Open Evening
Stop Motion Animation.
Our pupils have really enjoyed their Stop Motion workshops with Mike Byrne over the last 2 weeks. These workshops are being funded by Tipperary County Council’s Artist in Primary Schools Programme. Mike will be back with us again in December. Please check out his YouTube channel to view our pupils amazing work.
https://www.youtube.com/@letsanimatewithmike7671
Newsletters
Please download our latest newsletter below
School Tour 2023
On 13th June we will be going on our School Tour to Bunratty Castle & Folk Park. While there we will also get to take in a show at Fossett’s Circus.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Thea, Rubie, Darragh and Jake who received their First Holy Communion recently.
Congratulations to Abbie, Saoirse, Lochlan and Billy who were confirmed recently.
Congratulations to Billy who won 1st Prize in the Seachtain na Gaeilge poetry competition.
Clothes Collection
Our next Clothes Collection takes place on Wednesday 7th June. Please support
Open Evening
Our 2023 Open Evening will take place on Friday 3rd of March from 6:30 to 8pm. All welcome. For more information please email the school at ballinurens@gmail.com
Enrolments
We are now accepting enrolments for all classes for the 2023/24 school year. For more information please email ballinurens@gmail.com
October 2022
Say Yes to Languages
On October 3rd, our Senior Room had the first of 8 French lessons with Clarisse. This is through the Language Sampler Module with Post Primary Languages Ireland (PPLI), and we are delighted to take part again this year.
Clothes Collection
Our next fundraising clothes collection will be on October 26th. Please drop off bags at the school any time before this date. Thank you.
September 2022
Basketball
All pupils started basketball on September 21st with Hoopslife Ireland. They have been learning new skills each week.
Hot School Lunches
We are very pleased to be able to offer all pupils a hot school lunch each day under the school meals scheme. We are working with Nenagh company The Lunch Bag.
Cross Country
Our Senior Room pupils took part in the cross country in Thurles on September 28th. Cian O’Connor came 4th in his race and won a medal. Well done Cian and all who took part.
Clothes Collection
We will be holding a Used Clothes Collection on 21st September. Please drop and bags you may have to the school any day before the 21st.
Thank you
Welcome Back!
Welcome back to all our pupils, and we are delighted to welcome 3 new Junior Infants, Cathal, Oscar and Naomi.
February 2022
Coirm, Gael Linn
Ghlac páistí na scoile, ó rang 3-6, páirt i gCoirm Gael linn, ar an 23ú Márta, leis an dráma, An Gorta Mór. Thug an moltóir, Liam Mac a Mhaoir ard- mholadh do na páistí agus bhronn sé trí ghradam orthu. Bhíomar lán sásta leis an lá iontach a bhí againn .
Tá sé mar aidhm ag Coirm lucht bunscoile a spreagadh le seó I nGaeilge a chur ar an ardán a léireoidh na tallanna éagsúla atá ag daltaí na scoile
Déanfaimid gach iarracht sa scoil, meas agus spéis na bpáistí sa Ghaeilge a neartú.
“ Beatha Teanga í a labhairt.”
February 21 2022
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OPEN DAY NEWS & THANK YOU
We would like to thank all the families who came to visit Ballinure NS on Saturday 19th of February. It really was wonderful to meet you all and show you our beautiful school and all it has to offer. We look forward to welcoming your children to our school over the coming years. Thank you to our sixth class pupils for their help today and also to our past pupil Matthew. Thank you to the members of the Parents Association and Board of Management for their assistance. Also a special thanks to Helen our school cleaner who always ensures the school is kept spotlessly clean and to Denis our caretaker for all his hard work maintaining the school grounds. We are all very passionate about our school and it was great to share that with so many interested families.
February 13 2022
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Ballinure N.S joins over 500 Primary Schools nationwide saying ‘Yes’ to Languages!
We are so excited to be part of the new Primary Language Sampler starting on February 11th. The sampler module is a means for raising awareness among pupils of the range of languages used by their peers, in their schools and community.
Over 500 schools nationwide are taking part and offering modules in a range of modern foreign languages and Irish Sign Language.
The module will introduce the pupils in Ballinure N.S to German and will be taught over a 6-week period during the normal school timetable.
Shannon Flanagan, Ballinure, will be our Language Tutor for the six weeks and we are really excited about this opportunity .
Languages Connect and PPLI (Post-Primary Languages Ireland), a unit of the Department of Education has provided a suite of resources including lesson plans for teachers and tutors and ‘Language Passports’ for all participating pupils to show their family and friends. More information regarding this initiative can be found at www.languagesconnect.ie/primary
Languages Connect promotes the personal, social, professional and economic benefits of foreign language skills to principals, teachers, guidance counsellors, parents and students. Funded by the Department of Education and facilitated by Post Primary Languages Ireland, as a key objective of the Languages Connect – Ireland’s for Foreign Languages in Education 2017 – 2026. For all the latest updates check out www.languagesconnect.ie or follow them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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January 18 2022
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Our Open Day is coming up next month and we have a new promotional video!
Watch it here
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=607885900501845
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November 18 2021
Please support our annual SVP food donation appeal. Your support means a lot to local families. Thank You
September 24 2021
As part of the Cashel Arts Festival 3rd to 6th class took part in a Poetry Hour which was broadcast on Tipperary Mid-West Radio. Poems were submitted and a selection of them were read out on air by poets. All of the poems were excellent, so beautifully written and illustrated. Well done to all!! If anyone would like to listen to the show the link is available below
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August 30th 2021
Are you looking for information about your child going back to school? Please check out the website of the Irish government. This is a verified and trustworthy source of information.
Gov.ie – Information for students, parents and families
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/a04fc-advice-for-students-and-their-families/#returning-to-school
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June 28th 2021
When Covid-19 reached our shores we became part of a living history and so began our long journey of lockdown and social distancing,
Initially we hoped it would be for two weeks but this led into months
The Corona Virus Pandemic challenged us to respond innovatively to ensure that we maintained a link with our pupils. Thankfully we maintained daily con- tact through Zoom classes and video calls. Everyone responded and in many ways the Pandemic brought us together in a new way.
When we returned to school in September 2020, we felt it was important to allow the pupils to express their thoughts and feelings on the Lockdown.
We hope that this booklet will showcase the work our pupils did during lock- down and also their memories of it and will give you an insight into how the pupils in Ballinure N.S felt about the lockdown and how it impacted on their lives.