Congratulations to our pupils who received their First Holy Communion yesterday. Thank you to everyone who made their day so special.

Congratulations to our pupils who took part in the Analog Devices Primary Robotics competition in Limerick. They were delighted to take part and it was a great experience for all involved.

Third to sixth classes were delighted to welcome Eddie Lenihan to our school this week. Eddie told some stories from the local area and some from further afield. As always, the children were enthralled. We are lucky to have such a renowned storyteller living in our community and we always look forward to his visits.

Seachtain na Gaeilge
We have been celebrating ‘Seachtain na Gaeilge’ this week ar scoil. All classes have been engaged in activities to promote the Irish language as well as our Irish culture.  We are encouraging everyone to use their ‘cúpla focal’ in class and at break times. Pupils who have really impressed during the week were presented with ‘Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine certs’ during Assembly today.  Our ‘Lá Glas’ was an opportunity for everyone to ‘wear the green’ and get ready for our national celebration this weekend. Pupils from all classes enjoyed participating in our ‘Seachtain na Gaeilge’ Art competition.   using a sean fhocal as a theme for their picture. 
 
Pupils involved in Irish dancing also practiced their dancing for a ‘taispéantas’ during Assembly on Thursday.  The musicians also practiced their tunes for a performace too. We hope that all our pupils enjoyed the week and have a greater appreciation of our Irish culture after the week’s activities.
Tá súil againn gur bhain na páisti taitneamh agus tairbhe as na gníomhaíochtaí go léir a bhí ar siúl rith Seachtain na Gaeilge.  Tá seans maith ann go mbeidh meas agus grá acu don teanga Ghaeilge agus don chultúr ​

World Book Day

Our school celebrated World Book Day on Thursday, March 6th. The children engaged in many “book themed” activities to mark the day. All pupils were invited to dress up as a book character and it was wonderful to see such creativity in their costumes. The Parents’ Association kindly organised prizes for costumes in each class. The winners of these prizes were:
Junior Infants: Fionn Barrett
Senior Infants: Olivia Chernel
First Class: Ronán Ludwig
Second Class: Ava Dillon
Third Class: Manuela Bento Xavier
Fourth Class: Ellie Horgan
Fifth Class: Dylan Corbett
Sixth Class: Patrick Mulkere
The junior classes enjoyed a book character parade while the senior classes took part in book quizzes, book reviews, buddy reading and fifth and sixth classes even made their own books! Pupils were also awarded book tokens to celebrate an excellent effort in their reading.
Junior Infants: Michael McGann
Senior Infants: Kealan Dillon & Jack Tuohey
First Class: Hannah Collins
Second Class: Rita Mulkere
Third Class: Sadie McMahon
Fourth Class: Hubert Jasinski & Annie Murphy
Fifth Class: Gearóid McNamara & Ryan Holian
Sixth Class: Henry O’ Shea
All pupils were given a World Book Day voucher which they can use to buy their own book. We hope that everyone had a great day and the most important message from World Book Day is to keep reading!

Congratulations to our many pupils who won prizes for Handwriting and Art in our local Community Games competitions.

​Legend of St. Brigid’s Cloak
The legend of Brigid’s cloak is often told. It’s the story about the manner in which she came to acquire the land to build her monastery at Kildare. It is often regarded as one of the first miracles associated with her
She approached the King of Leinster requesting the land on which to build her monastery. The place she selected in Kildare was ideal. It was near a lake where water was available, in a forest where there was firewood and near a fertile plain on which to grow crops. The King refused her request. Brigid was not put off by his refusal. Rather, she and her sisters prayed that the King’s heart would soften. She made her request again but this time she asked, “Give me as much land as my cloak will cover.”
Seeing her small cloak, he laughed and then granted this request. However, Brigid had instructed her four helpers each to take a corner of the cloak and walk in opposite directions – north, south, east and west. As they did this the cloak began to grow and spread across many acres. She now had sufficient land on which to build her monastery. The King and his entire household were dismayed and amazed. They realised that this woman was truly blessed by God. The King became a patron of Brigid’s monastery, assisting her with money, food and gifts. Later he converted to Christianity. It was on this land in Kildare that she built her dual monastery c.470.
 
 

​Crusheen National School is now accepting enrolment of new pupils for September 2025. The closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 3rd February, 2025.  Application forms can be downloaded from school website https://www.crusheenns.net/2025-26-enrolment-information.html.  If parents/guardians wish the application form to be posted or emailed to them, please contact the school by phone (065) 6827183 or email to [email protected] with your name, address and contact number.  

A huge thank you to all who helped to make our Christmas Shoebox Appeal such a success this year. A total of 98 boxes were collected through the school. We hope these bring happiness to the children who will receive them.

Well done to all our pupils who competed in the Cross Country Running in Lees Road this week. Congratulations to everyone who took part and to our medal winners also. You should all be very proud!

We were delighted to welcome many of our past pupils back to our school over the past two weeks. They shared their enthusiasm for football and camogie with our current pupils  and we are very grateful for their visits to us. It is wonderful to have such strong sporting role models in our community! Congratulations on your success!