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DEAR Ireland April 30th
📚📕 We just loved DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time in St. Nicholas’ Parochial School today! You could hear a pin drop! #LoveOfBooks #LoveOfReading #LostInBooks #LetsGetIrelandReading
Enda O’Dowd, NCAD
Thank you so much to Enda O' Dowd from the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) who joined 5th and 6th class via Zoom this morning to talk to them about designing medical devices from a human centred approach; the processes involved in medical device design,...
Spring Planting
💐🌹🌼 Look at our wonderful 6th Class busy helping Ms. Lynch plant some window boxes this morning! #ABurstOfColour #ActiveLearning #TheGreatOutdoor #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity
Destination Kylemore Abbey
🏃♀️👟💨 Destination Kylemore Abbey this morning! Now we’re off to the Giant’s Causeway! What a great initiative! #ActiveSchool #MorningRun #HailRainOrSnow #WhatAWayToStartTheDay #RunAroundIRELANDChallenge #Waterside...
The Plots, Woodquay
😎 Making the most of this beautiful weather at The Plots! How lucky are we to have such a beautiful green area in the City Centre right on our doorstep! #Community #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HiddenGem
Exploring the Local Community
💛 Junior and Senior Infants out and about exploring the local community! #ActiveLearning #TheGreatOutdoors #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity
Polymers & Crosslinkers!
🔍 Dr. Sarah Gundy joined 5th and 6th class via Zoom this morning where they discussed medical devices, both synthetic and natural biomaterials and polymers. The children first used Lego to make their own polymer and added a crosslinker and then they moved onto...
Virtual Workshop
Dr. Noirin Burke from Galway Atlantaquaria joined 5th and 6th class via Zoom again this morning for her final of three workshops, which have covered topics such as how our oceans have changed over the last 500 years, our impact on the oceans, the future of our oceans...
World Earth Day
🌍 Check out the beautiful art created by 5th and 6th class to celebrate World Earth Day. 5th and 6th also brought their English class outside to The Plots today - reading their class novel in the sun!! #TheGreatOutdoors #SpringSunshine #Waterside #Woodquay...
Spring Sunshine!
😎💛 A snapshot of the very active playground in the beautiful Spring Sunshine today! Don’t you wish you were back in school again! #ActiveSchool #BlueSkies #SpringSunshine #TheGreatOutdoors #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity
Earth Day 2021
🌍 Ahead of Earth Day tomorrow, these children went on an Earth Day Hunt, looking for all things ‘earthy’ and what better place to go than our stunning locality that is Woodquay! #FearAnPhoist #ChargingPoint #Biodiverity #Minibeasts #BlueSkies #ThePlots...
Marine Workshop
💙💦 Noirin from Atlantaquaria joined 5th and 6th class this morning for her first of three marine workshops that will take place this week. This morning the children discussed the importance of the ocean along with how it makes them feel before watching...
Run Around IRELAND Challenge Week 2
🏃♀️🏃♂️💨Last week’s total number of laps = 267!!!!! This challenge just gets better and better!! #CliffsOfMoher #KylemoreAbbey #DublinSpire #ActiveSchool #TeamEffort ...
Ag déanamh ceapairí!
🍓 🥪 Bhí na páistí i Rang 1 agus 2 ag obair ar an téama ‘Bia’ an tseachtain seo. Mar sin rinne said ceapairí ar scoil inniu! Bhí an-spórt acu!! (First & Second class were working on the theme of food this week in Irish and so they made their own...
PE at The Plots
⚽ 5th and 6th class were making the most of this lovely weather at the plots this morning playing soccer and some skipping games! #AmuighFaoinAer #ThePlots #GreenArea #CityCentre #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity
Galway Atlantaquarium, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices (CÚRAM) and Artist Alison Mac Cormaic
🔍 In the coming weeks our 5th and 6th Class students will be engaging in virtual workshops hosted by the Galway Atlantaquarium, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices (CÚRAM), and teaching artist Alison Mac Cormaic. Educators from the aquarium will discuss...
School Zone
☀ We are delighted to see measures being put in place to keep our school community safer. Coloured spots and road markings were being put outside our school this afternoon. The purpose of these spots is to raise awareness among road users that they are entering...
Computational Thinking Equipment
🔍These children were having great fun today with Bee-Bots and Lego thanks to for the Computational Thinking Equipment. #ActiveLearning #STEAM #GroupWork #ComputationalThinking #EngineeringPrinciples