We celebrated Engineers week from 8th to 14th February. The theme for the week was “Engineering is for Everyone” and the children reflected how engineering impacts our lives and discussed different forms of engineering all around us. Children 2nd to 6th class designing bridges. Children 2nd to 6th class experimented with batteries, red and black […]
Grandparents’ Day – Jan 2015
February 7, 2015 by
We celebrated Grandparents’ Day on Wed. 28th January. This is our third year celebrating this very special day in Barna N.S. The children were very excited to be joined by their grandparents and Fr. Pat Burns led us in a prayer service – giving thanks for the joy of grandparents. The celebrations continued into the […]
January Newsletter
January 22, 2015 by
22nd January 2015 Dear Parents, Please note the following important items; Parking It is extremely dangerous at the school gate in the mornings and especially in the evenings. There is plenty of room for parking down past the school and we are appealing to you to park your car and walk to the gate to […]
Christmas Letter to Parents 2014
December 18, 2014 by
17/12/2014 Dear Parents, Please note the following…. 1. Christmas Panto (Thursday 18 Dec.) The bus is leaving the school tomorrow morning at 9am sharp. Children need to be in school at 8.50am. The front yard will be supervised from 8.45am. Please do not arrive any earlier. If it’s raining, children can wait in the back […]
Barna NS 2014 Football Champions
October 23, 2014 by
Barna School are the 2014 Cumann na mBunscol champions for a second year in a row. Our Football Champions gave an outstanding performance against Cappamore N.S. in the 7 a side final , held in the magnificent UL Sports Campus Arena on Wed 22nd October. It was a very close game but Barna edged ahead […]
Active School Week 2014
March 23, 2014 by
Our annual Active School Week took place from March 10th -14th. It was a hugely enjoyable week and the daily activities are outlined below: Monday: Marion Riordan, golf professional at Ballykisteen Golf club, visited the school and took each class group for golf coaching. This included tuition on the correct grip and swing technique. The […]
Grandparents’ Day
January 31, 2014 by
As part of Catholic Schools Week Barna N.S. held a very successful Grandparents’ Day on Wednesday last, January 29th. The aim of Grandparents’ Day is to celebrate the wonderful gift that grandparents are to children, families and the communities to which they belong. The celebration in Barna included a tin whistle performance by […]
Medal Presentation
December 1, 2013 by
November 29th 2013 The school celebrated the recent success of our footballers in the East Championship with a medal presentation ceremony on Friday last. Limerick hurling star James Ryan was on hand to present the team members with their medals and an enjoyable afternoon was had by pupils, staff and parents. John Egan, 5th […]
7-a-side Champions!
October 29, 2013 by
The Top O’Dwyer Oil Perpetual Cup made it’s way to Barna on Wednesday last following a fantastic victory by our footballers in the final against Caherelly. Earlier victories against last year’s winners Cloverfield, neighbours Garrydoolis and Cappamore set up a final meeting with Caherelly. The final was played on the state of the art […]
GAA President visits Barna N.S.
May 27, 2013 by
There was great excitement in Barna on Thursday May 23rd as Uachtarán Cumann Lúthcleas Gael Liam O’Neill made a surprise visit to our school. Mr. O’Neill was traveling to Barna to visit Danny Beary’s GAA museum and this visit coincided with after-school hurling training in Barna. Mr. O’Neill was happy to meet pupils and parents […]