As another school year draws to a close, so too does the choir activity for the year. The choirs in BETNS all rehearse during lunch time so it requires immense commitment. However it’s always fantastic to see so many boys and girls choosing to take advantage of this great opportunity afforded to them. As a reward for their dedication, our junior, middle and senior choirs got the opportunity to participate in a musical theatre and hip hop workshop. We learned a piece from the Matilda musical about ‘Revolting Children’ that was really fun to perform and also a funky routine to Uptown Funk! It was a fantastic day and all of the children represented themselves and the school with aplomb. Well done everyone!
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Irish Aid National Finalists!
ETNS-PEPY Partnership
Over the month of May, we in Balbriggan ETNS were lucky enough to be involved in a partnership between ETNS and PEPY – a Cambodian NGO working on education and youth empowerment in Cambodia. Since September some classes had been learning about Cambodia and the work of PEPY and the partnership came to a fantastic conclusion for the year when four representatives from PEPY came to visit Ireland for three weeks. Kimsru, Manin, Ronouch and Channa came to Balbriggan ETNS and delivered assemblies to the whole school and did workshops on the history and education system in Cambodia, Buddhism, Khmer dance and Khmer wedding rituals. It was a great experience for everyone – we all had learned a huge amount, had lots of fun and made some new friends!
Later the next week, two of the classes from BETNS (Jenny’s 2nd and Sheila’s 4th) went over to DPETNS for the grand finale Cambodia Fun Run. Each class in DPETNS (plus the two from BETNS) ran a leg of the journey from Siem Reap to Dublin. Sheila’s Class ran from Berne to Warsaw and Jenny’s Class ran from Balbriggan to Donabte. Check out some of the photos here!
Unbelievable News!!!
Our Irish Aid team went in to the Department of Education today to attend the regional finals of the Irish Aid Our World Awards. Reaching the regional finals was a HUGE achievement as it meant that we were in the top 15 projects in all of Midlands and the East.
We had a great day and couldn’t believe our ears when we were announced as one of three schools going on to the National Finals in June!!!!!
Our whole class (Orlagh’s class) will be attending the finals on the 16th and representing the school with aplomb!
Check out some photos from today!
If you missed it the first time, our movie and rap can be found here!
Córfheile na Scoileanna 2015
BETNS was a quiet place on the day of the Córfhéile Choir Festival. A whopping 107 children left the school first thing that morning to travel to the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght to participate in the annual Córfheile na Scoileanna choir festival. The festival in a non-competitive event designed to showcase the talent of school choirs all over the country. After a stressful start to the day on the M50 ‘car park’, the choirs recovered in fine style and represented themselves and their school with gusto. Well done to everyone involved but particular commendation goes to the 6th class participants (Bita, Paula, Megan, Selina and Carolyn) who showed such good leadership both within the choir itself but also on the day.
If you weren’t able to make it to the performance in person, you can appreciate the talent of our choirs in the videos below. Unfortunately the battery in our camera ran out just as we were hitting our final notes so you will just have to imagine the rapturous applause we received!
Junior Choir
Middle and Senior Choir
























