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Scoil Chroí Íosa Blarney, Blarney, Cork
 

Welcome to our school

Dia dhaoibh go léir,

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, the staff and I look forward to sharing your child’s educational journey with you.

Le meas,

Michael Foley

Principal

 

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THURSDAY 9TH JANUARY Due to the orange weather warning and in line with local schools, we will delay our opening time again tomorrow, Thursday. We will be open to receive children from 11am. Please only travel when you feel it is safe to do so.
WEDNESDAY 8th JANUARY Due to the orange weather warning and forecasted road conditions, we will delay our opening time tomorrow, Wednesday. We will be open to receive children from 11am. Please only travel when you feel it is safe to do so.
Scoil Chroí Íosa will open as normal tomorrow. Please take all necessary precautions when coming to school and only travel if you feel it is safe to do so.
Due to deteriorating weather conditions and for the safety of all Scoil Chroí Íosa will remain closed tomorrow Monday and will reopen Tuesday 7th Jan.
Rang a Sé were thrilled to display their Christmas village this week. Lots of hard work went into the creation of this festive piece. From collecting the recyclable materials to designing the design and construction process, the children loved the hands-on process and took great pride in showcasing their work just in time for the Christmas holidays.
Congratulations to our Christmas Raffle winners. Many thanks for all your support throughout the year. Wishing you all a very happy Christmas 🎄
Senior infants colouring their bronntanais while waiting patiently for the Christmas holidays! 🎁 🎄 🎅 ☃️
Ms O Callaghan’s 2nd/3rd Class have been learning to knit and enjoyed a very interesting visit to Blarney Woollen Mills today. We learned all about how the wool is sheared from the sheep, turned into wool, knitted on looms and turned into blankets and jumpers to be sold in the shop. A big thank you to Geraldine and Liz who made our visit so special and enjoyable!
Rang a Sé enjoyed some down time in Blarney Castle yesterday. After a very busy term it was lovely to enjoy the crisp morning air and spend time with each other having fun on a lively Christmas stroll 🎄⛄️🎄⛄️
Rang a Sé had a wonderful time singing Christmas Carols last night at the switching on of the Christmas lights in the square! 🎄 🎄 ⛄️
Rang a Sé really enjoyed their visit to the Church of the Resurrection, where they each hung their hand made Christmas decorations on the Community Christmas Tree. The classes made decorations following the theme “while shepherds watched their flocks by night”. 🐑 🌲
Rang a Trí busy creating the sets for their upcoming Christmas Show 🎄 🎭
Mr. O’Leary’s 5th class decorating their classroom and getting into the festive spirit!
Scoil Chroi Íosa Christmas Lotto! Get into the festive spirit and support Scoil Chroi Iosa with our Christmas Lotto. This year, you could be one of the lucky winners of €250, €100, or €50. All proceeds go towards enhancing the educational experience of our students, making this holiday season even brighter for our school community. Members of the Scoil Chroí Íosa community have been extremely lucky over the past six weeks with over €2000 in cash won. With more cash prizes to be won on the 19th of December along with other national prizes it could be you picking up the cash in Scoil Chroí Íosa this Christmas. All info on how to enter above.
Senior Infants- Role play, construction, small world, Maths station and fine motor sand area!
The voters in Senior Infants had their say this morning…some were happier than others!
Rang a Sé getting hands-on with decimals and fractions! Using Dienes blocks to build understanding block by block.
There are lots of opportunities for catching snowflakes in Scoil Chroi Íosa today! ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
Ms Walsh’s 6th class are cracking the code of physics—one egg at a time! 🥚🚀✨ Testing gravity, creativity, and a little engineering to see if our egg survived the drop. Did it splat or stay intact? Swipe through the pics to find out! 🤞🔬 #EggDropChallenge
Junior Infants participated in activities that accompany the story “A Squash and A Squeeze”. The children placed the characters into the house in turn when their character was mentioned in the story. They used the characters afterwards to revise height.
Science week in Ms Dennehy’s Rang a Sé was a busy one. The children researched and chose a science experiment for their group and carried it out for their class, peer-led learning and collaboration at the helm of a collaborative and engaging science lesson for all.
6th class put their engineering minds to work today with spaghetti and marshmallows! 🧩 From wobbly towers to sturdy structures, it was all about experimenting, collaborating, and learning through trial and error. Impressed by their teamwork and creativity! 💡
Senior Infants and 1st Class enjoyed being Archaeologists today. They searched for items from the past and built their hidden treasures piece by piece.
Cracking into science! 🥚🔬 Another busy day in 6th class! Today,we explored density with the classic egg experiment. By adding salt to water, we discovered how an egg can float or sink depending on the density of the solution. Science really eggs-plains it all! 🥚 🧬