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🏀The senior classes started their week with more basketball skills and games with Matt. Thank you Matt for a great start to Monday morning! #ActiveSchool #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity    

🔎Will it roll or not? Will it roll with speed or force? Only one way to find out! Active Maths and Science in Infant Classroom today! #ActiveLearning #CrossCurricular #BelieveInScience  

Martin Cannon spoke to 3rd, 4th and 5th about their houses and homes projects and also about his job as an engineer.  We discussed different problems in the city and how we might solve them. #ProblemSolving #STEM

Check out the concentration in 5th and 6th class this morning as the children were extracting DNA from banana! Thank you so much to Janic from Cell Explorers, University of Galway for a fantastic morning. #BelieveInScience    

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃 The weather does not stop PE here in St. Nicholas’ Parochial School!! Great teamwork from these children this morning!! #ActiveSchool #AllWeather #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity [foogallery...

🎶Have you heard the amazing sound of music around Waterside/Woodquay these mornings! So great to be back singing together in the Halla again! (Don’t forget to mark December 9th at 11am, St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church into your diaries!) #SmallSchoolBigHeart...

These children had great fun this morning taking part in a Mathematics World Cup which included lots of physical activity, mindfulness and plenty of maths too of course! #CrossCurricular #WellBeing    

👏 We are delighted to have Philippe back again teaching French after school! #WeLoveLanguages #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity  

🥋A very busy weekend for our Taekwondo Champion!!!! Maith thú!!!! #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity  

🔥We were delighted to join Mark the Science Guy this morning for lots of experiments & jokes!! Thank you Mark & thank you to Galway Education Centre for hosting it. #BelieveInScience    

📚Paired reading with our buddies! #WeLoveBooks    

3rd, 4th and 5th took part in a dramatic Climate Show hosted by Scientific Sue. #BelieveInScience  

🛝Creativity & Imagination at its best! #STEM #DreamPlaygrounds  

🎈Today's science for these children was all about balloons and air pressure. It has been a fantastic week of scientific theories, testing and experimenting! Maith sibh a pháistí!  

👏This morning was Sean's last session with 5th & 6th class. Thank you so much to Seán for all the coaching, the children have enjoyed every session and it is fantastic to see how much they have progressed over the last while. #ActiveSchool #HeartOftheCity...

Science week continued today with an experiment showing that carbon dioxide is released when bread soda and vinegar are mixed along with a discussion about how cakes rise during baking!  

🌈Food colouring + water + kitchen towel = rainbows!! #ActiveLearning #HandsOn #DiscoveryLearning #WeBelieveInScience

💙These children have been learning about friction and resistance this week so tested the theory with straws and maltesers! #OhWhatFun #HandsOnLearning #WeBelieveInScience