Below, you will find a list of all the posts related to Nicola H in our school from infants to sixth class.
Below, you will find a list of all the posts related to Nicola H in our school from infants to sixth class.

Make Your Sandwich Smile!

Posted by Justin On December - 14 - 2012

 

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Video of our 125th Anniversary

Posted by Máistir Ó Beirn On November - 28 - 2012

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Cróna Esler
by Cróna Esler

 

 

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012.

Nestled in the heart of south Mayo, Gortskehy National School in the parish of Roundfort has been home to generations of local children since 1887. This year, the school celebrates 125 years of educational prowess and recently, Marian Harkin MEP visited the area and unveiled a plaque at the site of the old school.The anniversary celebrations coincided with the visit of representatives from across Europe as part of the 2012-2014 EU Comenius Programme. 18 teachers from France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Estonia and Turkey – whose schools will carry out joint projects with Gortskehy as part of the programme – joined in the celebrations.

Mother Nature was smiling down on the community for the occasion and blue skies provided the backdrop as the oldest past pupil present, John Hession, planted a tree with the help of the school’s youngest pupil Evan Gannon. It was a great day of historical commemoration in Gortskehy. Past pupils and teachers gathered to mark the occasion while Carmen Cullen – niece of the famous late ballad singer and past pupil Delia Murphy – travelled from her home in Wicklow to witness the unveiling.

Fr. Michael Murphy led prayers for all pupils and teachers who have passed through the school over its long history and there was a great welcome for Theresa Higgins, former principal, along with Phil Roche who retired earlier this year. Theresa and Phil served in Gortskehy for over 30 years and, undoubtedly, it wouldn’t have been the same without them there.

The event also provided an opportunity for the community to welcome Niamh Naughton who was appointed permanent teacher in the school in September. Delighted to be part of the celebrations, the visiting teachers enjoyed a display of hurling and gaelic football and were thrilled to receive gifts of scarves, generously sponsored by Foxford Woollen Mills.

Later, the celebrations continued in Delia Murphy’s Bar in Roundfort, where the pupils performed music, song and dance to the delight of all.

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1939 - A Time to RememberPast pupil, Delia Murphy, recorded The Blackbird, The Spinning Wheel and Three Lovely Lassies for HMV, London, in 1939.  The Spinning Wheel featured on the album ‘1939 – A Time to Remember’ along with the timeless classic by Al Bowlly, Love is the Sweetest Thing. Both recordings feature in the above video of our 125th anniversary. We’re grateful to Justin (6th class) and past pupils James and Patrick for taking the video.

Foxford Woollen Mills

Sincere thanks to Joe Queenan, Managing Director of Foxford Woollen Mills who generously sponsored Foxford scarves as a gift for our European guests.

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Our Smartphone App

Posted by Enda On June - 21 - 2012

Here are QR codes for you to download our game as a mobile app. If you haven’t got a QR reader on your phone download something like QuickMark from your app store. It’s free! Then open QuickMark and point your phone camera at the QR code for your device. QuickMark will give you a link to click on. This will download Save My Life to your device.  Click on the QR code for your device before scanning.

If you’re viewing this on a phone you can use these links to download: Download game for Android;  Download game for Windowsphone;  Download game for Symbian;  Download game for WebOS;  Download game for Blackberry.

If you have an iphone or ipad (or a version of android before Icecream Sandwich) and want to play the game online click here.

Kill 20 monsters to move to level 2. Contact us here with any problems.

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Fresh Film Festival Award

Posted by Marie On June - 18 - 2012
Here we are receiving our National Film Award for Visual Style at the Fresh Film Festival, Limerick. The prize was presented by Jayne Foley (Artistic Director of the Fresh Film Festival) and Louis Lovett (best know as Dieter in Killinaskully).
Here we are receiving our National Film Award for Visual Style at the Fresh Film Festival, Limerick. The prize was presented by Jayne Foley (Artistic Director of the Fresh Film Festival) and Louis Lovett (best know as Dieter in Killinaskully).
Here we are in Limerick  before receiving our prize.
Here we are in Limerick before receiving our prize.

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Our film in Mayo Movie World

Posted by Rebecca On June - 14 - 2012
Gortskehy pupils getting ready to go into the cinema.
Gortskehy pupils getting ready to go into the cinema.
Megan, Amy, Nicola and Diane waiting for the movies to come on.
Megan, Amy, Nicola and Diane waiting for the movies to come on.
Amy and Rebecca.
Amy and Rebecca.
Rebecca, Amy, Gortskehy teachers and Pat Concannon, the manager of Mayo Movieworld, Castlebar
Rebecca, Amy, Gortskehy teachers and Pat Cannon, the manager of Mayo Movieworld, Castlebar.
A scene from the cinema - watching our movie 'Job Done'.
A scene from the cinema – watching our movie ‘Job Done’.

On Thursday June 14th we went to Castlebar Movie World. Our 5 minute movie ‘Job Done’ was being shown along with 5 other schools in Mayo. We all got popcorn and drinks. We all enjoyed our day out!

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