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1st – 6th Class took part in a fantastic Storytelling and Cross Making webinar this morning with children's authors Caroline Busher and Sarah Bowie. Caroline talked us through some of the traditions and customs associated with St. Brigid and then Sarah showed us how...

5th and 6th class were very busy this morning working with clay, check out some of their creations so far!    

🏀 A very active school this Friday!! The senior classes were absolutely delighted to have Pete return for basketball coaching this morning. What a great start to a Friday morning, thank you Pete! Thank you to Sandra also – hail, rain and shine – hockey goes...

🧊 Last week was the first week of our Aistear about The Arctic. It was a very enjoyable way to learn about animals, weather, human environments and climate change. “Frozen” has to be in there too! #HowAmazing #LearningThroughPlay #ActiveLearning #HandsOn...

💡🔦 These children were experimenting with light this afternoon! Look at the shadows they created!! #ActiveLearning #WeLoveScience #DiscoveryLearning #LearningThroughPlay  

⚽ We were very lucky to Emer from FAI Galway back again this morning for a great football session! January sunshine, outside in the fresh air….what a start to the day! #ActiveSchool #TeamWork #ThirdClass #FourthClass #CityCentreSchool #HeartOfTheCity  

💜 A snapshot of another very special ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’ around the school today! 💜 #MindfulColouring #Mindfulness #Yoga #GuidedMeditation #SpecialThings #SchoolCommunity #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity  

🐶 Rólimirt i Rang 1 agus Rang 2 ar maidin! Bhí craic iontach againn!!! #CrossCurricular #LearningThroughPlay #AnGhaeilge ❤        

❤ 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...