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A big warm welcome back to school everybody for the last term of this school year. We look forward to a very busy term ahead with a Gaelic football blitz and a Tag Rugby festival coming up in the very near future. We also have a very exciting art project beginning...

Have a lovely Easter break everybody! See you all back in school on April 9th.

We've been busy with all things spring over the past few weeks! We learned all about plants and what they need grow and we even got to plant our very own cress seeds. We were very surprised at how fast they grew! Our Role Play area this month was The Garden Centre. We...

Curiosity got the better of First and Second Class yesterday so they gathered some objects of interest and began testing their objects to see if they sank or floated! Many of their predictions were not as they predicted! And oh what a surprise they got when they...

Well done to the children who represented our school at the Write A Book Awards in the Galmont Hotel last night. All at St. Nicholas’ are very proud of you!

Soccer continued today with Henry! What beautiful weather 3rd and 4th Class had for improving and practicing their soccer skills with Henry. We look forward to starting back again after the Easter holidays.

What a wonderful Seachtain na Gaeilge was had by all this week! Below are some photos of the week’s events! Maith Sibh a Pháistí!  

Tiernan from Green Schools Ireland came in today to talk to us about Scooter Safety. We spent a beautiful spring afternoon in our playground practicing tips and tricks on how to keep safer on our scooters. By participating in National SOW Week/Day we are showing our...

The playground and the School Hall were full of action this afternoon as Dennis and his team of coaches put the children through their paces!! Dennis will be back to St. Nicholas’ after the Easter holidays for another set of coaching sessions! [foogallery...

What a wonderful quiz this morning for Seachtain na Gaeilge! The children’s knowledge & understanding was amazing! It was impossible to pick a winning team so everybody got an ‘Oíche Saor ó Obair Bhaile’ voucher for participating!!! Maith Sibh a Pháistí!...

Beimid ag ceiliúradh Seachtain na Gaeilge 2018 an tseachtain seo chugainn! Beidh alán imeachtaí difriúla  ar siúl againn i rith na seachtaine mar shámpla Tráth na gCeist (Rang 1 – Rang 6), GAA le Dennis, Céile Mór le Louise agus Ceol le Meadhbh. Ar an Aoine, beidh Lá...

Tinwhistle with Meadhbh is going down a treat every Friday! Tunes such as Terry Teehan’s, Britches Full of Stitches, Dingle Polka to name but a few! Keep up the great work everyone!  

Park ‘n’ Stride is going strong at St. Nicholas’ now that spring is finally in the air! Anyone in need of an information, application forms or car stickers feel free to pop into the school and we will get it sorted.  

P4C started in school today and was very well received by the children. “We played lots of games that would help people to fix something they might need to fix….in a nice way” said a 5th Class pupil. “I really liked the game where we had to choose between going to a...

3rd and 4th Class began their coaching sessions today with Henry! It was certainly very active and great fun! Check out the photos below!

Here in Junior and Senior Infants we have been learning all about school this month! We talked about all the different people that make up our school community and what their different roles are. We learned about what school was like in the past and compared it with...

Below is a sample of some of the fabulous entries from 3rd – 6th Class. The theme for the competition was ‘Water and your Environment’. Well done to all who participated!

1st – 4th classes celebrated World Book Day today in Easons! Kitty read some great stories and everyone got a book to take home! Mary in Charlie Byrne’s has very kindly rescheduled last week’s visit that was due to take place on Thursday! - Junior & Senior Infants...