📚✨ January at SNB = Action, Achievement & Big Firsts! ✨📚

What a brilliant start to 2026 at Scoil na mBuachaillí! Our boys have been busy learning, creating, competing, caring — and even making history along the way 👇

🎥 4th Class kicked things off with a well-earned cinema trip.
🔬 A huge milestone for SNB — our first-ever trip to the Young Scientist Exhibition, sparking curiosity, questioning, and big ideas.
⚽ Primary Cork Cups — teamwork and school pride on full display.
🏀 After-school basketball for 5th & 6th Class keeping energy levels high.
♟️ After-school chess club (4th–6th) sharpening minds every week.
🏊 Swimming for 3rd Class, Ms O’Donovan’s 5th Class, and 6th Class making waves.
🏐 GAA with Conan — skills, fun, and commitment.

🌍 Irish Aid learning broadening global awareness.
🚲 Cycle Right training, 🌿 nature walks, and 👟 playground visits supporting active learning.
🟩 Green Schools, 🟡 Amber Flag, and 🔋 Active Schools initiatives going strong.
🐔 School chickens, ♻️ bottle recycling, and 🌱 Gardening Club promoting care for the environment.

🎼 Music everywhere at SNB!
🎹 Keyboard, accordion, tin whistle & piano with Kay
🥁 Drums with Eoin
🎺 Brass instruments with Ger

💚 Nurture Club supporting wellbeing and connection.
📚 Roots of Empathy continuing to help pupils develop emotional awareness, understanding, and empathy.
🎱 Pool privileges earned through positive choices.
🎉 Student Council win! “No Uniform on Your Birthday” is officially a hit.
🏅 Weekly awards — Gentleman, Pen Man, and Gaeilgeoir of the Week — celebrating effort and achievement.
📰 Plus a lovely feature in West Cork People celebrating our school community.

🌟 Looking Ahead to February – Even More to Come! 🌟

February is shaping up to be another exciting month at SNB. Pupils are preparing for Feis Maitiu, celebrating Irish language, music, and culture, while we officially launch Every Child A Reader, bringing new books, a refreshed library space, and a renewed love of reading across the school.

We’re looking forward to welcoming families and the wider community to our Open Day, and continuing our focus on physical activity and teamwork through KlassKickz soccer training. Cookery classes will give pupils valuable life skills through hands-on learning, while a school chess tournament will put strategy, focus, and friendly competition to the test.

🎶 Music lessons will continue throughout February, alongside a wide range of after-school clubs, ensuring pupils have plenty of opportunities to explore interests, build confidence, and develop new skills beyond the classroom.

📅 Exciting times ahead — and we can’t wait to share it all with you!

👉 Follow our website and socials for updates, photos, and highlights from another busy month at SNB 💚