Category: Knockainey School News

Well done to both our Boys Hurling and Girls Camogie teams who have represented the school in the last few weeks.

Both teams played Kilmallock, Bruree and Bruff. These were hard fought games and both teams gave their all in each of the games.

Well done to all involved.

Today we celebrated Ireland’s 50th year Anniversary of being a EU member country. The children learned the following points.

• The European union has 27 member countries.

• Today is the 50^th Anniversary of Ireland joining the European Communities.

• The EU Flag has a circle of 12 Stars on a blue background (See flag hanging outside flagpole)

• The circle of stars stands for 1.Unity, 2.Solidarity and 3.Harmony.

• The EU motto is “United in Diversity”.

• The EU Anthem is “Ode to Joy”

When we saw the huge effort put in by all children for our recent An Post Handwriting Competition we decided to run our own in house competition to acknowledge same! We welcomed back retired staff members Margaret Hartnett, Maureen O’Donnell and Angela Murphy to judge the competition. The high standard in each classroom was noted by the judges. Two prizes were awarded in each class – Winner for Best Handwriting and Winner for Outstanding Effort. 

Congratulations/Comhghairdeas to the 16 winners of our in-school handwriting competition. 

Junior Infants – Eva Flavin and Lily Walsh 

Senior Infants – Rían Hallissey and Rebecca Rice 

1^st Class – Emily Bennett and Joe Corbett 

2^nd Class – Isla Foley and Craig Madden 

3^rd Class – Ava Phoenix Casey and Ezabella Creamer 

4^th Class – Leo Thimmasani and Jack Lynch 

5^th Class – Ruth O’Connell and Conor Hickey 

6^th Class – Eliza Terren Hogan and Fiona Reale 

Everyone received a certificate of participation and a pencil/biro. Keep up the good work everyone!!! 

A huge Congratulations to our First Holy Communicants 2023

Each and every child looked beautiful as they received Jesus for the first time. These children are a credit to their school, parents and the community. Huge thanks to our children’s choir, and all who helped to make the day so special.

A special word to Ms. Morris who prepared the class so well for their special day. Her hard work and dedication really showed in each of the children today. Well done Ms. Morris!

We wish to thank the Parent’s Association for running the annual Easter Egg raffle throughout the classrooms.

It brought great excitement to the classrooms everyday. Congratulations to all the lucky winners.

Also on this day we celebrated ‘Rock your socks’ day for World Down Syndrome Day.

Any monies generated from the Easter Raffle was donated to Down Syndrome Limerick.

Thank you all for your support.

This week the boys and girls in our school completed their annual spring clean.

We set out around our local village and collected any rubbish we came across.

Knockainey once again this year has proven to be a very tidy and well kept
community.  This is a testament to the wider community and also the tidy towns committee, all of who clearly have great pride in their little village.

Many thanks to all the pupils, staff and especially to our Green School committee for organising this initiative.

Míle buíochas,
The Green School Committee.

Well done to all our 5-a-side soccer teams who travelled to Sean Choill in Corbally last Friday for the FAI Primary Schools Soccer competition. We had a fantastic day out and all the children really enjoyed the day despite the weather conditions. Well done to all who participated.