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‍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"...

️These children created the most magnificent masterpieces ahead of International Dot Day on September 15th!! #VisualArts #Creativity

‍A very active PE this Wednesday morning! Nothing like basketball skills and parachute games to set us up for the day! #ActiveSchool #CoOperativeGames #TeamWorkDreamWork    

5th and 6th class were busy investigating the parts of a flowering plant! The children were able to dissect the plant into its parts and identify them!

⚡The first Disco Friday of the school year and the sun was shining!

Lots of fun in Maths today! 3rd and 4th enjoyed completing a classroom scavenger hunt to revise their addition and subtraction facts. #ActiveLearning #PlayfulLearning #WeLoveMaths