Posted by derrinacahara2016 | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on April 5, 2020
Batt OâKeeffe, former Minister for Education, presents Donal Hurley with a painting of Derrinacahara N.S. on the occasion of his recent retirement as Chairman of the Board of Management after 34 years service!
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Active School Week
Children enjoying the great outdoors, getting lots of fresh air whilst keeping fit and active. Looking forward to seeing lots more photos.
Engineers Week in Derrinacahara
What fun we had learning about all the different types of engineers around the world, what they do and the contributions they have made to our world. We were also civil engineers for a day and created some fantastic bridges. Congratulations to the winning team, who created a fabulous structure, that could even hold up weights. Possibly the greatest spaghetti bridge ever created đ
Maths Outside!
Hard to beat taking the classroom outdoors! Well done to 2nd, 3rd and 4th class on their fabulous team spirit and hard work in their recent maths trails.
FAI 5 a side soccer
West Cork Final of FAI 5 a side soccer against Ballinacarriga N.S. What a game! Two evenly matched teams! Unfortunately for us Ballinacarriga managed to slip just 1 goal past us and so now go through to the County section. Congratulations and well done to both teams. Sport at its best. Our boys from Derrinacahara were just wonderful and we are so, so proud of them. Steven was heroic in goal, Shane and James defended so well and Ryan and Conor gave it everything they could up the middle with our subs Kevin and Luca giving their best. In all we scored 22 goals and only conceded 5. Definitely a day for the record books đ
Yummy, yummy, Pancakes!!
Spring is back! Yippee! Stephanie and our Junior Classes harvested the last of our spuds!
2nd, 3rd and 4th class hard at work!
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Celebrating Grandparents Day at Derrinacahara N.S.
What a wonderful day we had today at Derrinacahara N.S. where we celebrated Grandparents Day. The highlight of the day was Mary McCarthy, Tommyâs Great Grandmother, who travelled from Ballinaspittle to be with us. Thank you so much to all the Grannies and Grandads for calling to see us. You hold such a special place in your grandchildrenâs lives and they love you dearly.
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Derrinacahara N.S. also paid tribute to Margaret Murphy who has been Treasurer of our Board since 1999. Margaret has given sterling service to our Board and will be greatly missed. MĂle buĂochas do DhĂłnal agus MhĂĄirĂ©ad. TĂĄimid go lĂ©ir fĂor bhuĂoch daoibh.
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Munster Champions! đđđ
Well done to Ăine, Theresa, Jamie Lee and Sarah. Fabulous dancers! Great performers! Â â„ïž
Indoor Hurling at Ballinacarriga
We had a couple of great games. The boys fought bravely, scored a few fantastic goals but a place in the final eluded usđ Well done, boys đ
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The most welcome visitor of the year! Thank you Santa for visiting Derrinacahara N.S. â„ïž
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Derrinacahara Choir love their visit to Dunmanway Community Hospital. The staff and patients always give us such a warm welcome and we enjoy singing and playing for them. Thank you so much for the lovely treats đ€
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Fr. Collins made a very welcome visit to Derrinacahara N.S. today to congratulate James Kearney, Rang a TrĂ, on winning our local  Togher Churchâs colouring competition. Well done James and all the children who entered.
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Massive âThank Youâ to Rose, SĂ©amus & all our friends at âTar Isteachâ, Dunmanway for their very generous donation. Derrinacahara N.S. has benefitted hugely every year over the past 10 years from Tar Isteach. We are so grateful đ€ This year we took the children to the Panto âJack & The Beanstalkâ at The Everyman Theatre. What a fabulous day we had! The children were so well behaved. They are a credit to their families and their school. We are so proud of them. Please support Tar Isteach in return. Thank you đ€¶đ»đ
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Wonderful response to our appeal for Cork Penny dinners. Thank you so much to everybody who brought in items to fill our boxes. Such a worthy causeđ
Science Week
November 10th – 17th this year is Science week. Well done to Jack, Adam and Tim from 4th class who attended an event in UCC for science week this weekend. They have written a piece of their wonderful experience. Fantastic lads!
‘Â Â We went to UCC for Science Week on Sunday, November 10th. First we had a look around and we saw a brain coral, that was from the ocean. It was very cool. After that, we went in to a maths room and played lots of games.Â
At 1.00 we went in to a LEGO room and we made a LEGO land yacht with two sails. Then, at the end of it all we got somebody to blow and electric fan and our yacht made a distance of 4 1/2 metres!Â
After the LEGO. we went to the family room. We had a look around but one thing caught our eye…… a simulator. Unfortunately there was a long line so we made Mom stay and we had a look around. Then we saw a wave machine made of duck tape, sticks and jelly babies. It you moved one stick, the whole thing moved!
We then made a card and coloured it in. We also attached a light bulb to the card. We used copper tape to help make the light bulb turn on.Â
When it was our turn for the simulator we were excited. When we got in to the simulator there was a robot who gave us discs and when we put the discs in to the machine it gave us lots of different things.
Next, we went to a room with a digestive system, like a bouncy castle. We went in through the mouth and came out the bottom! It was really fun! We got cool gift bags at the end.Â
By Jack, Tim and Adam
PS. We also got to go to McDonalds afterwards! ‘
Parish Leagues
Well done to all of our students who took part in the hurling parish league with Sam Maguires recently. Thanks to MĂcheĂĄl for bringing in the cup, he captained the winning team. We are very proud of you all. Maith sibh!
Autumn Trail
Out and about for SESE, great to get out a hunt for autumnal items in groups. Taking the classroom outside, working together and making learning fun.
Halloween 2019
We had some seriously spooky characters in school today, we’re not sure where our regular students went. A well deserved day of treats and games. đ
Kinrath House
A fine, fresh morning for a fabulous walk to Kinrath house. A huge thank you to Ăine Brosnan who accompanied us on our trip to a local heritage site and who taught us so much. An informative, active and enjoyable morning was had by all.
Sports Day
A big thank you to the 4th years from MICC. who came and organised lots of fun activities for all our classes. The pupils really enjoyed it and we wish you all the very best of luck with the rest of your fundraising. Maith sibh!
Futsal
A new venture for all of us in Derrinacahara to take part in the FAI futsal tournament held in Dunmanway. A great way to test fitness and to perfect our soccer skills with this fun and fast game. A great opportunity to meet our friends from our neighbouring schools too, of course!
Orienteering at Inchydoney!
We were so excited to be able to take Ranganna 4, 5 agus a 6 to Inchydoney Beach for this yearâs orienteering. We began in the western car park and explored both beaches on either side of Inchydoney Island Lodge. Some of our groups were back in 20 minutes!! – a testament to their determination and fitness. Well done!Â
Welcome Autumn!Â
Wonderful display by Junior & Senior Infants along with Rang a hAon. Is maith liom an ghrĂĄinneog â€ïž
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I love this photo of Ava and her Nana. Iâll always remember how kind MicheĂĄl and Kitty were to me when I came to Derrinacahara in 1999. Itâs always lovely to welcome the next generation.
