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Basketball with Jake
Jake was back today to start a new season of basketball coaching. We are really looking forward to improving and learning more new skills and strategies over the coming weeks. What a way to start the day! #ActiveSchool #CitySchool #HiddenGem #GalwayCity [gallery...
Fractions Made Fun
3rd and 4th class used an interactive app today to explore fractions. Great to see technology bringing maths to life in a fun way! #MathsInAction #FractionsMadeFun
Art in 3rd and 4th
3rd and 4th explored monoprinting in Art today. They experimented with lots of different patterns and colours to create unique, one-of-a-kind prints!
Chinese New Year
Celebrating Lunar New Year in 5th and 6th!
Interactive Panels
We are beyond excited and delighted to have our new Interactive Panels installed this week! We are so grateful to everyone who organised and contributed to their purchase. This would not have been possible without you all!! Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir from the...
PE
Beautiful morning sun for running relays in PE this morning!! #ActiveSchool #TheGreatOutdoors #CitySchool #Galway
An Fear Sneachta Bocht
☃️Drámaíocht bunaithe ar an scéal An Fear Sneachta Bocht! Bhí an-craic againn!! #AnGhaeilge #CLIL #CrossCurricular
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
We needed to make some bears for our Goldilocks play time and there’s quite a lot of ways to mix brown. We tried them all! #VisualArts #LearningThroughPlay
Explorers Ocean Champion Award
We were delighted to welcome Sibéal to our school today. Sibéal presented 5th & 6th class with the Explorers Ocean Champion Award! What an incredible experience the children had whilst working on the project last year. Go raibh míle maith agaibh to all who were...
Weather Warning
PLEASE NOTE: Following advice from the Gardaí, Met Eireann and the Board of Management, school will start tomorrow and Thursday at 11am to allow everyone to get to school safely.
The Circulatory System
❤️5th & 6th enjoying learning about the circulatory system in science today - lots of active learning! #WeLoveScience #HiddenGem #HEARTOfGalwayCity
Hello January!
❤️Hello January!❤️ #MorningMove #TheGreatOutdoors #ActiveSchool #Sneachta
Happy New Year
❄️Happy New Year Everybody! It was great to see everyone back in school today! We even got to see a very quick flutter of snow!! #TheGreatOutdoors #Sneachta #HiddenGem #HeartOfGalwayCity
Nollaig Shona Daoibh
Nollaig Shona Daoibh gach duine from all in St. Nicholas’ Parochial School! We will see you all on January 6th for another fun-filled, action-packed term! #Throwback #DecemberSixth #SchoolCommunity #HiddenGem #HeartOfGalwayCity
Christmas Jumper Day
What an array of Christmas Jumpers throughout the whole school today! Thank you so much for your generous donations everybody - all of which are going to Downs Syndrome Ireland.
GalwayBay FM
Live on GalwayBay FM this morning! What a buzz! Maith sibh go léir gach duine – we are so proud!!!
A Visit from Dr Paul
A big Thank You to Dr Paul who came in this morning to talk to the children about all things eyes! You could have heard a pin drop! Thank you so much to Paul for giving of his time. #PeopleInOurCommunity #PeopleWhoHelpUs #Geography [gallery link="file"...
Amazing Book Haul
An amazing book haul from our wonderful friend, book specialist and reviewer Mary Esther Judy. Thank you so much Mary. We are very grateful. #WeLoveBooks #WeLoveToRead #HiddenGem #GalwayCity