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We wish you all a happy summer holiday! Keep safe everyone. Thank you all for your continued help and support throughout the year and see you all at the end of August! #HiddenGem #HeartOfGalwayCity    

Lots of very happy children as Mr. Whippie parked up at the school gate yesterday!!! #SchoolLife #HappyDays #HiddenGem #HeartOfGalwayCity    

Bravo to our 3rd and 4th class students who have worked so hard over the past few weeks on their drama, "Alas in Blunderland". We are so proud of their efforts and fantastic performances! #TheArts ...

These wonderful children sang their hearts out today in preparation for our end of year service, which will take place in St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Tuesday next, June 25th at 11 am. All are welcome!    

⭐We were so lucky today to welcome Jay Ryan, RTE Jr Star of ‘Living With A Fairy’! Jay made everybody laugh out loud as he performed an amazing science show, followed by some drama classes! A great day was had by all!! [gallery link="file"...

Some Junior Classes joined up with the Senior Classes today to perform a Reader’s Theatre version of the picture book ‘CLICK, CLACK, MOO Cows That Type’ By Doreen Cronin! Oh what fun! What a performance! #ReadAloud #PairedReading #GroupReading #WeLoveToRead [gallery...

The senior classes had a fantastic time on their school tour to Bunratty Castle & Folk Park today! Great fun was had by all!    

Green, green grass! Blue, blue sky! The perfect day for activity time at The Plots!!! #ActiveSchool #TheGreatOutdoors #GreenArea #Waterside #Woodquay #CityCentre

We were delighted to welcome Master Fitzgibbon and some members of  Connacht Taekwondo Martial Arts Club to our school today. What an absolute amazing display they put on! We were all extremely proud of one of our own pupils who was part of the group! What talent,...

Our final session of this school year with Jake this morning! Thanks to Jake and Titans Basketball Club ! The children have gained so much from the coaching sessions! #ActiveSchool #CitySchool #GalwayCity  

Junior and Senior Infants had so much fun being jungle explorers and jungle animals!! #ActiveLearning #LearningThroughPlay

Our school is always a hive of activity! Today was ‘Visit your New Class Day’!! #EndOfYear #NewBeginnings #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity

What delightful news to receive! St. Nicholas's Parochial School has successfully won the STEAM category for the Healthy Ocean School Project of the Explorers Ocean Champion Awards 2023-2024. A Big Buladh Bos to everyone involved in the project. The judges were beyond...

The amount of activities these children did today on their school tour was phenomenal!! What a fantastic day was had with Let’s Go at the University of Galway! These photos are just a snapshot of the day’s events – more to follow!!! A Big Shoutout to the staff – you...

No better way to end the most wonderful Active Week than Boot Camp with Sarah! There was no end to the energy again today in the school!! Thank you so much to Sarah and all who gave of their time during the week. We are really grateful!! #ActiveSchool #ASW2024...

⚽Football blitz at the Plots! There is no end to the energy of the wonderful pupils in St. Nicholas’ School!! #ActiveSchool #ASW2024 #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

Dancing in the playground lead by some of our wonderful 5th and 6th Class pupils! The playground was absolutely buzzing! #ActiveSchool #ASW2024 #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

What a start to Day Four of Active Week 2024! What a wonderful turnout for our Walk and Scoot to school! Maith sibh go léir gach duine! Thank you so much to everybody who walked with us through Woodquay! #ActiveSchool #ASW2024 #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity [gallery...