What’s been going on in Togher Girls School?

Well done to all the girls and Ms. Kelleher who took part in the Camogie blitz in Nemo last week. All the girls played so well, it’s brilliant to see such a passion and love of the sport from the girls!

Ms. Carmody’s 3rd class have been extremely busy writing these beautiful advertisements for our school. You can tell they worked so hard on these ads, they are so carefully written and designed. Well done girls!

The 6th Class girls visited Trinity College Dublin last Thursday. They had a fantastic day learning all about the College and its’ history. We were so grateful and lucky to have met the Provost and past pupil of TGNS – Linda Doyle also. It was a highlight of the day. We enjoyed a tour of […]

The whole school had an amazing Maths Week 2022 from the 17th to the 21st of October! From going on Maths Trails, to Maths buddies and Maths Quizzes to Maths Art, we had an extremely busy week!

Well done to all involved and for all the support during our Barrs Blitz last Friday, 9th of October. All the girls did the school so proud and no doubt they had a great time. Thanks to everyone for making the day so great for them especially Ms. Kelleher and Ms. Stack for training sessions.

Ms. Crowley’s 4th class girls have been working so hard in their class for the last couple of weeks. Take a look at them working on their technology and art skills!

Mr. Fullam’s 4th class have been working extremely hard on their Geography skills recently on their trip to Coffey’s Field. Well done girls!

4th class are very excited to partake in choir sessions this year along with their teachers Ms. Daly, Ms. Olsthoorn, Mr. Fulham and Ms. Crowley. They can’t wait for you to watch them perform!

Ms. Driscoll’s Junior and Senior infants have been working so hard since they have started school. They have been working on their cutting skills, painting, Maths sorting and learning lots of rhymes. Well done girls!

We were delighted to have the Lord Mayor Deirdre Forde visit our school on Monday the 12th of September 2022. The girls sang beautiful songs to her and we gave her some gifts of poetry and artwork reflecting the diverse talents within our school community.

Kelly Harrington visited Cork Spartan Boxing Club last week and some of our girls were delighted to meet her!

We had a brilliant Pet Day this year. We had Pet Day on Friday the 17th of June and it was a great success. Pamela Murphy, past pupil and now vet, came to chat to us about her job and gave us great tips on looking after our pets. We were thrilled that our pet […]

Ms. Crowley’s 5th class had a lovely morning on Thursday the 19th of May visiting the community garden. Many thanks to Sandra and Ray for meeting with them. We planted sunflower seeds and Cosmos. We look forward to transplanting them in a few weeks.

Elena, a volunteer from KPMG talked to the 4th class girls who are junior jurors in the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. Also displayed is some of the children’s work.  Well done girls!

We were extremely busy last week for Seachtain na Gaeilge. Bhí a lán imeachtaí iontach againn! From the céilí to Sos as Gaeilge and the Tráth na gCeist to the Glaoch Guthán, we all thoroughly enjoyed the week. We had a big assembly on the last day where we watched performances from the Junior Infants […]

Ms Kelly and Ms O’Shea’s senior infant class went planting with Emily Belle McCarthy’s dad last week. They planted strawberries, peas, bluebells and potatoes. Super job!

Ex-professional soccer player Alan Bennet visited fourth class. Alan is currently coaching on the School’s Development Programme with the FAI. Many of the girls in fourth have dreams of being professional soccer players. Adam explained the three different routes to becoming a professional player.He highlighted the Cork women currently playing professional around the world.These include […]

Our Green Schools Committee have been very busy this year getting ready to apply for our 6th flag. We are working on the theme of: Global Citizenship, Litter and Waste. We are learning about  The 17 UN Global Goals Fairtrade How to reduce our waste and recycle more. We look forward to our International Day […]

6th Class students did an amazing job of researching the countries that they are from. They made beautiful posters to display their work also. These girls did a challenging job of hosting a Zoom where they gave great speeches on their countries to all the classes in the school. They did a wonderful job! Well […]

Fourth and Fifth classes did a fantastic job making St. Brigid’s Day crossed recently.

Fifth Class recently did some recount writing about the Barrs match as Gaeilge. Ar Fheabhas!

We are delighted to share some photos of the AMAZING prizes up for grabs this year for our Christmas raffle! Thank you so much to all those who have donated prizes, they are all wonderful. The prizes include, a tv, a bicycle, flight lessons and much more!!!!

Please find attached the latest issue of our Community Response Newsletter. Please also see attached Layer Up Partner Pack booklet. Layer Up is a cross-Government campaign which encourages us to layer up on the behaviours to protect from Covid-19 by getting vaccinated, wearing face masks, washing/sanitising our hands frequently, keeping our distance, meet up outdoors where possible, and […]

The school was kindly gifted two beautiful trees last Friday the 12th of November from Karen O’ Sullivan (Bean Ui Shuilleabhain) and Celine O’Donoghue, wife of the late Tim O’Donoghue who was Chairperson of the Board of Management. Celine and Tim’s daughter Kate also attended the event and enjoyed being back at her old primary […]

Fourth and fifth classes took part in a science workshop with Una from the Lifetime Lab, called House of Circuits. They had great fun building electrical circuits and they investigated if a variety of materials were conductors or insulators.  Afterwards, they made a labelled diagram of how their circuit worked. They thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Ms. Wade and Ms. Travers’ 6th class girls went orienteering the last day before Midterm Break. Once the girls got to the park, a man went through the process of orienteering. After about 10 minutes each pair got a map and ran off into the park trying to find signs with a code. We then […]

On Halloween, we all dressed up in spooky costumes. We did so many fun things also. We took some pictures as we were so happy with all of our fun costumes. Some people were police, thieves, dead fairies and others wore very nice clothes. I hope you all enjoyed reading my recount about our Halloween […]

On Tuesday the 19th of October 6th class went to Togher Church to do their enrolment ceremony for their confirmation . They left at 20 to 11 when they got there they started immediately . Miss Wade and Miss Travers sat them down and they began. They started with a prayer and made our way […]

4th Class have been very busy writing biographies at the moment. One girl, Ellie-May Telfer-Farrell went the extra mile and did her own project on a subject she is very passionate about. Fantastic job, Ellie-May!

Ms. Hallissey’s class have been working extremely hard and have written these wonderful reports on France. Well done girls!

Some of our students had a great time learning all about safety when cycling for Bike Week 2021!

Here in Junior Infants we have been busy settling in to school and getting to know each other. The girls completed these before school started and we have been talking about the things we like and our families. We are all different but we all fit together in class! We’ve also been busy learning nursery […]

The website ‘Step Up’ is now available for 6th class students and their parents. https://stepup.ie/ The website was developed last June, as part of the Planet Youth project, largely because COVID19 had curtailed a lot of the school transition work that would typically happen before the summer.  The site proved very popular with students and parents alike […]

During the month of May, 3rd, 4th and 5th class took turns in decorating the alter for the month of May. A month we pray especially to Mary.

The girls in fifth class have been enjoying taking part in the STEAM (Science in a Box) programme – exploring Human Biology and also engineering tasks. So far, we have learned about the respiratory system, cardiovascular system, skeletal and muscular system and also our vital signs. We have enjoyed all of the tasks. Here are some photos […]

This poem will really brighten your day! Fantastic work from Siobhan Lyons in 4th class!

Winner of The Community and Heritage Award Ameera Mohammed Ahmed (4th Class) Title: The Burning of Cork 1920 Winner of the Charity and History Award Siobhán Lyons (4th Class) Title: Dogs for the Disabled,Cork Discover Cork ran a Heritage Project competition for primary schools. The winners were chosen from over 300 entries in Cork City […]

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WELL DONE TO ALL THIS JANUARY! More student work in Student Zone tab. Great poetry about teacher! TOGHER GNS TOGETHER GOOD NEWS – MONDAY IS 1st FEBRUARY –MONDAY IS ALSO THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING –MONDAY IS ST. BRIGID’S DAY SONG TO BRIGID MAY BE FOUND ON YOU TUBE WITH ADULT SUPERVISION LOOK OUT FOR […]

Ms Long, our new principal visited our school. She met some of the Junior Infants. She is looking forward to joining us in our school on the 6th of January.

Advent is time of preparation and waiting for the birth of Jesus. The candles on the Advent wreath symbolize hope, love, joy and peace. A candle is lit every Sunday for the month of Advent until Christmas Day.

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