Accelerated Reading Awards Friday 6th November
On Friday 6th November, pupils from Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 celebrated the great progress made in our Accelerated Reading programme.
Firstly, one pupil from each class received the “Star Reader” award for making a particular effort with their reading. Last week, the winners were:
- Danny McArdle (P3)
- Colm Farrell (P4)
- Leila Hughes and Cahir Casey P5)
- Oisin Coyle (P6)
- Tadgh Grimley (P7)
Special prizes were also awarded to pupils who achieved exceptionally high word counts:
P3 Word Counts
1st - Christian Woods
2nd - Siún O’Reilly
3rd - Aria Fahy
P4 Word Counts
1st - Thomas McCusker
2nd - Joseph McElvanna
3rd - Leo McKenna
P5 Word Counts
1st - Harley Jay King
2nd - Finn Morrisey
3rd - Finn McGoldrick
P6 Word Counts
1st - Odhrán McGeary
2nd - Cadhla Moore
3rd - Sean Mallon
P7 Word Counts
1st- Tara Gray
2nd - Jake Kieran
3rd - Patrick Morgan
As a result of the great effort made with accelerated reading, we saw more pupils reaching their personal target for this term securing their place to the school cinema day, which will take place in the month of December. A fantastic achievement in the first week of Accelerated Reading!! Well done to Sean Mallon, Lily McElvanna, Eabhí Woods, Mya Grimley, Odhrán McGeary, Sean Woods, Jake Kieran, Ellie-Rose Rafferty, Leah Fegan, Mia Smith, Tomás Grimley, Conan Casey, Thomas McCusker, Dara McElvanna, Halle Fegan, Regan Smith, Eoin Breen, Conall Carr, Chloe Curry, Joseph McElvanna, Emma Woods, Cadhla Grimley, Lily-Kate Cox, Ava Mallon, Anna Toal, Fergal Mallon, Leo McKenna, Raleigh O’Hagan, Anna Donnelly, Christian Woods, Maria Mallon, Siún O’Reilly, Olivia Smith, Emily Carroll, Ellie Smith, Tony McCann, Sarah McGarvey, Aria Fahy, Eoin Hughes and Lorcan Smith.
Incredibly, P6 pupil Ellen McKenna has now quadrupled her personal target and reached the milestone of becoming a word millionaire. Ellen has read 1,410,933 words since the beginning of the programme. Enjoy spending your well earned prize Ellen.
Thus far the effort made by pupils has been fantastic. Keep up the fantastic reading boys and girls so that we can all look forward to attending the whole school movie day in December.
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