2024/2025

Grandparents Day-On Friday the 31st January as part of Catholic's School Week, we invited our Grandparents to Mass in St.James' Church and all classes provided entertainment after in the GP Room. It was a really nice morning. Thanks to the Parent's Association for providing refreshments and to all the school staff for their hard work!

Agri-Aware Mobile Farm Visit-We had a very exciting visit to the school on Friday the 7th of February. Farmer Tom arrived with an array of farm animals to show the students. All classes learned information on each animal and got to hold some of the animals also. 

Ardan Woods visit-Both 2nd class and 6th class had a very enjoyable visit to Ardan Woods on Tuesday January 14th. The boys  and girls learned about safety in the forest, were taught how to start a fire with a flint and to top it off they had toasted marshmallows over an open fire! Thanks to Alastair Ferrar for organising the trip and to the Native Woodlands Trust for facilitating both classes. We hope to visit the woods again with other classes.

ARC visit- 5th and 6th had a very interesting visit from the ARC mobile classroom. The students learned about aquaculture in Ireland from Marine biologists. Students had lessons on History, Geography, map reading and even used VR headsets. Thanks to Bord Iascaigh Mhara for this amazing resource. We will hopefully get this back to our school in the future.

Christmas 2024-We have had an extremely busy festive season in school! The senior classes performed brilliantly at our annual Church Carol Service on December 17th, the Junior classes were excellent on stage on December 18th, prizewinners from the recycled art competition received their prizes on December 19th and all classes met Santa Claus on December 20th.The Butterfly Room made a very enjoyable trip to Jungle Joes in Mullingar. Huge thanks to the teachers, Sna's, school staff and Parent's Association for their amazing work with the boys and girls. Enjoy the pictures below!

Butterfly Room- The Butterfly Room had a really nice trip to Jungle Joes before Christmas. Great fun was had by all! Happy Christmas to our amazing students, SNA's and Ms. Hanevy who does a fantastic job!

SNA Appreciation Day. We are very lucky to have 5 wonderful SNA's who do amazing work in the school. On Thursday the 26th of September, we honoured Mona, Irene, Debbie, Noeleen and Angie at Assembly. Thanks to Delora for the cake! It was well deserved for our Super SNA's!

Student of the Month Winners

Tag Rugby Blitz: Well done to 5th and 6th class who participated in a Tag Rugby blitz in Tullamore Rugby Club on Thursday the 24th October. The boys had great fun showcasing their skills. Thanks to John Burns for organising the event. 

Halloween Disco: Well done to the Parent's Association on organising a fantastic Hallween disco on Thursday the 24th October. All the children and adults had a great night!

Witches Walk: Well done to all the students and staff for their great effort in dressing up. We had a very successful Witches Walk and raised 2300 euro for the school. Thanks to all for their generosity.

Castletown Geoghegan Visit-We were delighted to have the victorious hurlers from Castletown Geoghegan on Monday the 4th of November. They won the Senior Hurling title against Lough Lene Gaels last Saturday. Best of luck to the team in the upcoming Leinster campaign. Thanks to Damian McLoughlin for organizing the visit. 

Science Week: As part of Science Week 2024. 6th class students planned and devised a number of experiments. They showcased these experiments to the rest of the school on Thursday the 14th of November. Well done to 6th class for your excellent efforts!