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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...

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 braking, our...

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...

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...

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...

Today we had our first cycling session with Pádraic. When he arrived at the school he checked all the tyres and the brakes on each bike to make sure they were safe to cycle. Then we all put on our helmets and hi viz jackets and made our way to a big car park where we...

Brenda our mindfulness teacher has now been to St. Nicholas' Parochial School twice! - We are really enjoying our classes with her on Friday mornings. Mindfulness helps to improve our concentration and self-awareness. During class we pay close attention to the sounds...

Susan will be returning to our school on Thursday November 12th to see how our habitats and wildflower patch are progressing. Photos and an update of her visit will be posted next week. Make sure you check back!

As part of Cycling Ireland's skills programme for children, First and Second Class will be working on safety and cycling skills with Mr. Padraic Benson of Cycling Ireland. This will take place at the Commercial Boat Club over the next four Fridays. All are welcome!...

Biodiversity and Invertebrate Project by 3rd and 4th class. Susan O’ Donohue came to our school on Monday the 5th of October to set up a moth trap. Susan is a heritage in schools specialist. She really loves birds but is helping us with our project on invertebrates....

Today a group of scientists from the Science department in NUIG came to visit us. They were part of the Cell Explorers project and they have developed a fun new roadshow called Little Cells. During their visit, they were teaching us about the smallest unit of life -...

Our school is the first school in Galway to have been chosen to pilot a project which is partially funded by The Heritage Council and led by Susan O’Donohue and Dr. Derek Mc Loughlin. Susan will be visiting us in the coming weeks to begin this nature conservation...

This is some of First and Second Class waiting patiently in The Town Hall Theatre before the show ‘The Wolf and Peter’. We loved it! We especially loved the music, the wolf, the cat, the duck and of course Peter!

Next Friday we are beginning Mindfulness for Children. An update will be available next week.

Susan came to visit last Monday and Tuesday. She set up a moth trap so we could analyse, identify and photograph the moths, releasing them onto nearby trees afterwards. She also did a presentation on invertebrates with each class and then took Ms Lane’s 3rd and 4th on...