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In Aistear the theme has been hibernation, winter and bears. Lots of opportunities for fun and learning! #ActiveLearning #LearningThroughPlay #LotsOfFun  

💖 Look at these beautiful egg carton animal portraits created by some of the senior classes this week! #TheArts #Creativity #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity  

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...

♠️♥️♦️♣️Card games and maths class – always a win!!! #ActiveLearning #Strategies #WeLoveNumbers #GoFish10 #OddOneOut #Snap

These children celebrated Martin Luther King Day today. They read and talked about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and watched some of his famous "I have a dream" speech before thinking about their own dreams. #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity

The senior classes were in St. Mary's Cathedral, Tuam today for a Diocesan Schools' Service. They met up with other schools from the diocese. What a lovely day!

⛈️🌈Rain doesn’t stop play at St.Nicholas’ Parochial School! Thank you to Sandra! What a great turnout! #ActiveSchool #AllWeather #HiddenGem #HeartOfGalwayCity  

🪩On Disco Friday……you dance….and paint Disco Balls!! #ActiveSchool #ArtistsAtWork #FunFunFun

🎶We were delighted to welcome a past pupil back this morning and listen to him play two pieces of music on the piano for us all, one by Mozart and the other by Chopin! What a way to start a Thursday! You could have heard a pin drop!!! #SmallSchoolBigHeart...

💖Wow! Scones & butter anyone!? These children made scones & butter in school today! #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HiddenGem

🎇3rd, 4th and 5th finished their projects on Italy. They learned a few Italian words and phrases too! #CrossCurricular #Languages #ProjectWork

📋🖊️These children took the opportunity to do a traffic survey between showers today! Active learning at its best!!!! #CrossCurricular #Maths #Data #HeartOfTheCity #BesideTownHallTheatre #HiddenGem

St. Nicholas’ Parochial School acknowledges receipt of €5,000 Digital Funding in December 2021 from the EU National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). The Recovery and Resilience Facility is the largest component of NextGenerationEU which is the European Union’s...

#Rang1 #Rang2 #Collaboration #LearningStrategy #ProblemSolving #SPHE

Another active day in St. Nicholas' and lots of very happy children back after the Christmas holidays! These children were also doing some mindful meditation after reflecting on 2022 and some goals for 2023!

We’re back! Happy New Year Everyone!! #MorningRun #RockyRoad #ActivityTime #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity #Waterside #Woodquay

🎨These children experimented with Marbling in art today! #VisualArts #TheArts #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity  

💖 What an array of fabulous photos in the City Tribune on December 23rd of our Carol Service and Nativity! #Memories