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Everybody had lots to eat and drink in school today! Thank you so much to all the parents who helped to prepare the delicious pancakes, toppings and drinks! Thank you also to all who donated money. We will be deciding on a local charity over the coming days....

Last week we were investigating how materials may be changed by mixing. We also wanted to investigate the characteristics of different materials when wet and dry. We began by mixing two cups of flour with one cup of salt and one cup of water. Then we added some red...

Check out the photos of our Samba dancing with Mel! She even had a Brazilian flag and bandana! We had great fun!  

Our school has been selected by Galway Education Centre to receive a grant to teach 5th and 6th Class Chinese over the next 5 months. Cathy Kong, who currently teaches Chinese in our school as part of our After School activities, will be teaching the children.

Junior and Senior Infants have been busy writing stories! – Enjoy the stories and news!    

We made magnetic cars in our science lesson this week. We had great fun trying to get the cars to move without touching them. We are aiming to achieve a Discover Primary STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Award this year.  

Last week 5th and 6th class were studying the respiratory system. Below you can see us checking our pulses before and after exercise to see if our pulse had changed!   This week we were working on the digestive system. We began by using...

We investigated our three habitats as part of our invertebrate project. We found 19 woodlice, 4 snails and 29 worms. There is no scent from the lavender plants that we planted yet and the soil in our wildflower habitat is very damp.    ...

Mrs Walsh and the Infant Classes are going to visit Teddy Bear Hospital in NUIG on Friday at 11am. They will be bring their teddies with them to get them checked out by the doctors and make sure they are all in good health! This event is organised by the Sláinte...

We designed our own paper helicopters in Science this week. Our trigger question was: What makes a good helicopter? We found out that the smaller helicopters reached the ground faster than the larger helicopters because there was less surface area to experience air...

Mel is coming in to do some Samba dancing with us! Check back to see the photos!

We were delighted today to receive a visit by members of the Defence Forces, to present St. Nicholas’ Parochial School with the National Flag and a copy of the Proclamation, as part of the preparations for the 1916 Commemorations. The Department of Education and...

Our Christmas Carol Service last night was a wonderful success! The children preformed fantastically. Everyone was so proud of them! There was a great turnout of parents, grandparents, friends, family and past pupils. The interest and enthusiasm is a joy to see! Maith...

This morning we got AN ELF in the post! He came all the way from the North Pole in an envelope with a note from Santa and Mrs Claus. We decided to call him Elfis (after Elvis)! He will be staying with us until December 22nd and then we will return him to the North...

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...