The children really enjoyed a wide range of wellbeing activities this week. They had great fun during Cosmic Kids Yoga, Mindfulness, Essential Oils Air Fresheners, Peer Reading and Peer Yard Games. It’s great to bring the older and younger children together for these activities. Activities involving the younger and older children helps the children to build social relationships which provide opportunities for friendship, empathy and shared emotions.
Congratulations to our children who received the Sacrament of Confirmation yesterday. Thanks to Fr. Tom Hayes, Fr. Pat O’Donovan and Fr. Crowley for a wonderful ceremony.
Tomorrow is the big day for our children receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation so we all celebrated with this delicious strawberry and cream cake.
The Easter Bunny paid an early visit to Togher N.S. The children were delighted to search for the little treats he left for them in the school-yard.
On Friday we held a Lá Glas to mark the end of Seachtain na Gaeilge! The children made brown bread and butter as part of our celebrations.
We had a wonderful day at the Dunmanway St. Patrick’s Day Parade. A huge thank you to everyone that walked with the school. 
As part of our Seachtaine na Gaeilge celebrations here at Togher N.S. the children in the Junior Room enjoyed the opportunity to practice and show their Irish Dancing moves. 
The children were busy this week creating Mother’s Day cards and artworks ready for the big day.
The children have been learning about the Procedural Writing genre. Procedural Writing is a specific form of writing that provides instructions on the procedure necessary to accomplish a goal. This week the children wrote step by step recipes for baking brownies. As Togher N.S. has a “hands on – minds on” philosophy obviously the children had to explore the procedure involved in making and enjoying tasty brownies.
Roger and Lisa from the S.C.P. called this week to give the children their Attendance Certificates and prizes. Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways to prepare a child for success—both in school and in life. School attendance is important to support children’s achievement, wellbeing, and wider development and regular engaged school attendance is a strong predictor of successful educational outcomes.
