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We had a great 4 weeks learning guitar with Jason Moyles recently.

We started by learning how to tune our guitars using a tuner and our ear. We then learned 4 chords and have been practising a lot at home.

This extra-curricular activity has complemented our work in the creative schools project where our overall theme is music and performance.

Jason is a wonderfully talented musician and guitar player and it was a pleasure for the children to work with him. He has been very generous with his time and we are very thankful to him.

To complete our Christmas concert in @Garrymore the pupils sang Daidí na Nollag, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Do You Hear What I Hear?, We Wish You a Merry Christmas and Merry Christmas Everyone. The children performed so well and we are all very proud of them.

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Gortskehy Drama: December 2019 Programme

Philip yawns all day long!  Why?  Because he can’t resist gazing at the stars all night!  The other children complain that his sleepiness ruins their games. But one night when Philip is busy stargazing he spots a moving star, and he can’t resist following it.  While everyone else is asleep, Philip is busy meeting shepherds, sheep, angels and wise men – and then a baby king! It was one exciting adventure.

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Middle Room Christmas Play 2017

In this clip I interveiw Anna from Frozen.  The pupils in the Junior Room are singing Old McDonald and Ireland.

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Djembe drums originated in Africa. They are made with a wooden shell and a head made from animal hide, usually it belongs to a goat.  Lukasz came to our school to teach us about the djembe and others drums. We played the drums and sang songs. We had lots of fun. We made the video in school.  Evan from fourth class is speaking as Mr. Turtle and the presenter is me, Clíona, from sixth class.

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Listen to Megan and Lorna sing ‘My Shepherd is the Lord’.  They sang this beautifully for their Communion Mass on 20/5/12. Well done girls!

Megan and Lorna practising ‘Tagaimis le Chéile’ for their Communion Mass.

Listen to Lorna, Amy and Megan in the Junior room sing ‘A Song To Bridget.’

We made crosses from rushes in honour of St. Bridget, one of Ireland’s patron saints along with Saints Patrick and Columba.

Amy and Rebecca with their crosses.

Thomas with his cross.

Nicola with her cross.

Jamie with his cross.

Rebecca, Amy, Nicola and Rachel with their crosses.

Thomas, Rebecca, Nicola and Amy with their crosses.

Thomas, Conal and Orla with their crosses.

Beautiful St. Brigid's crosses! RT @gortskehy: "Lá Fhéile Bríde" foilsithe ag Rebecca. http://t.co/OEWbFN4q

— Mayo.ie (@MayoDotIE) February 1, 2012

Here are some pictures Thomas took of the first snow we had last week.   Click the play button below to hear us sing ‘Silent Night’ and play tin whistle, guitar, violin and keyboard.

Snow at school.

Sunrise at School.

Our school yard covered in snow.