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🐯🧡 ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ by Judith Kerr – Masterpieces by Junior and Senior Infants! #ReadAlouds #ArtistsAtWork #CrossCurricular

🏀Hail, rain or snow the brilliant Pete puts us through our paces! More challenging basketball drills this morning, thank you so much Pete!! #ActiveSchool #TheGreatOutdoors  

You could hear a pin drop in the senior classes as the children practiced their sign language this morning. Sign language classes are one of the highlights of the week. #ISL #SchoolCommunity

🎨 A new ‘Art Gallery’ display in First & Second Class this week! #VanGoghInspired #IAmAnArtist #CrossCurricular  

💛Don’t forget it’s Wellbeing Wednesday tomorrow everyone!!!Lots of mindful and wellness activities to look forward to!!💛 #Wellbeing #Mindfulness #SchoolCommunity

😎 Look who arrived to visit us during break time today!! Always an absolute delight to see our wonderful past pupils return for a visit!! #CéadMíleFáilte #AlwaysWelcome #SchoolCommunity #SchoolHoodies #HeartOfTheCity #BesideTownHallTheatre

🚀 5th and 6th class were delighted to receive a package from Dr. Norah Patten and Mark Langtry in the post today. They received lots of goodies as their prize for all their fantastic work during Space Week 2021. Thank you so much Dr. Norah and Mark!  

💛 We were over the moon to receive this upcycled iPad in the post on Thursday! This is part of the #iPadsforSchool #HeartofLearning campaign, which has been kindly sponsored by Comer Homes Group for Galway. We have already provided iPads to every NS in...

🏀⭐ Another Friday, another great basketball session with Pete! What a great way to start a Friday morning!! #ActiveSchool #CitySchool #Outdoors #Teamwork #Waterside #Woodquay

🌎 5th and 6th class having been working on a few projects recently, including one on natural features in their locality and also projects looking at various historical events. We have all learnt something from all the fantastic presentations. #CrossCurricular...

🌎 Delighted to have our school mentioned by Brendan Smith on this afternoon’s webinar ‘The Outdoor Classroom & National Park City’! An excellent & very inspirational webinar Brendan & team! Lots to look forward to! #TheGreatOutdoors...

⚽ We were delighted to have Emer Flatley FAI into school today for a very active soccer session! Thank you Emer! We are looking forward to your return already! #FirstClass #SecondClass #ActiveSchool #TheGreatOutdoors #Waterside #Woodquay #HeartOfTheCity...

There was great excitement today as First and Second Class opened the beautifully packaged litter picking set! We cannot wait to get started and to try to keep our local community litter free! #Gloves #Pickers #HiViz #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #SchoolCommunity...

🚲 Thank you to Galway City Council for our new bike stand! We look forward to seeing lots of bicycles parked up over the coming months! #ActiveSchool  

❤ 5th & 6th class took part in Blind To Your Mind, a Mindful Movement and Meditation Workshop. Thank you to the Science Foundation Ireland for a very relaxing and enjoyable end to Science Week 2021. #ScienceWeek #WeBelieveInScience

🏀 Another great basketball session with Pete this morning. Thanks Pete!!

☕🍰🎂 A very busy morning in ‘The Café’ this morning!! Lots and lots of fun had by all!!! #Aistear #LearningThroughPlay #JuniorInfants #SeniorInfants #FirstClass #SecondClass  

6th class had a fantastic trip to Atlantaquaria in Salthill this morning. They got to see Cúram's displays about coccolithophores, alginate and even see diatoms through a telescope. All of these were discussed in great detail last year when they were working on the...