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🚀 The children were glued to the screens today as each class joined lots of other schools in Galway for a live science show with Mark the Science Guy! Absolutely fantastic!!! #WeBelieveInScience #ScienceWeek #GalwayScience #CreatingOurFuture [foogallery...

🔍💥 A very busy day of experiments in St. Nicholas’ Parochial School! Fizzy rockets, paper rockets, explosions, standing on balloons, ‘egg-periments’ – a very busy day!! #ScienceWeek #GalwayScience #CreatingOurFuture

🏑Another great hockey session this afternoon! Wonderful to see outdoor activities back in full swing! #ActiveSchool #AllWelcome #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HiddenGem

🏀🧺 Being an Active School was taken to a whole new level today as Pete our new basketball coach put the children through their paces! It was the best! Thank you so much to Pete and  The Titans Basketball Club - the children will be training hard for...

💥Rev. Alastair stopped by this morning for a visit. He told a few stories and got lots of giggles! A lovely way to start the day! #SchoolCommunity #AlwaysWelcome #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

🍃🍂 Outdoor Classroom Day 2021…..what a day!! #SmallWorld #LooseParts #Construction #NatureHunt #WoodquayPark #BeautyOnOurDoorstep 🍂🍃

⭐ A huge thank you to Martin who came to our school this morning to teach the children some sign language. It was a fantastic introduction, and we are already excited for our next lesson. #Linguistics #SignLanguage #VeryGratefulForTheOpportunity #Mílebuíochas

🎃🖤🧡 What a fantastic photo by Joe Shaughnessy on the front page of the City Tribune!! Happy Halloween! 🧡🖤🎃 (Remember we are now enrolling for September 2022 – don’t forget to spread the word!) #HiddenGem...

🧡🖤🎃 Wrapping up Maths Weeks 2021 today! 3rd & 4th Class took part in a Maths quiz called ‘The Mystery of the Missing Pumpkins’. 5th & 6th Class finished off the week with some maths riddles while 1st & 2nd joined thousands of...

❤ Clay Cauldrons in 3rd & 4th Class #AmazingArt  

🎃🧡🖤 These photos say it all! What an amazing Dress Up Day! #Creativity #Imagination #FunAndGames #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #BesideTownHallTheatre #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity  

⭐ A quick snapshot of some maths activities from today! Junior Infants were discovering the difference between Big and Small, Senior Infants were working on the story of 6 while First & Second Class joined over 10,000 children from around the country to...

🎃 Halloween preparation is in full swing this week! Pumpkin carving, slime making, barmbrack tasting…..active learning at it’s best!! #JuniorInfnats #SeniorInfants #FirstClass #SecondClass #ActiveLearning #CrossCurricularActivities ...

💥 Maths Week 2021 got off to a great start around the school today! Here is just a snapshot of some of the action! Lots more to follow! #MathsRocks #FifthClass #SixthClass #ThreeInARow #FirstClass #SecondClass #Strategies #ProblemSolving #TeamWork...

A big Thank You to Rev. Jennifer for such a lovely service, hosted live on zoom. What a lovely way to spend a Friday afternoon. Míle buíochas Rev. Jennifer.

🏑 An absolute delight to see the children back playing hockey this afternoon after all this time!! A big Thank You to Sandra (our hockey coach) who makes the session so enjoyable for everybody!!! Next session will be Nov. 5th. First to Sixth Class – all are...

❤ A very active day in 5th and 6th class yesterday. Firstly, the children tuned into a live yoga session. Then they had great fun playing rounders at the Plots and of course they got in their Daily Mile too! Maith sibh a pháistí! #ActiveSchool #ThePlots...

🎃 Hallowe’en is coming….and the Aistear theme is …..“The Witches’ Den”… lots of spells and potions created today!!! #JuniorInfants #SeniorInfants #LearningThroughPlay #ActiveLearning