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Composting & Sustainability in Our School 🌱♻️

15th Dec 2025

Our school is proud to be successfully participating in the Cork County Council...

A Wonderful Musical Experience at Our School 🎺

15th Dec 2025

We are so lucky to have Ger Condon teaching brass instruments in our school every...

Rang 7 Christmas Performance – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

11th Dec 2025

Rang 7 put on a wonderful Christmas performance today for their families and friends,...

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🌱♻️ Composting & Sustainability in Our School We are delighted to be successfully taking part in the Cork County Council Composting & Recycling for Schools Programme. As part of this fully funded initiative, delivered by Composting Ireland, Donal from Waste Down visited our school on Friday, December 12th to install our new wormery and leaf mould composter. While we are fully immersed in preparing for our Christmas performances, we will always make time for our sustainability projects, which remain a vital part of daily life and learning in our school. We are so lucky to have the facilities in our school to support these additions. Our wormery is perfectly located beside our school garden, greenhouse, and outdoor sink, while our leaf mould composter is located near our popular Green-Schools bike shed, wild green area, and chicken coop. These locations allow pupils to engage in hands-on, outdoor learning every day. This programme helps pupils learn about composting, recycling, biodiversity, and caring for our environment in a practical and meaningful way. A huge thank you to Ms Regina Fitzmaurice, Ms Niamh Mac Auley, and Ms Marie Forristal for their fantastic engagement and commitment to this programme, and to Donal, Composting Ireland, and Cork County Council for their continued support. 🌍💚

🎺 🎺 A Fantastic Musical Experience at Our School 🎶 We are so lucky to have Ger Condon teaching brass instruments in our school every Monday. Today was extra special as Ger Condon and his brass band visited the school and treated pupils and staff to a wonderful live music demonstration. We are also very fortunate to have such amazing facilities in our school, allowing us to host events like this and provide memorable experiences for our pupils. A huge thank you to Ger and his band for a fantastic morning of music! 🎶🎺

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🎄 A Magical Morning with Rang 7! ✨ Rang 7 delighted everyone today with a fantastic Christmas performance, bringing the much-loved tale ’Twas the Night Before Christmas to life for their families and friends. With expressive storytelling, confident voices and wonderful stage presence, the children filled the hall with festive joy and truly impressed their audience. 🌟 A huge well done to all our Rang 7 pupils for their hard work and enthusiasm! A heartfelt thank you to the wonderful staff who made it all possible — Class teacher Rebecca Hourihane, support teacher Kathryn O'Shea, Paul Carmody and SNAs Eilish McSweeney, Claire Kavanagh, Marguerite O'Sullivan and Samantha Aerts — for the script, music, costumes, face painting, props and for pulling everything together so beautifully. ❤️✨ Thanks also to the boys from 2nd & 4th class and the SNB Sound & Lighting Crew who supported their classmates. Thank you also to the families and friends who joined us and helped make the morning even more special. #ChristmasAtSNB #Rang7 #TeamWork #ProudSchoolMoment

🎄✨ Seasonal Update from SNB ✨🎄 It appears that even the Principal has been spotted wearing a Christmas jumper around the school… so the festive season has truly arrived! 🎅 In the spirit of the season, pupils are now welcome to wear Christmas jumpers, hats and festive accessories alongside their regular school uniform for the remainder of the season. We’re looking forward to seeing SNB brighten up even more with a cheerful touch of Christmas colour! 🎁🌟🎄

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🎉✨🚸 BIG NEWS from Scoil na mBuachaillí! 🚸✨🎉 We are thrilled to announce that our long-running School Warden Programme has received Special Recognition at the Road Safety Authority’s prestigious Leading Lights Awards in Croke Park! 🌟🏆 Our 5th and 6th Class School Wardens had an unforgettable day today—experiencing the splendour of Croke Park, enjoying the RSA’s wonderful hospitality, and proudly representing our school’s 50-year commitment to road safety. 🚸💛 A huge thank you to the RSA for making the day so special for our boys. We want to shine a special spotlight on Chris Hinchy, whose dedication, expertise and unwavering commitment have been at the heart of the School Warden Programme for decades. His guidance has shaped generations of pupil wardens, instilling confidence, responsibility, and leadership. The success and longevity of this programme are a true testament to Chris’s exceptional service to our school community. 💙🙌 Thank you also to the staff who travelled to Dublin—Ms Carol O'Boyle, Ms Eileen Breen O'Riordan, Ms Niamh Mac Auley, and Ms Regina Fitzmaurice—for supporting the boys throughout the day. And a very special thank you again to Chris Hinchy for travelling with the group and accepting the award on our behalf. 🏅💙 We are incredibly proud of our pupil wardens, past and present—true leaders in safety, responsibility, and community spirit. 💙💛✨ #LeadingLightsAwards #RoadSafety #ScoilNaMBuachaillí #ProudSchool Road Safety Authority Ireland I Love Clonakilty Clonakilty Notice Board West Cork Education Centre

✨ First Class Christmas Performance ✨ Our wonderful First Class pupils delighted their families and friends with a heart-warming Christmas performance that truly captured the magic, joy and excitement of the festive season. Their beautifully decorated classroom—complete with twinkling lights, colourful artwork, and handmade Christmas crafts—was transformed into the perfect festive stage for this special celebration. The children sang a lovely selection of Christmas songs, performing each one with enthusiasm, confidence, and smiles that lit up the entire room. Their cheerful voices and lively actions showed just how much preparation and hard work they had put in. Adding to the festive fun, the pupils also shared some of their favourite Christmas jokes, filling the room with laughter. Their brilliant timing and playful humour kept everyone entertained from start to finish! We are incredibly proud of First Class for their creativity, confidence and fantastic teamwork. Their Christmas performance was a joyful way to celebrate the season and brought smiles to everyone who attended. 🌟🎅 A huge thank you to their teacher Ms. Therése Crowley and Mrs. Josie Files for all their hard work, support, and preparation. ❤️

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🥳🥳🥳Amazing news coming from Sligo! 🥳🥳🥳 🥰Our amazing teacher Ms Laura Connolly has won Best Actress at the All-Ireland One Act Drama Festival! 🥰 🎭Congratulations to Kilmeen Drama Group for winning the overall All-Ireland One Act Drama Festival 🎭

🎨 Art Competition Announcement 🎨 We extend our sincere congratulations to David Gribinet (4th Class), who was awarded a prize in the Lisavaird Co-Op Art Competition. David demonstrated exceptional effort and dedication, and the school community was very proud of his achievement. The prize presentation took place at 3pm and was a meaningful recognition of his work. Well done to David on this commendable accomplishment.

Upcoming Events...

Tuesday, 16th December 2025
"Hosanna Rock" performanace in the church (Evening TBC)
Wednesday, 17th December 2025
Day Care Centre - Singing (Class TBC)
Senior Infants Christmas Performance (9.20am)
Junior Infants Christmas Performance (10am)
Thursday, 18th December 2025
Bushmount Carol Singing (Class TBC) (11am)
Friday, 19th December 2025
Closing for Christmas at 12pm (12:00pm)
Monday, 22nd December 2025
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Tuesday, 23rd December 2025
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Wednesday, 24th December 2025
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Thursday, 25th December 2025
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Friday, 26th December 2025
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Saturday, 27th December 2025
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Sunday, 28th December 2025
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Monday, 29th December 2025
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