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There was great fun in school for the last day before midterm as everyone joined in the long standing tradition of Halloween dress up. Well done to everyone who put so much work into their costumes. To see more photos click here
Congratulations to our boys football team who had a great win today in the Offaly Cumann na mBunscoil football final. They came up against a very skillful St Cynocs team from Ferbane and had to be at their best today to get the win. It was a wonderful team performance and we are so proud of everyone involved. We haven't won the Colin Dunne Cup(named after our former friend and colleague Colin Dunne) since 2009. Thanks to Offaly Cumann na mBunscoil and everyone involved in hosting today's finals. Thanks to Ms Molloy, Mr Breslin and Ms Sheeran for their work with the lads.
The Offaly Cumann na mBunscoil hurling and camogie skills competition took place recently and the Scoil Shinchill entrants really did us so proud by both coming in 2nd place. Ciara was narrowly defeated in a playoff. Well done to both on what is a wonderful achievement.
Well done to our cross country runners who all had a great day at the Tom Godley Memorial Offaly Schools Cross Country running championships today. Thanks a million to Tullamore Harriers for organising a fantastic event. Thanks a million to Ms McLoughlin for helping the boys and girls prepare for the big day.
Pupils from our 6th class visited Coláiste Choilm this morning for the STEMULATE engineering competition. This followed an in School competition recently.
This year's task was to design a tower to a set specification. One of our teams was thrilled to be awarded the design award for their 'Burger Khalife ' tower. Thanks a million to Colaiste Choilm for hosting such an enjoyable competition.
Pupils in our older classes visited Killeigh Community centre last Monday morning to view an exhibition by Killeigh Told Through Visual Stories . This project, part of Creative Ireland involved a group of locals working in conjunction with artist Teresa to bring some of the local stories of the life and culture of Killeigh to life as sculptures. We were blown away by the work on display and really enjoyed listening to the stories behind each sculpture. We thank everyone involved for the kind invitation.
We were delighted to welcome the victorious Clodiagh Gaels footballers and hurlers who recently came in with their respective cups. The footballers won the Offaly Junior championsip and the hurlers won the Offaly Senior B championship.
Congratulations to the St Sinchills U12 camogie team who won the U12 county final.
It was smiles all around today as Offaly star Dan Ravenhill joined us for GAA coaching. This is part of the new Offaly Club School Link programme which provides 9 weeks of coaching before Christmas and 9 weeks of coaching after Christmas. Thanks to Dan, Offaly GAA and to Clodiagh Gaels and St Sinchills Camogie for the provision of this block of coaching. As ever, we greatly appreciate the support of our local clubs
It was a sad day for us all in Scoil Shinchill today as we bade our GPO Eimear Carroll farewell. Eimear has always proved to be one of the most popular visitors to our school every week as she provided coaching to our pupils. We wish her the very best for the future. See less