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Emer from FAI Galway
💚These children had the best time at the Plots this morning playing soccer with Emer! Ireland v Gibraltar!!! Thanks a million to Emer – the children were buzzing afterwards!! #ActiveSchool #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity
Beautiful Benches!
🥰Look what has arrived!! There was great excitement this morning on seeing the THREE new playground benches!! Thank you to our wonderful school community who contributed so generously to our Jumble Sale last term! We are very grateful. #Waterside #Woodquay...
End of Year Hockey Match
👏Comhghairdeas Mór to the amazing winners of yesterday evening’s hockey match!! Hard luck to the adults – there’s always next year!!! 😉 A big big Thank You to Sandra who gives so willingly of her time every single Friday after school – hail, rain or...
End of Year Service
💖Such heart-warming singing in the hall this morning in preparation for our end of year service. Save the date everyone! June 23rd! #SmallSchoolBigHeart #HiddenGem #HeartOfGalwayCity
The Irish Famine
🛖These children have been doing lots of work on the Irish Famine over the last while. They read 'The Coldest Winter', a novel about a boy and his family during the famine. They researched and created projects, and also constructed a little village and famine...
Zoo Art
🐒Zoo Art!!! #Construction #JunkArt #HandsOn #Creativity #Inspirational #SchoolLife #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity
Wednesdays at the Plots
☀️Great matches played at the Plots this morning with Mary! The improvement over the past few months is amazing!!! Well done everyone – maith sibh go léir! #GaillimhAbú #ActiveSchool #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity
Water Safety
🛟6th class took part in a workshop at the Spanish Arch this morning, learning how to throw a ring buoy. This was filmed as part of water safety awareness week. Maith sibh a pháistí! #LifeSkill #WaterSafety #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity [foogallery...
Dublin Zoo
🎶We’re all going to THE ZOO tomorrow!!!! 🎶 The excitement around the school is absolutely off the scales! See you all at 8.15am tomorrow! #SchoolLife #WholeSchoolTrip #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity
Training with Mary
😎We were delighted to train with Mary at the Plots today!!! How lucky are we to have such a great green space on our doorstep! #ActiveSchool #GAA #ThePlots #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity
Active Week 2023
😍 If you were looking for us, we were just practicing the 3-legged race for Active Week!!!! Active Week 2023 May 29th - June 2nd! #ActiveSchool #ActiveWeek #ThePlots #GreenSpace #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity
City Cycle
🚲When your school is in the City Centre, you get the opportunity to participate in lots of activities around the city. This was the view from the bus yesterday as we returned from the Seashore Safari – the City Cycle!! You can’t be in two places at the one...
Seashore Safari 2023
🦞Seashore Safari 2023 – What a way to spend the day!!!! A big Thank You to Marine Biologist Maria for being our wonderful guide! #AmuighFaoinAer #BeautyOnOurDoorstep #SeaLife #SchoolLife
DCU Project
🎶We are taking part in a DCU Project to select our favourite spot in our local church. The children of Junior & Senior Infants chose the organ because they said they loved its music and also it was so enormous and they were so small! #Waterside #Woodquay...
Bike Week 2023
🚲Happy Bike Week everyone! Lovely to see all the bikes parked at the front of the school & these 2 bikes parked up in the playground bright & early this morning! #CycleToSchool #SafeRoutesToSchool #BikeWeek2023 #ActiveSchool #Waterside #Woodquay...