Folklore Project is a Big Success!

Storyteller Helena Byrne has been working with Mrs Walshe and the girls from 5th and 6th Class for the past few months.

The girls' project is entitled 'The Magic of Local Lore' and it features stories they gathered from their parents and grandparents.

The exhibition of their stories opened on Friday 8th December, in Castlecomer Library.

It will be available to all during December, please visit and enjoy the rich array of stories. Everything from wedding traditions in Lithuania, to the very first ice-cream shop in 'Comer, to groundbreaking sportswomen, from games and hobbies of the past, to memories of the local mining heritage.

This is an exhibition that is sure to go down in history, itself!

Congratulations to all the pupils involved, to Mrs Walshe and to Helena, for creating such a brilliant resource for us all, and for bringing the past to life.

Shoebox Appeal with Team Hope

Once agian, our school community helped out with the Christmas Shoebox Challenge.

2nd, 3rd and 4th Class brought the boxes into the library, from where they were collected, and taken to the depot in Kilkenny.

Our shoeboxes will be distributed to children in Eastern Europe and in Africa.

Many thanks to all of the families who helped with this initiative this year.

Celebrating Presentation Day in November

Our school motto is Together, We Bring the Light.

This is what everyone in school did on 21st November, the Feast of the Presentation.

All of the pupils and staff, and some special guests, got together in the gym for a special assembly.

This assembly celebrated in song, story and in prayer, our Presentation roots!

We remembered Nano Nagle, who founded the Presentation Sisters in 1775.

Presentation sisters first came to Castlecomer in 1829.

5th and 6th class put on a special production of the Nano Nagle play, which they wrote last year.

Pupils from 1st class brought special symbols and gifts, and led us all in prayer for all of our school community and our families.

It was a great celebration.

See pictures of some of the lanterns made in honour of Nano, also known as The Lady of the Lantern.