Junior Infants had such a lovely, festive visit to Charleville Mall Library this week, where Anne, the librarian, read us two stories, let us explore all the books and do some colouring to decorate their Christmas tree!
We had a very special evening on Thursday when we held our first ever night time Christmas performance!
The church was filled with family and friends to support our amazing pupils.
They put on some amazing performances to fill our hearts with Christmas cheer.
The evening raised over €4,000 for the school.
A huge thank you to everyone who came to support. It was a very special evening in the history of Rutland National School.
6th Class have had a great start to the year and have been working really hard. At the moment, we are learning all about how Ireland gained its independence. We made a short video all about the 1916 Rising. Click on the link to check it out!
Before the Easter break, 6th class paid the Hugh Lane Gallery a visit.
The class took time to examine the artwork and made fantastic sketches of their favourite pieces to discuss. There were lots of interesting conversations about art.
We also studied the beautiful stained glass window artwork to replicate during our own art lesson. The children took inspiration from the work of Harry Clake and added their own ideas to their work.
The children have also been learning about Irish history and the class found lots of paintings depicting famous figures such as Micheal Collins.
It was a fantastic trip with our creative 6th class students!