Scoil Barra Naofa, Monkstown

Our 3rd, 4th and 5th classes had a fabulous school tour in Cuskinny yesterday!

Congratulations is due again to our 3D Printing group and Ms O' Sullivan, not only did they come first in Ireland on Thursday but on Friday they were among the top six schools in Europe including schools from France and the Czech Republic who had the opportunity to showcase their projects and were again Commended by the judges! 🌟

A huge well done and congratulations to our 5th Class boys who participated in and won the CBC 5th class Rugby Tournament in Landowne last week. The boys played their hearts out and we got received lots of positive compliments about their fabulous rugby skills on the day. Thank you to Denis Ryan for co-ordinating the event and organising some extra training sessions for the team. 👏

Well done to all our pupils who represented SBN in the Cork City Sports today in MTU! Maith sibh 🌟👏

Today we had an extra special Assembly to congratulate our girls on their fabulous Sciath na Scol win yesterday 👏 Our joint captains Chloe & Kayleigh spoke so well acknowledging everyone that helped them along the way. Thanks to our PA for treating the boys and girls to pizzas afterwards!
We are delighted to announce that we have achieved our third flag this year, the Amber Positive Mental Health Flag. Thank you to Ms. Treharne and the Wellbeing Committee for all their hard work this year!
We will have our fingers crossed for our 3D Printing group and Ms. O' Sullivan tomorrow morning when they will find out if they will come in 1st or 2nd place in the National Empower 3D Printing Competition! This is a huge achievement 🌟

What can we say about this exceptional group of girls? Today they played with heart and fierce determination to be crowned Sciath na Scol Camogie Champions for the first time ever in the school's history! It is a day that we will all remember with fond memories! A huge thank you to Ms Power and Ms Hayes for all their efforts training the girls and co ordinating the matches. To Jen for organising the Passage pitches and endless 'lifts' up to the matches and training sessions! To the Board of Management and PA and to the girl's parents for all their support, encouragement, washing jerseys and endless lifts to matches! Thank you to for coaching the girls during the year 👏Finally to the girls respective clubs Passage, Ballygarvan & Nemo for developing the girls skills... They all have a bright future ahead of them and will most definitely inspire the next generation of GAA players in SBN!

Congratulations to our lovely Rang a Dó who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday. It was such a lovely ceremony. Thank you to Mr O' Connell, Jacqui, Mary, Fr. Dave and all involved in the preparation and organisation of the Mass. The sun was definitely shining down on Monkstown! Monkstown Tidy Towns