About Our School
Bishop Ahern National School is located in Leamlara, Co. Cork, (Eircode T56 NH57). Since opening its doors in 1986 the school has expanded and grown. The school caters for boys and girls from Junior Infants to 6th class. Our current enrolment stands at 158 children.
We are a co-ed school under the patronage of the Catholic Bishop of Cloyne.
Our school is guided by a highly trained staff of 7 Class Teachers, 6 Special Education Teachers, 8 Special Needs Assistants, all with special skills and interests. The work in all the classes is progressively developed to provide a holistic, inclusive, child-centered education. This contributes to a very thorough academic and social preparation for Secondary School.
We at Bishop Ahern Ns are deligthed to be one of the schools taking part in this programme in the coming school year 🎨🎭🖼𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥’𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞
Bringing the County Art Collection into Primary Classrooms
Cork County Council is delighted to announce the six successful primary schools selected to participate in Frameworks, an innovative education programme that brings the Cork County Art Collection directly into classrooms across the county.
The successful schools are:
• Curraglass National School, Conna
• Ballinora National School, Waterfall
• Watergrasshill National School
• Bishop Ahern N.S. Leamlara
• Dromore National School, Bantry
• Muine Fluich National School, Macroom
Frameworks offers a unique opportunity for pupils to engage with original artworks from the Cork County Art Collection within their own school environment. Through the programme, participating schools will become temporary custodians of works from the Council’s civic art collection and will take part in a creative learning journey led by a professional artist-in-residence.
The collection includes works spanning painting, drawing, print, photography, video and sculpture, featuring both established and emerging artists, many of whom are based in Cork. Throughout the programme, pupils will explore and respond to the artworks through a series of artist-led workshops, developing their understanding of visual arts while creating collaborative pieces inspired by the collection.
The programme will culminate in a special showcase event hosted by each participating school, where both the borrowed artworks and the pupils’ creative responses will be displayed for families, friends and the wider school community.
Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Bernard Moynahan, said: “This collection belongs to the people of Cork, and we’re proud to share it as widely as we can. Frameworks gives young people the chance to experience and respond to art creatively in their own classrooms, sparking both learning and imagination. I would like to congratulate the six schools selected and wish all the pupils and teachers every success with this project.”
The Frameworks programme aims to make art more accessible to young people by creating meaningful opportunities for engagement with original artworks and encouraging creativity, critical thinking and self-expression.
Funded through Creative Ireland, Frameworks is delivered free of charge to participating schools as part of Cork County Council’s ongoing commitment to supporting arts and creativity across communities throughout the county.
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It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our former teacher, Anne Mac Guinness
On behalf of the entire school community, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Anne's family, friends, and former colleagues during this difficult time.
May she rest in peace
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We were delighted to welcome our past pupils Aoife and Sarah to the school today to celebrate their wonderful achievement of winners of the All Ireland U14 ladies football championship. Congratulations to you both from everyone in Bishop Ahern Ns 👏 🔵🟡🔵🟡😊🔴⚪️🔴⚪️ ... See MoreSee Less
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Ms. Desmond's Junior Infants have had a great few weeks, with Science experiments, baking, a visit to the woods and rounding it off with a teddy bears picnic today. The kids are all set for the summer holidays! ... See MoreSee Less
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The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Class school tour today included guided tour stops at Cork City Gaol and The Waterworks/Lifetime Labs, and rounded off with some bowling at the Planet entertainment complex. Going by the sing-song on the bus on the way home, the kids still had plenty of energy left. At least it helped to drown out the teachers' snoring! ... See MoreSee Less
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Decked out in a rainbow of colours, we celebrated Inclusion Day today. All classes undertook activities in the hall which challenged all the senses - a guided, blindfolded, obstacle course, an art colouring maze using blurred glasses, and silent activities, like lining themselves up in order of height, without talking!
In the afternoon the 5th and 6th class had a presentation on autism and a speech by Iarla, one of our 3rd class students - the star of the show!
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More photos of our Juniors, Seniors and 1st Class who had an amazing day on their school tour to Leahy's Open Farm 🚜. ... See MoreSee Less
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Juniors, Seniors and 1st Class had an amazing day yesterday on their school tour to Leahy's Open Farm 🚜. ... See MoreSee Less
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What an amazing Sports Day yesterday! The day was packed with games, races, fun, laughter, sunshine and ice-cream, and even a Teachers race! A huge thanks to our Student Council for all of their work in putting the day together and guiding us through the activities ... See MoreSee Less
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