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❤ Bhí rólimirt á dhéanamh ag na páistí i Rang 5 agus Rang 6 i nGaeilge ar maidin. Bhí an-craic acu! (5th & 6th Class were doing role-play for Irish this morning! Oh what fun!!) #TeangaÓBhéal #SpórtIsSpraoi  

💛 Junior & Senior Infants heard a reindeer (a caribou) had forgotten to go back to the North Pole so they went on an adventure to find him! What an amazing mural right on our doorstep! How lucky are we!!!! #Caribou #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity...

💥 3rd & 4th Class were learning all about lines and angles this week. They went out to the yard to find some! They were also learning the names of all the different kinds of shops in Irish. They took a walk around the city and enjoyed revising some of...

🍕 Pizza making in After School today…..Oh Wow!!!!! ❤💛🧡 #WatersideAfterSchool #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HiddenGem  

🐷🐷🐷🐺 It was all about The Three Little Pigs and that Big Bad Wolf in Infants this week! #Aistear #LearningThroughPlay #GroupWork #CrossCurricular #Imagination #ChildLed  

🌈☂ If you are passing our school and see bags with water in them stuck to our window, we are doing an experiment about the water cycle!!!! #HandsOn #ActiveLearning #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HiddenGem  

💛What a way to start a Monday morning and sharpen our minds than with Kahoot! - a game-based learning platform that sure tested our mental maths!! #HappyMonday #MentalMaths #CrossCurricular #NumberStrategies    

Martin Luther King Day was celebrated in 5th and 6th class today. The children were thinking about their own dreams after discussing the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech and researching the life and work of Martin Luther King.

5th and 6th class loved using our new tablets during maths stations this morning! #ActionPackedMathsTime

The senior classes joined another fantastic webinar with Fiona Forman this morning, 'Starting 2022 with Optimism, Positivity and Wellbeing'. The children explored the meaning and importance of optimism, positivity and well-being along with reflecting on what helps...

⭐ 5th and 6th class really enjoyed making prints during art today. Lots of fun was had experimenting with food colouring in shaving foam to see what sort of designs they could make! #CrossCurricular #HandOn #TheArts #VisualArts ...

🎵🕺 Our first disco Friday of 2022 on a Thursday today! Oh what fun!!!! #ActiveSchool #TheGreatOutdoors #Waterside #Woodquay #HeartOfThe City ❤  

💛 Between posting letters, PE and measuring, these children had a very busy morning indeed! - How lucky are we to be situated in the City Centre AND to have such an amazing mural on the wall of our beautiful school!!! #ActiveLearning #TheGreatOutdoors...

❤ Assembly with Reverend Lynda this morning - what a lovely way to start a New Year and a new term. #YouDoYou #EveryoneBelongs #WholeSchool #VirtualGatherings #SchoolCommunity

💙 Happy New Year from everyone in St. Nicholas’ Parochial School 💙 #FirstDayBack #HappyFaces #SchoolCommunity #Waterside #Woodquay #HeartOfTheCity #HiddenGem  

⭐ We would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year. We look forward to seeing you all again on January 6th for another fun filled New Year! Keep safe everyone.❤ Nollaig Shona Daoibh go léir! (Happy Christmas Everyone from all in St....

💛 What a lovely way to end the term but with a visit from some of our wonderful past pupils. Always so welcome – always lovely to see you coming back!! #SchoolCommunity

🎵 💛⭐ A Carol Service with a difference this year in our school playground. Lots of wonderful singing rang out around Woodquay this morning. Maith sibh a pháistí. Iontach ar fad! 🎵💛⭐  ...