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These photos show some of the Infants having great fun working on some Valentine’s art with their buddies! #TeamWork #GreatRoleModels

Science Month! Last month we asked the children what they’d like to do more of in afterschool and as so many of them said science stuff we decided to turn a dull January into...Science Month! One of our activities was making our own slime! It didn’t go very well, but...

We have been reassured by Galway Transportation Unit that the 2017/2018 car stickers are completely valid until the end of this school year, at which point they will be relaunching a new Park and Stride initiative. If anyone wants more information or needs a car...

The children in St. Nicholas’ loved their SID wristbands and loved all the SID activities that went on in our school today. There wasn’t enough time in the day to do all we wanted to do....so there’ll be more fun activities tomorrow!! #SaferInternetDay2019 #BeInCtrl...

There was lots of action in the school today for Chinese New Year! Happy Chinese New Year Everyone – From all at St. Nicholas’ Parochial!  

We were delighted to see our school feature in the City Tribune again, after our trip to the Teddy Bear's Hospital! #HiddenGem #InTheHeartOfGalway  

We love to have our past pupils stop by for a visit! You are always welcome back to your old school!

The first stickers in our collection! Maith sibh a chailíní! Keep them coming in!!

We were delighted to have Reverend Lynda give our assembly this morning. The whole school participated in a very meaningful action story with her – you can see some of those actions in the photos! - A lovely way to start our Friday! Thank you to Reverend Lynda for...

Don’t forget to spread the word: Open Evening; 5.30 – 7.30; February 13th We hope to see lots of your neighbours and friends there!

International Day will be held this year on Thursday April 11th. This is a lovely occasion for all our families from all over the world to showcase their amazing countries! More details to follow.

A big thank you to Eoghan Curtin (CCRO, Connacht Rugby), Wendy Hickey (Women’s Development Officer) and Stephen Long (Connacht Rugby )for their fantastic work with the children this morning. The children were run off their feet as they learned lots of new rugby skills...

There were lots of playground games going on sa chlós this lunchtime! #outdoorplay #redlightgreenlight #foursquare #ibbleobble #hopscotch #activeschool  

Aldi is giving primary schools the chance to win €50,000 to develop playing facilities and help more children live a healthy and active lifestyle. Entering and taking part is easy, just collect the stickers from Aldi stores and stick them on the spaces on the poster...

Kevin from the Inland Fisheries Ireland, in association with the ‘Something Fishy’ programme, came in today to talk to the Senior Classes about waterways, fishing, angling and the environment. The ‘Something Fishy’ education programme was a concept originally...

The infants love their buddy reading sessions with 5th/6th class pupils on Fridays! #buddyreading #welovebooks

Well done to all our authors who worked so hard to get their books ready for Write a book 2019. The books are being submitted on Monday next and we are really looking forward to getting books to read, from other schools across the county.

🏈 ☘️ Today we were delighted to welcome past pupil and CCRO for Connacht Rugby, Eoghan Curtin to our school. Eoghan will be coaching some of our senior classes over the coming weeks. We are very much looking forward to his...