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Galway Science & Technology Festival is in full swing in St. Nicholas’ Parochial School!! Check out the photos below to sample some of the activities that have been taking place!! #GalwayScience #ScienceWeek #BelieveInScience #Curiosity #Experimenting #Predicting...

5th and 6th class were learning about Pointillism this week and used this style of painting to create their own masterpieces. #AmazingArtWork #Creativity #VisualArts

Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to inspire and celebrate outdoor play and learning at home and at school. To celebrate, First and Second Class went hunting for some natural materials that they could use for art in their ‘Outdoor Classroom’ this morning!!...

Our school was recently awarded funding from the School Library Home Languages Funding Scheme. Schools can avail of this funding to purchase books and other resources in foreign languages for students in the school whose home language is not English or Irish. What a...

Welcome back after the break everybody! Great to see so many happy faces around St. Nicholas’ today!! #HelloNovember #HappyFaces #NewSpace #TheGreatOutdoors #SchoolCommunity

Front page of the Galway City Tribune Everybody!! Happy Halloween!! #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HiddenGem #HeartOfTheCity  

Some extra space has been created in our playground over the midterm break!! #OutdoorSpaces #EveryInchCounts #TheGreatOutdoors #CitySchool #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity #HiddenGem #StaySafe

*Please Share* We would like to wish everybody a safe and happy holiday. We would also like to thank you for your continuous help and support in making this first term back for our school community a very safe and happy one! Míle buíochas gach duine #StaySafe...

It was certainly a Happy Halloween Day in St. Nicholas’ today! Halloween Party Time!  

Just some samples of the art and craft work that has been going on throughout the school this week! Wonderful work! Maith sibh! #Creativity #ArtAndCrafts #HappyHalloween  

Does a pumpkin sink or float before it is carved!??? Ask these scientists who were busy investigating this morning! #ActiveLearning #KWL #STEM  

We were so privileged this morning to welcome the amazing Galway author Marguerite Tonery to our playground. To celebrate the launch of her latest book in the Kapheus series, Marguerite presented some children with a signed copy of “Kapheus Time”. The Kapheus series...

Maths Week 2020 was a huge success again this year! Check out the photos below to see a sample of the indoor & outdoor activities that took place.  

Well done to the children who received their awards this week for their participation in the Write a Book Project 2020.

Check out this beautiful weaving in 3rd & 4th Class!  

Listen to a sneak preview of a song these children have been working on!! #Maroon5 #Memories #TheSoundOfMusic https://www.facebook.com/cityschoolwaterside/videos/344301976807753  

There was great excitement this morning as Reverend Lynda joined us for assembly!! Even though we are staying apart to keep safe, we are very much together as a whole school community! #ApartButTogether #ModernTechnology #VirtualAssembly #SchoolCommunity

Well done to everyone who participated in GOAL Jersey Day today. The money raised helps to support GOAL's work with vulnerable communities and we really appreciate all of your donations. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.