Our Opening Times...
Redwood N.S. opens daily from 8.30am for pupils to arrive
All classes begin at 8.50am
Junior & Senior infants finish school at 1.30pm
All other classes finish at 2.30pm
Our After School/Homework Club runs daily until 4.30pm
All classes begin at 8.50am
Junior & Senior infants finish school at 1.30pm
All other classes finish at 2.30pm
Our After School/Homework Club runs daily until 4.30pm
Check out our gallery page with all our work and school events!!
A big welcome to our new Junior Infants for 2017/2018
History Tour of Lorrha with Lorrha Historical Society
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Active Week 2017: We enjoyed modern dance, cycling, tennis, hurling, nature walk and sports day....phew! (Check out our 'Active School Award' page for more pics!)
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School Tour to Birr Outdoor Education Centre 2017
Congratulations to our second class pupils on receiving the Sacrament of Communion for Life in Lorrha Church on May 28th 2017
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Congratulations to our sixth class pupils on receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation in Rathcabbin Church on May 14th 2017
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Fin's Pottery
We were very lucky have enjoyed six sessions of pottery with Fin's Pottery at the start of our school year.
Look at our gallery page for some of our creations ..... Our Treehouse
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Jersey Day 2016We recently took part in Jersey Day in support of the charity GOAL where we aised an outstanding amount of €115.00
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Trick or Treat for Temple Street...
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We love Tipperary!
Liam McCarthy comes to school...
If every day in school was like this!! The children met their heroes on Tuesday 27th when Bonner Maher, Brian Hogan and Redwood's own John Madden came to visit with the cups!
The children gave them a rendition of Queen's 'We will rock you' and played Slievenamon on the tin whistles.
A huge thank you to Paudie Malone for organising such a wonderful occasion for the children!!
(See more images in our event page!!)
Portumna Shorelines Festival 2016
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Congratulations to our two winners in this year's Shorelines Arts Festival for the prose pieces they wrote on the theme of 'Wings'
UP TIPP !!! Bring on the celebrations!!
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Some really delighted young fans, so proud of their heros!!
Well done to Lorrha's own Bonner Maher, John Madden and Brian Hogan!
The importance of bees...
Councillor Michael O' Meara, who is also an avid bee-keeper, visited us in school recently. He brought in a hive, a piece of honeycomb and some of his own honey for the children to taste. The children all learned a great deal about bees and their work and the great health benefits of eating local honey. We have adopted one of Michael's hives which we will decorate and return to his apiary so we can keep up to date with the work of the bees!!
Visit from Road Safety Authority
Many thanks to Catherine Flaherty of the RSA who visited us recently and gave two excellent presentations to the junior and senior classes on road safety.
We would like to welcome our two lovely girls that have joined us in Junior infants this year - Pictured here with their teacher Helena.
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Holy Communion 2016
The Sacrament of First Holy Communion
took place on Sunday, 29th May in
Rathcabbin Church
Congratulations is extended to all the
children in the parish who received
their First Holy Communion.
The Sacrament of First Holy Communion
took place on Sunday, 29th May in
Rathcabbin Church
Congratulations is extended to all the
children in the parish who received
their First Holy Communion.
Confirmation 2016
The Sacrament of Confirmation took place on Sunday, 15th May in Lorrha Church.
Congratulations is extended to all the children in the parish who received their Confirmation.
Congratulations is extended to all the children in the parish who received their Confirmation.
County League Final Camogie Champions!!
(captained by our very own Miss. Hogan!!)
Congratulations to Miss. Hogan and to all the Lorrha Junior camogie team on their recent win against Boherlahan.
Lorrha 5-09 Boherlahan 1-09
The children were delighted to raise the county league final camogie cup!
Lorrha 5-09 Boherlahan 1-09
The children were delighted to raise the county league final camogie cup!
Redwood gains 5th green flag for BiodiversityWell done to all the pupils of Redwood NS on being awarded their fifth green flag during the week in the area of Biodiversity.
Many thanks to Declan Houlihan for creating our jungle garden with the children and to Christy Hough for maintaining our school grounds, and of course to all the children for their planting, sowing and harvesting! |
All the hard work is rewarded!!Check out our Biodiversity page for more images!!!
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Moo CrewThe senior classes were delighted to take part in the National Dairy Council competition recently!
The children were asked to create a poster showing what they had learned about dairy and about living a healthy, balanced lifestyle! Best of luck!! |
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The junior children were delighted to play their first ever hurling blitz recently in Puckane where they played Aglish,Boher and Kildangan. They had a fantastic day and played excellently in all three matches
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Raising the Irish Flag - 15th April 2016
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1916 Rising - Redwood NS present ' A Triumph of All Sorts'
Food dudes - Healthy eating initiative
We were delighted to be chosen to take part in this wonderful healthy eating initiative once again.
It is being run over a 16 day period for the Junior room and over 8 days for the Senior room
It is being run over a 16 day period for the Junior room and over 8 days for the Senior room
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This year we are delighted to donate the proceeds of our collection to the Mark Heffernan Trust in Tullamore who kindly gifted us with a defibrillator earlier in the year
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Bag 2 School collection
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Grandparents Day 2016
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The Grinch that Stole Christmas |
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It was to a packed house that the children of Redwood N.S. performed their Christmas variety concert show early December.
The show began with a dazzling display of Irish dancing choreographed by dance teacher Stephanie Power of Portumna. The children performed slip jigs, light jigs, heavy jigs, reels but it had to be the boys brush dance that went into Gangnam Style that stole the show! The junior children performed the finale of the dance routines with a gorgeous dance to ‘Santa Claus is coming to town!’
The senior children then performed some beautiful instrumental music on the piano and tin whistles including Mary’s Boy Child, Silent Night, Away in a Manger and the First Noel.
Finally it was time for the main part of the show ‘The Grinch Who Stole Christmas’ which was produced by drama teacher Jared Madden of Banagher. The show was a huge hit with the audience with some very funny scenes. The classroom scene was hilarious with some very witty lines and characters such as snotser Flannery and Bugsy who gave the poor teacher a very hard time!!
Redwood N.S. would like to thank all those who attended the show and everyone who supported the Parents Association raffle afterwards.
The show began with a dazzling display of Irish dancing choreographed by dance teacher Stephanie Power of Portumna. The children performed slip jigs, light jigs, heavy jigs, reels but it had to be the boys brush dance that went into Gangnam Style that stole the show! The junior children performed the finale of the dance routines with a gorgeous dance to ‘Santa Claus is coming to town!’
The senior children then performed some beautiful instrumental music on the piano and tin whistles including Mary’s Boy Child, Silent Night, Away in a Manger and the First Noel.
Finally it was time for the main part of the show ‘The Grinch Who Stole Christmas’ which was produced by drama teacher Jared Madden of Banagher. The show was a huge hit with the audience with some very funny scenes. The classroom scene was hilarious with some very witty lines and characters such as snotser Flannery and Bugsy who gave the poor teacher a very hard time!!
Redwood N.S. would like to thank all those who attended the show and everyone who supported the Parents Association raffle afterwards.
Miss. Darcy's getting married!!
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St. Kieran's Nursing Home Christmas visit, Rathcabbin
Christmas Team Hope Shoebox Appeal
CPR and AED Training for 3rd to 6th classes
Trick or Treat for Temple Street
Visit from Angela Sheehan (Tipp Co Co)from the Artist in Primary School Scheme pictured with the children & artist Joanna Williams
Delivery of our National Flag by the Defence Forces
Visit from Nora Stapleton
We were delighted to welcome Ireland's number 10 to our school recently with Portumna Rugby Club.
We all got to hold the Six Nations Cup!!
We were delighted to welcome Ireland's number 10 to our school recently with Portumna Rugby Club.
We all got to hold the Six Nations Cup!!
Athletics...The Tipperary Cross Country Athletics took place on Wednesday, 30th September. The boys were delighted with their silver medal for coming second!! Well done, you all did us proud!!! See school initiatives - active school for more photos!!! |
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Fifth Green Flag
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Artist in Primary SchoolWe are delighted to have been selected to take part in this scheme funded by Tipperary Co.Co. The children will be working with artist Joanna Williams in the area of shadow performance and puppetry. The work the children will undertake will all fall under the theme of ‘Biodiversity’
See school initiatives - Green school page & gallery event page for more photos!! |
The digital school of distinction programme "aims to promote, recognise and encourage excellence in the use of technology in schools"
This award is accredited by the Department of Education. We have being working towards this award and aim to achieve it this year |
