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We visited Athenry Heritage Centre and Athenry Castle for our tour today. Our favourite parts of the tour were: archery lessons (we were very good at this), the maze, dressing up in medieval costumes ...
All first and second classes had a wonderful morning at Liam Mellows GAA club in Ballyloughane. We had a very exciting hurling blitz. ...
School Tour: June 13th 2018 On Wednesday June 13th the children will visit Athenry Heritage Centre. The school tour comes alive with medieval costumes for all the students and the centre provides su ...
We had a wonderful sports day, in glorious sunshine. ...
All 2nd classes are hoping to have sports day next Tuesday, 29th May. Please ensure that your child comes to school wearing sunscreen and wearing a sun hat and sports wear. Your child will also need t ...
Please see following notes about our First Communion next Saturday, May 26th. ...
We were delighted, in conjunction with Boston Scientific, to learn all about how to keep our hearts healthy. Every child in the school entered a Healthy Heart art competition, and we were delighted to ...
Anyone interested in a great summer camp in the school? Read on: ...
Would you like to take part in the local Community Games? ...
We saw a fantastic drama about Fionn MacCumhaill in the hall today. The different stories about Fionn were so interesting! ...
Tara Book Fair is coming to our school on the week after our Easter school holidays. We are really looking forward to it. ...
Well done to the children of all the 2nd classes who made their first confession in Renmore church last Friday. The ceremony was lovely and you sang so beautifully. A big Thank You to Fr. Peter, Sr. M ...
2nd class teachers are now collecting money for swimming lessons. ...
Scoil Chaitríona Junior and Senior schools will close today, March 1st due to adverse weather conditions and frozen water pipes. Our schools will remain closed tomorrow, 2nd March. ...
Information about the Let’s Go Summer Camps: ...
St. James’ Soccer Club in Mervue/Renmore are always looking for new players. Come and try it out! ...
1st and 2nd class boys had an interesting drama session today. You’d never know, one or other of us might be in a film sometime! ...
We at Scoil Chaitríona Junior are happy to be taking part in Friendship Week 2018! We have a friendship fish on our corridor. Whenever we do something nice for other people, we can write on a f ...
Here are some tips to keep your children safe online: ...
Upcoming Drama Workshop: ...
Would you like to star in an Irish film being made this summer. If so, go to Arás na nGael in Dominic Street tomorrow between 10am – 5:30pm and try out for a casting. ...
We are learning about the Water Cycle. Here are some links to help us learn: We have got our own water cycle investigation ready. We have filled a glass with water, measured how high the water came ...
All our 2nd classes are using the Stay Safe programme at the moment. It is a wonderful programme suited perfectly to the level of our students and will help keep our children safe in lots of different ...
We are delighted to have been able to make a donation from our Halloween Walk collection this year to Galway Sick Kids Foundation. They do great work with the doctors and nurses of UHG (University Hos ...
Please check school bags for notes sent home today. ...
You are all invited! ...
We wore green and white today to support our local GAA club….Liam Mellows. We wish them (and Mr. Elwood in particular) the very best of luck in their county final in Pearse Stadium at 2pm next S ...
To celebrate Liam Mellows GAA club reaching club finals on December 3rd we are taking part in a colouring competition. We can’t wait for the members of the team to visit us next Wednesday. Best ...
Come see 2nd Class Rocket Morning Open Day In: Room 9 From: 9am-10:40am Outside: Launching the big air and water rockets From: 10:15-10:40 ...
We had a wonderful time at GMT animal workshop. We particularly loved trying out investigations for ourselves. ...
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We had a wonderful workshop on Energy today for Science Week. We listed lots of forms of energy, saw how rubbing our hands turns kinetic energy into heat energy, saw how energy can be transferred from ...
All our 2nd classes had a wonderful day at NUIG today. We went to a health promotion day, hosted by the medical students of the paediatric society. The day was superbly well organised, pitched exact ...
Another wonderful day of coding. Many thanks to Bruno and our super volunteers from SAP who worked with all the 2nd classes. We loved every minute of it. You have set some of us on the extremely int ...
If you would like a professional photograph taken of your child/children at school please fill in and return the following form: ...
Today we had three marvelous volunteers from SAP. They came to teach us how to use Scratch on our computers to make our own games. It was so interesting and we really had fun. We made a cat that could ...
We had a wonderful fun walk, in fabulous weather. Here are some photos of our staff and children. Many thanks to all for the super costumes, make up and sponsorship money. ...
Well done to Ms. Lally’s Glee Clubs (junior and senior) for their wonderful “Thriller” and “Ghostbusters” dances on the yard after school today. &nbs ...
Big treat for us: The junior school “Glee Club” will perform Thriller Dance Routine on the school yard: this coming Wednesday, October 25th at 2:45pm. and the senior school glee clu ...
All classes are getting ready for our fun walk on Friday (Friday, October 27th). Watch out for great Hallowe’en art all round the school. The highlight of Hallowe’en for us is our annual f ...
We have really been enjoying Maths Week 2017 Have a look at some of the events we have had: Click on the photos below to go to the relevant posts. Maths TrailMaths Table Quiz Figure Me Out Mars ...
All 5 second classes came together for a monster Maths Table Quiz. Each team of 5 members had a child from each class. Some of the questions were very easy, some a bit more challenging, and some even ...
Check your child’s school bag for a newsletter from the home school liaison team today. ...
Scoil Chaitríona Junior and Senior will reopen tomorrow Wednesday 18th at 8:40am. ...
Scoil Chaitríona Junior and Senior will remain closed tomorrow, Tuesday October 17th. ...
Scoil Chaitríona Junior and Senior schools will be closed on Monday, October 16th in response to Met Éireann’s Code Red weather warning. Scoil Chaitríona is concerned for the safety of all ...
We will be going on our Halloween Walk on October 27th. We are looking forward to dressing up and also to raising money for our school. ...
Our school is taking part in the Food Dudes programme. We will be trying fruit and vegetables in school each day, and will receive rewards for tasting them. Then we will be rewarded for bringing and e ...
It’s Space Week! Today most of the first and second classes (along with 5th class from the Senior School) helped launch air and water rockets. 5th class did all the pumping, while 2nd class di ...
It’s Space Week! Today most of the first and second classes (along with 5th class from the Senior School) helped launch air and water rockets. 5th class did all the pumping, while 2nd class di ...
All Welcome! ...
Important notice about a preparation meeting and pre-communion masses: ...
Why not get involved? Space Week: October 4th – 10th, 2017 Eu Code Week: October 7th – 22nd, 2017 Maths Week: October 14th – 22nd, 2017 Science Week: November 12 – 26th ...
Please have a look at the booklet that we have sent out to the parents of all of our students today. ...
Wouldn’t it be nice to know some sign language? Here are some great videos to show you how: ...
Here are some very important dates for 2nd class: ...
After school clubs are up and running: ...
We are so proud of our Galway hurlers. Today saw the Galway teams win the All Ireland senior and minor hurling finals. Maith sibh go léir! ...
Galway are playing in the senior and minor hurling finals on Sunday next. We are supporting Galway. UP GALWAY!! ...
Would you like to join our supervised homework club? It’s on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:30-3:30. ...
Welcome back to all our students, our staff and our parents. A hearty “Céad míle fáilte” in particular to our new Junior Infants. We hope that this school year will be a year filled wit ...
We had a recorder recital in our church today. All 1st and 2nd classes played the recorder. Well done to all the teachers and pupils involved. It was a very special show! ...
Look at the fox spotted by our night camera. ...
Look at how big our chicks have grown in just 6 weeks. They live with Ms. McGrath now. Our duck eggs never hatched at all. What a pity. ...
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We had a wonderful school tour. We really enjoyed our bowling and our trip up the River Corrib on the “Corrib Princess”. ...
Have you out grown your school uniform? Is it still in good condition? Would you like to buy a nearly new uniform at an unbelievable price? Then read on.. ...
GAA is great for all, girls and boys. If our girls want to get involved this is the note for them: ...
It would be appreciated if the money for school books be given to the teacher in an ENVELOPE with the CHILD’S NAME and containing the EXACT amount of money. With thanks. Scoil Chaitríona Junior ...
School closes at 12 noon today for a staff meeting. ...
Congratulations to all the students and teachers in Scoil Chaitríona Junior for achieving the: We got a much sought-after plaque of excellence. Such a super achievement. Well done to all! ...
If your child is interested in attending a nature camp this summer pleases see note below: ...
Wonderful FREE summer reading programme in Ballybane Library. ...
Look at some of the amazing display boards we have outside our classrooms. We have been doing lots of nice arts and crafts work. ...
We made these great videos with Lara yesterday. ...
Due to a very large funeral in Renmore today school will be closing today (April 7th, 2017) for Junior Infants and Senior Infants at 11am 1st Class to 6th Class at 11:30am Have a very Happy Easter ...
We will have the Tara Book Fair in our hall next week. You are all welcome to come and look at the books and to buy them if you wish. There is even a book token to allow your child to get a free book ...
Dr. Malachy Thompson is a chemist. He came to visit us today to show us how interesting science can be. He taught us a little about energy and forces:- we saw a balancing bird, saw magnets attracting ...
We saw a marvellous show about Diarmaid & Gráinne and the Fianna today. Clan Cuana were the drama group. There were only 3 actors but numerous characters, a great story and lots of wonderful swor ...
Our Scoil Chaitríona Junior Carol Service Tuesday, 20th December 2016 in Renmore Church at 7pm ...
We had a marvelous visit from Robin Barry, an environmental scientist today. We learned lots about habitats, ecosystems, the food chain, and especially about bees. We were especially impressed at the ...
We made rockets from toilet roll inserts. Each one looks different and special. We launched them with skewers and elastic bands. We transferred energy from our bodies to the elastic and then from the ...
Here is a rocket that can be launched using air pressure! ...
We had fun launching our stomp rocket. This rocket also uses air under pressure to launch the rocket. ...
