Well done to Ceol agus Craic, our group of trad musicians and singers who performed in our new Lidl store today. We are immensely proud of them and thank their parents for their continued support. We would also like to thank Lidl for their kind welcome and this amazing opportunity.
Our recent Book Swap was a fantastic success, with over a thousand books finding new homes! From picture books to graphic novels, fact books to joke books, there was something for every reader to enjoy.
A huge thank you to parents Arlene, Kim, and Sinead for their invaluable help in setting up tables and guiding children as they made their choices. A special shoutout to our incredible Student Council for their trojan work—keeping book displays tidy, grouping books by series, choosing background music and showing fantastic leadership and teamwork.
Most importantly, thank you to all the parents who generously donated books, making this event possible. Your support helped create a wonderful experience for our young readers. We hope everyone enjoys their new books and many happy hours of reading ahead!
Check out the video and pictures below to see the excitement of the day in action!
Mrs E Walsh
Our Spelling Bee brought plenty of excitement as class battles took place on Monday, 17th February! Each class had already narrowed down their top two spellers, who then faced off against their counterparts in thrilling head-to-head rounds.
Third class kicked things off, spelling words like corridor, plumber, cylinder, oxygen, eclipse, and horizon, with Ferdinand emerging as the winner. Fourth class had three representatives per group and impressed us with words such as naughty, discourage, oasis, official, and ordinary, before Maya claimed victory. In fifth class, tough words like perimeter, intercept, persuade, and ambitious were tackled, with Finn standing strong as the champion. Finally, sixth class battled through challenging words like apprehensive, reluctant, melancholy, and immaculate, before Paulina took the crown.
Each winner received a book voucher for Moycullen Bookshop, and all class battle participants were rewarded with a well-earned homework pass. A huge thank you to Benas, our Bee Master, who did a fantastic job keeping competitors at ease, pronouncing words clearly, and providing definitions and sentences when needed.We hope to make this an annual event so all our spelling bees can prepare in advance! Best of luck to Benas as he represents our school once again in the Eason Spelling Bee—last year’s All-Ireland second-place finish was an incredible achievement. The €3,000 worth of books he won have now been labelled and added to our library, much to the delight of our eager readers!
Mrs E Walsh
This month, our book club dived into Laura Delaney’s Deadliest Day by Ann Carroll. We followed Laura’s adventure as she wins a school competition and gets to be a teacher for the day—what could possibly go wrong? We had great fun discussing her school antics with her friend Joe and teacher Mrs. Pim, and even created character outlines to bring the story to life.
We also kicked off our Junior Juries with The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be reading and hearing from the authors and illustrators of the shortlisted titles for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. Each book will be scored, and our votes will contribute to the final awards in June!
To celebrate spring, some of our members have also written reviews on animal-themed books—keep an eye out for their work in the next issue of Moycullen Matters!
Exciting reading ahead—stay tuned for more updates! 📚✨
Happy reading,
Mrs E Walsh
