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Here are our amazing quiz champions from last night. All four children are in 4th class. If you have a question around here, these are the 4 to ask!

What an amazing night we had in the hall in Conna for the PA interschool quiz. An incredible 60 teams participated, fueled on vast amounts of sugar! The PA did a wonderful job organising the event. Thanks to all the parents and staff who gave up their free time so willingly to help prior to … Read more

Thanks to everyone who donated to our fundraiser last Thursday. We raised €260 for Pieta House.

A sincere thanks to everyone for your cooperation this morning. We had a very productive morning on the pitch and got all our races finished before 10am. Apologies for the state of the shoes going home. It was very mucky by the end! If your child has qualified for Cork City Sports we will contact … Read more

Well done to our wonderful Sciath na Scol teams from 4th, 5th and 6th class. We played Curraglass in the wind and mud today in Ballynoe. We came home with one win and one loss. Well done to Curraglass, small and might!! Roll on next week when we play in Blarney.

Happy Mothers Day to all our wonderful mothers, step-mothers, grandmothers and guardians out there. Your hard work and generosity of time is often overlooked!! We hope you had a lovely relaxing weekend and someone else took charge of things for a few hours.

Thankfully we got a break in the weather and got outside for our céilí and parade this morning. This was a great finale to Seachtain na Gaeilge. The children and staff put a lot of work into the dances. It paid off this morning. We had great craic agus ceoil. Bain taitneamh as an deireadh … Read more

We have been really busy decorating the school for St Patrick’s Day this week.

Well done to our 2nd class who made their First Penance last night. We could not be more proud of them. They are an incredible bunch of kids, we are so lucky that we get to work with them every day. A special thanks you to Fr. O’ Donnell and Fr. Lenihan for making the … Read more

A very special thank you to Paddy for taking us down to the church in the rain today for our First Penance rehearsal. When we chanced our arm and asked for a spin he didn’t hesitate to oblige us. Best of luck to the 20 2nd class pupils making their First Penance tonight at 7pm.

Well done to all our performers in the Scór County Semi Final at the weekend. Hard luck to our ballad group, who just missed the final. Well done to Stephanie and our drama group who will be competing in the final in 2 weeks time. We have high hopes for them!

Better late than never on the Wonder Wall this week. Look at some of the lovely work we have completed.

We are delighted the mobile library finally visited us today. The younger kids heard a story and everyone was able to borrow a book. They will be back in 4 weeks to change the books so please keep them safe!

Well done to everyone who competed in Scór this weekend. Every one of our kids competing came home with a trophy! The drama group, ballad group and our Irish dancer are all through to the next round. A special well done to our quiz team who just missed out on a spot in the next … Read more

We celebrated World Book Day today with some of our favourite authors. We are also reading with Read and Raise, kindly organised by the PA. Please don’t forget to register your child. The link is below. We are also looking forward to our first visit from the mobile library next Wednesday. ReadAndRaise | Home

Thanks to our PA for organising the Read and Raise fundraiser. It officially starts today. Please register your child if you haven’t already done so. There will be lots of reading in school this week to celebrate World Book Day on Thursday. The mobile library are also coming to visit us next week, on Wednesday. … Read more

We have four fantastic 6th class members who have been selected this year to represent Conna NS at the Cork Primary Games. We wish them the best of luck in their trials in the coming weeks.

Well done to our Scór participants at the weekend. Many made it through to the next round in Watergrasshill at the weekend, some didn’t but well for participating. Thanks to all the teachers for their dedication in helping the children prepare and attending Scór at the weekends.

We are very proud to be part of the first Student Council in Conna NS.

Best of luck to all our Scór performers this weekend. We had a rehearsal in the hall this afternoon. The talent in our school is amazing. We are looking forward to showing you our new silverware on Monday!

Lots of lovely work on our Wonder Wall. We even have a brother sister combo this week!

Thanks to our tiny but FABULOUS Parents Association for all their hard work in Term 1. They raised a staggering €6330. They would love for you to get involved in some small way. You can email them at connansparentsassociation@gmail.com to show your support. All the money raised goes straight back to your kids.

Happy Valentines Day to all our pupils and families.

Lots of great work onn the Wonder Wall this week.

A massive thanks to our caretaker Pascal who is sadly leaving us. He has been an incredibly reliable person to call upon when we needed anything fixed or moved. He kept our yards safe and clean, our heating ticking over, the garden tidy and so many more small, unseen jobs. You will be sadly missed … Read more

Well done to our very hard working Parents Association and to all our families who shop in Tesco. Terri picked up a cheque for €600 yesterday in Youghal. The PA are always looking for parents to join them in their fund raising efforts, all for a great cause towards the school and your children!! You … Read more

What an end to our Catholic Schools Week 2023!! The theme for the week was Walking Together in Faith. We really achieved this yesterday at mass. It was great to see so many people turn up. The 6th class did us proud with their readings and prayers. We are especially proud of everyone’s wonderful performance … Read more

We had our open night last night. There was singing, music and even some rap. Thanks to everyone who came to see us especially all the small people. A very special thanks to the wonderful staff and pupils of Conna NS who had the place looking at it’s best and who were incredibly welcoming to … Read more

Well done to all our WOW WALL people this week. Some gorgeous work for everyone to enjoy this week.

Take a look at this week’s WOW WALL winners. Some more examples of the amazing work our children are doing everyday.

It’s great to see our bike rack almost full today. Keep fit, walk or cycle to school.

Overall we have enjoyed Food Dudes this week. It was been a chance to taste fruit and vegetables that we may not have tried before or thought we didn’t like. Hopefully it has put us on a healthy eating path for 2023.

Better late than never with our WOW WALL this week! Take a look at our lovely work. We are all settled back after Christmas.

Spring has sprung in Conna N.S.

We are delighted that our homework club is finally up and running. It is on Monday to Thursday from 2.40pm-3.40pm. It is never too late to sign up, just send an email to homeworkclub@connans.com if you would like your child to be included.

We are delighted to be back swimming this year. First to 6th class will be swimming for January and February. This is our first time taking first class swimming. We are very lucky to have our older kids helping them out in the changing rooms. They thoroughly enjoyed the lesson. It was a much quieter … Read more

Here is a little look at all the Christmas art we have been busy with this month. It will soon be decorating you kitchens!

Massive congratulations to the whole team who produced and starred in the fantastic panto over the weekend. We are incredibly lucky to have such a high quality performance right on our doorstep. The community is awash with talent. It was lovely to see so many pupils, past and present, and parents on stage! Well done … Read more

Congratulations to our past pupils Leah and Ellen and to a current granny of the school, Angela, on their appearance on the Today Show with Maura and Daithi on Friday. Great representation for our small community and a stunning transformation.

Our school was full of colourful Christmas jumpers on Friday. We all wore our jumpers for charity! We raised a staggering €410 for our 2 charities. Thanks to everyone who donated.

Thanks to all our friends in Conna Nursing Home for making us so welcome today. We loved performing for you and the treats were great too.

Well done to the whole school today on our fire drill. It was a surprise drill and the whole school was out and back in within 5 minutes. No child left behind!!

Well done to all the students who took part in the Read-A-Thon in November. We raised €924!!

Well done to all our WOW WALL children this week. It’s definitely got a Christmas feel to it!

Massive congratulations to our wonderful Student Council who raised €300 on Thursday night selling tea, coffee, chocolate and painting faces. A particular thank you to all the parents and siblings who helped them. Thanks to all of you who supported their shop. All we have to do now is spend it!!

What a night!! What a show! What an audience!! Thanks to everyone for their support last night. We are incredibly proud of our whole community this morning.

We put in a long day yesterday for our dress rehearsal. Our lines are learned, the props are ready and we are trying to keep the bugs away until the weekend! Can’t wait to show you all our talent tonight! We have been working so hard.

Congratulations to this week’s Wow Wall winners. A lovely combination of writing and art.

Well done to our Wow Wall students this week. Great work going on as always.

It’s that time of year again. Thanks to everyone who supported the PA fundraiser and bought a Toy Show bag. We hope it lasts until the show!!

Thanks to the PA and to Jonathan Kenneally for organising the donation of 10 laptops to the school. They are much appreciated and will be put to good use.

We had a fire drill today. We just managed to get in before the hailstone!!

Take a look at this weeks Wow Wall. We are great workers in this school.

Well done to our wonderful Wow Wall students this week. Everyone worked really hard on creating their best work in class.

Well done to all our Wow Wall heroes this week. They are shining examples of the best our school has to offer.

Thanks to the PA and the class of 2022 for our bike rack. It took a while to get here but it was worth the wait.

Everyone made a huge effort today to dress up today. Well done to all. We had a parade around the yard to show off our efforts. We hope everyone has a restful and happy Halloween.

Thanks to everyone who got involved with our shoebox appeal this year. We collected almost 40 boxes. They were collected this morning and will be taken to Fermoy to be checked before being sent to some very deserving kids. A special thanks to Caroline for collecting the boxes today and for talking to us about … Read more

Thanks to these wonderful boys and their fantastic parents for gifting us these giant pumpkins again this year. It’s becoming a tradition!!

Welcome to our Wonderwall. Each week this wall will display the best of what the kids have to offer from all the classrooms. It may be a subject, an act of kindness or some good news. Look out for your childs name on it over the coming months.

Best of luck to our friends, colleagues and teammates in the Sciath na Scol final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh tomorrow. Curraglass and Ballynoe will play against each other. We are so proud of you all for getting this far. Whatever the result, it’s a win for St Catherines GAA, girls in sport and the whole … Read more

Gary Crowley came to visit us today to have a chat about Halloween safety, fire safety, vandalism and anti social behaviour. We also talked about the pros and cons of social media and the importance of privacy online.

Thanks to the wonderful team from Tallow Medical Health Centre for coming to us today to administer the flu vaccination. See you all again next year!

We really enjoyed handball today in the hall. Looking forward to it again next week.

It’s beginning to look very spooky around here.

Thanks to everyone who donated clothes and to our wonderful PA for organising the collection. We collected 992kg of clothes!!

Well done to our under 13 boys who won the Albert Griffin Perpetual Cup in Ballynoe on Wednesday night. They played against Killeagh in a tough match, winning by more than 2 goals. Well done buachaillí.

We were delighted to welcome Caroline to school to talk to us today about the Cope Foundation shoebox appeal. She told us all about the 4 Ws for the boxes. The Fermoy branch collected 3639 shoeboxes last year. They all went to the Ukraine. If you don’t want to fill a shoe box, just send … Read more

What a fantastic day at Fr. O Neills pitch in Ballymacoda. Our athletes did us proud not only with their running skills but also by displaying the type of sportsmanship that makes us proud. We have a great haul of medals after the day but better than that is the pride we have in our … Read more

More than 20 pupils from 5th and 6th class participated in the St Colmans and Loretto Blitz when it made its welcome return on Friday. The boys played hurling and the girls played football. Hopefully next year our numbers will be bigger, and we will be able to enter some of the girls into the … Read more

Well done to everyone who entered Conna Show at the weekend. We came home with a mountain of prizes. Special congratulations to Kate who won best in show.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Sharon, Denis and the extended family of David McDonnell on his very sad passing. It is a devastating loss for his family, friends and community. David is a past pupil of the school and is remembered very warmly by all who knew him here. Rest in peace David.

We are collecting shoe boxes for the Hope Shoe Box Appeal again this year. We know the costs of filling a shoe box can really mount up so we are collecting items from the 4Ws and will make some boxes in school. Please feel free to send in your filled shoe box or some items … Read more

All the best to our amazing 6th class. We wish them every happiness in the future. Exciting times ahead for you all!! Have a great summer break everyone.

The excitement of the holidays was intensified today when the ice cream van turned up at 10am!! Thanks to the Board of Management for organising this treat.

Class of 2022 We thoroughly enjoyed graduation on Tuesday night on the top yard. Fr. Billy said mass before the children performed a variety of poems, songs, music and dance. We then enjoyed tea and cake on the bottom yard in the sunshine. Thanks to all our families for coming out in huge numbers to … Read more

We celebrated our 6th class in school today with graduation on the top yard. There was music, singing and dancing. We had ‘most likely’ awards for both students and staff. the pupils of 6th class treated the school to a bike rack which we are delighted with! They also treated all the kids to some … Read more

We are delighted to have achieved our Active School Flag this year. The committee put a lot of work into it. We were swimming, played tennis, walked, ran, skipped and much more. A big thanks to Ms Sheehan and Ms Rice for guiding us on our journey.

We had a wonderful trip to UCC today. We got a little glimpse into what it would be like to be a student. We were given a tour of the campus and learned all about the history of the college. We even got to taste campus food! Thanks to Paul and Erin for showing us … Read more

Children from 3rd to 6th went the see Orfeo ed Euridice in the grounds of Lismore castle last night. It was a spectacular production and was very much enjoyed by all. We are incredibly lucky to have such an event happening so close to us. Thanks to the Lismore Opera Festival for the free tickets … Read more

Thanks to everyone who came along on Friday May 27th to our Family Fun Day. The children performed their Scór pieces, Zumba dances and circus skills. We also had some very talented singers and musicians to finish things off. The PAs coffee van went down a treat, as did the various fun stalls. We hope … Read more

Students from 4th to 6th class participated in the East Cork Final last Sunday in Watergrasshill. It was a fantastic day and we won Best Overall School!! The children worked so hard preparing and all their hard work paid off! We are so proud of them all! Check out the Avondhu for even more photos!

Last week we got a very special delivery of over 30 chromebooks. They had their first use in the classroom today. 4th and 5th class were the first lucky kids to try them out. We intend to make good use of them before the school year ends!!

It was fantastic to get everyone out today to compete for Cork City Sports. There were lots of happy faces and a few disappointed ones too. We are sorry we can’t send everyone! Well done to all who ran today. You were amazing compeditors. Best of luck to the finalists. Cork City Sports will be … Read more

Well done to everyone who participated in Scór na bPáistí over the weekend. We are so proud of the huge effort you all made. It was wonderful for us to get together on Friday to watch the rehearsals. Well done to Ms. Joyce and Ms. Nagle for all their efforts. Also a big thank you … Read more

We had such a fantastic day today in Ballynoe pitch where we played two brilliant games of hurling and camogie against Ballynoe! All the children were delighted to see all of their St. Catherine’s teammates. We will have two more games next week! We had 38 pupils who togged out today and well done to … Read more

The junior classes got a lovely surprise today when the Easter Bunny came to visit. Thanks to the PA for sponsoring the bunny!!

The book fair is in town. Please visit us Friday between 2 and 4 or Sunday between 11 and 1. Thank you for all your support. The school will benefit with new books from it.

Here are some more pictures from our céilí and parade on the 16th!

Here is some drone footage from our St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The Irish dancing is very impressive. Go hiontach gach duine.

March 14th 2022 We are so proud of this lovely bunch of kids. They made their First Penance with Father O’ Donnell in Conna church tonight. It was a lovely service and the kids were very supportive of each other. Special thanks to Ms Power for preparing them so well. Well done parents, you must … Read more

Lots of prizes were given out to all the children who raised money for the MS Readathon. It was a fantastic success and we can’t wait to do it all again next November.

We are so excited to be off swimming today. A little bit of normality finally!!

Happy Christmas everyone!. We hope you enjoy our Christmas performances.

We are now enrolling for September 2022. Forms are available under the enrollment tab on the website or by contacting the office on 05859440. Please pass this information on to anyone you may know that might be interested!

We are still standing after the storm!! The yard is a total mess but Superman aka Pascal is on the job today and the place will be all ready to welcome everyone back tomorrow morning.

We had a fire drill today. The kids were amazing. The school was empty in 3 minutes. Well done everyone!

We held our first annual Christmas lights switch on today. You will all have to come back in the dark to see them. Looks like a lot of people were in the attic last night hunting out the Christmas bling!!

Our free samples have arrived. We will be able to order lunch on the app from today. Our first delivery will be Friday.

A huge well done to all the students who created a shoebox for Team Hope this year, this is an annual campaign that delivers gifts straight into the hands of children affected by poverty. We hope that they bring some joy and excitement to the children that receive them.

They are on their way. Thanks to everyone who donated!!

We raised €320 for Barnardos when we dressed up for Halloween on October 22nd. WELL DONE TO US!!!

Thanks to everyone for the shoeboxes donated so far. They will be a very welcome gift this Christmas. We have extended our collection date to Monday November 8th. If you haven’t sent one in yet please consider putting one together over the weekend for this very worthy cause.

Thanks to everyone for the huge effort made today. We had a parade in the yard to celebrate our costumes.

Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Hill for gifting us this enormous pumpkin!!

At this stage we almost have the numbers for another teacher! The cats are taking over!

Mr Mulcahy has served Conna N.S. for 26 years and has been teaching for 43 years. Today we said an emotional farewell to him. We had a lovely send off on the yard with staff and pupils. We wish him a long, happy retirement with the best of health. He will be sadly missed by … Read more

Thanks to the Parents Assocciation for their presentation to Mr Mulcahy to mark his retirement. The Parents Assocciation is hugely important in any school. We are very lucky to have such great parents!!

The Parents Association are holding a clothing collect on Wednesday October 13th. This raises much needed funds for the school and your children. It’s also a great excuse to declutter!! Please support. See the attached leaflet for details.

We celebrated our communion in style today. Thank you Father O Donovan for such a lovely service and thanks to Mr. Clancy and our parents for getting us ready for the big day. If you need us we will be on the bouncy castles for the rest of the day!!!

We are really excited for Communion tomorrow at 10am. Best of luck to everyone. Double trouble Meet Garfield and Jennifer!! Our yard kittens.

We are all set for Confirmation tomorrow at 11!!

Massive thanks to Rory from the Fermoy Concert Band for visiting us today in the rain!! We learned about several brass instruments and heard some lovely music. The weather wasn’t in our favour but we made the best of it. All in the name of art! Thank yyou parents assocIATION Thanks to our fabulous Parents … Read more

The Parents Association are holding a clothing collect on Wednesday October 13th. This raises much needed funds for the school and your children. It’s also a great excuse to declutter!! Please support. See the attached leaflet for details.

We celebrated our communion in style today. Thank you Father O Donovan for such a lovely service and thanks to Mr. Clancy and our parents for getting us ready for the big day. If you need us we will be on the bouncy castles for the rest of the day!!!

We are really excited for Communion tomorrow at 10am. Best of luck to everyone. Double trouble Meet Garfield and Jennifer!! Our yard kittens.

We said farewell to our 6th class today with a guard of honour in the yard. We wish them all the best in the next chapter of their lives. We are so proud to call them our past pupils. Happy holiday everyone. We hope you stay safe and happy during summer. We look forward to … Read more

The sun was shining for our graduation ceremony today. We had plenty of practice and were ready for the ceremony to go live. Jason was on camera and Mr. Mulcahy on the microphone. We said a sad farewell Conna NS and all it’s staff. There was singing, music and poetry. The school also says farewell … Read more

Junior Infants to 2nd class had our sport day in the school today and what an amazing day we had. We had great fun with games, yoga, dance, water and the parachute. The highlight of our day was when the ice-cream van came to visit! Third to 6th class walked to the pitch for fun … Read more

There was caws for concern this morning when a crow flew into Senior Infants. We had to get a crow-bar and some vel-crow to remove him…he must have thought he was in CAWlege!! Thankfully he returned to his pals safe and sound before the children arrived in.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to all our wonderful families. We had a wonderful Teddy Bear Parade in the sunshine today. Some teddies were big, some were small, some were bald but all were welcome! Enjoy the day off school tomorrow. See you all on Thursday. https://youtu.be/RbveMOvk0WE St Patrick’s Day Parade Junior Infants to 1st https://youtu.be/llxLkjZ4yHQ … Read more

Our school has achieved the SFI Discover Science and Maths Award for the 2019/2020 academic year. We will receive the plaque of STEM shortly. Well done to all the students, staff and parents for their very hard work both in school and at home during the lockdown. The school provided evidence of children’s engagement with STEM in the following … Read more

Here is a little video to show you where to go on Monday morning. There will also be plenty of staff around to help you. See you then.