Fáilte go suíomh idirlíon Scoil Chroí Íosa, Blarney. Our website hopes to provide an insight into the everyday life of our school including the wonderful and unique opportunities that are afforded to the children of Scoil Chroí Íosa. The website also contains lots of valuable information for parents and those in the wider community.
Scoil Chroí Íosa is a provider of high quality education to students from Blarney and its surrounding area. As a professional body of teachers, the staff are committed to working in partnership with parents to ensure every child reaches their full potential in a happy and stimulating learning environment. The school aims to promote full and harmonious development of all aspects of the child. We foster a love of learning, working to the best of one’s ability and developing a sense of respect and responsibility amongst our pupils.
With the above in mind, I am always extremely grateful to the hard work and goodwill of our Parents, Pupils, Teachers, SNAs, Secretaries & Caretaker, as well as our Parents Association, Board of Management and the wider community of Blarney; all of whom help make Scoil Chroí Íosa the unique, warm and welcoming school that it is.
I hope that you will find this website useful and informative and the staff and I look forward to sharing your child’s educational journey with you.
Le meas,
Michael Foley
Principal
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Observational Drawing by 3rd Class
Watch as we build a simple DIY hovercraft using a cd rom and a balloon and explore the forces of air pressure and friction in action. See our budding scientists demonstrating this and other experiments in Scoil Chroí Íosa junior building tonight from 6.30p.m. #lovescience #ScienceExperiment #Hovercraft #STEMFun #physics #stemclub
Cad atá i do bhosca lóin? 🍎 🥪 🥒 🍇
Mr. Foley and the Junior Infants got creative during Aistear today — attempting to film a video while the children played quietly in the background (easier said than done!)
Don’t forget — we’re really looking forward to warmly welcoming everyone to our annual Scoil Chroí Íosa Open Night. Just one more sleep to go!
Our staff, Parents’ Council and pupils will be on hand to meet you in the Junior Building (Eircode: T23 W308) from 6.30 p.m. tomorrow.
Fáilte roimh gach duine!
✨🎨Throwback to Dot Day with Rang a Cúig! 🎨✨ Taking Dot Day to a whole new level as our creative dots leapt off the page in 3D and came to life!
The imagination and colour were flowing everywhere!💭🌟
🎃☕ You’re invited! 🎃☕
Rang a Sé at Scoil Chroí Íosa are hosting our annual Halloween Coffee Morning on Friday, 17th October, from 10am – 1pm in the Junior Building Halla.
This year, we’re raising funds for BUMBLEance – the children’s ambulance service 🚑💛
We will also be supporting and raising awareness for DLD Day. 💜💛
Join us for delicious treats, a cuppa, and a great cause! Please spread the word and help us make a difference.
We’re very excited to introduce a new cohort of Lunchtime Pals! At Scoil Chroí Íosa we recognise the importance of promoting fundamental movement skills, wellbeing, inclusion, friendship and pupil voice. 🌟 During break times, fun games and activities are organised in the yard to promote and develop pupils’ fundamental movement skills.🏃♀️💬🤝 Here the pupils are enjoying the fun games. We’re also committed to supporting pupils with additional needs during these times. #LunchtimePals #Wellbeing #Inclusion #MovementMatters #pupilvoice #PlayForAll
Rang a Cúig’s Cork Heritage Project is in full swing! 📜 ✨
Over the past two weeks the class have been diving into the history of our local community in Blarney – from Blarney Castle to exploring the story of our GAA club!
Today we were delighted to welcome special guest speaker Kieran McCarthy, who inspired us even more with his knowledge and passion for local history. 📖
The children are loving every minute of getting stuck into this project!
✨Throwback to last week’s adventure! ✨
3rd Class and Ms Carroll’s Junior & Senior Infants had a wonderful day exploring Blarney Castle, with its beautiful autumn colours all around. 🍂🌿
A day full of fun, friendship, and memories made! 📸
Our Junior Infants had lots of fun counting recently! Using dice and five frames, they explored numbers in a hands-on way, rolling, counting, and matching dots to frames. It was a playful and engaging way to build early number sense while enjoying maths together!
🏫 School Open Night 🏫
🌟 Just a few days to go! 🌟
Join us this Thursday 2nd October for our school open night!
📍 Junior Building (T23 W308)
⏰ 7-8pm
⏰ 6:30-7pm Sensory Friendly
Tree Detectives on the loose! 🍃🔍 Ms. Burke’s Rang a Dó enjoyed a nature walk in the morning sun, spotted native trees with their tree guides and recharged with a fun pitstop in the park!
Scoil Chroí Íosa, Nuacht na Míosa, Méan Fómhair 🍁🍂
A fabulous diorama of Mr Kelleher’s lovely 3rd classroom made by one of our creative pupils! Such attention to detail in this replica!
Mr. O’Leary’s Rang a hAon agus Rang a Dó enjoyed a trip to Caisleán na Blarnan recently. They had great fun in the playground and even brought their lón and had a picnic!
Ms Priestley’s Junior Infants had a lovely time at the playground!
Two boys in Ms.Burke’s class brought the old-school game of conkers to life with horse chestnuts gathered from Blarney Castle grounds — sparking an unexpected lesson on the Irish Horse Chestnut Tree! We are so lucky to be able to explore the nature in our local area 🍂🌰🌳
We hope all our wonderful SNAs enjoyed their special day 💙 Thank you for the care, kindness and support you bring to Scoil Chroí Íosa every single day!
Happy SNA Appreciation Day 💙 We are so lucky here in Scoil Chroí Íosa to have such wonderful SNAs who are such an important part of our school community. Thank you for all that you do each and every day!
🎶 Ms Walsh’s Rang a Cúig have been bringing Irish music to life as they practice Óró, Sé Do Bheatha ’Bhaile! 🇮🇪
Ms Priestley’s Junior Infants played games to revise the letters. They had great fun!
Congratulations to the boys in 1st and 2nd class who took part in the local Parish Leagues. We would like to give a special ✨comhghairdeas✨ to our pupils who were part of the winning team 🏆🏅
3rd class and Ms. Carroll’s juniors and seniors enjoying a sunny Autumn 🍂 morning at Blarney Castle with Mr Foley. Learning about the witch’s stone and searching for horse chestnuts.
🍂 With the sun shining and blue skies overhead, our 4th, 5th and 6th Class pupils enjoyed a beautiful autumn nature walk in the stunning grounds of Blarney Castle this morning 🍂The golden leaves and crisp air made it a perfect autumn day. We are so lucky to have these beautiful grounds right on our doorstep! 🍂 🍁 ☀️
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