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 The Scoil Ursula hurling amigos team qualified for the county finals recently. The competition, which tests the hurling skills of teams of four, was held in Summerhill College and three teams finished in first place on 26 points; Scoil Ursula, Rosses Point and Gaelscoil Cnoc na Ré. Well done to Eoghan, Fintan, Eli & Connor and best of luck in the final next week.
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Congratulations to Abbie Mc Gowan from 1st Class who won the Children Helping Children Easter Colouring Competition!! It is the first time a pupil from Scoil Ursula has won. Well done Abbie and a big thank you to Mrs Kernan for organising the entries!!   Congratulations to Ahmed, who won the Scoil Ursula Spelling Bee for 2016. He will now go on to represent the school in the County Sligo Spelling Bee in Calry NS on Wednesday. We wish him the very best of luck in the final!!!
 Congratulations to our recently retired Lollipop Man, Tom Mac Sharry, who was honoured today by the Road Safety Authority with a Leading Light Award. At a ceremony in Farmleigh House, Tom's contribution to road safety at Scoil Ursula over the past sixteen years was féted by RTE correspondent and current social media sensation, Teresa Mannion, who MCd today's event. He was then presented with his award by RSA Chairperson, Liz O' Donnell. Tom was nominated by Scoil Ursula for his outstanding contribution to the safety of our pupils during his tenure as School Traffic Warden. He was also nominated by two members of the Feehily family; Eamonn, a current 6th Class pupil and Erin a past pupil who wrote fondly in the nomination about how Tom was the single most significant person she missed when she moved on to Post Primary school. At a very enjoyable occasion last Wednesday, Tom was accompanied by his wife Ellen; his niece, Deirdre; the Feehily family, Mary, Seamus, Erin & Eamonn; his great friend and our school secretary, Mary Meehan, and school principal, Tony Gallagher. Well done Tom and enjoy this richly deserved accolade!! Tom's outstanding contribution to Scoil Ursula was also marked on Friday last, when colleagues past and present came to a Mass & farewell meal in the school to honour him for dedicated service to the school over 16 years. Congratulations to our Students and Hand-writers of the Month for November!! Keep up the good work!!!  Congratulations to two of our pupils who won prizes in the Barna Waste Halloween Recycled Costume Competition. Well done to Conor and Éabha from Junior Infants and Senior Infants who received their prizes from Sean Lacken of Barna Waste today. Pictured also is Mrs Smyth, who organised the Scoil Ursula Recycled Costumes Competition as part of our Greenschools campaign. Well done to all of last months spooky award winners! Congratulations to our first Students and Handwriters of the Month of the school year!! Well done everybody.!!
Tús maith, leath na hoibre!! Well done to all our Student of the Month winners and our our Handwriters of the Month for March/April. Keep up the good work!! Congratulations to all of the boys and girls who won awards for Student of the Month and Hand-Writer of the Month for February. Maith sibh go léir!! Monthly Motto: "Practice Acceptance!! Some things just are! Accept and move on!!"  |
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