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😎We were delighted to train with Mary at the Plots today!!! How lucky are we to have such a great green space on our doorstep! #ActiveSchool #GAA #ThePlots #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

😍 If you were looking for us, we were just practicing the 3-legged race for Active Week!!!! Active Week 2023 May 29th - June 2nd! #ActiveSchool #ActiveWeek #ThePlots #GreenSpace #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity    

🚲When your school is in the City Centre, you get the opportunity to participate in lots of activities around the city. This was the view from the bus yesterday as we returned from the Seashore Safari – the City Cycle!! You can’t be in two places at the one...

🦞Seashore Safari 2023 – What a way to spend the day!!!! A big Thank You to Marine Biologist Maria for being our wonderful guide! #AmuighFaoinAer #BeautyOnOurDoorstep #SeaLife #SchoolLife

🎶We are taking part in a DCU Project to select our favourite spot in our local church. The children of Junior & Senior Infants chose the organ because they said they loved its music and also it was so enormous and they were so small! #Waterside #Woodquay...

🚲Happy Bike Week everyone! Lovely to see all the bikes parked at the front of the school & these 2 bikes parked up in the playground bright & early this morning! #CycleToSchool #SafeRoutesToSchool #BikeWeek2023 #ActiveSchool #Waterside #Woodquay...

💖Check out some of the lovely little clay gnomes that these children have been working on over the last few weeks. Maith sibh a pháistí! #VisualArts #Creativity #Individuality #Imagination #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

🧁Busy baking, decorating & then eating buns!!!! #CrossCurricular #ProceduralWriting #Creativity #LotsOfFun #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

💚These children had a busy morning competing in Cumann na mBunscol 11 a sides. Thank you to Scoil Cholmcille An Tulach for a great day out! #ActiveSchool #GAA #TheGreatOutdoors #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity    

💙Hockey this afternoon in the bright sunshine! What a way to begin the weekend! #ActiveSchool #TheGreatOutdoors #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity

💚We were very proud to receive our 8th Green Flag this morning. Our three most senior members of the Green Schools Committee attended the awards ceremony at the Galway Bay Hotel this morning where they were presented with the flag. This was then followed by a...

🏅Rain doesn’t stop play here in St. Nicholas’ Parochial School – coaching with Mary goes ahead! Go raibh mile maith agat Mary – another great session! #ActiveSchool #CityCentreSchool #GaillimhAbú #GAA #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity ...

💙We were delighted to welcome Aoife and Rachel to our school today for a creative writing workshop as part of Cúirt Festival of Literature. It was truly inspirational! The children really enjoyed it! #TheArts #Creativity #Imagination #Waterside #Woodquay...

💙Learning to play games with our friends is always a fun activity! Lots to learn: taking turns, following the rules and being good winners and losers! #TeamWorkDreamWork #LearningThroughPlay #Waterside #Woodquay #GalwayCity  ...

📚These children had a lovely time reading with their buddies this morning! #Literacy #CrossCurricular #SmallSchoolBigHeart #CitySchool #Waterside #Woodquay #Galway      

💜Creativity at its best! Making clothes, bags…. you name it…. these children can do it!! #Creativity #Sewing #PureTalent #CitySchool #Waterside #Woodquay #Galway  

💜What talent we have in our school!!! #HipHop #ActiveSchool #Performers #CitySchool #Waterside #Woodquay #Galway

⚽ Another great day of coaching with Mary! Go n-éirí an t-ádh le Gaillimh ag an deireadh seachtaine!! #GaillimhAbú #GAA #ActiveSchool #CitySchool #Waterside #Woodquay #Galway