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Sports Day 2017 will take place on May 26th. Some say it is the best day of the school year!! The day will begin with a soccer blitz on The Plots, followed by sprints, 3-legged races, egg and spoon races and sack races! This will be followed by a barbecue in the...

Active Week Active week will be taking place from May 22nd – May 26th. As usual an action packed week lies ahead with Yoga, Hip Hop, Zumba, Dance and football to name but a few! Lots of photos to follow!

3rd – 6th Class will be going to Baysports in Athlone on May 24th. An action packed day is guaranteed! Make sure to check back for some fun-filled photos!!

On May 24th Infants – Second Class will visit the Burren Nature Sanctuary. They will be participating in the Burren Biodiversity Leave no Trace Tour where they will learn the Leave no Trace principles along the nature walk. They will be learning about how the Burren...

John Murray will be giving a series of presentations on Internet Safety and Cyber Bullying in St. Nicholas’ Parochial Primary School on May 18th. The talk will include video clips analysing Social Networking sites, including Facebook. Emphasis will be placed on mobile...

On May 12th the entire school be will be going to Grattan Beach on our annual Seashore Safari. The children will be searching for different things such as sea creatures, sea plants and shells. They will also get a chance to build sand castles and moats and dig holes !...

5th and 6th Class took advantage of the beautiful weather for PE today and went to play football at The Plots! Check out the photos below!  

Drama with Paula started back again today. Lots of dramatics, fun and games were had by all classes! We are looking forward to next week already!

Gaelic football started back again today with Darren. Unfortunately Ist and 2nd Class have just had their final coaching session.....but 3rd and 4th Class will begin their coaching again next Monday week. They cannot wait!!

Infants, First and Second Class had an Easter Hunt in the school playground this morning – what a way to start the day! They had to find clues, colours, numbers, carrots AND rabbits! - Great excitement all round on the day of the holidays! [foogallery...

5th and 6th Class had a visit from Laurien last week who worked with them on creative writing/art. The children thoroughly enjoyed the session which produced wonderful pieces of writing and art. Thank you to Laurien for sharing her writing and art skills with us. We...

5th and 6th Class joined Junior and Senior Infants to make some nests for Easter. Lots of fun was had by all! Check out some of the photos below!  

Congratulations to the children from our school who attended an award ceremony in the Radisson Blu Hotel last week. Well done to everybody who participated!

In Art this week we depicted Holy Week on a wreath starting from Palm Sunday and ending with the Ascension into Heaven. See some of our work in the photos below.  

Above is a photo of the beautiful tee-shirts that the Brownies designed and created as part of the Free Being Me programme. Fabulous work girls! More photos to follow

Our English Story this week was called The Trumpet of the Swan. In art we decided to draw the trumpeter swan. We also researched interesting facts about swans in our Science Class.    

Free Being Me (FBM) is a programme designed in collaboration with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and Dove to empower girls to have confidence, to have positive body image and to raise their self esteem. The Brownies in our school have...

In science class we have been busy planting sunflower seeds. We keep checking each morning to see if there is any sign of growth! Keep checking back to see the progress!