Ovens National School Cork Ireland
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Ovens National SchoolCork
Ireland
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Our SchoolOur school is situated in the ‘Lovely Lee Valley’
in County Cork in the south of Ireland.There are 334 children from the age of 4 to 13 years of age attending the school. We have 12 classroom teachers with 6 teachers working in
the resource and learning support area all managed by our principal Eoghan Hyde.
We have 5 classroom assistants and a full time secretary.
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School website :- www.ovensns.com
The school communicates to the wider community through its website and blog.
There is a very active Parents Association which supports the school in many activities.
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School CurriculumThe Irish School Curriculum consists of the
following subjects :-Irish English
MathematicsHistory Geography ScienceVisual Arts Music Drama
Physical EducationSocial, Personal and Health Education
Religious Education
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School ActivitiesEach month we have Assembly where the children can share their stories and triumphs with their peers.
Individuals or class groups may perform for the assembled children. The Principal prioritises some aspect of behaviour which will be highlighted for the next month.
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Music & DramaMusic is taught throughout the school and the children have the opportunity to learn an instrument from First Class with the support of a visiting teacher.
Drama is also an important part of our school life. This subject is also supported with a visiting teacher.
The children take part in displays and competitions in these areas.
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Ovens National School welcomed fifty four new Junior Infants on the 30th August this year. It was a very exciting day for the pupils, their parents and the school staff. There are two new Junior Infant classes and their teachers are Ms. Finnegan and Ms. Haydon.
New pupils in Ovens
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SportAs part of our Physical Education Programme the children participate in many sports.
During their school life they partake in coaching for hurling, football, tennis, rugby and swimming. Athletics and gymnastics are also taught.
Daily exercise is encouraged and workshops on skipping and juggling are organised occasionally.
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• Our athletes with many trophies
Football final winners !
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Cheering on our local Football Team
• Our local football team are in the County Final on Sunday. We wish them well.
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Holy Communion Enrolment Mass
• Second Class• Enrolment Mass• Fr. Hickey is our Parish Priest
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Around our school
• Trophy Display Our Blog address
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Plans for the future
• We are due to begin building an extension to our school
• Our school population is expanding rapidly with the number of children is increasing annually
• Our project will help to build an awareness of environmentally friendly development
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Other School Activities
Harvest Church Decoration
School Garden
Art Competitions
Themed Days (Arctic)Board Game Day
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Comenius ProjectsOvens School has
participated in two previous Comenius Projects
• Children’s Literature through Fingers
2000 - 2003
• Good Manners a Rainbow that Colours your Life
2008 - 2010
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Quizzes Charitable Collections
Rainbow Days
Student CouncilIn September 2011 Ovens
School first Student Council was formed.
The children have regular meetings with the Principal and keep the classes informed and
up to date with school activities. They also help
children in the school yard at lunch breaks.
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Our Student Comenius Committee
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Comenius Committee -Students
• Our present Student Council newly elected in September 2012 are on the Comenius Project committee
• Members are: Luke, James, Brionna , Mary, Louise, Tim, Fiona and Conor
• We know that they will be a great team and that they will do fantastic work for the project in Ovens NS.
• We wish them the best of luck in their good work.
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Comenius Committee Staff members
• This
This is our Comenius Committee - Pauline, Deirdre, Kieran, Ber, Marie, Joe, Carmel, Marian and Sarah
We look forward to working together for the next two years.
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ESD- Education for Sustainable Development
• What do we do in Ovens National School ?
• How do we help the environment ?
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Our new playground
We do not litter.
Our Woodland
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We have a garden. We recycle raw food in the wormery
We grow vegetables
Spider’s web
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L I T T E R
T h e r e ’ s l i t t e r a l l a r o u n d u s
T h e r e ’ s l i t t e r o n th e s t r e e t
T h e r e ’ s l i t t e r in t h e b u s h e s .
T h e r e ’ s l i t t e r n e a r m y f e e t
L e t ’ s p ic k u p th e l i t t e r
L e t ’ s k e e p th e s c h o o l y a r d n e a t
W e w o n ’ t th r o w l i t t e r
in th e b u s h e s o r o n t h e s t r e e t !
We learn about the care of the environment
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We visit the recycling centre near our school. We put plastic and cans into the recycling bins.
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Our School WoodlandTen years ago our school worked on a Trees Project.
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The children in 3rd class who are now 18 years old studied the importance of trees in our environment.
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• We explored how humans use wood as an important resource material and how humans and plants have a symbiotic relationship
• Our Parents’ Association did some fundraising and helped with the planting of a mini –woodland. The trees were chosen carefully.
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We use the Woodland for Science and Nature
• Teachers have taken pupils on Nature walks to observe the trees in all seasons.
• Mini-beast hunting is also very popular with the children whereby
• The woodland provides a wonderful scientific laboratory
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• Native Irish trees predominate and we used beech hedges as a fence. Oak, ash, alder, maple, crab apple and horse chestnut have thrived in the corner of our school field.
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Our woodland now
• Ten years later our trees are growing still and presently we are pruning and managing the woodland to enable future classes to learn about our trees and this habitat for minibeasts and wild flowers.
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• We look forward to working on our new project
• We know that the Four Ps project will extend and improve the work which has already begun
• Best of luck to everyone with this new project