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What a masterpiece by our Junior & Senior Infants #VisualArts #TheArts

Taking the learning out of the classroom and into the great outdoors today! Beauty on our doorstep! #OutdoorLearning #TheGreatOutdoors #OurLocalCommunity #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity  

Oh Beautiful Autumnal Woodquay Park #Waterside #Woodquay #HeartOfTheCity

5th and 6th class are making the most of this beautiful weather and going outside to practice their Gaeilge! #IsBreáLinnGaeilge #AmuighFaoinAer #OutdoorLearning #MaithSibh

Always so great to see our past pupils stopping by for a chat - even if it is at a distance!!! #SchoolCommunity #AlwaysWelcome

Third and Fourth class celebrated Roald Dahl Day by watching a PowerPoint presentation on the author. They discussed their favourite Roald Dahl characters, stories and moments.  They had a class quiz and also wondered what it would feel like to win a golden ticket for...

Míle buíochas to Branar for our wonderful Arts Flag! Branar Arts Flag promotes and rewards arts engagement within school settings. Make sure that you take a look into our playground if you are passing our school to see our amazing mural by the pupils of our school and...

Some of the senior classes in our school went on a search to find natural resources in our locality that could be used in art class. What fantastic results - maith sibh a pháistí! #ArtistsAtWork #TheArts #Waterside #Woodquay #GreenSpacesInTheCity [foogallery...

How lucky are we to have such a wonderful green area right beside our school! First and Second Class took full advantage today, walking through our lovely  community of Woodquay, to get to our local green area known as The Plots for a run around!...

Thank you Mary @fallenstarstories for this amazing book haul! All classes received lots of new books! (All books were sanitised under bookshop rules.)

Today, September 8th is International Literacy Day - an opportunity to celebrate and commemorate the importance of literacy in our daily lives. As part of the celebration we had DEAR time this morning....Drop Everything And Read.....you could hear a pin drop!!...

What a fabulous photo of some of our pupils (and beautiful mural) on the front page of the Galway City Tribune!! Thank you Joe!

Our first week back in school & I’m sure you’ll agree these photos say it all! A big Thank You to everybody for all your support in ensuring our safe return and following our new safety measures. Happy Friday Everybody! #GreatToBeBack #HappyFaces #HappyChildren...

The first of the permits for online registrations for Park and Stride arrived in school today and will be sent home tomorrow. This is a fantastic initiative by Galway City Council and well worth participating in. Check out the following link for online registrations...

Here is just a snapshot of St. Nicholas’ today! It was so great to see everybody back in school again!! See you all bright and early tomorrow morning at the new time of 8.30 am for 3rd – 6th Class (and siblings) and 8.40 am for Infants – 2nd! #GreatToBeBack...

Please click on the link below to read the note: Back to School September 1st  

Click below to view Back to school advice for parents

Free parking is available in over 20 carparks in Galway City to those who participate in 'Park and Stride' on the school run. This involves leaving the car about 10 minutes’ walk from the school & making the last leg of the journey on foot. Full details:...