🙌⚽️ Surf Cup Success! 🇪🇸 Huge congratulations to our three fantastic pupils — Leo Pezza, Luca O’Donovan and Max O’Keeffe — who recently travelled to Salou as part of the West Cork Schoolboys and Schoolgirls League Academy to compete in the Surf Cup! We are bursting with pride! 💙 They represented their school and community so well, showing brilliant teamwork, skill and sportsmanship throughout the tournament. We heard amazing reports of their performances — well done boys! 👏👏👏 What an unforgettable experience and a fantastic opportunity to play against top teams from across Europe. 🌍⚽️ We hope you enjoyed every minute! Keep chasing your football dreams! ⭐️⚽️ #SurfCup #ProudSchool #FutureStars #WestCorkAcademy #SchoolSpirit

Delighted to be featured in the West Cork Classroom Chronicles 🥰🥰

Our students recently rolled up their sleeves for one of the most festive and hands-on activities of the year: building gingerbread houses! 🍬🏠✨ While it may look like pure seasonal fun, this project is packed with meaningful learning. As children designed and constructed their gingerbread creations, they built teamwork 🤝, problem-solving 🧩, and creative thinking 🎨 skills. They also explored real-world STEM concepts—planning stable structures 🏗️, experimenting with shapes 🔺🔶, and testing which materials make the strongest “cement” for their walls and roofs 🧱🍭. From measuring icing 📏 to engineering sturdy bases 🔧, students used maths, science, and collaboration in a truly delicious context. And of course, the joy and pride on their faces 😄⭐ as their gingerbread houses came to life made the experience even sweeter! 🍫🎄 A big thank you to Ms O'Keeffe for her creativity, guidance, and festive spirit in making this project such a wonderful success! 🙌❤️🎅

🎶✨ 2nd–6th Class Present: Hosanna Rock! ✨🎶 Our 2nd–6th class pupils are bringing Hosanna Rock to life at Clonakilty Parish Church, celebrating the Christmas story through music, movement and storytelling! 🌟🎄 Come along and enjoy a joyful performance filled with confidence, creativity and festive cheer. It’s the perfect way to experience the magic of Christmas and support our talented pupils! 👏🎤 📅 Don’t miss it — everyone is welcome! #HosannaRock #ChristmasJoy #FestiveFun #CelebrateTalent I Love Clonakilty Clonakilty Notice Board Clonakilty Parish

♟️ Online Chess Success! ♟️ Huge congratulations to our amazing 4th, 5th and 6th class pupils who took part in this year’s Schools Online Chess Tournament! The event combined both in-school and at-home sessions and gave pupils a brilliant opportunity to develop strategic thinking, focus and problem-solving skills — all while enjoying friendly competition on Lichess. 💻♟️ 🔎 Lichess is a free, open-source, ad-free platform where players can enjoy puzzles, tournaments, computer analysis and lots more — all funded by donations! 🙌 At school, pupils had fantastic resources to support them, including our fully stocked computer room, lots of physical chessboards in our custom-built chess trolley, and even our giant outdoor chessboard in the playground! 🖥️🧩🌳 After 30+ years in SNB, our chess club is as strong as ever! 🎉 👏 ✨🇮🇪 The final session of the tournament took place on Lá Fichille, a special day celebrating chess across schools in Ireland. On this day, pupils from around the country come together to enjoy the game, test their skills and take part in friendly competition. It’s a fantastic way to promote strategic thinking and the joy of chess! 🏆♟️ The tournament sessions took place on: 📅 12th November 📅 19th November 📅 26th November – Lá Fichille A massive thank you to: 👏 Ms Niamh Mac Auley for her incredible leadership 👏 Ms Laura Connolly and Mr Ciarán Crowley for their support in school 👏 Parents and guardians for facilitating home participation We are so proud of all pupils for their dedication, enthusiasm and the wonderful skills they developed along the way. 🌟♟️

😊We are so proud of Ms O'Regan👏

🎵 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎶

📚✨ Wonderful News for Our School Community! ✨📚 We are thrilled to announce that our school has been selected to take part in *Children’s Books Ireland’s Every Child A Reader project! 🎉 As part of this exciting programme, our school will receive a brand-new library of 250 high-quality, diverse books, along with posters, bookmarks, bunting and lots of fun reading activities to help build a strong, joyful reading culture throughout the school. We are also delighted to share that author E.R. Murray will be joining us as our Champion of Reading! Over a series of workshops, she will inspire creativity, confidence and a love of books among our pupils. 🌈📖 This project helps ensure that every child can see themselves reflected in stories, while also opening windows to different cultures, worlds and perspectives. It supports teachers, engages families, and brings reading to life in exciting new ways. A very special thank you to Ms. Carol O’Boyle, whose successful application to the Children’s Books Ireland Book-Gifting programmes has made this incredible opportunity possible. Through her work, we have also received a Free To Be Me Little Library containing 190 beautifully curated books celebrating identity, inclusion and empathy. 💛🌟 We can’t wait to launch our new library, welcome E.R. Murray to our school, and begin this fantastic reading journey together. Stay tuned for updates! 📚✨ Clonakilty Notice Board I Love Clonakilty Cork County Council Library & Arts Service

🎄✨ Congratulations to Matthew O’Regan! ✨🎄 The Southern Star recently invited West Cork school children to write short essays on the festive theme of Santa relocating to West Cork. We are delighted to share that Matthew O’Regan, a 5th Class pupil, has had his wonderful story published in this week’s Christmas in West Cork supplement in the Southern Star. This is a fantastic achievement, and we are incredibly proud of Matthew for his creativity and hard work. 👏📝 A big well done also to his class teacher, Mr Seán Daly, for supporting and encouraging his budding writer! Thank You to West Cork Education Centre for coordinating with the schools. ✨ Well done, Matthew! ✨