Meath River Rescue visit Ard Rí Community NS

The children at Ard Rí Community National School were delighted to welcome Peter Boland and Claire Whyte on Wednesday 11.05.2017. ‘This month the boys and girls are all learning about water safety in class so it was great to have the guys from Meath River Rescue in to really bring it to life for them’ said Junior Infant teacher Maria Bradley O’Connor. The children were fascinated with the rib Peter brought down. ‘My favourite part of the job is coming to schools and teaching the children about river safety’ said Peter who is a diver with the voluntary organisation, ‘I hope that from this they will be more careful around water and in years to come they might even get involved with the Rescue Team’  Everyone at Ard Rí Community National School would like to thank Peter and Claire for giving up their time to teach the children about this very special community...

Holi 2017 at Ard Rí Community National School

We laughed, shared food and celebrated our diversity together… On Friday 24.03.2017 the Ard Rí CNS community came together to celebrate the Hindu Holi Festival. Every year the community holds a different cultural celebration.The staff worked in partnership with the Indian families whose children attend the school and the most important aspects of Hinduism and Indian life were decided upon to teach the children. During the week the children learned about India in class through story, poems, research projects and the preparation of displays. On Thursday each class enjoyed yoga workshops.             On Friday the Parent Association and Indian families provided Indian food and we were joined by our guest of honor Swami Purnananda. The whole community came together and Swami Purnananda spoke about the value of a life, how each day is important and how special each individual life is. Children then took part in the Colour Ceremony and we spread coloured powder to celebrate the coming of spring and the friendship and love that we share together....

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2017

Tír gan Teanga. Tír gan anam.   Bhí SnaG2017 den scoth againn ag Pobalscoil Náisiúnta Ard Rí. Bhíomar gnóthach le Tráth na gCeist, Céilí, Amhránaíocht, Ealain angus neart gníomhaíochtaí eile, go léir trí mheain an Ghaeilge. Bhí íonadh orainn go raibheamar ábalta teaghmháil lena chéile agus gheallamar dá chéile níos mó Ghaeilge a labhairt agus muid ar...

Cór Fhéile na Scoileanna

Following on from their performance with Three Tenors Ireland in The Solstice Theatre last month the boys and girls from the Ard Rí Community National School Senior Choir, under conductor Ms Eimear Donnelly, performed at the School Choir Festival in The National Basketball Arena in Tallaght on Tuesday 07.03.2017. The school is delighted to have taken part in this festival which has been running for over fifty years. The boys and girls gave rousing renditions of a medley of traditional Irish songs and a their version of Katy Perry Firework had the audience on their feet dancing. The school choir at Ard Rí CNS, Navan has gone from strength to strength and rehearsals have already begun for The Navan Choral Festival in...

Videos from The Winter Show 2016

Well done to all classes who performed in the Ardboyne Hotel for this year’s Winter Show. You can click on the links below to see videos of each choir’s performance. To see Junior and Senior Infants click below: To see first and Second Class click below: To see Third, Fourth and Fifth Classes perform click below: Huge thanks to the parents who recorded the shows and to Avril Byrne for editing and uploading to...

The Three Tenors at Solstice Arts

Our Senior School Choir accompanied The Three Tenors Ireland at our local Solstice Arts Centre on Friday 10th of February 2017. The school choir, on only it’s third public performance, looked completely at ease as they performed confidently on the big stage with Derek, Dominic and Shane who perform up to 100 concerts annually in such prestigious venues as the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Cork Opera House, Killarney INEC and Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin and have been interviewed live on air by both BBC and RTE Radio One and most recently on TV3 Ireland. The choir accompanied the tenors for the chorus of ‘Home From the Sea’ as well as giving their own rousing renditions of ‘When I Grow Up’ from Matilda- The Musical and ‘Firework’ by Katy Perry. Our choir co-ordinator Ms Eimear Donnelly deserves special mention for preparing the children for the big event. We hope this was a night the children will never forget. The choir will perform next at The National Basketball Arena in Tallaght for Corfhéile na Scoileanna on Tuesday 07.03.2017. We are looking forward to seeing them on the big stage...

Winter Show 2016

On Monday December 19th, our girls and boys from all classes entertained us with their series of festive songs Videos of each class set performances will be uploaded to our YouTube channel ArdRí TV Here is the link for the Senior Classes (3rd, 4th 7...

Ard Rí Food Drive

Thank you to everyone who supported the Ard Rí Community NS annual charity food drive. This year our hampers will go to Navan Meals on Wheels. The boys and girls each purchased an item from a shopping list of non-perishable items and brought the items to school. Then parent volunteers packed and wrapped the food into hampers. We will deliver the hampers to Meals on Wheels and from there they will be delivered to the elderly in...

Make and Do at the Solstice

Boys and Girls from Ard Rí were delighted to be invited to the Solstice Arts Centre to make decorations for their café and Christmas tree. ‘I can’t wait to surprise my mum when I bring her in and show her what we’ve made here’ said one very excited little girl.                                                            We have established a strong partnership with the Solstice over the years. This year alone we attended three shows and two art exhibitions. They do exceptional work in supporting the arts in Navan and we are proud to support their kids...