Last Saturday 6th class were invited to Eli Lilly to celebrate Science Week 2018. The day began with a short science quiz and pupils impressed the Eli Lilly employees and their teacher with their knowledge. 

Pupils changed into their lab coats and made their way to the laboratory. In the lab there were a variety of science experiments. (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics). The class was split into three groups and each one had a chance to experiment at each station. The experiments included optical illusions, the density of liquids, magnetic and non-magnetic objects, the science behind lava lamps and how to hide messages on paper.

Pupils were treated to a ‘Science Magic show’ and each child was given their very own chemistry set. A fantastic morning was had by all and we definitely have some scientists in the making.

The students in Ms. O'Connell's infant musical theatre class had great fun making this baby shark video. We became actors, dancers, choreographers, directors and camera operators. Thank you to all the teachers who took part and a special thanks to Ms. Deasy's class who gave us a hand with our filming. We hope you enjoy it.

On Wednesday last 3rd class were delighted to welcome baby Ellie and her mother Connie to the class to start our Roots of Empathy program. Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based programme delivered in primary school that raises social emotional competence and increases empathy. At the heart of the programme is a baby and parent who visit the classroom every three weeks during the school year. We would like to thank our instructor Diane and Bernardos for delivering the programme. For more information visit www.bernardos.ie/our-services/work-in-school/roots-of-empathy

The children of the school were asked to create Safety in the Workplace posters highlighting the dangers and promoting the safety procedures of the work place. 
Due to the high standard of the entries received it became a difficult decision to narrow down the winners. Well done to all who took part.
     Congratualtions to Lauren (5th class) who won the senior competition and Youssef (1st class) who won the junior competiton. Both children won a family pass to Fota Wildlife Park from Seafield Construction. Much thanks to Seafield for their generous prizes and well done to Lauren, Youssef and all who took part. 

​Fit4Class is Athletics Ireland’s teacher-led programme that introduces junior infants to fourth class to athletics in a fun, engaging and non-competitive environment. Following it’s national success, a succession programme is being developed for senior classes (4th-6th). 
Following the introduction of Athletics Coaching in the school in the past two years students at SNE have now been selected to participate in piloting this new Fit4Class programme for senior classes. This pilot will see schools introduce the Fit4Class content into their P.E. delivery for athletics with 5th class pupils.
SNE is also fortunate to have an athletics coach who will run the programme throughout the entire school during the school year. 

Scoil Naomh Eltin's "Green School Commitee" attended the Tidy Towns School's Award Ceremony in Acton's Hotel on the 8th of November, Scoil Naomh Eltin was proud to win an award in the Tidy Towns School's Category. Skye Sheedy was nominated as Scoil Naomh Eltin's "Junior Hero".  On the night,  to her surprise she was presented with a Junior Local Hero award. Well done to all the students involved.  We will continue to work hard at Scoil Naomh Eltin to keep our school and local environment clean, tidy and as always a place where visitors are welcome. 

It was an ordinary school day for Ciarán Murphy, whose special interest in Space and Science had him dreaming of one day working for NASA. "Ciarán I have a special visitor for you" said his teacher. Ciarán was amazed when none other than Dan Tani the NASA astronaut walked into the room. Ciarán couldn't believe his luck. Mr Tani stayed with Ciarán for two hours talking all things space and giving Ciarán details of his SIX trips to the international space station!. 
Mr. Tani was a complete gentleman. He encouraged Ciarán to keep up the hard work in school and also gave Ciarán many gifts including official badges from his NASA jacket. Ciarán said it was the best day of his life!!

Another year of Sciath na Scól and gaelic football comes to a close. Both our boys and girls teams played with skill, determination and sportsmanship through-out the year. Each and every student that played for either team competed excellently and represented the school with great pride. Even though there were some disappointments along the way with semi-final and final losses, there were also some fantastic performances and results and everyone deserves great credit for reaching those stages of the competitions.
To finish off the gaelic football season in style we had our annual Scoil Naomh Eltin Halloween Football blitz yesterday in Kinsale GAA pitch. There were six teams made up of our 5th and 6th class students. Kerry and Tyrone went on to reach the final with Kerry eventually coming out victorious. The team were undoubtedly delighted but felt mixed emotions with one player describing how this will be the only time he will be happy to see "Kerry as champions". Huge thanks to Mr lyons, Mr O'Brien, Mr O'Donovan and Mr Wright for training and coaching  the teams after school and during the matches. We look forward to seeing our players in the blue and white of Kinsale for the coming year.