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A poster by one of our students was picked for the Primary Schools Environment Calendar, Coinnigh Gaillimh Glan! Comhghairdeas!

Our annual Christmas Party takes place next Thursday December 21st! There is great excitement about the school in anticipation! …….How many more sleeps…..!? Photos to follow!  

Here in Infants we've been getting into the Christmas spirit! Our elves have had lots of fun playing in Santa's Workshop, taking orders and making and wrapping toys for delivery! We turned our Small World area into a winter wonderland and have had lots of adventures...

This Christmas we would like to help two local charities; Cope House, Waterside and Osterly Lodge, Salthill. Both organisations would be delighted if we could collect the following items for them: Towels, Single duvets, Single duvet covers, Pillow cases, Single...

Chinese Class takes place after school every Tuesday with Cathy. The children are making great progress! This week they spent some time painting pictures of the Giant Panda!

The pieces of art that were created for the Carol Service were admired by so many people last Thursday night too – is there no end to the talent of the children in St. Nicholas’!!  

Our Carol Service was an amazing success again this year! Thank you so much to all the parents, relations, friends and past pupils who came to support St. Nicholas’ Primary School, Waterside on the night  – without your wonderful support these events would not be...

We were delighted again today to have a visit from a pupil of St. Nicholas’ who left 6 years ago!!! - Always a joy to have our past pupils visit and hear how well they are getting on!

Today we had Stephen (the Youth Officer in our Diocese) visit us. Stephen has just returned from a trip to Kenya. He told us lots of stories of his travels and showed us pictures and souvenirs also. We really enjoyed hearing his stories first hand – Thank You Stephen!...

5th and 6th Class have been busy working on various science concepts this week. Below are some photos of the children experimenting with volcanoes and electricity!  

First and Second Class had to follow a recipe this week as part of their English Class! Take a look at the photos below to see how they got on!!  

We were so honoured this week to have a Past Pupil come back to St. Nicholas’ to visit. He said that the school had changed hugely since he attended. When he started school in St. Nicholas’ there was only one teacher who taught all of the classes. The building had no...

Some children were planting bulbs this week – getting our playground garden ready for next Spring!

Christmas Carol Practice is well and truly under way! Lots of words and lines being learned every night - keep up the great work everybody! The Carol Service will take place on December 7th. All are most welcome!  

The St. Nicholas’ Shoe Boxes were delivered to the Team Hope depot on Friday last – a big thank you to all who participated. “Thank you so much for sharing your Christmas with children who have so little – It means so much to them.”

Even more fun was had today for Science Week making our very own lava lamps with oil, water and food colouring! Check out some of the pictures below!

Junior and Senior Infants have been learning all about 'Space' this week! We've had lots of fun playing 'On the Moon' in our Small World Area and pretending to be astronauts flying our very own spaceship!

First and Second Class have been exploring gravity and flight this week. They made some propellers from paper and they also made some amazing parachutes! The trick was to see who’s would be last to fall to the ground! Check out the photos below! [foogallery...