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News Feed 2019-20

Sunday June 21st 2020
One of the most enjoyable things during the shutdown has been that we have time to observe the changes in nature all around us. The wild animals seem to be enjoying it also and visiting our homes. Here are three examples just from the last week.
Olivia spotted this guy in her back garden.
Mr Musgrave found this shrew in his dog's bowl. 
Jamie and Reece filmed this chap in their Grandparent's garden. We think it is a mink or possibly a pine martin.
Monday June 15th 2020

We loved this poster of various bird families done by Adam in 2nd Class.
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​Sunday June 14th 2020
You can download the Principal's Note here.
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Sunday June 14th 2020
Optional class work assigned for the period June 8th to June 12th can be found here.
Sunday June 7th 2020
You can download the Principal's Note here.
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Sunday June 7th 2020
Class work assigned for the period June 8th to June 12th can be found here.
​June 5th 2020
Some wonderful nature collages made by 1st and 2nd Class pupils for their art lesson today - great creativity guys.
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June 1st 2020
Home School Hub Schedule for this week. Daily 11am on RTE2.
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May 25th 2020
Home School Hub Schedule for this week. Daily 11am on RTE2.
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Sunday May 24th 2020
Class work assigned for the period May 25th to June 5th can be found here.
Sunday May 24th 2020
You can download the Principal's Note here.
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​May 20th 2020
1st and 2nd Class have been learning about light and transparent/opaque materials this week. Here's a sundial that Adam made at home.  8pm - nearly bedtime Adam?
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May 19th 2020
Some fabulous pasta art from 1st and 2nd Classes recently - well done all.
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May 18th 2020
So after 14 days of the mother incubating the eggs our blue-tit babies finally hatched this morning.  You can check them out here.
May 18th 2020
Home School Hub Schedule for this week. Daily 11am on RTE2.
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May 11th 2020
Home School Hub Schedule for this week. Daily 11am on RTE2.
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Sunday May 10th 2020
You can download the Principal's Note here.
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Sunday May 10th 2020
Class work assigned for the period May 11th to May 22nd can be found here.

Sunday May 10th 2020
Information regarding School Uniforms
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​Sunday May 10th 2020
You can download the Box of Calm activity here
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May 7th 2020
Did you know Ireland has a species of lizard that is native to our country? The Vivipara or Common Lizard lives in coastal areas, bogland, mountains and even gardens! Sightings are very rare but this morning George in Junior Infants found one! George and his Mam Karen called the Irish Wildlife Trust because the lizard they found is very small, it's only a baby! Thanks to George for sharing his fascinating find!
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May 4th 2020
RTE2 Home School Hub Schedule for this week. Daily 11am.
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​May 1st 2020
Axel Scheffler has illustrated a new book which answers questions children may have about the Coronavirus. Alex has illustrated lots of well known children's books - The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, Stick Man, Tabby McTat, A Squash and a Squeeze.......

The book can be downloaded for free at
https://www.gillbooks.ie/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/156/Coronavirus_-_A_Book_For_Children.pdf
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April 30th 2020
Tomorrow is May Day and there are lots of traditions around May Day in Ireland. One of these is that people would decorate a hawthorn bush with flowers, ribbons and bits of cloth. This brought good luck to the house and its family in the year ahead. Here's a photo of the May Bush which Jessica in 1st Class decorated at home - she's going to have lots off good luck in the year ahead.

https://www.yourirish.com/traditions/may-day-customs
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​April 29th 2020
After Rhys' media exploits last week we have another 1st Class student making the national media today. Adam featured on RTE's Home School Hub this morning. Well done Adam.
April 27th 2020
RTE2 Home School Hub Schedule for this week. Daily 11am.
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Sunday April 26th 2020
Principal's Note
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Sunday April 26th 2020
Try out these Active Week Challenges.
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 Saturday April 21st 2020
It's been an amazing few days for our first class pupil Rhys Scanlon. Rhys has been reading a story a day since we finished school and publishing these videos on his YouTube channel. He has read 40 stories to date. Rhys adds his own slant to these stories through actions, expression and adding in the odd tune on tin whistle or mandolin. You can find all these stories on YouTube by searching for Rhys Scanlon.

Then, yesterday, Rhys was interviewed on radio by Joe Nash on Limerick's 95FM. Have a listen to the interview here.    https://play.acast.com/s/live-95-limerick-today-podcasts/21065298-aef3-4cec-83d5-a31190042b91
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As if that wasn't enough, one of the pieces Rhys read was a poem called "Waiter, There's a Dog in my Soup". The poet is the very famous American Children's Poet Laureate, Kenn Nesbitt. Kenn heard about Rhys reading his poem and tweeted about it on his Twitter feed. 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SllsJYla-q4


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Tuesday April 21st 2020
On Sunday last Bishop Leahy read a statement regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Church services and sacraments. In this he says “As we move towards the end of April, an increasing number of parents are understandably asking – "what’s going to happen to the First Communion and Confirmation ceremonies?’. Clearly because of where we are now in this critical stage of the battle against COVID-19, we can certainly say they are not going to happen in April or May. But, after that? Like all others, we must adhere to public authorities and what advice they give regarding large public gatherings.  So, right now, it is impossible for us to re-schedule First Communion and Confirmation. And this is also true for Baptisms and Weddings."

On Monday April 20th he issued a letter to all First Communicants. Your child may be sad at the postponement of the First Holy Communion until later. Please read this with your child.

Both these letters can be downloaded below.
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Friday April 17th 2020
1st and 2nd Class have been busy making these stick wind chimes.
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Wednesday April 15th 2020
Thanks to Adam who alerted us to this great website - wildearth.tv. 

It allows you to go on a virtual safari from the comfort of your own home. There are two safari trips per day -  7am-10am and 4:30pm-7:40pm. You can message the guide ranger in real time to ask any questions about the animals and birds. 
​Wednesday April 15th 2020
Check out the progress of Mr Musgrave's bird-box here. I will update it daily.
Sunday April 12th 2020
Principal's Note - April 12th
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​Work to be covered while at home until April 24th can be found here.
11th April 2020
Short of suitable books?
Accelerated Reader are offering access to thousands of enhanced digital books through myON and articles from myON News.  They even have a dictionary to help with those unfamiliar words.

https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html?fbclid=IwAR0HMeo-KyVmAyrir7R5DCbw42uXwOWKyYNPyydC5C9vgLs6D-hBUpmaVFM
2nd April 2020
Mary Immaculate College has compiled a list of resources that will be of use to parents and also to pupils. 
Type https://www.mic.ul.ie/covid-19?index=4  into your browser. 

When you open the webpage, click on Educational Resources at the bottom of the list on the right hand side of the page.
30th March 2020
Doing some fabulous "pebble art" while in lockdown.
Monday March 30th 2020
Work to be covered while at home until April 10th can be found here.
Wednesday March 18th 2020
Work to be covered while at home until March 27th can be found here.
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​​17/03/2020  Some websites to check out during school closure  

​https://www.sfi.ie/engagement/discover-primary-science-and-maths/http://www.askaboutireland.ie/
https://www.scoilnet.ie/
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/  

https://ie.ixl.com/?partner=google&campaign=127173208&adGroup=5602336768&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjcfzBRCHARIsAO-1_OoReIJ0MyAU0cz5nDPckym5nCzcrqFBoBkLO-PvtRZt-zscRwtwt-saAoiAEALw_wcB​​

There are a lot more websites on our school website under the Kidzone tab.


Go to Gaelbhratach under School Activities for some drawing activities.



12/03/2020 Díolachán Cácaí curtha ar ceal 

Mar is eol daoibh ní bheidh an díolachán cácaí ar siúl.  Le cúnamh Dé beidh sé againn nuair atá muid ar ais arís ar scoil.
As you know the cake sale is postponed. We hope to organise it again when we return to school.



09/03/2020 Díolachán Cáca
As you can see from our Gaelbhratach section of the website ( Found under School Activities) The Irish Committee have been working hard to promote Irish in the school all year. They recorded two messages for you this morning about the cake sale which takes place on Friday 13th in both English and Irish. Please look at it here. To learn the phrases you will need for the cake sale please go to School Activities - Gaelbhratach and scroll down to the most recent recordings. 
We are in our 4th year of the Gaelbhratach ( Irish Flag) scheme. The Coiste ( Irish Committee) have been working very hard since the start of the year to encourage the use of Gaeilge in our school. You can see examples of their great work on the school website - www.manisterns.ie- more recently on the main page but also under " School Activities - Gaelbhratach" . They have recorded two messages for you to explain the cake sale - they use both Irish and English. This can be found on the main page and also with the other Gaelbhratach recordings they have made.  They have recorded some phrases which you can use at the cake sale- Pupils and parents/guardians alike! The committee will help you if you are stuck for a phrase. 


Please bring in cakes/buns etc to the school either Thursday afternoon ( to the kitchen) or Friday morning ( to the halla )
The Irish committee are organising everything and they will be in the halla from 9 o clock to set things up. The pupils will be brought up in their class groups to purchase something between 9.45 and 10.45 . Everything will be priced at either 50c or €1. Parents/Guardians are invited in between 11-12 to support us in the form of a tea/coffee morning. Caint, Cupán agus Cáca ! ( Chat, Cuppa and Cake). 


Thanks to the committee who have worked very hard to organise the various activities taking place during the year and we thank you at home for your support also.


Go raibh maith agaibh for léir. Thank you all very much
07/03/2020 Féile Luimnigh - Scoil Náisiúnta Mhainistir an Aonaigh 
Comhghairdeas libh go léir. D'éirigh go han-mhaith le gach daoine ar an Aoine. Beidh díolacháin cácaí ar súil ar an Aoine agus beidh fáilte roimh na tuismitheoirí teacht isteach idir 11-12 chun bheith páirteach ann. Beidh físeáin á chur suas ag an gcoiste Dé Luain. 

( Congratulations to everyone. You all got on very well  on Friday. We will have our cake sale on Friday 13th and parents are welcome between 11-12 to take part also. The Irish committee will put up a video on Monday explaining what they hope to do ) ​
 05/02/2020  Féile Luimnuigh

If parents would like to attend Féile we hope to run it in this order starting at 9.15 tomorrow Friday in the Halla - Féile Luimní charge €2 on the door for entry.  Hopefully it will run to time but it is difficult to guarantee so this is a rough/optimistic time timetable.

9.15 - Rang 2 
9.45 - Rang 1 
10.10 - Rang na Naíonáin - Infants 
10.30 - Sos
11.00 - Rang 3 /4 
11.30 - Rang 5 /6

February 24th 2020
Congratulations to our budding Lionel Messi who recently won Pike Rovers Player of the Season in his age group. His main assets were his teamwork and workrate. Well done and we are all very proud of you.
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23/02/2020 --Gaelbhratach - Seachtain na Gaeilge 

The Irish Committee have been working on the activities we will be completing during the year in order to maintain our Gaelbhratach.  Seachtain na Gaeilge takes place in the month of March and we have lots of activities to partake in . We are in our 4th year of our Gaelbhratach ( Irish flag) and must continue to partake in our Irish activities in order to maintain our flag. The committee have worked hard to come up with these activities. 
Please check who is on our committee on the Gaelbhratach section of this website under school activities. 
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.These activities were decided by the committee in the first term . They teach each class questions and answers and then ask questions in Irish after big lunch every day as pupils come back into their class rooms and have recorded some mini -lessons which can be found on the website under the Gaelbhratach tab . These activities for the month of March involve more time in the halla and less time in the classroom and we hope they will be very enjoyable. 

Rang 3-6 will take part in a series of table quizes run by the committee ( during school time) 
Dátaí : 5/03/2020,12/03/2020 ,19/03/2020. The quiz teams have been randomly selected by the committee who will be running the quizes with questions on the whiteboard. 2 points for correct answer in Irish , 1 point for correct answer in English. 

Rang 3-6 - Céilí sa halla - Dáta - 20/03/2020

Féile Luimní - We have entered the Féile poetry competition many times in the past few years. This year Féile have arranged to support the school by allowing it to take place in our own halla. It will take place on March 6th . The pupils from 2nd - 6th have been given assigned poems which they will recite individually. The poem for Juniors, Seniors and First is chosen by the class teacher. Each class has one poem per class.  If parents wish to attend Féile charge €2 on the door. It will take place during school time and the times will be  agreed the week of the competition.  Although work began on these poems weeks ago there is a recording of the assigned poems on the Gaelbhratach section of the website. 

Last but most definitely not least the committee wish to arrange a cake sale which will take place on 13/03/2020 in the halla. They will send out information regarding this during the week.  We would be grateful for your support in all of the above activities.

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​January 31st 2020
It was lovely to have our grandparents visit our school for Grandparent's Day.

Fr Ryan performed a short service beforehand. 

Afterwards, our grandparents visited our classrooms and viewed some of our work.

Finally they went to the staff room and had tea and goodies.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit our school. This will be a special memory in our young lives and we hope that it will be a special memory for all our grandparents also.

​See here for some photographs from the day.

January 24th 2020
1st and 2nd  Classes have set up a bird feeding station outside their classroom window. ​

​The birds have been "tweeting" each other like mad and we are getting lots of visitors to the station. Each day we record what different types of birds visit. So far we have seen 
robins, rooks, blue tits, chaffinches, goldfinches, blackbirds, great tits, blue tits and dunnocks. 
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Take a look here for some further photos.
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January 20th 2020
Well done to all our students who achieved 150 points on Mangahigh during the recent Maths Week. They were presented with their medals recently.
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January 17th 2020
Congratulations to all those who took part in or supported our charity fundraiser in aid of Bumbleance and Cenacalo Community when carol singing before Christmas. A total of €932.00 was raised and €466.00 lodged to each charity. The Bumbleance have already sent a card saying thank you to everyone for the effort put in. Although out of season now, here is a reminder of how the money was raised.
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Dec 20th 2019 - Cheque presented by Greybridge Classic Club
Greybridge Classic Club, near Meanus, recently raised funds for Manister National School with their successful Harvest Vintage Day at Meanus. Pictured are Fiachra Liston and Louise Crowley from the Club presenting the huge cheque to Peter Lavin, Principal.
Dec 19th 2019 - Carol singing 
Thank you to everyone who helped with carol singing in the Crescent Shopping Centre tonight - the singers, the musicians, Tina and friends, the supporters, the parents the bucket shakers especially Ms Claus who did it with style !! And I should probably mention David Kilcoyne for stepping into a photo with eagle eyed pupils who spotted him in Butlers while we sang.  Video footage to follow shortly.  As soon as the amount collected has been counted I will update you . This will be divided between The Bumbleance and Cenacalo Community.           

Dec 11th 2019 - School Play
The big night has finally arrived. After a hectic few weeks of rehearsals we will be performing A Christmas Rhyme (Infants and 1st Class) and Porridge (1st to 6th Classes) tonight and tomorrow night.

We will be holding a raffle and tickets will be available at the door - €5 for a strip of 5 tickets. We have a huge amount of prizes - pictured below. Thanks to all who made donations. 
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Dec 5th 2019 - Geoff Hunt - Irish Garden Birds
Geoff Hunt from Heritage in Schools visited us today. In 1st and 2nd Class Geoff told us all about the Top Three Irish Garden Birds - The Robin, The Blackbird and The Blue Tit. We listened to their song, learnt about their habitat, diet and coloured in drawings of them.
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Nov 18th 2019 - Shoebox Appeal
Thanks to everyone who put in a tremendous effort to prepare shoeboxes for the Team Hope again this year.
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​Oct 25th 2019 - Halloween Horror
The school was taken over today by lots of Skeletons, Siamese Twins, Evil Clowns, Bananas, Werewolves, Zombies, Witches, Dead /Teachers/Schoolgirls/Footballers/Hurlers/Cheer-Leaders, Devils, Cowgirls, Every Marvel character under the sun - the list goes on forever. Even Mrs Brown made an appearance.

Hope you enjoy trying to recognise the "Pupil behind the Mask". For more photos see here.
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Oct 25th 2019 - Traditional Halloween Games
In history this week 1st and 2nd Classes have been learning about Halloween Traditions in Ireland and decided to try out some of the games that would have been played at Halloween long ago. 

Check out some of the photos here.
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Friday Oct 11th 2019 - The Eagle has landed

​As part of Space Week 2019, 1st and 2nd Class discussed what it would be like to live on the moon. We designed and made our own astronaut suits. These had to be able to withstand temperatures as high as 123 degrees Celsius and as low as -233 degrees Celsius. They had to be able to supply oxygen to breathe. We also had to figure out how we would cope with having very little gravity on the moon and what we would do to protect us from harmful rays from the sun as the moon has no protective atmosphere.

You can see some more moon related photos here.
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October 9th 2019

Lee from Skip-Hop visited the school today and showed some of the amazing activities you can do with skipping ropes. Many of them look difficult but everyone can do them with a little practice.

Have a look here for some more videos.

​Happy skipping everyone.
​27th September 2019
1st and 2nd Classes enjoying their smoothies as part of European Schools Sports Day.
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25th September 2019
Morning walk as part of European Schools Sports Week.
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​25th September 2019
Infants have been busy harvesting the delicious veg from our school garden.
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23rd September 2019
5th and 6th Classes have created some lovely sports related art pieces to tie in with European Schools Sports Week.
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9th September 2019
Enjoying some fresh peas from our garden.
28th August 2019
Welcome back everyone for the new school year
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