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🥞💛😍 What a surprise today!!!!! Lá le Pancóga on Monday!!!! Lots of very happy and grateful children!!! ❤ #PancakeTuesday #HappyChildren #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

⭐ Midterm Break in St. Nicholas’ Parochial School! See you all back again next Monday morning. ⭐ #Waterside #Woodquay #HiddenGem #HeartOfGalwayCity  

It was all about the Winter Olympics in 5th and 6th class today. They made their own mini Olympic skiers who then competed in our own mini Olympics! The children have also been researching countries that are taking part in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, check out...

Palindromes and ambigrams! Lots of fun was had around the school today with 22.02.2022!!! 5th and 6th class celebrated the 22/2/22 by writing letters to their future selves to be put in a time capsule that will be opened on 3/3/33! Nobody wanted to go home today as...

💙 Blue skies again this afternoon for hockey! How amazing are these children! #ActiveSchool #TheGreatOutdoor #TeamSpirit #HailRainOrSnow  

❤The Infants are absolutely amazing for eating their Fruit and Veg Snack every day! They were learning about how we eat different parts of vegetab,les and nothing would stop them having a touch, smell and taste of the raw vegetables! Maith sibh a pháistí! What...

🎖 We were delighted to welcome Conor from Fr. Griffin’s/Éire Óg to our school this morning! Conor is our new Gaelic football coach and will be with us every Wednesday morning for the next few weeks! Go raibh mile maith agaibh Conor agus  - we cannot wait for...

📚 We are delighted to be chosen as one of the schools to receive An Bosca Leabharlainne, a box of original Irish language books specially chosen by Laureate nÓg Áine Ní Ghlinn. An Bosca Leabharlainne is supported by Foras na Gaeilge and the Arts Council of...

💓💞💖 Lots and lots of Happy Hearts around our school today!! 💖💞💓 #February14th #LáLeValentín #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity    

⭐ What is this addition to our new space in the playground!? It’s our wonderful Afterschool ‘s new treasure chest!!! The excitement!!! #WatersideAfterschool #FunFunFun #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity    

🧡❤💜 This stunning masterpiece by First & Second Class finally went on display today! What a work of art!!!! #FirstClass #SecondClass #CrossCurricular #ActiveLearning #CoOperation #TeamWork    

Some serious action on ‘the court’ with the mighty Pete this morning!! What a way to start a Friday! The children are already counting down the days until next week’s session! Thanks Pete! #ActiveSchool #TeamWork #OutdoorActivities #Waterside #Woodquay #HeartOfTheCity...

🏡💚 Lots of activity buying and selling homes of all kinds in the Estate Agents this week! Listen out for all the difficult new vocabulary: semi- detached/ two storey/ terraced/ duplex etc! Great fun in role play particularly! #Aistear...

🦅 What an excellent webinar this afternoon called ‘Birds Around Your School’. Thank you to Niall Hatch Birdwatch Ireland and Clare Education Centre – we really enjoyed it here in our City Centre School in Galway City! #SESE #CrossCurricular #TheGreatOutdoors...

🔦💡⚡ We were delighted to get a delivery of some fantastic rechargeable bike lights yesterday! Thank you to Galway City Council and to Kevin for cycling by and delivering them to our school! We will most certainly put them to good use! Go raibh...

💻⭐ There were lots of activities going on throughout the school today to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2022. Celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID) helps promote a safer and better internet for all, especially for children and young people. There are lots...

The senior classes took part in a zoom session this morning where we met Irish Olympians Brendan 'Bubba' Newby and Seamus O Connor. They were coming to us live from the Olympic Village in Beijing and told us about their build up to the Olympics along with some of the...

⚽ First and Second Class started the Fit4Class fun activity and athletics programme today! Oh what fun!!!! #ActiveSchool #TeamWork #FreshAir #TheGreatOutdoors #BringOnNextWeek