an Easter Egg.

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