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Congratulations to our musical group how qualified from East Mayo for the Mayo County Final of Scór na bPáistí.

The sun shone brightly on us for our Wellbeing Walk. It was lovely to see so many of you  as we made our way around Foxford.

We had a lovely time sampling all the delicious foods from lots of European countries. Thanks to everyone who sent in food.

Well done to all the pupils from 4th, 5th & 6th class on their wonderful display of science experiments.

Fifth Class enjoyed a recent trip to Telus in Ballina.

Second Class recently enjoyed a Retreat Day at the Father Peyton Centre in Attymass in preparation for their First Holy Communion in May.

Congratulations to our VEX team from 6th Class, who represented our School in ATU Galway recently.

Congratulations to Annalise Ruddy who won numerous prizes at the Bonniconlon Show on Monday August 5th, in the Arts & Crafts and Handwriting sections. She received a cheque for €150 for our school. Well done Annalise!

Here are some of our pupils learning in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects using resources paid for by the Department of Education STEM grant.

Well done to the boys and girls of 4th, 5th and 6th Class who took part in the mini 7’s Cumann na mbunscol competition in the Connaught Centre of Excellence this week.

Congratulations to all our pupils who participated in the Mayo Schools Cross Country races held in Ballina on Wednesday. Each race had over 100 children on the starting line, all our students put in a fantastic effort in what were very competitive races. The school is incredibly proud of how well each child performed. We wish the very best of luck to our students who have qualified and now go forward to the Connacht finals.

Congratulations to all the boys and girls who represented Foxford NS at the East Mayo Schools Cross Country competition in Swinford, superb running from everyone. Best of luck to our qualifiers who will now compete in the Mayo finals next week.

We all enjoyed our school barbeque.

Everyone enjoyed our whole school picnic and the ice cream van.

Congratulations to everyone involved in helping us to achieve our 8th Green Flag and our 9th Blue Star Flag.

Well done to all involved in the 5th and 6th class talent show. What a wealth of talent these children have. We really enjoyed it.

We would like to thank O’Hara’s Bakery for giving 6th Class a fantastic tour of their bakery and showing them all the wonderful work that is done and the delicious  products that they produce. We really appreciate their continuous generosity to our school and the community. 

3rd & 4th Class went to the Aquarium in Galway for their tour. A great was had by all!

Well done to all who participated in the Chorpus Christi Procession in Foxford recently.

Division Champions! Well done to all. 

A fantastic day was had by all at our annual food tasting on Europe Day, May 9th. A huge thank you to everyone who sent in dishes and baking. It was great fun sampling the cuisine.

As part of our Well-being Week celebrations, we had a lovely walk around Foxford. It was great to see you cheer us on along the way!

Well done to all pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th class on their fantastic display of Science Experiments.

All classes had eggcellent fun on our hunt!!

Maith sibh gach duine. Ar fheabhas!

Children dressed up as their favourite characters to mark World Book Day. Classes took part in paired reading activities and also made book marks.

We really enjoyed our walk around town to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. Thanks to everyone who lined the streets to cheer us on!

Well done to our fantastic team who took part in the VEX Robotics Competition in ATU.

We had a lovely Christmas walk through Foxford this morning.

Happy Christmas to everyone.

Thanks to everyone who sponsored and supported the Parents’ Association Raffle which took place in our school this week.

Congratulations to Bobby who came 3rd in the Garda Síochána Christmas colouring competition.

During Science week, 5th Class had the opportunity to visit the Telus International offices in Ballina. It was a really enjoyable trip. We learned so much about what the company does in supporting top global brands and tech companies in their creation and enhancement of data to enable better AI via human intelligence.

Marine Spatial Planning Poster Competition

Well done to both our boys and girls football teams who competed in the Cumman na mBunscoil competitions recently. The boys won both the Division and East Mayo competitions and our girls were narrowly beaten in the Division final. Comhghairdeas to all involved.

Heartiest congratulations to our four athletes who represented Foxford NS in the Connacht Schools Cross Country competition held in Galway this week.  Each of the children ran superb races amongst a very competitive field of runners. The school is incredibly proud of all you have achieved and indeed of all our cross country runners who have represented the school over the last number of competitions. Well done to everyone on all your hard work and dedication

Today our Senior Infants enjoyed storytelling in Foxford Library.

Spot the Rocket

Dear Parents,

We want to thank you all for all your support and to all our sponsors for our very successful annual Christmas Draw.  We would also like to thank O’Hara’s Bakery for their kind donation of a Christmas Cake to all our pupils and staff.

The winners of the draw held this morning are as follows:

Paula Ruane, Darragh Noone, Ciara Heffernan, Therese McGuire, Tom McHugh, Megan Gillespie, Sheila Dundon, Corrine Flatley, Anna Piszczek, Brenda Ryder, Christopher Horan, Alexander Tama, Sarah Ryder, Brian Brogan, Edel Joyce, Mollie Louise Mulligan, Brian Hughes, Conor Ruane, Harry Coleman, Abbie O’Brien, Winnie Tunney, Sharon Kilcullen, Olivia McGloin, Sarah Power, Michael Roche, Michael McCready, Johanne Keane, Patricia Gaughan, Robert Moran, Mary McShea, Adam Hanahoe, Charlotte Doherty, Gary Ruane, Gary Byrne, Gary Coleman.

Happy Christmas everyone,

Pauline on behalf of all the teachers, staff and pupils in Foxford National School.

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Winners in this year’s raffle are as follows:

Rachel Fox, Eva Fogarty, Martin McGloin, Jack Finlay, Mary McShea, Marcus Rose, Kathleen Brogan, Natalia Ishchenko, Pádraig Morrison, Barbara Butler, Níamh Farrell, Patrick Gallagher, Sophia Elstone, Joe Kennedy, Maureen Roche, Sheena Gallagher, Jimmy Roache, Lillian Sinnott, Oisín Noone, Gerry Ruane, Tegan Binley, Tarragh Cosgrave, Isaac Harrington, Michelle Guilfoyle, Pauline Geoghegan, Margaret Durcan, Helen Clarke, Keelan Hardy, Peter Fox, Barry Blenkey, Anna Gillespie, Karina Flannery.

Thanks to all the organisers of the above event, for all your support in selling and buying lines and especially to all our sponsors who are as follows:

The Raffle raised almost   €1200 for the school most of which will be spent on IT and  Sports Equipment. Thanks very much to the members of the Parents’ Association who ran this event.

Enrolment Mass Sunday 8th October 11 a.m.

Sunday 22nd October 11 a.m.

Sunday 26th November 11 a.m.

Saturday 23rd December 7.30 p.m.

Sunday 14th January 11 a.m.

Sunday 11th February 11 a.m.

Sunday 4th March 11 a.m.

Thursday 29th March 8 p.m. (Holy Thursday)

Sunday 15th April 11 a.m.

Sunday 3rd June 11 a.m.

School will reopen on Wednesday 30th August for Junior Infants Only 09.20 – 12 Noon.

School will reopen for all pupils on Thursday 31st August

Thanks to all who generously supported and contributed to this year’s Christmas Raffle and to all our sponsors who are as follows: Paula Ruane, River Bank, Zoe Wood, Hair by Aga, Karen Bowes, The IceHouse, Foxford Woollen Mills, O’Hara’s Bakery, SOS Amber, Foxford Chemist, Ormsby’s Bus, Ann McNamee, Sylvia Spain, Blue Thunder, Clive’s Butcher, Cruisers, Country Kitchen, Suzette Ruane, Damian’s Barbers, O’Hara’s Centra, Carol Kelly, Brian Joyce.

Your contributions and support are much appreciated. 

Thanks too to our Parents’ Association for all your help as usual.

It was a big success and congratulations to all the winners as follows:

1. Jack Finlay                   Hamper
2. Cindy Wu                      Hamper
3. Alan Dean                     Teddy Bear
4. Sebastian Rose             Ice House
5. Gearóid Clarke             Foxford Woollen Mills
6. Ailish Bourke                SOS Amber
7. Fiona Roache                Chemist Set
8. Gerry Mellot                  Mugs
9. Aoife Porter                   Sweet Jar
10. Marian Connelly           Santy Bag
11. David Wynne                 Blue Thunder
12. Martin Ruane                Clive Butchers
13. Tommy Joyce                Cruisers
14. Brendan Kelly               Country Kitchen
15. Shauna Cosgrave          Car Kit
16. Rebecca Gaughan         Face Painting
17. Lacey Guilfoyle              Buns
18. Jonah Gallagher            Barber
19. Annie Kelly                     Barber
20. Ashley McGrath             Car Kit
21. Sheena Gallagher           Buns
22. Danny McNamee           Buns
23. Conor Ryder                    Buns
24. Ann Loftus                       Sweets
25. Valarie Canavan             Sweets
26. Dean Butler                     Sweets

We had a very special visitor to school today!!

We collected our Green Flag for Travel today. Thanks very much to all the Pupils, Parents, Care takers and Teachers who worked so hard to achieve this especially;  Ms Hegarty and Ms Reilly, our Green School Coordinators and our Green School Committee, Daragh Doherty, Alex  Murphy, Laura Hopkins, Catherine Healy, Emma Coleman, Oisín Finnerty, Austin Hardy, Cushla Ruane, Clíona McCarthy, Kian Clarke, Sophia Elstone, Robyn Canavan and also our Green Schools Wardens. The 6th Class Pupils on the Committee are pictured below collecting our flag in Claremorris.

Hi All,

this years annual Book Fair will run from Monday 9th May up until Friday 13th May.  The book fair has always proved a great success and with your support again this year, the more books sold – the more books/book credit is earned for the school.

Thanks as always to all the parents who help us to run this Book Fair.  Your support is much appreciated.

Pauline.

Eugene O Riordan, born in 1916, yes 1916, helped Fr Costello to raise the flag and make it such a memorable occasion for all of us.We presented him with a Foxford Rug and he commented ” I hope I last longer than the last Corkman to get a Foxford Rug”. Bhí an-lá againn go léir.

Dear all,

The School Photographer will be at the school on Tuesday 23rd February from 9 a.m.

Children are asked to be in full uniform on that day.

Best regards,

Pauline.

Many thanks to all who helped and sponsored this year’s very successful Christmas Raffle which was run by the Parents’ Association Committee.  Proceeds raised and given to the school amounted to €1,222.

Our Sponsors were:

Bourke’s Bar, Cruiser’s Bar, Riverbank Bar, Ormsby’s Bus, Bowes School of Motoring, Suzette Ruane, Foxford Pharmacy, The Barber Shop, Valerie’s, O’Hara’s Centra, Clive’s Butcher Shop, Foxford Radiators, Sylvia Spain, Foxford Mills, Michael Clarke, Séamus Ryder, Ben Sinnott, Reape’s Garage, Gannon’s Post Office, Karen Murphy, Anne Cosgrave, O’Hara’s Bakery, McGloin’s Gala and Foxford Leisure Centre.

Many thanks again,

From all at Foxford National School.

This year the Book Fair made €2,146.  This earns credit for our school to use with Scholastic Books to the amount of €1,287.60.  Many thanks for all your support and help with making this years sales so high.  Thank you too to the girls who helped with selling.

Foxford National School is excited to announce our WOW Launch Day will be on Friday 15th May.

And the winners this week are:

First Prize €100 Jack Kenny         Sellers Prize €10 Kyle Bowes

Second Prize €75 Kasey Ruane     Sellers Prize €5 Kelley Ruane

Third Prize €50 Fiona Reape         Sellers Prize €5 Abigail Reape

Some of our participants and winners in our much enjoyed Comórtas Drámaíochta.

Maith sibh do gach páiste agus do gach rang a ghlac páirt ann.

And the winners ARE!!!

First Prize €100 Michael Lavin           Sellers Prize €10 Pádraig Ó Láimhín

Second Prize €75 Siofra McHugh       Sellers Prize €5 John McHugh

Third Prize €50 Mary Doherty            Sellers Prize €5 Mary Doherty

AND THE WINNERS ARE!!!!

First Prize:  €100 Avadh Gaughan   Seller’s Prize:  €10 Avadh Gaughan

Second Prize:  €75 Declan Molloy  Seller’s Prize:  €5 Emma Molloy

Third Prize:  €50 John McHugh  Seller’s Prize:  €5 John McHugh

Our First Draw in this year’s School Lotto took place today Thursday 5th March 2015.  AND THE WINNERS ARE:

First Prize €100 goes to Mr. Ian McHugh, Seller Keeva McHugh €10

Second Prize €75 goes to Mrs Ann Molloy, Seller Emma Molloy €5

Third Prize €50 goes to Mr. Joe Carroll, Seller Sophie Carroll €5

Well done all!!