Pupils in 5th and 6th class recently set about designing a Crest for Rusheen National School. When this had been done and all the pupils had a chance to review each other’s work, we decided as a group that our crest needed to include the following: a background of “Cooper’s Rock” our local hill named after Mr. Cooper the local Protestant Landlord, a wood as the name Rusheen means “A Little Wood” and a stream to represent the “Glaisevoon” flowing down through Rusheen. A book to symbolise learning. A football to represent all the sporting and athletic activities the school involves itself in. A musical symbol to highlight our artistic endeavours. The pupils also felt a shaking hands symbol should be used to denote the spirit of friendship that exists in Rusheen National School.
In general, it was agreed that the colours blue and white would have to be on the crest as these are our school colours and a Cross should be included to recognise the fact that Rusheen National School is a Catholic School. Also 1884, the year of the foundation of the school should be on the Crest.
When all this was agreed, we gave this list and a copy of all our Crests to Pat Sullivan, Annagannihy to devise a crest for the school on autocad. He came up with numerous combinations with different colour schemes and different shapes and sizes. At the end of the day after consultation with some parents, Board of Management, teachers and pupils, this is the Crest we all agreed on. We hope you like it.
The school wishes to thank Pat O’Sullivan for his advice and ideas and for drawing up the crest for us.
