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Keep track of what's happening at our schoolJunior and Senior Infants go to Easons
The Infants really enjoyed listening to Daniel in Easons reading two great stories in The Galway Shopping Centre. Then they drew and coloured a book cover. Afterwards they bought a book with their World Book Day vouchers. They had a great trip! ...
Lá Glas
Féach ar na bpictiúirí thíos. Bhí gach duine gléasta suas in éadaí glasa, oráiste agus bán! Bhí go leor damhsa, ceol agus an-craic againn gan dabht!
Lá Fhéile Pádraig
Bhí cruinniú iontach againn ar maidin sa Halla. D’inis Rang 1 agus Rang 2 scéal faoi Naomh Pádraig. Leis sin, chas an scoil go léir amhráin agus chas na hardranganna cúpla amhráin ar na féadóige! Maith sibh a pháistí. Bhain gach duine taitneamh as! [foogallery...
Gaelic Football
Lots of action during Gaelic football yesterday- Well Done 1st and 2nd! Check out some of the photos!
Rang 1 agus 2 go to Charlie Byrne’s
Rang 1 agus 2 had a great trip to Charlie Byrne’s on Friday. The children chatted with Mary first and then Mary read some fabulous books - amongst them were A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and artist Sam Winston and Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Mary...
GAA Coaching with Darren in First and Second Class
Coaching with Darren begins in First and Second Class next Monday afternoon. Lots of excitement and high activity ahead! Check back for photos!
Lá Glas 2017
Lá Glas 2017 is fast approaching! It will take place next Thursday March 16.It is always a really fun day in school with everyone wearing some green, white and orange and speaking gaeilge at every opportunity! Each class will be doing some Irish Dancing with Louise...
Tráth na gCeist 2017
Bhí Tráth na gCeist ag Rang 1 – Rang 6 sa Halla ar maidin! Rinne gach duine sár iarracht agus bhaineamar an taitneamh as an gníomhaíocht. Féach ar na griangrafanna thíos!
Author Nicola Pierce in Charlie Byrne’s
On Friday, 5th and 6th Class went to Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop to see the author Nicola Pierce. She spoke about her books, the research involved and the illustrations. We found it very interesting and it gave us a good incite into becoming authors. [foogallery...
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2017
Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge 2017 ar siúl ón 1ú – 17ú Márta. Beidh go leor gníomhaíochtaí ar siúl againn sa scoil chun ‘Coicís na Gaeilge’ a cheiliúradh. Coimead súil mar beidh griangrafanna go leor go luath.
Extremely Short Stories
To celebrate World Book Day, First and Second Class were writing EXTREMELY short stories! Their challenge was to write a story in TEN words! It may have proved a little trickier than they expected – everyone had lots of laughs though! More to follow! [foogallery...
Room to Improve!
Fifth and Sixth Class have been busy renovating and designing in art this week. Their lesson was based on a story they worked on in English called ‘A Rat and Some Renovations’! Check out the works of art they created!
Houses and Homes
First and Second have been exploring different houses and homes throughout the world. They then set about constructing their own! The photos below show Stage One of the building process!! More photos to follow!
Ready, Steady, Bark for Pancake Day at St. Nicholas’!
Pancake Day in conjunction with our Open Day with MADRA will be a day to be remembered for a long time to come! The day started with Gráinne from MADRA coming in to talk to all classes about all things dog related! Following this there were lots of questions about...
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop
To celebrate World Book Week, First – Sixth Classes will be visiting Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop over the coming week. Check back for photos and details of the trips.
Author of the Kapheus Series Visits our school
Marguerite arrived this morning at 9.15. The children spent one whole hour with her as she sat in the centre of the circle and read excerpts from her books; Kapheus Earth, Kapheus Air and Kapheus Water. You could hear a pin drop as everyone listened with pure intrigue...
Dogs come to St. Nicholas’ City School!
This morning, Friday February 17th, not only the children came to school....but lots of their dogs too! Have a look at some of the photos below!!
Pancake Day 2017
Pancake Tuesday is fast approaching! We are looking forward to having the parents in to cook up some delicious pancakes for us! This year we are holding our school Open Day on the same day as Pancake Tuesday. All funds raised on the day will be donated to the dog...

















