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A very special visitor – Sonia O’Sullivan!

by Ms. O Connell | Oct 18, 2021 | Walterstown NS Blog

We had the pleasure of welcoming Olympic Silver Medallist and local star Sonia O’Sullivan to Walterstown National School today. Sonia came with Trevor Cummins and did a short athletics workshop with every class in the school.

Everyone was delighted to have a Cobh legend at the school, even though we were a little starstruck! Sonia even modelled the school hat, designed by Rang 6 (more info on this coming soon!).

It was a very exciting day and everyone had fun exercising with Sonia and Trevor.

A huge thanks to them both for sharing their time and expertise with us. We hope they will visit again soon!

Junior and Senior Infants - Sonia O'Sullivan workshop

3rd & 4th class Sonia O'Sullivan workshop

2nd & 1st class Sonia O'Sullivan workshop

First Holy Communion

by Ms. O Connell | Oct 17, 2021 | Walterstown NS Blog

Congratulations to Rang 3 who made their First Holy Communion last Saturday, October 9th, in St. Colman’s Cathedral. The boys and girls enjoyed a lovely ceremony by Fr. Tom, and great celebrations were had by all. Comhghairdeas libh go léir!

National Tree Day

by Ms. Cronin | Oct 17, 2021 | Walterstown NS Blog

Zac in Orange Class planted a native Irish wild cherry tree to celebrate National Tree Day on 7th October. The theme was ‘Trees are Good Neighbours’. We will plant it in the school garden next spring.

Cobh Pirates RFC – Rugby For Girls

by Mr. O'Sullivan | Oct 16, 2021 | Walterstown NS Blog

Cobh Pirates RFC are on the hunt for new players from age 10 to 18.5 for their girls rugby teams. They have a fantastic team of coaches and are all very enthusiastic about developing the girls squads over the next couple of years. Training takes place on Tuesdays: 5.30 – 6.30pm for under 12/14s 5.30 – 6.45pm for under 16/18s Any younger girls (age 5-12 year olds) can attend Mini’s rugby training on Saturday mornings at 11am. Please register interested players with Charlotte on 087-6332345. (Send player name, date of birth and parent contact info). See the attached poster for more information!

First Class 2021

by Ms. Dineen | Oct 8, 2021 | Walterstown NS Blog

First Class have been very busy working hard and having lots of fun with their friends since they returned to school. They have drawn self portraits and painted beautiful autumn trees. They have been learning all about nocturnal animals and have constructed colourful hedgehogs to brighten up the classroom walls!

They also love practising their numbers and recording themselves speaking as Gaeilge using microphones. Every week they work hard to earn Golden Time on a Friday. They use this time to play board games, build with LEGO and check out the latest books in their library!

Our self portraits.

Enjoying well earned Golden Time.

Our autumn trees.

Playing board games on Friday.

Colourful hedgehogs decorating our walls.

Our Reward Chain.

We painted autumn leaves.

Practising our numbers during maths.

Calvin Jones – School Wildlife Safari

by Ms. O Connell | Oct 7, 2021 | Walterstown NS Blog

There was great excitement in the school on Tuesday when we had our first visitor since the beginning of the pandemic!

We were delighted to welcome Calvin Jones to Walterstown National School. Calvin, Founder and Managing Editor of Ireland’s Wildlife, is a Natural History Heritage Specialist on the wonderful “Heritage in Schools Scheme”.

Calvin brought some lucky classes outside to the field to take part in a “School Wildlife Safari”. Each class got an insight into local wildlife and got an opportunity to explore the school surroundings on the search for plants, insects, birds, amphibians and mammals. Calvin’s safari gave our students the freedom to indulge their innate curiosity and reconnect with nature on their own terms.

Everyone had great fun exploring and learned a lot about the wildlife of Ireland, particularly the wildlife in our own local area.

A huge thanks to Calvin for taking the time to visit Walterstown and sharing his passion for the natural world with us!

Be sure to take a look below at some of the pictures from our wildlife safari!