Best wishes to Chloe, Rían and John who have finished their time in Aughrim N.S. We wish them the very best of luck in secondary school. We have no doubt that they will continue to succeed and do themselves and their families proud.

We finished off our year with a Sports Day on Monday. We had all the traditional races as well as stations and co operative games. Well done to all who took part!

Mrs. Devaney’s classroom had a lovely day out to Ardcarne Garden Centre and Lough Key Forest Park. The children learned about different plants and herbs and were then treated to hot chocolate and brownies in the cafe. After that they had great fun in the playground at Lough Key.

We did a project on Aughrim’s history. We made clay models and a posters on different parts of the history of Kilmore. We had an exhibition in school to display and present our projects to our families. We also invited all of our grandparents to come to the school. The junior room did projects about their grandparents. We dressed up in old style clothes. We did our projects in teams. It was a great day.

By Ben Hunt

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This is Birch the border collie and his shepherd Paul from Newport Shepherds in Co. Mayo. Birch was born in Connemara. Birch only eats one time a day, he eats nuts and chicken. Border Collies are the smartest dogs and they come from Scotland. They only listen to their owner. Border Collies are trained from eleven months. It takes four years for a Border Collie to be trained. The dog has to be healthy. The dog has commands to learn. Birch is a working dog. If he has nothing to do, he will tear things and start barking then you have to tell him ‘no’ and then you can reward him when he is good.

By Ava Collier 2^nd Class

Ava recently entered a competition in the News Flash magazine and was the lucky winner of this lovely orange hoodie. Well done Ava!

On Friday the 24^th of May we went on our school tour. We left the school at half nine and arrived at Roosky at 10 o’clock. We started off by doing some archery and then went on to do some rock climbing. After that we did an obstacle course and had lunch. After lunch we got ready to get in the water. In the water we did some kayaking. After the kayaking we went on the mud slide. Last we did some pier jumping which was really fun. Finally, we got changed and went home.

As my last school tour, I am very happy we choose to go to Roosky Adventure Centre.

By Chloe Connellan

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As part of our local history Creative Cluster project, we visited Rathcroghan mound and the Rathcroghan Visitor Centre in Tulsk. Rathcroghan, often referred to as the Sacred Capital of Connacht, stands as Europe’s oldest and largest unexcavated royal site.

Our visit was an enjoyable experience, where we delved deep into the historical significance of the area and immersed ourselves in the captivating tales of Queen Méabh and her warriors.

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Children from the Senior room recently took part in a soccer blitz in Lecarrow and a basketball blitz in Castlerea. Well done to all!

To celebrate World Book Day the children did various activities throughout the week such as book reviews, designing  a new book cover and character profiles. Children also built models of their favourite books and on Thursday they presented them to the rest of the school. Also on Thursday the children worked in pairs and groups to complete a book scavenger hunt. Well done to all the children on their hard work!