Accelerated Reading Awards
On Friday 8th October, pupils from Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 celebrated the super effort made during the third full week of our Accelerated Reading programme.
Firstly, one pupil from each class received the “Star Reader” award for making a special effort with their reading. This week, the winners were:
- Matthew McGoldrick (P3)
- Eoin Hughes (P4)
- Caolan Nugent P5)
- Aaron Hughes (P6)
- Eva Toal (P7)
Special prizes were also awarded to pupils who read an exceptional number of words this week:
P3 Word Counts
1st - Caoimhe McCusker
2nd - Shea Breen
3rd - Adam Breen
P4 Word Counts
1st - Christian Woods
2nd - Donncha Breen
3rd - Maria Mallon
P5 Word Counts
1st - Darragh McGeary
2nd - Conall Carr
3rd - Caolan Nugent
P6 Word Counts
1st - James Carroll
2nd - Finn Morrissey
3rd - Caela Stapleton
P7 Word Counts
1st- Cadhla Moore
2nd - Eva Toal
3rd - Sean Mallon
Finally well done to the pupils who secured a prize having been drawn from Mr Loughran’s raffle for showing great accuracy when completing individual book tests:
P3 Raffle Winners
Aria Boylan
Caoimhe McCusker
Matthew McGoldrick
P4 Raffle Winners
Siún O’Reilly
Danny Mc Ardle
Sarah McGarvey
P5 Raffle Winners
Ethan Breen
Halle Fegan
Dara McElvanna
P6 Raffle Winners
Grace English
Aaron Hughes
Finn Morrissey
P7 Raffle Winners
Oisin Coyle
Lily McElvanna
Rionach McArdle
After only three weeks, a number of pupils have already met their personal target for this term. A remarkable achievement in the third week of Accelerated Reading! Well done to Claire McElvanna, Dara McElvanna, Ben O’Hara, DJ Boylan, Christian Woods, Adam Breen, Shea Breen, Ethan Corr, Naoise McArdle, Caoimhe McCusker, Sophia Moore, Annie O’Reilly, Tom O’Reilly, Ryan Rafferty, Conor Stapleton and Clara Toal. All of you boys and girls are well on your way to doubling your personal target! That would be a great goal to set for yourself for the remainder of this term!
Incredibly, P7 pupil Ellen McKenna has now reached the milestone of becoming a word millionaire. Ellen has read over 1 million words since the beginning of the term. Enjoy spending your well earned prize Ellen!!
Thus far the effort made by pupils has been fantastic. Keep up the super reading at school and at home boys and girls.
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