Summer Salad Harvest

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What a difference a season makes. In the spring we got busy in the school garden and now we can harvest our first crop. The children enjoyed a lovely side salad with their lunches today. We harvested mixed lettuce, radish, onions and cress and added some cherry tomatoes. This was paired with a fantastic homemade olive oil salad dressing – Thanks Mary. We are really looking forward to our main autumn harvest. This is an organic “hands off” garden that will be unattended for the summer so the autumn harvest is very uncertain. Fingers crossed we get a decent crop.

Feel the Force Festival

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The Feel the Force Festival in Dunmanway was a huge success. Fans flocked to Dunmanway town to celebrate all things Star Wars. Local schools created Star Wars-themed artwork for shop window displays, adding even more colour and excitement to the festival. The children were delighted when the festival organisers stopped by to thank them for their creative masterpieces and brought along some lovely treats. The organiser’s complimented the children on their creativity. Everyone is already looking forward about an even bigger and better festival next year!

Medal Presentation

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Today was Medal Presentation Day for our amazing young athletes. The children were thrilled to receive their medals for FAI Soccer, GAA football, and Cork City Sports. Sports are fantastic for children—they get stronger, healthier, and more coordinated while having great fun. Playing sports boosts their self-esteem, improves fitness and teaches them valuable teamwork and communication skills, setting them up for a lifetime of healthy habits.

Graduation Night

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We said a very fond farewell to our current sixth class at our Graduation Celebration last week. We wish them the very best of luck in Secondary school. We are confident that they will all do very well. We had a wonderful night looking back at their time in Togher N.S. and listening to their memories of primary school. The graduation night also featured Medal Presentations, Graduation Gifts, Slideshows, Fís Films and wonderful treats and cakes (A huge thank you to the parents that brought these tasty treats). Thanks to everyone that facilitated this wonderful night. We will truly missed these young men and they will always be welcome back to visit us at Togher N.S.

Pizza Time

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This year we received an Attendance Grant to promote attendance within the school. We decided to use this money to pay for The Great Gusto and pizzas for the children to reward them for their school attendance of 91% this year. Well done everyone. Keep up the good work.

Stream Habitat

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We discovered some fascinating Freshwater Mini Beasts living in our local stream. Our finds included The Great Diving Beetle, The Greater Water Boatman, The Lesser Water Boatman, Stonefly Naiads, Caddis, Worms, Freshwater Snails and larvae. We even caught a couple of young trout.  Stephanie from Heritage in Schools explained the life-cycles of these Freshwater Mini-Beasts and how unpolluted freshwater is vitally important as a habitat for these creatures. The children were delighted to explore the many creatures that live in a freshwater stream before returning them safely to the stream. Stephanie explained the importance of a clean habitat for biodiversity.

Dunmanway Agricultural Show

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We love creating Art here at Togher N.S. The Dunmanway Agricultural Show judges were amazed by the wonderful artworks created by our children as part of their Art Competition. These artworks will be on display at the Dunmanway Agricultural Show on the 7th of July.

Dunmanway Agricultural Show

The history of movies

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In preparation for the Feel The Force Festival in Dunmanway the children in the Senior Room have been exploring the history of film making. The children learned about the early black and white silent movies, camera tricks, early special effects, the work of stunt people, the first “talkies”, the development of special effects, the introduction of technicolour and the development of C.G.I. Of course you can’t watch movies without popcorn – it’s a rule.