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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....

Senior Infants – Aistear Theme: The Estate Agents

For the month of January, our Aistear theme was 'The Estate Agents'. In order to develop our vocabulary on this theme, we identified different types of homes, for example, bungalows, detached houses, semi-detached houses, apartments and mobile homes. We also discussed...

Peace Proms 2024

Last Sunday night our 4th, 5th and 6th class pupils participated in Peace Proms, with the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland and 19 other schools, at the University of Limerick. The Cross Border Orchestra (CBOI) was established in 1995 as a peace initiative and is...

Learn it Lego 6th Class

On Tuesday 16th January Fergal and Francesca visited 6th class in Killoughteen National School. We were split into ten teams of three. They gave us a Lego set per group and tablets with instructions that we had to follow in order to complete our task. When we had...

5th Class Tag Rugby

Our 5th class pupils were invited to a tag rugby event this week by Newcastle West rugby club. They had a great time learning new skills and getting lots of fresh air and exercise. A big thank you to all at Newcastle West rugby club for their invitation and...

Grandparents Day

As part of Catholic Schools week we welcomed our pupils Grandparents to the school on Wednesday. Grandparents visited their grandchildren's classrooms before heading to the new school hall for some tea, treats and a chat.  Grandparents play a special role in our...

Swimming in 4th Class

4th Class really enjoyed our first swimming lesson of this year. All the boys and girls had a great time while working on such an important life skill. We have five more lessons for this year and are so looking forward to them.  ...