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Well done to all who entered this year’s 66th Texaco Children's Art Competition. This year over 25,000 entries were entered into the competition and the organisers have commented on the exceptional standard of art received! We were delighted to see a Certificate of...

Junior & Senior Infants were so inspired by amazing Adam’s idea on the Late Late Toy Show that they made their own hugs to send to their grannies & grandads for Christmas. Some will go to England, Poland, Argentina, Romania, The Netherlands and France!!! How...

The playground was a hive of activity on a lovely sunny December 1st in Woodquay today!! #TheGreatOutdoors #ChristmasIsComing #ExcitementIsBuilding #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HeartOfTheCity #BesideTownHallTheatre

November Aistear in Junior and Senior Infants: Doctors and hospitals, growing and changing. #LearningThroughPlay #CrossCurricular #LearningIsFun

💡🧑‍🎨3rd and 4th class linked Science and Art this week. They painted a picture and added a light to it by making simple circuits. #CrossCurricular #WeBelieveInScience #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

“…..and then there was….LIGHT!!!” These children had great fun making simple circuits in science this week! #OpenCircuit #ClosedCircuit #PowerSource #Conductor #LIGHT  

Míle buíochas to Galway Footballer Johnny Heaney for coming in on Wednesday mornings…hail, rain or snow!! Listen to the craic these children are having as they do a reaction, quick-thinking drill together! #TeamWork #3InARow #ProblemSolving #OutdoorActivities...

First & Second Class have been busy writing Thank You letters to Santa for his visit last year & wishing him well on his trip to Galway again this year! The Christmas excitement is certainly building! #HowManySleeps #LateLateToyShow #ChristmasIsComing #AnPost...

5th and 6th class have been busy researching different feasts and festivals and then presenting their work to the class. Maith sibh a pháistí!  

What an exciting morning for 5th and 6th class….extracting DNA from bananas! Thank you so much to Cell Explorers who are based in NUIG, who provided the children with all the resources needed for the experiment, and in particular a huge thank you to Janic who was...

3rd and 4th class found out what happens when you mix milk, food colouring and washing up liquid?!! They also made some butter! #Prediction #Results #Experimenting #BelieveInScience #ScienceWeek #GalwayScience  

Isn’t science AMAZING! Take a look at this ‘Walking Water Experiment’! The question is…..how will it look tomorrow morning?!! #Prediction #Results #Experiment #WalkingWater #PrimaryColours #SecondaryColours #Rainbow #CapillaryAction #BelieveInScience #ScienceWeek...

What a beautiful sight on a dreary dark November day! Well done to the children in the senior classes who did a wonderful job putting up the decorations at breaktime today! #ChristmasIsComing #HowManySleeps #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

Best of luck to our Gaelic Football Coach Johnny Heaney and the Galway Team who are playing Mayo in Pearse Stadium on Sunday at 1.30pm! (Keep an eye out for this amazing artwork on your television screens on Sunday!) #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #GaillimhAbú...

5th and 6th class wrote kind notes to each other to celebrate World Kindness Day. Look at those happy faces as they read their notes!  

Will 10 inflated balloons be strong enough to support a table? How about a child? How about 2 children? How about a teacher and principal? There's only one way to find out! #BelieveinScience #scienceweek #galwayscience

Save the date everybody! This promises to be a great virtual day out!!! #ScienceWeek #GalwayScience #BelieveInScience

We are so lucky to have a sheltered outdoor area! Hail or rain we can have great fun playing speed and reaction games with Johnny!!! #ThreeInARow #Speed #Concentration #Reaction #TeamWork