⚪🔴⚪🔴 Best Wishes to St. Faithleachs ⚪🔴⚪🔴

The Staff and pupils of Ballagh NS would like to wish St. Faithleachs the very best of luck in the All-Ireland Semi-Final on Saturday, 29th January. To mark their wonderful achievement of winning the Connacht Final, we have recorded a little anthem, called The Red and White of Faithleachs. The words of this anthem are written below so please sing along with us. We hope you enjoy our song and our slideshow. .

  • Oh the Red and White of Faithleachs, I can see it still,
  • It’s rich and pure farmland, it’s tall majestic windmills,
  • Where the Shannon kisses Lanesborough, and the waves caress it’s shore,
  • Oh the feeling it came over me, to stay forever more, forever more!!!
  • From it’s rolling river waters, I can see Sliabh Bán’s peak
  • Where one Sunday every summer, the pilgrims climb the reek
  • Where the cross in it’s solitude, looked down across Curraghroe
  • and with a ringing of Ballagh’s bells, called the faithful there to pray, there to pray..
  • Oh take me to Faithleachs pitch, the home of GAA
  • It’s players are the best, from the goalie to the forwards,
  • and now I must depart, and reality is plain,
  • may the time not pass so slowly, before I get playing again, playing again….
  • Chorus x 1..

Christmas is coming

Christmas preparations are well underway here in Ballagh NS. Some wonderful artwork resulted in beautifuil festive decorations which will proudly adorn many homes this Christmas. The pupils entertained the staff and fellow pupils with a wonderful Christmas Variety show this week, performed at a social distance. A fundraiser to support the St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal resulted in a generous donation to this worthy charity. And the Parents Association Christmas Raffle was an outstanding success as always and we would like to thank our ticket sellers and everybody who supported this draw. Congratulations to all the prize winners. Finally, from the staff and students at Ballagh NS, we would like to wish you all a safe and relaxing Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Science Week

The theme of Science Week 2021 is “Creating our Future”. At Ballagh NS, some fantastic experiments were undertaken, with the pupils in the Senior Room creating Rocket Balloon Cars and carrying out a Water Chime Pitch experiement, while the Junior Room pupils made a Lava Lamp.

Aistear in the Junior Room

Aistear is the irish word for journey and our pupils certainly took some marvellous journeys recently as they visited “The Farm Shop” and “The Hospital”, through their role play in Aistear. They took part in active learning by using art, role play, construction and activities.

Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal

A big thank you to everybody who supported the Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal this year.

Halloween Fun

Everybody certainly got into the Halloween Spirit in Ballagh NS. There were scary monsters, ghouls and witches roaming our classrooms and even Mario and Luigi paid us a visit..

Credit Union Art Competition

All pupils took part in the Lanesboro Ballyleague Credit Union Art Competition. The theme this year is “Imagine”. The artwork completed was so impressive that we want to share it with you all. As far as we are concerned, everybody is a winner!!

Minecraft in Education

Ballagh NS are taking part in the joint initiative between Dream Space and RTEjr “Ireland’s Future is MINE” which is a project using Minecraft. Minecraft: Education Edition is a game-based learning platform that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive digital environment.

GAA Training

GAA training has recommenced in Ballagh NS and is being enjoyed by all.

Anna’s Winning Poem