St Catherine's N.S. Conna

Scór na bPáistí 2012

Well done to all the boys and girls from Conna School who took part in the East Cork Semi Finals of Scór na bPáistí. Best of luck to those going forward to the East Cork Final which will be held in Watergrasshill on Sunday 26th of February. The following pupils will represent St. Catherine's in the final:

Anna Mc Carthy - Solo Singing

James Clancy - Solo Instrument

Meghan Draper, Laura Hayes, Aoife Hurley, Jessica O' Donoghue, Sally English, Cormac Galvin and Robert English - Novelty Act

Caitlin Jackson, Sara Barry, Orla Mulcahy, Doireann Flynn and Naimee Finn - Ballad Group.

Doodle 4 Google Art Competition

Congratulations to Holly Cunneen, second class, on being selected as a finalist in the Doodle 4 Google 'I wish...' art competition. Along with 75 other boys and girls from all over the country, Holly will attend a prize-giving event in the Google office in Dublin on Monday, March 12th, where the winners will be announced. Holly's doodle can now be seen on the Doodle 4 Google website. Please click on the link below and vote for Holly. The doodle with the most votes wins and we all have our fingers crossed. Well done on being a finalist Holly. We are all proud of you!

http://www.google.ie/doodle4google/2012/vote.html#d=d2-1

Catholic Schools Week 2012

This year the week of Jan 29th to Feb 4th is dedicated to celebrating and acknowledging the role Catholic Schools play in the education of many young people. To mark the beginning of this week, the children from Conna school took part in the Sunday Mass in Conna Church on 29th of January.
Grandparents' Day is celebrated during Catholic Schools Week so this year the role grandparents play was celebrated throughout the Mass. All classes contributed beautiful collections of stories, photographs and pictures of their grandparents. These were displayed in the church.The children were actively involved in different parts of the liturgy, with many of them reading, singing, altar servers and some were involved in a dramatisation of the Gospel.

Success for Conna School pupils at Cork City Sports

Over thirty boys and girls from Conna School took part in the Cork City Sports on Friday 13th May. All did very well; however, a number of children went on to win prizes. The day started off with the boys competing in both the sprints and the relays. In the sprints, Gearóid O’ Brien came in 1st place.
In the relays, both of the boys’ teams came first. The under-eleven team was made up of Eoin Davis, Aaron Long, Robert English and Michael Leamy.
In the over-eleven section the team of Jack O’Brien, Patrick Barry, Kyle Twomey and Richard Galvin also claimed first prize. Both teams also won a cup due to their success in this competition.
The girls were competing in the afternoon and again had great success.
In the sprints, Gemma Patterson, Aoife Hurley, Sara Barry and Meghan Carr O’Reilly all came home in first place.
In the relays, both teams came in second place. The under-eleven team members were: Aoife Hurley, Katie Fickweiler, Laura Hayes and Kacey Dunn
The over-eleven team was made up of: Hannah Mounir, Gemma Patterson, Joanna Leahy-Dingivan and Ellen Byrne.
The success of the girls earned them a trophy as the best over-all school in their category.
Well done to all the competitors and congratulations to all the prizewinners.

Quiz Teams 2011

The children have been very busy lately taking part in lots of quizzes.

Lisgoold: A number of children took part in a quiz in Lisgoold on Thursday,17th of February and did very well. The team of Patrick Barry, Gemma Patterson, Bronagh Bolger and Ellen Byrne came home with the 3rd place prize.

Conna: On Friday, 18th of February, the Conna Parents' Association held an inter-schools quiz in Conna hall. Two quizzes were held, one for 5th and 6th classes and the other for 3rd and 4th classes. The quiz was very well attended and a big number of Conna teams took part.

In the junior section, two Conna teams won prizes. In 1st place was the team of Sally English, Robert English, Shane Kelleher and Cormac Galvin. The team of Caoimhe Galvin, Jennifer Galvin, Anna McCarthy (Conna N.S.) and Rebecca Doocey (Curraglass N.S.) came in 3rd place.

In the senior quiz, two Conna teams also won prizes. The team of Patrick Barry, Jack O'Brien, Tadhg Jackson and Quentin O'Brien came in 2nd place. In 3rd place, was the team of Eoin Davis, Kieran English, Darren Leamy and Richard Galvin.

Ballyduff: A number of Conna teams took part in a quiz organised by the Ballyduff Parents' Association, which was held on March 16th. One team came home with 2nd prize. They were: Ellen Byrne, Gemma Patterson, Aoibhe O'Brien and Hannah Mounir. The girls also won 2nd prize for their fancy dress on the night!

Castlelyons: Two Conna teams received prizes in this quiz which was held on Friday,March 25th. The team of Hannah Mounir, Ellen Byrne, Tadhg Jackson and Patrick Barry came in 2nd place. In 3rd place was the team of Aoibhe O'Brien, Leanne Pratt and Gemma Patterson.

Well done to all the competitors and congratulations to the prize winners.

Health Promoting Schools

We were formally recognised as a Health Promoting School by the HSE in 2008. This achievement followed many years of hard work by pupils, staff and parents. We are lucky to have a very healthy school now, with a big focus on bringing healthy lunches (again, both pupils and staff!). We have different coaches and teachers coming in for physical activities during the year, including a hurling/football coach, and dance lessons from Larry and Ita Southard. First to Sixth class also complete a term of swimming lessons in Fermoy swimming pool every year.

Folk Dancing

For the past few years we have had great fun learning folk dances from around the world, with Larry and Ita Southard. They have come to our school and taught dances to each class as part of our P.E. curriculum. We have also learned a lot about the different countries where each dance originated, so we're including a geography lesson each time too! At the end of each course of lessons we have put on a dance performance for all of the parents. These have been a huge success and we had to go down to the community hall this year because we had such a big audience. We're looking forward to seeing Larry and Ita again in January 2011 for lessons in folk dance.