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Lots of maths talk and problem solving today as we celebrate Maths Week 2024!! #MathsTalk #MathsEyes #ProblemSolving

Lots and lots of jerseys to be seen today for GOAL Jersey Day! Thank you very much for all your contributions. #GreenSchool #GOALJerseyDay2024  

‍Oh wow! What a turnout this morning for Walk to School Week! Well done everybody. Maith sibh! Same time, same place tomorrow! If it suits you, we would love to see you there! #ActiveSchool #GreenSchool #WalkToSchoolWednesday [gallery link="file"...

PLEASE SHARE We are having our annual Open Day on Saturday October 19th. The school will be open from 11 am – 2 pm for people to have a look around and meet some parents, pupils and staff. Please pass on the word to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues or anyone...

As Reverend Alistair said this morning ‘History was made today’ as four Galway City Primary Schools gathered in St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church for an Ecumenical School Service to celebrate St. Francis' Day. What a wonderful occasion. Thank you so much to Reverend...

‍Next week is Walk to School Week! We will be meeting at the Black Box Theatre on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday morning at 8:10 am. Be there if you can – we love these walk to school together days! #Throwback #ActiveSchool #GreenSchool #WalkToSchoolWeek2024

These children were busy sowing cress seeds in eggshells this morning, to create their very own head with cress hair! Now we just have to wait for the magic to happen! #Science #PlantLife #SchoolLife #HandsOnLearning #CursiveWriting [gallery link="file"...

Today, 3rd and 4th class had fun learning about the water cycle with a hands-on experiment! They made 'shaving cream rain clouds' to see how rain forms and falls to the Earth. The students loved watching the food colouring 'rain' drip through the clouds. Science is...

Today we celebrated the wonderful work our SNAs do each and every day in our school. #VeryGrateful #SchoolCommunity    

‍➡️Oh what a day!! So much fun was had celebrating European School Sports Day AND #RelaysTakeOver! The Plots was definitely alive this morning with the excitement and speed of these amazing children! St. Nicholas’ Parochial School has without doubt an up-and-coming...

Our school is buzzing ahead of European School Sports Day on Friday!! There were even some children practicing their relay skills today for the #RelaysTakeOver event on Friday!!! #ESSD2024 #RelaysTakeOver #ActiveSchool #HiddenGem #GalwayCity [gallery link="file"...

Sewing is back! Lots of creativity in this room this afternoon! #HiveOfActivity #HiddenGem #HeartOfGalwayCity  

Hands on maths work in the playground today! Very busy drawing, counting and problem solving!! #ActiveLearning #PairedWork #GroupWork #PrimaryMathsCurriculum

What a glorious sight – hockey is back!!!! A huge ‘Go raibh míle’ to Sandra for giving of her time on a Friday afternoon! We are so grateful. #ActiveSchool #TheGreatOutdoors #SeptemberSunshine

‍♀️So great to see so many children back at swimming today!!! #ActiveSchool #HiddenGem #HeartOfGalwayCity

The shouts and squeals from this class today as they stomped the Stomp Rocket high into the air!!!!! #SeptemberSunshine #SchoolLife #ActiveSchool #CoOperativeGames #STEM  

Junior and Senior Infants met their new buddies today! #5thClass #6thClass #SchoolCommunity

3rd and 4th class had a blast at this morning's Book Tasting! They had an opportunity to sample a variety of titles from their classroom library and created a list of favourites they can’t wait to dive into over the coming months. #WeLoveBooks [gallery link="file"...