In Loving Memory of Michael Morris
Our whole school community was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our dear friend Michael Morris on July 18th. Michael was our caretaker, who looked after our school with pride. Michael had a kind and cheerful word for everyone he met. He loved to chat to all the staff and children. He had a warm and infectious personality, and a great sense of humour. We have fond memories of Michael playing soccer with the children, or sharing a joke with them. Together with Patricia, our friend and retired Deputy Principal, they were the ‘dream team’ at school. They ensured that the school was maintained to the highest standard.
Michael’s sense of fun and good nature will be greatly missed by everyone in St. Comán’s Wood. He was a true character who always left a smile on everyone’s face.
To his beloved wife Patricia, cherished daughters Máire, Orna, Aisling, we extend our deepest sympathies. To Michael’s sisters Mary and Bríd, brothers Jerome and Noel, to Deirdre and all the Morris and Horan families, we offer our condolences to you all.
In the words of Rev. Fr. Kevin Fallon in his homily at Michael’s funeral, we have lost a ‘legend’. Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
Christmas
Well done to the pupils in senior infants, 1st class, 3rd class and 5th class for their wonderful performances in their Christmas plays. It was a busy week in St. Comán's Wood, with 4 evenings of singing, dancing, acting and making memories! Thank you to all of the pupils and their teachers and other staff members, who all put in a huge amount of work in the weeks leading up to their evening performance.
Our school choir and children from 4th class brought some Christmas cheer to the town, singing carols outside Tesco on Friday. Please check out our Instagram and Facebook pages for more pictures and videos of these recent events.
Roscommon County Council Greener Spaces Awards Ceremony 2024
The Greener Spaces Award, which is open for community groups and primary schools to enter, highlights efforts being made in enhancing and maintaining their outdoor spaces throughout the county. St. Comán’s Wood P.S. were awarded 'The Sustainable School Award 2024'. The judges were very impressed with the beautiful gardens and also the wide use of sustainable materials to enhance our green spaces. Well done to those who continually work to enhance our green spaces in St. Comán’s!
Pictured below is teacher Ms. Joan Mannion, SNA Ms. Róisín Rogerson and 3 representatives from our Green School Committee, John, Kornelia and Paddy, who are involved in our garden projects and accepted the award on behalf of our school.
Chess Tournament
Congratulations to the chess teams from 5th/6th and 3rd/4th who did brilliantly in an online tournament recently. 5th/6th came 2nd overall and 3rd/4th came 5th overall. They were competing against schools nationwide and there were over 100 schools taking part. Well done to everyone!
Thank you all for supporting our Bake Sale on Friday. We were blown away by the amount of baked goods that were donated for the sale. Thanks also to everyone who bought cakes and generously donated money to the school. It was a great success! Well done to our 6th class children, who organised and ran the day from start to finish. They were fantastic!
Herb Garden
Some of our 3rd and 4th class pupils have been having fun promoting healthy eating. This week, they took home herbs grown in their school garden. They have also been busy designing signs for their garden. Well done to Mr. Murphy and all of the children involved in this project. There's lots more to come, so watch this space!
Curious Minds - Discover STEM
Our school has recently entered Science Foundation Ireland's (SFI) Curious Minds - Discover STEM 2024 awards. We were delighted that our school won a Curious Minds Gold Award for our entry in 2023 and have also been awarded Plaques of Excellence in the DPSM awards in previous years. We are very proud of our achievements in STEM and wish to share the work we've done with you.
The awards have 5 components: Science, Maths, Engineering, Technology and Showcase. Click on the links to see what STEM activities our school has been involved in. A big 'thank you' to Ms. Mannion and Ms. Duignan who organised many of the activities and put together and submitted our application.
The Discover Primary Science and Maths (DPSM) programme has been rebranded as Curious Minds. Curious Minds is part of Science Foundation Ireland’s Education and Public Engagement Programme, which aims to increase interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among students, teachers and members of the public. The programme originated as Discover Primary Science and Maths (DPSM) in 2003 with the goal of introducing primary school students to science in a practical, hands-on, enjoyable and interactive way. Since 2010 the programme has been run in conjunction with the European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) Ireland which uses space to inspire and engage young people in science and technology in the world around them. Year after year teachers tell us that our primary school awards are a great way of involving everyone in science in the school.
Click here for more information about the awards
The GLOBE Programme
Cumann na mBunscol Champions!
What a month for St. Comán's Wood! Huge congratulations to our boys' rounders team and our girls' football team who both won their county finals this week and brought the shields back to our school for the first time in many years. Well done to all of the players on the teams. A big thank you to Ms. Mannion, Mr. Cregg and Mr. Hynes who coached the football team this year and Ms. Tansey who coached the rounders teams. We also want to mention the players on our other sports teams, who didn't win this year, but played their hearts out and gave it their all. We are immensely proud of each and every one of you!
Amber Flag Award
We are delighted to announce that St. Comán's Wood have been awarded their very first Amber Flag from Pieta House. This award is presented to schools who make a conscious effort to promote and improve the well-being and mental health of their school community. St. Comán's Wood began the process at the beginning of the academic year and began by setting up an Amber Flag committee made up of a selection of students from each class. Together with leading teachers, Ms McNeill and Mr Morelli, the committee worked hard throughout the year to make positive changes and to co-ordinate events to promote positive mental health and well-being in our students, teachers and parents. Congratulations to the committee and the whole school community on this fantastic achievement. Our Amber Flag was raised by special guest, Mrs Morris, on both sites on Wednesday, June 22nd. Have a look at some of the photos from the day on St. Comán's Wood Twitter page here.
End of Year Assembly
We had a final assembly to mark the end of the school year. We celebrated this year's success in sports, with the players from our camogie, hurling, football and rounders teams being presented with their medals and shields. Well done to everyone who participated on all of our teams this year and thank you to the staff who coached them! We had a final farewell for our 6th classes, who are leaving us today. We wish each and every one of them a lifetime of happiness and success as they move on to secondary school!
Cycle on Wednesday
It was national 'Cycle on Wednesday' day on Wednesday, 15th May. A number of our children took to the road on their bicycles to travel to and from school. The event was part of National Bike Week, an initiative ran by Green Schools in partnership with the National Transport Authority. It is a celebration of active travel, sustainable transport and simply the joys of cycling a bike! Well done to everyone who took part!
Curious Minds - Discover STEM
Our school has recently entered Science Foundation Ireland's (SFI) Curious Minds - Discover STEM 2024 awards. We were delighted that our school won a Curious Minds Gold Award for our entry in 2023 and have also been awarded Plaques of Excellence in the DPSM awards in previous years. We are very proud of our achievements in STEM and wish to share the work we've done with you.
The awards have 5 components: Science, Maths, Engineering, Technology and Showcase. Click on the links to see what STEM activities our school has been involved in. A big 'thank you' to Ms. Mannion and Ms. Duignan who organised many of the activities and put together and submitted our application.
The Discover Primary Science and Maths (DPSM) programme has been rebranded as Curious Minds. Curious Minds is part of Science Foundation Ireland’s Education and Public Engagement Programme, which aims to increase interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among students, teachers and members of the public. The programme originated as Discover Primary Science and Maths (DPSM) in 2003 with the goal of introducing primary school students to science in a practical, hands-on, enjoyable and interactive way. Since 2010 the programme has been run in conjunction with the European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) Ireland which uses space to inspire and engage young people in science and technology in the world around them. Year after year teachers tell us that our primary school awards are a great way of involving everyone in science in the school.
Click here for more information about the awards
The GLOBE Programme
Bake Sale
6th class ran a very successful Bake Sale on both the Junior and Senior Site on 13th February. It was a great day! We would like to thank our very generous pupils and their families for donating such a large amount of baked goods and for buying treats at our Bake Sale. Thank you to our 6th class pupils and their teachers and SNAs for organising and running the day. Click on the image below to be redirected to our instagram page where you can see pictures from the day.
Essay Competition Winners
Well done to our 6th class pupils Ciarra Keane and Barsala Khan, who both won awards in the Roscommon Drama Festival essay competition. They attended the awards ceremony and reception in Áras an Chontae on Wednesday, 21st February. Congratulations girls!
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Connaught Cross Country Champions!
Amazing results from Tuam today!
Massive congratulations to the 5th/6th class girls' team: Sarah Kelly, Juliette Fallon, Ciarra Keane, Emily Gately, Heidi Crean, Catherine Doyle and Michaela Noone, who came in first place in the Connaught Cross Country Championships today in the Palace, Tuam.
