Irish Hockey International comes to St. Nicholas’

Irish Hockey International comes to St. Nicholas’

Last Friday we were thrilled to welcome Irish International Hockey star Naomi Carroll to our hockey training session. We had a brilliant afternoon of coaching and activities. After the session, Naomi presented us with Hockey Ireland hockey skills certificates that we...
Final Cycling Session

Final Cycling Session

Last Friday First and Second Class had their final cycling session with Pádraic. – Pádraic was so impressed with how much our bicycle skills had improved since the first session we did with him 4 weeks ago! He was particularly impressed with our improved...
Inis Mór – Aran Islands

Inis Mór – Aran Islands

In 5th and 6th Class we have been learning about the islands of Ireland and today we had a visitor from the Aran Islands who told us all about school over there. The school on Inis Mór has only 63 pupils. It takes eight minutes to get over there by plane and fifty...
SINC Project (Schools In Nature Conservation)

SINC Project (Schools In Nature Conservation)

We were delighted to have Susan O’ Donohoe back in St. Nicholas’ again today with 3rd and 4th Class. She brought in some moths and flies and allowed us to look at them closely with a hand lens. We had a table quiz about invertebrates. We also discussed biodiversity...
Visit from Hockey Skills Challenge Champion!

Visit from Hockey Skills Challenge Champion!

We have just got the fantastic news that our school has won a visit from a Hockey Skills Challenge Champion! These champions are from a range of international athletes from the men’s and women’s senior hockey panels. The Champion will be visiting our school and...