News
18th May , 2013
Congratulations to our First Holy Communion class of 2013, pictured below with Fr. Jackie Robinson, P.P. and teacher Ms. O'Leary.
APRIL 2013
Our school show will be on Wednesday, 29th May at 7.30pm. Doors open at 7pm. Don't miss what promises to be our best show ever. "Borris in Ossory's got Talent!"
March 2013
Annual Book Fair
Thanks to all the children and parents who contributed to our annual Book Fair. This year’s total was €975 which entitled us to €575 worth of free books for the school.
Shared Reading
Shared reading took place this year from 28th Feb – 7th March. The older children read to the younger children every day for 30 minutes. This was an enjoyable experience for all the children.
Reading Buddies:
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Easter Raffle
We hope to raise €300 to send a goat to Africa through Bóthar. Our Easter raffle for 10 Easter eggs will take place on Friday 22nd March. Tickets are 50c each or 3 for €1. The first winner gets to name the goat.
Thanks to everyone for your generosity to this annual fundraiser..! Thanks to Mrs. Culliton for organising these three important activities every year. 
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- Tag rugby lessons for 3rd up to 6th classes has commenced on Thursdays in the school. We are hoping to take part in a blitz at the end of the course.
- Hurling and football training for 3rd to 6th has also started on Mondays, with David Fitzpatrick coming to the school each week.
- Cycling safety lessons will begin in April for middle and senior classes. The fee for the course of 6 lessons is 5 Euro, to be paid to the class teacher.
- Drama lessons with Jared Madden are ongoing until May, when we hope to stage our next amazing show. The fee of 10 euro for 12 lessons is great value, and is subsidised by our parents' council to help keep the cost down for parents.
February 2013
Parents : Check out www.helpmykidlearn.ie for many creative ideas for activities that parents can do with their children to improve speaking, reading , writing and maths skills. This is a great new website for all ages which can also be used for anyone caring for children, eg guardians, family members, grandparents, etc.
January 2013
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Congratulations to Enda, Shakiria and Peadar, who were prizewinners in the Chess for All competition in Rathdowney on Saturday, 26th January.
Enda came 1st, Peadar 2nd and Shakiria won a beautiful chess set for method. They really did their school proud!
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Fifth and sixth class are delighted to see that the daffodils they planted in Autumn are now growing strong and Spring is on the way! See our pictures on the senior classes page.
Speech and drama lessons for all classes began again on the 18th of January and will continue every Friday for twelve weeks. We will be working towards another great concert, which this year will be held in our new p.e. hall in May.
Singing and music lessons with Cora O Brien and Sr. Moira Bergin continue on Thursdays for pupils from 1st class up, which complements the music curriculum being taught in the school.
December 2012
*There was a carol service in the school p.e. hall on Thursday, 20th of December at 2pm, with all pupils from the school taking part. Sr. Moira Bergin and Ms. Cora O Brien have been doing some music lessons and singing with the pupils and the results were great on the day, as it was a lovely carol service and a nice way to start Christmas.
*Our 2013 calendar which is on sale in the school, is a limited edition calendar with photos of each class, along with pictures of the school being built and the pupils and staff entering the school on the day it opened. This calendar is not just a calendar, but a piece of local history, which will some day be a treasured reminder of times long gone.
In November some pupils brought in shoe boxes filled for Team Hope and the boxes were collected early so that they will reach children in other countries in time for Christmas.
Congratulations to Eimhin and Dean in sixth class who won first and second place in the Lions Club Peace Poster competition which we enter annually. They were presented with their awards on Wednesday 7th November in Laois County Hall, Portlaoise. They are two great artists, well done to them both!
October 2012
Borris Kilcotton intermediate team captain , Ronan Kelly, (a past pupil of our school), brought some players and friends to our school with the cup they won in the county final this week. All the pupils were delighted, and had no homework that night!
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From Monday, 16th October our school will be having a week of maths activities, organised by Ms. Culliton.
Classes will work in pairs with older students helping younger ones with games and activities.
You can check out some of the online games we will play on these websites while you are at home too and see which games you like the most!
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http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/ <<<<REALLY FUN LEARNING
http://math.pppst.com/index.html
September 2012
Sacraments News:
2nd class will make their First Holy Communion on Saturday, 18th May at 11am.
5th and 6th class will be making their confirmation on Sunday, 12th May at 11am.
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Our new school building.
We are very happy with our beautiful new works of art. Below is "Night sky over Borris in Ossory", by Felicity Clear, which hangs in our p.e. hall.
In our entrance hall we have "People of the Deer" by Nicky Hooper:
On Tuesday, 5th June we moved into our new school at last and we all LOVE it!. Our open day was on Monday, 18th June from 1pm to 3pm. We welcomed everyone who came to see the school that afternoon and sign our special guest book which was a gift to the school from our Parents' Association. 6th class gave guided tours of the building and did a great job.
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Well done to all the students who took part in our fantastic concert "Thats Entertainment!" on 30th May in Abbey Hall, Roscrea. Pictures HERE on our slideshow. A big thank you to Jared Madden, our drama teacher who wrote and produced the show. Also thanks to Damien Carroll, Cearbhuil Studios, for the photos and to our brilliant Parents' Association for all their work on the night and for helping to make the concert a great success.
THIS IS OUR NEW SCHOOL CREST
Well done to Enda and Ciaran who designed it last year.
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Building work on our new school:
- Pupils and teachers have taken photographs and made some little videos of our school life here, so that we can look back and remember our happy times in the Convent of Mercy National School, and in the future show others what it was like too.
