Pride of place this week goes to the Under 13 Ladies Football team who successfully defeated St. Josephs, Templemore on Friday November 20th in Golden in the County Final. There were great performances all over the field from this very determined group of players. This was the second year in a row that the Under 13 Ladies Football team have won the County Final and what made the result all the more remarkable was that there was only one of last year's starting team still in the school along with the fact that the team had to go up a division following last year's success. Thanks to all of our very vocal supporters who came to the game, the parents and school staff who helped to bring the pupils over to the game and Golden Kilfeacle GAA club for the use of the pitch and facilities. Also, a special word of thanks to Brian Leamy and Tommy Boles who put up the goals and organised the pitch. Match report and more photos will follow later.    

This week, we received a visit from St. Anne's secondary school who gave a chemistry and physics lesson to all the senior classes. Some of the experiments involved creating carbon dioxide bubbles, using dry ice, surface tension, making "elephant's toothpaste", pressure points, centrifugal forces and creating sound waves using smoke rings . Thank you to Ms. Treacy, her Transition Year assistants and our past pupils Aoife and Loren for their fun and informative lesson.      

Having successfully learned all 42 sounds in the Jolly Phonics list, the Junior Infants have now started on their reading book programme. No doubt this will help to create a life-long love of reading in all the pupils.    

The Under 13 Ladies Football team will play St. Josephs Templemore on Friday, November 20th at 12.30pm in Golden GAA field. 

The Under 11 Boys Football County Final due to take place today (Tuesday, November 17th) has been called off due to the weather conditions. The game will be re-fixed again for another date. 

The first edition of the Thomastown NS Parents Council Newsletter is available to download by clicking on the link below. In this edition, there are some dates for your diary and an outline of some of the initiatives that have been planned for the months ahead.  

Best wishes to the Under 11 Boys Football and the Under 13 Ladies Football teams who play their respective finals this coming week. The Under 11 Boys will play Clerihan NS on Tuesday, November 17th at 3.20pm in Cashel GAA field. The Under 13 Ladies Football team will play St. Josephs Templemore on Friday, November 20th. Time and venue for this game will be confirmed later.

4th, 5th and 6th class paid a visit to the University of Limerick on Tuesday, November 10th to take part in the Maths Magic Workshop. The workshop was one of a series of events being held in the University as part of Science Week Ireland. Ben Sparks from the University of Bath was the guest speaker on the day. The workshop demonstrated and experimented with ways of producing shock, surprise and magic (with a little help from maths!). Some of the content included number tricks, proof (including some algebra) and card tricks. As well as attending the workshop, the pupils got a chance to experience a little bit of college life in the impressive surroundings of UL. 

3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Class will be performing at the Peace Proms in The Hub, Kilkenny on Saturday March 5th 2016 at 2pm. Tickets are now on sale for any parents/family members that would like to come and enjoy what promises to be a very entertaining afternoon. Tickets are priced at 15 euro per person or 50 euro for a family of four and can be purchased directly from the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland website - www.cboi.ie or by clicking on the following link: 
​http://peaceproms.com/buy-tickets/

Maths lessons in 2nd and 3rd Class this week involved learning more about 3-D shapes both in the classroom and in the environment around us. The pupils then used some 3-D shapes to help create lots of different environments such as a forest, a beach and a city.