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As part of our Active Week, many of the children will be Scooting to School on Thursday May 30th! There is lots of excitement in the lead up to this fun activity! More details to follow!

One of our favourite trips of the year....our school tours! On May 28th, our Junior Classes will be going to Loughwell  Farm Park and our Senior Classes will be going to Baysports in Athlone. More details and photos to follow.

Active Week 2019 is fast approaching! There is a great line up of activities again this year, from Gaelic football to Soccer; Yoga to Dance, and lots in-between! Keep an eye on our website, facebook, instagram and twitter for updates!

Who needs a professional photographer when we have a pupil who produces a masterpiece like this! #TeamPhoto

Our Teddy Bears just love this time of year because...they get to go to the Green at NUIG, they get to ‘Walk A Mile With A Smile’ AND go to the playground on the way home! Oh what fun our Junior Classes had today!      ...

Our Senior Classes also had a very active and fun day in Limerick today! A big Thank You to Villiers School for hosting another fantastic event – the children are already planning for 2020!

Kevin from Inland Fisheries Ireland is coming in to visit the Senior Classes on June 12th. The children will be going on a field trip with him to see some of the insects and fish they’ve been learning about in class. It promises to be a hands-on and informative trip....

Third and Fourth Class were busy baking again this week! There were cookies and scones for everybody at ‘am sosa’! What a lucky school we are!

We are so proud of our Taekwon-Do pupil who got TWO medals over the weekend! and even demonstrated some of her moved to the classes! #SoProud #ActiveSchool #WeekendWinner

Summer was in the air today on the playground of St. Nicholas’! So many happy, active children! An absolute joy to see! #ActiveChildren #FunAndGames #Skipping #Hoops #Discs #BeanBags #Crocodiles #GreatImaginations #FourSquare #TwoLineBasketball  #LotsOfFun [foogallery...

The annual trip to Villiers School in Limerick will take place next Thursday, May 16th. This is always a fantastic day in the lives of the children of St. Nicholas’ Parochial School! Orienteering, tag rugby and basketball....to name but a few activities that the...

Another active Friday with our GAA Coach, Johnny Heaney - back after Galway's win in London last weekend! #ActiveSchool #ActiveLearning #GAA #Teamwork

We were delighted to see some photos of International Day 2019 appear in the Galway City Tribune – and what an amazing day it was!! #Throwback #Community #Celebration #Waterside #Woodquay #CityCentre #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity #HiveOfActivity [foogallery...

There has been lots of imagination and creativity going on during our #Aistear play sessions! The children have been camping, map drawing, building tents and setting up campsites! Lots of opportunities for learning!...

Unfortunately our excellent Gaelic Coach, Galway Footballer Johnny Heaney wasn’t in school this morning as he is preparing for Galway’s big match in London this weekend! Up Galway! Gaillimh Abú!!

There was great teamwork on the playground this morning!! Take a look at the photos below!! #CooperativeGames #Teamwork #ColourEverywhere #BrightAndBeautiful #Rainbows #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity  

What a wonderful way to start the day but with a whole school assembly led by Rev. Lynda. There was lots of singing, chatting, laughing and mindful moments. We are look forward to the next assembly already!

These pupils were lucky enough to bake chocolate brownies today and then share their delicious baking with their class!! You can only imagine the beautiful aroma around our school!! #English #Maths #Teamwork #CrossCurricular #LearningIsSuchFun ...