Helen and Zach were the first to tell me that they saw some daffodils. Well spotted!
Well done to Freya who responded by e-mail telling me that she discovered her first daffodil in the yard. You shall be rewarded with some fresh CETNS eggs!
Also, Martyna, Chloe, and Helen spotted some yellow and some purple crocuses under the budleia in the yard.
We have a lot of flower detectives in CETNS!
I case you didn’t know: We have a Geocache called “No Homework”. It was hidden by 3rd class last year. You can follow it on the Geocache page. Here are just some messages left by “Geocachers” from all around the world. Some seem to know us!
I parked in a cul de sac across the road from the cache. When the coast was clear on the road, I stepped out and retrieved the cache from there. I brought it back to the car so I could take my time going through it. Grand sized geocache. I left 2xTravelbugs (Guiness Forever & jenbut’s HOMEWARD BOUND TB) and took a few pence in Sterling. I’ll be needing that on a stopover in England this Sunday so that was a nice find 🙂 Looked to wave at anyone looking out the window but the teacher must have had everyone’s attention first thing in the morning 😉
Great to visit the environs of CETNS today . Big hi to Aedín, Andreas, Liz and Siobhán! I hope 4th Class are keeping a good eye on the cache they placed last year when they were in Rang a trí.
I hope many of you are looking for caches when you’re out and about yourselves. I wish I had a black or camouflaged bag with me in which to hide your cache – maybe I’ll come back another time to help conceal it a bit. TFTC
Found on our way to a picnic in Phoenix Park. Not sure if the name of the cache refers to the fact that the children get no homework on the days the cache is found? If that’s the case I am sorry to have found this on a Saturday. Would have liked to wave to you all. Out: TB. In: golf ball. TFTC
Some children asked me recently where our Geocoin “Celtic Peacock” (released by my 3rd class last year) is hiding at the moment. The coin has travelled over 7000km so far.
After leaving Ireland the coin spent some time in different parts of Canada. At the moment “Celtic Peacock” can be found in Georgia, United States of America.
If you want to track the coin, you can find a link on the Geocoin page.
Roisín saw the first snowdrop outside Yvonne’s classroom.
Now there are some more in the “CETNS” tyres.
That’s also where Lola spotted the first Iris.
Adam was first to comment on the rhubarb leaves peeking out of the tyres near the
chicken coop.
So, what flower is next? Make sure you submit a comment via the blog.
You could also look out for other signs of spring. This year children all over Ireland are looking and recording sightings of frogspawn, primrose, swallow, hawthorn, horse chestnut and ash. Get your teacher to sign up to
CETNS Easter & Summer Camps 2013
The CETNS Easter and Summer Camps are back again this year. This year’s Easter Camp will run from Monday 25th – Friday 29th March, from 9:30am to 2:30pm each day. The camp will be full of fun and exciting games and activities for children from Junior Infants to 6th class. Children are grouped according to age and class. Application forms will be handed out to classes next week and will also be available from reception.
Registration for the camp will take place on Thursday 7th March in Room 1 (JP’s room) from 1:50pm until 4pm. Places are limited to 60 and are given out on a first-come-first-served-basis. Both Easter and Summer Camps have booked out for the last couple of years so please register on the day to be sure of your child’s place.
Dates for this year’s Easter and Summer camps are as follows –
Easter Camp: Monday 25th – Friday 29th March
Summer Camp 1: Monday 1st – Friday 5th July
Summer Camp 2: Monday 8th – Friday 12th July
On Monday, 4th of February, our school sent two teams to the Credit Union Quiz.
There were two competitions, competition A (third and fourth class) and competition B (fifth and sixth class). On team B, there were Omar, Billy, Megan (all from Romey’s 6th class) and Seamus (From Siobhán’s 5th class). On team A there were Alannah and Ella (Jen’s 4th class), Garbhan (Eadaoin’s 3rd class) and Tom (Conor’s 3rd class).
The fifth and sixth class had to do a ‘trial quiz’ in Liz’s room. It was taken from one of her many quiz books and was more difficult than the one she had given us last year.
The night of the quiz was very exciting. The quiz took place in the main hall of Naomh Perigrine’s GAA Club. Each team was allocated a table. There were 12 rounds of 6 questions in the B competition and 10 rounds of 6 questions in the A competition.
Team B came 1st and brought home a plaque each, a glass trophy for the school and a silver trophy to display in the school trophy cabinet for one year. Congratulations to both teams; everyone did very well, but there are still more rounds to come for team B and high hopes for next years quiz.
Well done to Sasha, who is our new CETNS chess champion. In a tight final he managed to beat 2012 champion Adam. Josh won his match against Cian to claim 3rd place overall. Well done to all 30 children who took part in the lunchtime competition for 5th and 6th class over the last three weeks.
Two mixed teams from CETNS took part in the annual Dublin Spikeball competition in Lucan on Friday. The children from 5th class only narrowly missed the semi-final. We learned a lot and had plenty of fun.
