Talbot Senior National School

A big THANK YOU to James Glancy, the Games Promotions Officer in Round Towers GAA Club for training our 3rd classes in term 1 & 2. He has done great work with the children. Round Towers have great facilities and cater for boys and girls of all ages, in football, hurling and camogie. Being part of a team is a great way to develop your skills and make new friends – you don’t need to be brilliant at it, as long as you are willing to try hard, you can achieve anything!

The club are holding an Easter Camp over the holidays. All the information is on the leaflet.

Yes, congratulations to so many of you for entering the handwriting competition. And a special congratulations to the following five children, all with gorgeous handwriting. They were selected from the hundreds of entries for the An Post/INTO handwriting competition. Soon their handwriting will be judged in the All-Ireland national competition!

Please congratulate:

• Katelyn Byrne of Ms Ní Dhuill’s 4th class
• Roisin Daly O’Neill of Mr Bannon’s 6th class
• Coleen Imperial of Ms Shaw’s 3rd class
• Aaliyah Yusuf of Ms Ward’s 5th class, and
• Rebecca O’Neill of Mr Coleman’s 5th class.

Why handwrite? People who write words using handwriting instead of “one-letter-at-a-time” writing normally do really well in school — and so schoolwork is easier for them! So, when possible, choose to handwrite — that way, once you get good at it, your schoolwork will be easier and easier and easier and…

This term, our class (Ms. Byrne’s 3rd class)  have been learning all about how to write good narrative stories! Last week, we had a competition to see who could write the best Orientation (setting) for a narrative. The title given was “Mr Ruddy’s Scary Day”.

The winners were Taha, Ryan and Eva! You can read their orientations here: