After weeks of preparation we were finally ready to stage our annual Christmas play. This year’s production was called Baboushka –a Russian folk tale. Baboushka, the perfect house wife was so busy cleaning her house she was unaware of the special happenings in the stable nearby where the baby Jesus was born. All the pupils […]
The community gathered on Sunday night to turn on the lights on the christmas tree. Each pupil made a decoration to hang on it. The children then released their balloons into the night sky. What a wonderful sight. Tea and refreshments were enjoyed by all in the school afterwards. Happy Christmas to one and all. […]
On Wednesday 23rd November Lismore Mobile Science Workshop visited the school. The senior room had lessons on chemical reactions – mixing bases and acids and enjoying the results of these experiments. They also learned about forensic science techniques and used these working as CSI agents in solving crime scenes. The junior room students a workkshop […]
The Liam MacCarthy and Irish Press cups were brought to our school on Wednesday 23rd November by Donagh Maher, a member of the senior team and Shane Neville who played on the minor team. The pupils enjoyed seeing the cup in the school and hearing about the success of the Tipperary Minor and Senior hurling […]
Before going to the concert the pupils listened to classical and modern music and practised modern songs based on the theme ‘ Colours in Music’. The pupils enjoyed the concert thoroughly and sang along to the popular songs ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow, I can sing a Rainbow and the rock and roll number People Purple […]
Pupils arrived to school in their scary Halloween costumes on Friday 28th October. There was great fun and excitement as the children showed off their wonderful creations. As the weather was fine the children were able to enjoy playing outside in their very colourful costumes.
Two fire officers from Tipperary fire station visited the school on the 25th October and spoke to the children about the dangers that surround the Halloween festival and they also spoke about precautions to be taken in the event of a house fire. Garda Rob Lynch, school liason officer, spoke to the children about the […]
The pupils in the junior room had great fun exploring how to make square corners/right angled corners from concrete material in the classroom. They enjoyed making 3D shapes with Mag Snaps, they were delighted to make shapes with Polydrons. The junior and senior infants had great fun making buildings out of 3D sponge shapes. They […]
Jim Kissane started tag rugby coaching on Friday the 21st of October for all pupils at Cullen NS. It was their first experience of playing tag rugby and all were very enthusiastic with learning a new sport.
A fundraising officer, Edel from the National Rehab Hospital in Dublin and Mary Bradshaw, Cullen came to the school today. they wanted to thank the pupils and parents of Cullen for their fundraising efforts of raising Euro 3.533.85 to support the hospital. Both Edel and Mary informed the pupils of the great work that is […]