Today was an exciting day for all the children in Tiermohan. Garda Bill and Garda Peter visited our school with their van and bicycle. Garda Peter reminded us of our safety rules while cycling our bikes. Garda Bill showed us around the Garda van, and even put some children in the cells in the back! The children all enjoyed ths visit very much and we look forward to another visit in the future.

Here is a photo of our mural being painted.

Yesterday was a busy day in Tiermohan NS. In the morning we had a visit from Mick Kelly, an engineer working with SIAC. He introduced the world of engineering to the senior students. Then the pupils in 4th and 5th classes were presented with a challenge: to build a car capable of carrying 500g with two seats and lights.The winning entry is displayed here. It was designed and built by engineers A Maguire and B Geraghty.

The girls with their trophy!

The girls of Tiermohan proved too strong for the opposition today at the blitz organised by Cumann na mBunscoil in Newbridge. In their first game they beat St Patrick's 18-4. They followed this by beating Lackagh 17-3, Clogherinkoe 10-2 and St Davids 18-2. They met Rathcoffey in the final and won 16-0. Well done to all the girls concerned and many thanks to Ms Curley for training the girls and to the drivers and supporters.

Today the boys of Tiermohan reached the finals of the basketball blitz, organised by Cumann na mBunscoil. This one day event was held in the Secondary school in Newbridge. In the first game, we were beaten 3-8 by St Patrick's. We beat Suncroft in the second game, 8-2. In the third game we were beaten 2-6 by Lackagh. This forced us into a three way playoff. We beat Suncroft 6-0 and Lackagh 4-0. This brought us to the semi-finals where we beat Allen 4-0. We met St Patrick's again in the final but they proved too difficult to beat and we were beaten 7-1. All the boys on the panel deserve praise as it was a very tough blitz and we did very well to reach the final. Many thanks to Joe O Connor and Cumann na mBunscoil for organising the blitz. Thanks also to our drivers and supporters.

The school community is still talking about the fantastic Gala Concert held on 31st January last in Newtown Church. For the previous number of months, Shaun and Emma Purcell, together with helpers, worked every Wednesday with the children involved, and put together a show that would be the envy of any Broadway production company. The show itself was wonderful, with Irish dancers, solo singers, hip hop dancers, a wonderful choir singing classics from Cats and even two leprechauns. Ms Vanessa Brady presented Emma and Shaun with a gift on behalf of everyone involved in the production. Well done to all involved in the production, thank you to Shaun and Emma and congratulations to the real stars of the show, the children!