Hello everyone!
Spring energy is contagious, making everyone start to buzz. Despite a full week of mid-term break, a lot has been packed into this short month, and much more planned for March.
Meitheal
Our incredible parent community came together at school for the Spring Clean Meitheal earlier this month, offering a much-needed helping hand to tackle various tasks. Krzysiek and Conall did a fantastic job coordinating all the volunteers, helping everyone stayed focused. The work included processing wood for fires, splitting and storing firewood for the next season, trimming and tidying bushes, decluttering and reorganising tools and equipment, gardening, and cleaning gutters and drains. No task was too big or too small. Thanks to the effort and good humour of our volunteers, a tremendous amount of work was completed in a short time. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated!
The Sudbury Times
For those who might have missed it on social media, our monthly newsletter now has some serious competition! The Sudbury Times launched its first edition just in time for Valentine’s Day and was met with rave reviews from all sides. Created by students, for students, the paper is a delightful mix of funny, heartwarming stories, interviews, jokes, cartoons, fun facts, and thought-provoking articles. We’re all eagerly awaiting the March edition, set to be released next week.
Trees
We were fortunate to receive a generous supply of native trees from FreeTreesIreland, enabling us to kick-start our Native Woodland project on our school grounds. We’ve dedicated a section of the site to create a small native woodland that will serve as a habitat for wildlife, a space for play, and an outdoor space for learning and recreation. In previous years, we’ve planted fruit trees and some native species as part of a shelter belt. This new initiative will introduce a diverse range of trees, including Oak, Birch, Scots Pine, Alder, and Hazel, across a one-acre area. This addition is a significant enhancement to our school’s landscape and a vital contribution to the local ecosystem, promoting biodiversity and providing a sanctuary for wildlife.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Preparations are underway by a number of students who expressed an interest to take part in this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Sligo town. The theme this year is Queen Maeve so the students are busy making costumes, spears, bows and arrows, shillelaghs along with posters and banners about the school. Some students will be dancing, cycling, roller blading, cartwheeling and generally displaying their talents, while dressed as Queen Maeve or warriors.
We are fortunate to have received some funding support from Creative Ireland to employ an Irish dance teacher who joins us every week to facilitate ceili dancing. This is an intergenerational project welcoming parents, relatives and some neighbours to join us at School to learn some Irish dances with the students. We look forward to sharing our performance and participating in the parade next month in Sligo town.
Thanks to Creative Ireland and Sligo Co. Council for their support