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🌎 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...

⭐ We were delighted to have Martin back again this for sign language classes - one of the highlights of the week! Maith sibh a pháistí! We are looking forward to next week already!! #SchoolCommunity #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HiddenGem [foogallery...

🚀 The children were glued to the screens today as each class joined lots of other schools in Galway for a live science show with Mark the Science Guy! Absolutely fantastic!!! #WeBelieveInScience #ScienceWeek #GalwayScience #CreatingOurFuture [foogallery...

🔍💥 A very busy day of experiments in St. Nicholas’ Parochial School! Fizzy rockets, paper rockets, explosions, standing on balloons, ‘egg-periments’ – a very busy day!! #ScienceWeek #GalwayScience #CreatingOurFuture

🏑Another great hockey session this afternoon! Wonderful to see outdoor activities back in full swing! #ActiveSchool #AllWelcome #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HiddenGem

🏀🧺 Being an Active School was taken to a whole new level today as Pete our new basketball coach put the children through their paces! It was the best! Thank you so much to Pete and  The Titans Basketball Club - the children will be training hard for...

💥Rev. Alastair stopped by this morning for a visit. He told a few stories and got lots of giggles! A lovely way to start the day! #SchoolCommunity #AlwaysWelcome #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

🍃🍂 Outdoor Classroom Day 2021…..what a day!! #SmallWorld #LooseParts #Construction #NatureHunt #WoodquayPark #BeautyOnOurDoorstep 🍂🍃

⭐ A huge thank you to Martin who came to our school this morning to teach the children some sign language. It was a fantastic introduction, and we are already excited for our next lesson. #Linguistics #SignLanguage #VeryGratefulForTheOpportunity #Mílebuíochas

🎃🖤🧡 What a fantastic photo by Joe Shaughnessy on the front page of the City Tribune!! Happy Halloween! 🧡🖤🎃 (Remember we are now enrolling for September 2022 – don’t forget to spread the word!) #HiddenGem...

🧡🖤🎃 Wrapping up Maths Weeks 2021 today! 3rd & 4th Class took part in a Maths quiz called ‘The Mystery of the Missing Pumpkins’. 5th & 6th Class finished off the week with some maths riddles while 1st & 2nd joined thousands of...