On Monday of last week 2nd-4th had a very exciting school tour when they visited the Arigna Mining Experience and Boda Borg at Lough Key Forest Park. Please find a report from Sarah and Cacper of Fourth Class outlining the exciting events of the day !

17/6/14 2nd/3rd/4th Class School Tour

On Monday 16th June 2014 2nd, 3rd and 4th class went on their school tour. We left school at 9:30 a.m. to visit the Arigna Mines and Boda Borg.Our first stop was the Arigna Mines. We arrived at 10:30.
When entering the mines a nice lady gave each of us a hair net and a helmet for health and safety reasons. We were introduced then to Jim our tour guide who worked in the mines for many years.
He had many great experiences to tell us about and lots of interesting information about the mines. He showed us all the parts of the mines and he told us lots of interesting facts. We really enjoyed this part of our tour.

After Arigna Mines we went to Boda Borg arriving at 1:15. Firstly we had a little time to ourselves to play outside for a while, as the school before us had been delayed. When entering the building we watched a short video explaining what to do when we got into the different mazes which they called quests. We were divided into groups of 3 – 5 people. After the video and introduction we were given further details of what to do in the quests. When we got inside we discovered that the quests were not easy, but from great learning experiences here in St. Attracta’s we found when we focussed could finish these quests easily ! We left for home at 5:15p.m.We all had a great time, and cannot wait for next years school tour already.

Thanks to our Teachers, Principal and the Parents committee for booking our tour and lowering the cost.

We would highly recommend this tour as we had a great time !