News Archive

St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations in Senior Infants

Bhí an t-atmaisféar ar lasadh! This week at school, we celebrated 'Seachtain na Gaeilge'. Senior Infants were involved in various activities throughout the week and were great to use their 'cúpla focal'! Fifth class students visited our classroom and read Irish...

World Book Day 2024

Today our pupils had a great day for World Book day. They dressed up as characters from their favorite books and each class visited another class to tell them all about their books. The children had a fantastic day. Next week we will have a Book Fair at school between...

Design Pro Factory Visit

Our 6th class pupils visited the DesignPro factory in Rathkeale today. They had a great day out learning about DesignPro's manufacturing, seeing the inside of the factory and boardrooms. A big thank you to the team at DesignPro for facilitating our...

Cycle Right with Like Bikes

Our 6th class pupils have been participating in cycling lessons at school over the last 2 weeks. The course is aligned to Cycle Right, the National Standard for Cycle Safety Training in Ireland, and is delivered by LiKe Bikes - Andy & Dwayne. The sessions teach...

Visit to Fire Station & Library

Our special classes had a lovely day in Newcastle West Library and Fire Station. A big thank you to both services for their time.  ...

Biodiversity Walk – 5th & 6th Class

This week 5th and 6th classes took a walk along the Greenway to check out some our surroundings & wildlife. They saw plenty of bugs and birds as well as lots of frogs and spawn. It was a lovely day out helped by the lovely weather.  ...

February Festivities in 3rd Class!

February has been a very busy month for 3rd Class! We started off by making St Brigid's Crosses to celebrate St Brigid's Day. Then we made lovely Romero Britto inspired Valentines Day cards for Valentine's Day. 3rd Class have also just finished 6 weeks of swimming...

Pancake Tuesday

All our classes enjoyed getting pancakes in class this Tuesday. It was a very special treat....