Summer Term 2022

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May/June 2022

Junior Litter Pickers:
During the month of May, the children from Cobh Mixed N.S were invited by the Litter Warden for Cobh, Clodagh Meade, to take part in a project for students called Junior Litter Pickers. The litter warden came to the school to give a talk about the project to the students and teachers. The litter warden brought the children to a badly littered area of Cobh. High vis vests, litter pickers and bags were provided for everyone. The children enjoyed the activity and learned about the importance of not littering and having respect for the town we live in. Well done everyone you did a great job. Thank you to the Litter Warden Clodagh Meade for giving the children an opportunity to take part in the project.
Cork Choral Festival Visit:
The students and teachers of Cobh Mixed N.S were invited to attend a choral concert in St Colman’s Cathedral by the Ole Bull Chamber Choir, as part of the Cork International Choral Festival 2022. The children enjoyed the concert and the beautiful singing.
Heritage Centre:
The children and teachers of Cobh Mixed N.S recently made a visit to the Cobh Heritage Centre where they took part in the Queenstown Story Exhibition. The children completed the ‘Junior Explorer Quest’ where every child had to complete a questionnaire of 10 questions to discover the ‘secret password’.
The children were also given a passenger ticket and had to find that particular passenger during the tour. The children really enjoyed learning about the emigrants who left Cobh on the Titanic as well as learning about the Famine ships and the Lusitania. Thank you to all the staff of the Cobh Heritage Centre who made our visit very enjoyable.

Crawford Art Gallery:
The Senior Room made a special trip to Cork and visited the Crawford Art Gallery. They were given a guided tour of the museum where they saw amazing sculptures from Rome, a live re-enactment of a festival where music was playing, and it felt like you were at a concert.
They also saw portraits from a children’s art competition, and paintings of Cork Harbour and Cobh through the ages. We could even see our school in one of the paintings.

School Tour To Cuskinny Activity Centre Cobh:
On Monday 20th June we had our school tour and went to Cuskinny Activity Centre for some outdoor group activities.
The children had great fun and took part in many different activities such as the Drumming Circle, Grass Sledging, the Forest Maze Challenge, Bushcraft, Archery and the Team Challenge Zone.
We had a fantastic day of fun in the sun!!!

Celebration/Graduation day:
On 10th June we had a Celebration/Graduation Day here in the school to celebrate the achievement of the school’s First Active Flag, and also to celebrate the graduation of our sixth-class students. The parents and families of the children were invited to attend the ceremony. We began with refreshments followed by the raising of the Active Flag outside.
Inside the halla the children gave a splendid performance of recitals and singing which they were practicing over the weeks with the help of our Music Teacher Robbie Carroll, who was at hand on the day with the keyboard.
We then moved on to the Graduation Ceremony where Rev. Paul Arbuthnot gave a beautiful meaningful speech to the children which was very special. The sixth-class students were then presented with a gift. Many photos were taken, and many a tear was shed.
The chairman Harry Bollard gave a speech and thanked the outgoing Parents Representative Tracy Fortune for the great work she did during her term with us. Harry presented Tracy with a present and wished her well.
The parents presented the Teachers and the Secretary with lovey bunches of flowers which was a lovely surprise and many thanks to you all for the lovely gesture.
The ceremony was a great success, parents and everyone who came really enjoyed the morning and a great time was had by all.
Visit of Art in St Colman’s Cathedral
The children of the school made a visit during the week down to St Colman’s Cathedral to see the Art Exhibition of the magnificent Earth sculpture by artist Luke Jerram, which rotates every four minutes while suspended high above the cathedral aisle. The children were amazed by the exhibition and very excited to see it. We took some photos and one under the globe itself.

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