- Congratulations to the budding poets in 6th class who had their poetry published in “Laois Echoes With Fionn Mac Cumhaill” edited by Ann Egan . Rachel Downey and Chloe Scully attended the launch of the book on Thursday night with Mrs. Ruane .
- Children in 5th and 6th completed projects during the week on ancient Greece and Germany. You can see them on the senior corridor.
- Congratulations to all the boys and girls who received their Cycle Training certificates during the week and our thanks to Barbara Connolly for organising the course and Laois County council for sponsoring same .
- Nine rosebuds received their certificates today in recognition of their participation in the Rose of Tralee festival earlier in the year .
- See this week’s Réaltaí na Seachtaine to your right .
- Caroline Conway ,visual artist and Greg Caffrey, composer who have been awarded the Per Cent for Art Commission for Emo National School. After an open competition, two stage selection process, Caroline Conway was awarded the commission for her project proposal “Places we love to be, things we love to do”, which looks very much at the local natural environment of Emo, the special character of the village married with the schools vibrant atmosphere and the importance of music, sport and art amongst other activities to the school community. She will be working with the school children on developing themes and collected ideas for the final piece through a series of workshops. Caroline has already begun her research and has created a webpage to allow the children, their families, teachers and anyone who is interested to follow the project on www.emonsart.weebly.com
