Ard Rí Blog (ed. 9)
Last week was action-packed, crammed with fun activities and experiential learning. Here are some of the highlights. First Holy Communion Congratulations to the children who received their First Holy Communion in Navan Parish on Saturday. Children are prepared to receive the Catholic Sacraments through the Parish Catechetical Program (PCP) and attend lessons after school. Bringing the children to these lessons and helping to teach them requires consistent dedication from the children’s families. Well done and I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Ard Rí Grand Prix And it was go, go, go at Balreask Old for another year of the Ard Rí Grand Prix. We had well over 300 bikes and scooters for this much anticipated event. Community Garda Sabrina was on hand, as always to remind the children about road safety and most importantly to check everyone was wearing their helmets. Boys and girls rallied around our track and a super time was had by all. 4th Class School Girls Blitz 10 girls from Ard Rí CNS were among over 100 4th Class girls from local schools who took part in a football blitz at Simonstown Gaels Football Club. It was a real festival of football, with great skills on display. I want to pay a special tribute to the girls who were trying football for the first time. I hope this positive experience will encourage you to play sport into the future. Maith sibh ar fad. Junior and Senior Infant School Tour to Newgrange Farm I think everyone remembers their Junior and Senior Infant school tours. Excitement was at fever pitch as over 100 children headed...Ard Rí Blog (ed. 8)
Bedtime Stories Thank you to everyone who took part in our Bedtime Stories reading initiative this week. At Ard Rí CNS we want to foster a love of reading in our boys and girls. Reading to your child has astonishing benefits: comfort and reassurance, confidence and security, relaxation, happiness and fun. Giving a child time and full attention when reading them a story tells them they matter. It builds self-esteem, vocabulary, feeds imagination establishes routine and even improves their sleeping patterns. We all had great fun…and yummy cookies!!! Community is a Strong Circle of Helping Hands This week we unveiled a new display in our front porch. This colourful poster displays the information gathered in the School Diversity survey. Children and parents have had great fun finding the countries and flags which represent their family. At Ard Rí CNS we have 313 pupils from 232 families. These families represent 43 different nationalities and there are 36 different languages spoken in our school community. We look forward to learning greetings and facts about these countries in the coming weeks. What is the capital of Poland, Pakistan, Nigeria? Busy week next week… Hold onto your hats…next week is a real rollercoaster! Ranganna Wilma, Rachel, Claire and Cailín have swimming on Tuesday Junior and Senior Infants are on tour to Newgrange Farm on Wednesday We welcome pupils who will be joining us in September 2023 to the school on Wednesday morning There will be a 4th Class football blitz in Simonstown We celebrate Allergy Awareness week and look forward to a visit from a Paramedic Get your bikes, scooters and helmets ready for...Ard Rí Blog (ed. 7)
Darkness Into Light for Pieta House The Ard Rí Community are delighted to support Pieta House on their Darkness Into Light ’23. The staff raised €157 at a coffee morning organised by Margaret’s son Leo and children from 4th, 5th and 6th Classes created a beautiful display of HOPE to mark the start line for the walk. Whether you join an official event or mark the event in your own way use tomorrow morning’s sunrise as an opportunity to reflect on your own mental health and to ask for help if you need it. No Mow May and Johnstown Tidy Towns Ard Rí CNS are supporting Johnstown Tidy Towns again this year by starting off 250 sunflowers for the Annual Johnstown Sunflower Trail. Well done to Rang Lucy for planting and caring for these beautiful flowers. You may notice our lawns are a little bit scraggy at the minute. We are taking part in ‘No Mow May’ where we let the dandelions and lawn flowers go wild to make lots of food for our friends the bees. Protouch Smartscreens Children and teachers in Rang Ailis, Laura, Niamh, Rachel and Wilma were totally thrilled when they came into school this morning to find brand new Protouch Smartscreens installed in their rooms. These 75inch screens are next generation to projectors and interactive whiteboards. The devices are effectively a large, fully-interactive, Android tablet with a HD screen and surround sound. We now have 9 of these devices installed in our...Ard Rí Blog (ed. 6)
Confirmation Huge congratulations to all the children from 5th and 6th Class who received the Sacrament of Confirmation from the Bishop of Meath at St Mary’s Church. At Ard Rí, Catholic pupils prepare for their sacraments through the St Mary’s Parish Catechetical Program. They attend lessons after school on a weekly basis. I would like to commend the parents for their commitment in taking their children to these extra classes. I would also like to thank the volunteers and the parish priests, especially Fr Sebi and Fr Declan for their dedication to providing this program for our pupils outside of school time. Community Games Art and Handwriting Congratulations to all our Ard Rí medal winners in the Community Games Navan and Johnstown, Art and Handwriting area finals. We had lots of entries in both Art and Handwriting competitions from U8 up to U14. Gold and Silver medal winners go through to the County Meath Final in Wilkinstown on Sunday 7th May. We wish them the best of luck. Swim Team Ard Rí was represented for the first time in a swimming competition by two of our 4th Class pupils. They swam in the freestyle and backstroke categories in the Irish Minor Schools Championships at the National Aquatic Centre. These children have been training very hard and we support them all the way in future school and club competitions. Well...School Tours Summer ’23
Last one out, switch off the lights…Ard Rí are going on tour. We are delighted to announce children will be going on school tour as follows: ClassDestinationDateCostJunior and Senior InfantsNewgrange Farm17th May€251st & 2nd ClassDublin Zoo7th June€253rd, 4th & 5th ClassCrystal Maze3rd May€256th ClassTayto Park8th June€30 All children will receive a note home with full details about their tour today. You will receive a payment request from Way2Pay. Happy...
Mini Athletics
I am delighted to announce Mini Athletics will be launching a new After-School Club at Ard Rí CNS on Friday afternoons.
The classes will begin on Friday the 19th of January
Spaces are limited.
To book: email [email protected] or call 0861542192
More info:
Junior and Senior Infant session (click here)
First to Fourth Class session (click here)
