Best of luck to Offaly Minor hurler and past pupil Ruairí Kelly

We recently had past pupils Kayleigh Killeen and
Ruairí Kelly in St Cronan's NS on work experience. The pupils were very excited as Ruairi had just qualified for the All-Ireland Minor Hurling semi-final. Since then, Offaly beat Clare in that semi final and now Ruairí and his teammates play Tipperary in the All-Ireland Final. 

We want to wish them the very best of luck and we hope Ruairí will be back to visit us with some silverware in the new school year.

Stem Vex Robotics Competition

 On Friday last, May 6th, the pupils in the senior classroom attended the Vex Robotic Competition in O'Connor Park , Tullamore. Not only did they represent the school so well in their participation and behaviour ,  they brought home a trophy for their excellent work! They won joint first place in the Skills competition with Tubber NS.

Well done to Mr. Brennan, Mary and all the 4th,5th and 6th class pupils on this great achievement! Here's to more silverware next year.

The following is taken from the Offaly County Council Facebook page.

Official Offaly GAA Bord na Móna OConnor Park was the venue for our 

Offaly Stem VEX Robotics Competition held last Friday May 6th. 

Rain most definitely didn't stop play and with students from 63 schools in attendance 

there was plenty to keep them entertained in between their battles on the robotics field.

We had Microsoft Dream Space who engaged students about microbits, programming

-using minecraft, StarDome Planetarium Dome which let students experience 

STEM Lessons from Space, and and a gaming area including virtual reality for 

students.  Our colleagues in Offaly Fire & Rescue Service were also on hand to to 

showcase the wonderful work they do.

This event was in collaboration with Munster Technological University, 

Offaly Local Development Company, Local Enterprise Office Offaly and the 

Government of Ireland

Our winners on the day represented their schools with pride and we say well done 

and thank you to all who came along.  See separate posts on our winners across 

all events

Thanks to Paul Moore Photography for capturing the day so well.

The Winners of the Offaly STEM VEX Robotics Competition for 2022.

Offaly Robotics VEX IQ Primary Competition were:

• Excellence Award - Tubber National School - The Excellence Award is the highest 

award presented in the VEX IQ Challenge. This award is presented to the team that 

exemplifies overall excellence in creating a high quality VEX robotics program. 

This team is a strong contender in numerous award categories and 

Tubber National School were worthy winners

• Teamwork Champion Award (2 teams) – Tubber National School and Lusmagh 

National School - The Teamwork Champions Award is presented to each of the 

two teams on the winning alliance. 

1st Place Finals Match Alliance (Robot Performance). 

Well done to Tubber and Lusmagh NS who worked together to win this trophy.

• Robot Skills Champion Award – Tubber National School – This award is presented 

to the team with the highest Driving Skills Challenge score and again Tubber NS were

worthy winners

• Programming Skills Challenge Award - Saint Mels Ardagh Co Longford – This award 

is presented to the team with the highest Programming Skills score.

Well done to all our worthy winners

Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2022- senior room

 Happy St. Patrick's Day from the senior classroom!

Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2022- Middle room

 Some songs and photos from 2nd and 3rd Class today.

Middle Room Amhráin

Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2022 - junior room

 St Patrick's Day  was celebrated on March 16th in St Cronan's this year!

First of all, we had a "Wear Green Day" which got us in the spirit of our national feast day.

After small break, we all gathered in the school yard and each class performed some songs and dances. We finished up with rousing renditions of Ireland's Call and Amhrán na bhFiann. 

Here are some photos and videos of the day. Here is part 1- middle room, senior room and baking pictures to follow in part 2.

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh go léir.

Junior Room

Volleyball- Regional finals

 On Tuesday March 8th, the senior room (4th,5th and 6th Classes) took part in the regional finals of a volleyball competition in Ballinasloe. We contested all 3 competitions on the day, Girls 4v4, Boys 4v4 and Mixed 4v4. Each team played 4 games and played very well. They were unlucky to miss out on the knock-out stages. 

Well done to Mr. Brennan and all the pupils for representing the school so well.

Pancake Tuesday 2022

 

On Tuesday March 2nd, the whole school enjoyed delicious pancakes. Thanks especially to Mary, who slaved over a hot crepe maker all day to keep us fed! Every classroom had their turn and we could choose from nutella, lemon and sugar or strawberry sauce!! Yum,Yum!!