by Little Island National School | Feb 19, 2015 | Latest News, Travel Flag
On the 11th of February we had our COW launch. It was a hugely successful day with 137 pupils travelling to school using either a bike/ scooter/ flicker or roller blades. All the pupils (and some of the staff members!) dressed up in black and white clothes for this...
by Little Island National School | Feb 2, 2015 | Latest News
Minister for Education, Jan O’Sullivan, wrote to all schools to praise us for our excellent work. The Literacy and Numeracy Strategy, launched in 2011,set targets to be achieved by 2020 but these targets were achieved by last year. Parents, staff, pupils, Board...
by Little Island National School | Feb 1, 2015 | Latest News, Travel Flag
On Friday the 30th of January an ecar came to the school. The pupils had already learned all about ecars during the ‘Green Machines’ workshop which was provided by Sandy McGroarty in December. As the ecar is entirely run on electricity, it is therefore...
by Little Island National School | Jan 14, 2015 | Junior Infants 2014/2015, Latest News
I am sure we have all thought about trying to be more healthy. The children discussed all about the healthy habits they have, for example swimming, running, walking to school, dancing, sleeping, playing soccer and football with friends, even playing in the snow!!!!...