Burren Centre Competition by Kayleigh Shannon

In 2015 we were invited to take part in an art competition for the

Burren Centre Kilfenora. We had to submit an entry for how The

Burren Centre and The Kilfenora Ceilí Band Parlour will look in 2050.

We were put into teams of four. Each team was assigned a differ-

ent room in the centre. When the teams finished each picture, we

joined them all up and it formed one big picture.

A few months later, in April 2016 Múinteoir Carmel got a letter invit-

ing us to visit the Centre. We met some people who manage the

Centre, one of which was my uncle (Seán Shannon). They told us

we had won the competition and we were delighted.

For our prize we were given a tour of the Centre, a cheque and a

book on the Burren. The Centre was really fun and at the end and

we were treated a huge feast of cookies, muffins, sweets and

drinks. My favourite part was the feast at the end!

They are going to keep our entry and display it in nine years’ time

when the Centre is 50 years old. Imagine we will be in our twenties

by then!

New Quay

Summer 2016

news St. Colman’s National School

On Friday the 17th of June we had a flag raising ceremony to celebrate gain-

ing our fifth green flag for Biodiversity and an Art Exhibition of our Art work

completed during the year.

We went outside to watch the flag raising ceremony when our local musi-

cians Chris Droney, Séan Tyrrell and Gary O’Brien raised the new flag.

Then we went inside into the exhibition room and several parents were

awarded with cards in honour of all the help that they had given us this year.

Flag Raising & Art Exhibition by Mia Farrell

GREEN FLAG NEWS

Enjoy the Summer holi-

days!

School reopens on Wed

31st August

GREEN FLAG NEWS

Lots of members of the New Quay community came to celebrate with us

and we were very happy.

We then tucked into all the different tarts, buns, cookies and other delicious

treats that were piled on the tables while everyone looked at the many

paintings, drawings and other forms of art that we had made this year with

Cate King and Ellie Farrell in our monthly ‘Art Appreciation Classes’. While

they were walking around Séan, Gary, Chris and his granddaughter Ciara

played some lovely tunes.

All in all it was a very enjoyable day and thanks to everyone who helped out

and the Parents’ Association for the goodies!!!

Flag Raising & Art Exhibition by Mia Farrell

School Hurling by Tommy Fahy

On the 7th of April 2016 Tubber/Boston/New Quay/Ballyvaughan played a

hurling blitz in Inagh. The first match was against Inagh/Kilamona. Unfortu-

nately we lost. The weather was very bad so we let in a few easy goals. The

score was 1 goal 2 points to 6 goals 7 points. The next game was against Inis

Beag and we played very well. We won by 1 point. The score at the end was

2 goals 1 point to 2 goals.

On 27th of May 2016 the team played a Hurling Blitz. The first game was

against Kilnaboy. The scores were level at the end of the match, 1 goal and

4 points apiece. Both teams played very well. The second match was also

very close. It was against Connolly. Unfortunately we lost by two points. At

the end Pappy Taaffe had a close up free, which if it went in, would have

won the match for us. Unfortunately it was saved. The score at the end was 1

goal 4 points to 1 goal 6 points.

We would like to thank the parents who supported us, all the teachers who

let us go to the matches and Pat Taaffe and Noel Clancy for being our

coaches.

down by 6 points early on, we played better in the second half and we won

by 10 points in the end.

Our last game was against Clouna /Furglan. We lost that game also, so we

were knocked out of the league.

A big THANK YOU to

Eileen for coaching us

in Basketball all year

and also to Bernard for

all the chess lessons.

We really enjoyed

them!

Our last swimming class

at the start of this

term. Great progress

was made by everyone.

SPORTING NEWS

Girls’ Football by Sinéad O Dea

On the 9th of June the Girls’ football team played two matches against Lis-

doonvarna and Lahinch in Ballyvaughan. We won the first match against

Lahinch 4-6 – 0-6. Sadly we lost the second to Lisdoon 2-5 – 4-0. At the end of

the afternoon all three teams had won one match and lost one.

On the 16th of June we met again in the Kilfenora GAA grounds to replay the

matches. We played great games winning our two matches comfortably and

were very happy to be in the final.

In the final we played Doonbeg. We played skilfully but unfortunately lost by 3

points. The score was 1-5 – 1-2 to Doonbeg. Lisa Shields got all our scores. It

was great to see everyone play and in the end we had a great day.

We would like to thank our coaches Múinteoir Mary and Annie Nolan.

Boys’ Football by Paddy Nolan

During the months of May and June we joined with Carron, Ballyvaughan

and Fanore schools for the football leagues. We were in a group with Kilkee,

Kilfenora, Liscannor and Clouna/Furglan. First we played Kilkee and we won

as a result of a goal from a free kick that Lorcan Doolin from Ballyvaughan

scored.

The second game we played was against Kilfenora. Sadly we lost that game.

Then we played Liscannor and although we didn’t start that well and were

The senior room performed a play on 1916 on the 14th of April 2016. It was

called ‘A triumph of All Sorts’ We practiced for 2 months.

The play was about the 1916 rising. The play began with the Narrators ex-

plaining 1916 and afterwards, there was a funeral for O Donovan Rossa.

(Chloe, Tommy, Paddy and I brought a board with a dummy on it which was

O Donovan Rossa.) Cha and Mixer (Caoimhe and Líle) were two Dublin

characters talking about the events. They were talking about going to the

races on Easter Monday 1916. Mixer wanted to put a shilling on a horse

called All Sorts. Cha thought it was a bad idea. When Cha and Mixer left the

stage, Padráig Pearse, Tom Clarke, Thomas Mac Donagh, James Connolly

and Joseph Plunkett entered to read the Proclamation.

Next James Connolly got shot on the leg and he was nursed by Elizabeth O

Farrell. Two British Soldiers came on stage and talked about going to France

to fight in World War 1. When they left the stage, Grace Gifford entered in

her wedding dress and veil, with a priest. Two British Soldiers brought in Jo-

seph Plunkett. Joseph and Grace got married and afterwards the two British

Soldiers brought Joseph out and then the British shot him dead 16 hours after

his wedding.

At the end of the play we all went on stage and bowed.

A Triumph of All Sorts by Sara Shields

Holy Communion

This year’s Holy Communion

girls Hannah, Miriam and Sa-

rah Anne were joined by Seán

on 22nd May in a lovely mass

at New Quay.

Congratulations to Mia Farrell

who was highly commended

in the Blue Flag Art Competi-

tion held by Clare County

Council Environmental Sec-

tion. She was awarded a prize

at the school.

Well done Mia!

On the 17th of June we went to Bishops Quarter beach on a Science day. We

went with the Burren Outdoor Education Centre. The weather was cold and

windy.

When we arrived at Bishops Quarter we were split into two groups: the older

classroom and the younger classroom. Our first port of call was the tent

which the BOEC had pitched on the beach. We left our bags there.

The older group started off by going down to the shore to look at the rock

pools, where we found butterfish, blenny, starfish and lots of crabs, while the

smaller classes did a treasure hunt. Then we swapped over. When we finished

that we had lunch in the tent.

After lunch we did some orienteering and we finished off with some crab fish-

ing. We caught the crabs with some cardboard, string, sausages and hair-

nets.

We all had a great time.

Science Day at Bishop’s Quarter Beach by Chloe Fahy

Sixth Class 2016 by

On our last week of school we were

treated to a day at the beach surf-

ing courtesy of BOEC with tutors Jess

Buckley and Ger Cullen. We had a

great time splashing in the waves .

Thanks to Jess for organising it!!

Fun in Fanore with BOEC

This year 5th & 6th Class from Carron and New Quay were confirmed together

in St. Colman’s Church, New Quay on 19th May. A lovely ceremony with si-

niging and music performed by students past and present. Artwork by the stu-

dents decorated the walls of the church and everyone looked beautiful in

their lovely outfits.

Confirmation Class 2016

European Day

On Tuesday the 21st of June the Junior room went on their school tour to Turoe

Pet farm in Loughrea, County Galway.

At Turoe Pet farm they have a huge pet farm, 2 large indoor play areas, Jun-

gle Town and Inflatable City. The most popular animals are peacocks, cows,

rabbits, ponies, pigs, donkeys, goats and sheep.

When they arrived the Juniors went on a walk around to see the animals fol-

lowed by some playtime in the outdoor playground. At around 11:30 they

went inside to eat their lunch and play in the indoor soft area called Jungle

Town. After that they went to Inflatable City which is a massive bouncy castle.

As they were so good and well behaved they all got a delicious ice-cream.

They all had a fabulous day and would love to go again.

SCHOOL TOURS

A big THANK YOU to the Parents’ Committee for Funding this year’s

tours!! We really enjoyed them!

Junior Room Tour

by Rachel Daly

On Monday the 13th of June the senior classroom went to the Kingfisher Club

NUI Galway. Sinéad came on the school tour even though she was unable to

do most of the activities because of her broken leg. In the Kingfisher Club

there are a few small rooms and one huge room reserved for Lets Go Summer

Camp, which we went to. Let’s Go Summer Camp is an activity packed

camp. There are lots of bouncy castles with different activities on them.

First of all we were partnered with a school from Portumna. Our first activity

was a water bed bouncy castle activity. We wore helmets and tried to walk

on the water bed. Then we went upstairs to do some cup stacking. Sinéad

was able to do this activity. First, we stacked three cups, then we stacked six

cups. We also went in a disco bouncy castle where you got to dance to mu-

sic.

Next we went in a zorbie and got pushed down a slide. It was so fun and I

think it was the best activity. We also went on a bouncy castle slide where we

raced against Portumna. We won the race but just by five seconds. We went

on an obstacle course bouncy castle and raced against Portumna. Again

New Quay School won.

We went on a climbing wall where they set you three levels to try to get to.

We also went on roller racers and were put into teams and had to race

against each other. We went on a wrecking ball bouncy castle where four

people stand on cubes and hit one big ball at each other. We also went on a

wobbly ladder bouncy castle where you try and get to the top of the ladder.

We played a memory game where you have to get from the start to the finish

of a twister board. We had so much fun and to top it all off we got to go to

Subway after our school tour.

Senior Room Tour by Caoimhe Kerin