Senior Infants celebrated World Down Syndrome Day on the 21st of March. The whole school wore odd socks & brought in a total of €…… for Down Syndrome Ireland. Senior Infants had fun drawing odd socks with chalk outside. Some of the children served ice cream to their class to celebrate the day.

Senior Infants recently celebrated World Book Day by bringing in their favourite book & making their own bookmark. They told their classmates why it was their favourite book.

The girls and boys had a lovely day in advance of the St. Patrick’s Day weekend with our Shiúl Mór followed by our Ceolchoirm, Mr. Lawlor acting as M.C.

Ratheniska NS participated in the schools Cross Country event in Rathleague on Friday the 3rd of May. We had 16 runners on the day who all did the school very proud and ran brilliantly. A special mention to Molly Conroy who received a bronze medal for 4th in the Junior Girls race and to Grace Fennelly who also received a bronze medal for placing 5th in the Senior Girls race. Well done to all!

Second Class celebrated the sacrament of First Holy Communion on Saturday 20th April in the beautifully refurbished church in Ratheniska. It was a beautiful day on this very special occasion for the girls and boys.

Whilst learning all about the Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt, the children of 3rd Class went and built their own tombs – complete with mummies!

The children drew posters inspired by this years theme ‘Planet vs Plastics’ and learned about the impacts of plastic on the earth. They also discussed ways in which they can recycle and reuse materials.