Scór na bPáistí

Last Saturday in Ballinascarthy Hall, the Scór na bPáistí West Cork Semi-Final was held for primary school children. Scór is a GAA run competition that combines all the colour and competitiveness of the Gaelic Games with the entertaining element of Ireland’s traditional past-times. The competition was established by the GAA in 1969 with the aim of promoting Ireland’s traditional pastimes and culture. 🎶🎭

Knockskeagh NS was represented in two categories at this competition over the weekend. Kate Hayes (5^th Class) gave a gorgeous performance of Black Velvet Band in the Amhránaíocht Aonair competition 🎤 and Ava Dullea (1^st Class) danced excellently in the Rince Aonair competition.💃

Well done to both girls in these recitals. You did yourselves and Knockskeagh proud! 😀

BLAST Artist in Residency

Over the last two Thursdays, classes from 1st to 6th have engaged in Drama workshops as part of the BLAST in education initiative. Our assigned resident artist for this year is Alison Glennie and she has been focusing on mime, movement and drama games in the...

Zumba

Zumba We were delighted to be in a position to welcome Flavie back to our school for Zumba dancing classes for all school children recently. Flavie visits us every Wednesday and we can look forward to more Zumba classes in the new year. The classes are a really...

Dick Barrett Centenary Commemoration

On Friday 2nd December, Knockskeagh NS held a Centenary Commemoration for past pupil and teacher Dick Barrett. A plaque in his honour was unveiled at this commemoration. Relatives of Dick Barrett, parents and other interested parties attended the commemoration, with...

World Cup in Knockskeagh

Knockskeagh has run World Cup tournaments for pupils in all classes over the last few weeks. There is some amazing skill and teamwork on display in the tournaments so far and the World Cup Finals are schelduled to take place week in our school. There is great...

African Drumming

African Drumming Every Monday over the last four weeks each class has engaged in African Drumming workshops. Building on knowledge and skill from last year, each class have been introduced to basic rhythmic concepts of West African and world percussion through...

History Tour to Spike Island

On Tuesday 22nd November, 5th and 6th Classes went on a trip to Spike Island. They are currently completing projects on Dick Barret, who was killed 100years ago this year and who had a connection with Knockskeagh NS. We heard so many fascinating stories about the...

STEM Showcase 2022/23

Our annual "Science Showcase" involving the 6th class students was another highlight of this year's Science Week! They explained and demonstrated different experiments, recorded themselves and sent on a recording link to each class for all the children in the school...

Science Week 2022

We marked Science Week 2022 from Monday 14th to Friday 18th November. 👩‍🔬🔬 There was a variety of science activities investigated and explored in each class this year, including a range of science experiments, bug hunts, science shows, our virtual Science Showcase,...

5th and 6th Class Orienteering

Today our 5th and 6th Class pupils visited Inchydoney and participated in Orienteering. The weather failed to dampen the spirits and it made for a very fun visit. Well done to all participants and thank you to the organisers from Cork Sports Partnership for well run...