Well done Nuadha.

The Eason Spelling Bee 2018 Leinster Final took place in the Eason store on O’Connell St, Dublin. 12. Super spellers battled it out in a vigorous competition. Cian Cashman from Bennekerry National School was the Carlow representative. Cian made it to the final two. Well done Cian!!!

This has been a very successful week on the sporting front in Bennekerry N.S. Both our boys and girls teams took home the cup in this football competition which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday 22nd and 23rd May. This was, in fact, a “double double” as we won both finals last year also. Comhgháirdeas mór daoibh go léir and once,again great credit goes to Ms. Tomlinson and Mr. Curry.

History was made recently when our boys hurling team qualified for the Cumann na mBunscol Hurling Final for the first time ever. This match will take place next Wednesday night in the Centre of Excellence in Fenagh. The time has not yet been fixed but we will let you know and all support is welcome.  We are so delighted for the team and of course, Ms. Tomlinson and Mr. Curry who have put in many hours in organising games and training the team. Go n-éiri libh ar an gCeadaoin seo chugainn.

The Bennekerry Gardening club have been working very hard over the last few weeks and have been making the best of the nice weather! In the last two weeks we have been working on our vegetable patches at the back of the school. Firstly, we cleared the beds of weeds and old bulbs and  we prepared them for planting. Then the fun began!

We wish Michaela Deenadayalan the best of luck as she and her family attend a prize-giving ceremony for the Rotary Club Photography Competition on Monday next, 14th May. Micahela has been asked to say a few words about the competition, her own photograph and how she feels about being awarded second place overall. 

The "Bags to School" initiative which was organised by our very active Parents'Association was a great success. 307 bags were collected in total. Thank you so much to those of you who kindly donated and a huge heartfelt thanks also to the parents who gave up their time to supervise the drop offs and collections. All monies raised will be put to good use and we have already purchased new equipment which will help in implementing the Aistear programme in the Infant classes. 

Prize winners for the Easter Raffle were:

The Eason's Spelling Bee County Final took place here today  in Bennekerry National School.