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🎭 Our Senior Classes are really looking forward to Branar’s new show, The Table in the Town Hall Theatre. (The joys of going to a school that is in such close proximity to the Town Hall Theatre! Great neighbours!)
Branar’s show ‘The Table’
🎭 Our Senior Classes are really looking forward to Branar’s new show, The Table in the Town Hall Theatre. (The joys of going to a school that is in such close proximity to the Town Hall Theatre! Great neighbours!)
Science
🔬These classes enjoyed a science experiment today. They used red cabbage to make their own PH indicator. They were testing different liquids to find out if they were acidic or alkali. #ActiveLearning #HandsOn #InvestigativeWork
Persuasive Writing
🎤Persuasive writing is an absolute hit in this classroom this week. These children sure can put up an excellent argument!!! #Language #Creativity #WritingGenres
Chinese New Year
🌸These children created beautiful artwork to celebrate Chinese New Year. #TheArts #VisualArts #Creativity
Yoga
🙏A big thank you to Jazzy and Fiona who gave us a fabulous yoga lesson today! They even included extra animal poses to integrate with our Pets theme in Aistear. You could hear a pin drop as we did our poses. Wonderful balancing, stretching and...
P.E.
💫 As you can see we absolutely love PE day in St. Nicholas’!!! Lots and lots of action, the children giving it their all!!!! #ActiveSchool #CitySchool #TeamSpirit
Caroline Busher and Wexford Education Centre
💛The children enjoyed their Storytelling webinar with author @CarolineBusher and @WexfordEdCentre this morning. Caroline spoke to the children about the folklore and traditions around how our ancestors celebrated St. Brigid and the start of Spring. [foogallery...
They’ve Got Your Age
We were delighted to welcome journalist Emilie Rozand to Ms. Grace's classroom this morning where she was filming for French and German television. One of our students will feature in a documentary for ARTE TV channel. The programme, They’ve Got Your Age, broadcasts...
Sunday Times
❤️ Look what was spotted in last week’s Sunday Times! How proud are we to have our mural feature as a backdrop!!!
Basketball
🏀The senior classes got the week off to a great start with another basketball session with Matt. They are working hard on their basketball skills and really enjoying all the games! Thank you for another great coaching session Matt! #ActiveSchool #CitySchool...
Paper Experiment
🔍These children were testing the strength of different types of paper this week in science this week! #HandsOn #CrossCurricular #DiscoveryLearning
Debating
👏These children got off to a fantastic start to debating this morning for their first official debate of the school year. They have been busy preparing, researching and practicing during the week and all their hard work was very evident in the high standard of...
Primary Colours
❤️⭐🔷 Experimenting with the primary colours! Some children were even wearing the primary colours! More experimenting to follow!! #HandsOn #DiscoveryLearning #Investigation #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity
Basketball
🏀The senior classes were delighted to welcome Matt back for some more basketball coaching this morning. A very energetic and enjoyable session, thank you Matt! Looking forward to next week already! #ActiveSchool #CitySchool #TeamWork #GalwayCity [foogallery...
💖🐻Infant Bears🐻💖
In Aistear the theme has been hibernation, winter and bears. Lots of opportunities for fun and learning! #ActiveLearning #LearningThroughPlay #LotsOfFun
Animal Portraits
💖 Look at these beautiful egg carton animal portraits created by some of the senior classes this week! #TheArts #Creativity #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity
Cell Explorers
Thank you to the team at Cell Explorers who came in to talk to 5th and 6th class today. The children had the opportunity to question scientists about themselves, what they do, how they became a scientist along with science related questions. A thoroughly enjoyable...