Best of luck in Scór, to our senior pupils

We wish our senior pupils, who are competing in the South-East Divisional Semi-Final of Scór na Páistí tomorrow, all the best of luck. It is taking place in Ballinspittle at 2pm. All support welcome. This year we will represent Tracton in 6 sections; solo singing,...

Jimmy Crowley sings for us.

Jimmy Crowley, legendary Cork folksinger, visited the school. His main concert was for the senior class with historical songs and storied related to the 1916 Easter Rising. With this being the Centenary year it related well with lessons being taught to classes from...

Exploring Science

Ms. O’ Dea’s 3rd and 4th class were exploring sound in science last week. Lots of questions were answered. How do sound waves travel? Who could play “Hot Cross Buns” and “Twinkle Twinkle” on the water xylophone? Who can spell their...

Blackrock Castle Observatory Feb 2016

On Wednesday February 10th, Miss O’ Sullivan’s class visited the Blackrock Castle Observatory to do an ‘Alien Workshop’. On arrival, the sun shone so they were able to use the sun telescopes in the courtyard to begin. Following this, they began...

Ash Wednesday

As we start Lent, we were delighted that Canon Murphy was able to visit our school with ashes today; Ash Wednesday. All classes assembled in Mrs. Noonan’s room for a lovely talk, from the Canon, about being good on the inside. Ms. O Sullivan’s class were...