Children in Mrs.Quinlan’s 4th class worked in groups today to plan, design and build bridges from a range of different materials. The bridge had to: Be at least 40-50cm long. The bridge had to support the weight of different toy vehicles for at least 20 seconds. The bridge must be smooth enough for the wheels […]
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Welcome to Scoil Oilibhéir
Scoil Oilibhéir is a large co-educational primary school situated in Ballyvolane, a northern suburb of Cork City.
January Joy in Tír na Sí
The library committee are bringing some January Joy to Tír na Sí, (library in Scoil Oilibhéir). The library is starting to reap the rewards of a very successful Book Fair. The school received €3991 in rewards from Scholastic Book Company. The first delivery of new books arrived in our library today. We are in the process of […]
Stay Safe Programme
Dear Parents, A personal safety education programme called Stay Safe will be taught in Senior Infants, 2nd, 4th and 6th classes over the next few weeks. The aim of the Stay Safe programme is to teach children personal safety skills so they can look after themselves in situations which could be upsetting or dangerous. The […]
Scoil Oilibhéir’s Green School Update
On 12th December, the Green School Committee carried out a ‘Walkability Audit’ with Lisa O’ Grady the Travel Officer from An Taisce. We took the following photos to capture their hard work!!
Official Opening of Scoil Oilibhéir’s Sensory Room
Today we invited Fr. John, Ms. Barry Murphy, Ms. Collins and Mr. Forde to our sensory room for its official opening. We wanted to express our sincere thanks to them for all the work they did to make this room possible. Fr. John organised Strictly Come Dancing Blackpool last Easter. As well as this, he […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Senior Infants from Room 1 and 2 were given the very important job of launching our lovely Christmas Tree near the playground. Our wonderful caretaker Mr Forde has been working very hard to look after our Christmas Tree and decorate it with lovely lights so the boys and girls were delighted to give him a […]
School Self Evaluation Targets
A reminder to our parents of our School Self Evaluation targets for the 2019-20 school year in Literacy, Numeracy agus Gaeilge. This chart is displayed on every corridor to remind us of our objectives. Our teachers and pupils are working hard to achieve our goals.
St Vincent de Paul Christmas Collection
St Vincent de Paul came to fill their van last Thursday. We were delighted with the support from the school community for this event. The children on the Health Promoting Committee and Mr Brosnan’s class worked together to fill the truck and organise the collection every morning. Maith sibh!!
Busking in Blackpool
The boys and girls in the Banna Cheoil adventured down to Blackpool Shopping Centre to entertain shoppers with some Christmas songs. We had a great day out and would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who came and supported us!
The Banna Cheoil go busking
Tomorrow, Thursday 12th December, our very talented Banna Cheoil will travel to Blackpool Shopping Centre to go busking from 10am to 12pm. Band members from 3rd to 6th class have been working hard learning their Christmas songs and would love the support of friends and family from the Scoil Oilibhéir community and beyond! Funds raised […]