Bhí an-craic againn inniu, ag gléasadh suas in éadaí glasa. Go raibh míle maith agat do mhúinteoir Ms. Organ as ucht múineadh dúinn faoi uirlis ceol gaelach. Many thanks to Ms. Organ for bringing a bi ...
Bhí an-oíche againn anocht. Comhghairdeas mhór. We had a wonderful evening tonight at the awards ceremony for the Féile Scoildrámaíochta, in Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh in Knocknacara. Huge CONGRATULATION ...
Bhí an-lá againn inniu in Inverin ag an bhFéile Scoildrámaíochta. Rinne na páistí go léir gaisce agus bhí na múinteoirí an-bhródúil ar fad! We had a wonderful day today at the Schools Drama Festival i ...
We took advantage of the glorious weather today though and went on an Engineered Hunt today. Here are some things we noticed: Letterboxes at different heights, velux attic windows, TV antennae and sa ...
Best of luck to our two drámaí: Fadbh na Mara (Ms. McLoughlin’s first class, Ms. Kavanagh’s second class and Ms. Coade’s hearing imparired class) and Hansel agus Gretel (Ms. Glynn ...
We are so thrilled to be on today’s City Tribune with a photo and account of our wonderful performance in Marino on Tuesday! ...
We wrote about our trip to Marino . Each of us enjoyed the day in our own special way. Have a look: ...
...
We were painting today. We painted pictures of our drama, of our bus journey and of wonderful day in Marino yesterday. Beautiful pictures to show what a happy time we had in Dublin. ...
We had the BEST DAY EVER today. Many many thanks to Dr. Sandra Austin and Dr. Claire Dunne who invited us to Marino Institute today, and to Galway Atlantaquaria for sponsoring our bus to get to Marino ...
We are so very excited. We can’t wait to go to Marino tomorrow and to spread our message of responsibility for our environment! Our costumes and sets are ready, our lines and songs are word per ...
We wrote to Minister Catherine Martin telling her of our upcoming drama in Dublin. Here is the lovely reply that she sent back to us: ...
We were delighted to be able to perform to our parents today. The show was a huge success. Many thanks to all our parents who supported us today, and who helped us get our costumes ready. ...
We know how to write a letter and we decided to write a letter to President Michael D. Higgins. We know that President Higgins likes history (our play includes the ancient heroes of Ireland). We know ...
Bhí muid gléasta suas inniu. Tá muid an-sásta ar fad leis an ndráma. We have just a few more costumes that are on their way. We can’t wait to perform for you next week. ...
We are having so much fun with our drama. We love the message that we can do our part to keep our oceans clean. Here’s a quick preview of some of our costumes, songs and photos of our practice. ...
This week we made some delicious and healthy vegetable soup. We practiced our peeling and cutting skills while preparing the vegetables. We added yummy vegetables like sweet potato, carrot, pepper and ...
We were delighted today to be invited to Ms. Griffin’s class in the senior school. This class also worked with artist Thérese, just like us. Their focus was slightly different. They looked at ...
We are always trying out new recipes. Today we made pepperoni pizzas! We planned out our ingredients and followed the steps of the recipe. They were so delicious 😋 ...
Here’s some interesting information from the Schoolwear Cente regarding our Saving Scheme that might be of interest to you: ...
What a wonderful day. We opened our classroom to other 1st and 2nd classes and special classes. They came to see our ocean gallery, the artwork that we have done with Thérese in December and January. ...
Thérese came to work with us for a final time. We took out the artwork we have done with Thérese and had a good look at these pieces. We had an important talk about our oceans, about how we need to ta ...
We were absolutely thrilled with the package we received from France. We opened it today, while chatting on Zoom with Genevieve’s class, and our French friends opened theirs too. It was SO excit ...
NEW DATE FOR THE CAROL SERVICE: POSTPONED, DUE TO ICY WEATHER! ...
We made some lovely Christmas cards from newspaper today. We hope to send these to our new friends to wish them a “Joyeux Noel”! They are going to write to us too. We will be pen pals. It ...
We are building on the art that we did last week. We are using coral as our inspiration and we are working so well with our friends. Look at the amazing creations we made today. We especially loved ma ...
This year we are doing a project about the sea, about sea pollution and about looking after our oceans. We have met a class in Brittany in France who are also doing the same project. Today we met them ...
We are using the sea and looking after our oceans as our theme to help us in our art project. We were delighted to work with Thérese again today. It was so lovely to be able to express ourselves throu ...
We were delighted to make a presentation to Galway Hospice. The fundraising was thanks to our Hallowe’en walk and to our staff coffee morning. Well done to all, and especially to Lorainne and to ...
Lots of our classes logged on today for a wonderful talk by Danielle Wilcox from the Blackrock Castle Observatory. Danielle had lots of information for us on telescopes, how they work, the pictures th ...
This month we have been learning all about the people in our community who help us. We have looked at the roles of doctors, teachers, firefighters, Gardaí and lots more. We have learned a lot about th ...
The Check it Fits service is a full-time, nationwide, free expert service which aims to put parent’s and guardian’s minds at ease that their child’s car seat is safely and securely fitted in their car ...
We had such a wonderful day today – combining STEM with art! Ms. Coade’s class and Ms. McLoughlin’s class walked to the beach with our artists eyes. We took clipboards with us so we ...
We had a wonderful coffee morning in aid of Galway Hospice. Many thanks to Lorraine for organising such a fantastic event, and to all her helpers for making the hall so welcoming and pleasant. It was ...
We at Scoil Chaitríona Junior are thoroughly enjoying Space Week 2022 Click on the image above to see our Space Display Day … Space Week 2022 … Here are some of the things we have done: Ma ...
We had a terrific day today. We loved showing our space boxes to other classes and our parents, and demonstrating about space and rockets. Most of the classes in the school and many of our parents cam ...
A huge Thank You to Space Week Ireland who put us in touch with Eóin Tuohy. Eóin is an Irish engineer who works with Éirespás. He was working with ESA (European Space Agency) and he knows all about a ...
The cycle bus starts again on Thursday with the plan to run everyday (once the weather allows). The idea is for a group of children with their adults to cycle together in convoy to school… Reduc ...
Wishing all our pupils, parents and staff wonderful summer holidays 2022! ...
We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded: Well done to all the students, teachers and parents of Scoil Chaitríona Junior for all the hard work (and fun) in our science projects and investigati ...
A huge “WELL DONE” to the students who represented us so well in the Chity Sports yesterday. We are so proud of you! ...
We had a wonderful walk to school this morning to celebrate National Walk To School Week. Thankyou so much to everyone who participated. We hope it will encourage you to walk to school more often! ...
Dear Parents This is how to set up Aladdin Connect on your devices. With thanks. Aladdin Set Up ...
Dear Parents and students, We invite you to walk with us on Wednesday 18th of May. We will be departing from 3 different meeting points ( see map) . The departure times are on Aladdin noticeboard. We ...
Wishing all our pupils, our parents and our staff all the best for 2022! ...
An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin and Minister of Educationa Norma Foley visited our school today to announce a major new campus for the Junior and Senior schools. This process has already started and the ...
Happy Science Week. We will be engaging with many science events this week at school, and will showcase these here on our school website. You might like to book some free science shows for yourself an ...
There were some very strange characters around our school today. Who do you recognise? ...
...
Galway Sports Partnership S9eptfcemboe8431r t30 ag0t s7:05r1t PMd · MINDEST MONDAYS WITH JUST BEE! Our FOURTH Mental Health Month Programme has opened for registration! Aimed at 9 to 12 year olds, J ...
Today we went on an Autumn nature walk around our school . We found lots of different coloured leaves, conker shells, pine cones and red berries! ...
Watch out for lots of Space Week activities from all classes at Scoil Chaitríona Junior this week. Space Week posts: Here are some great sites to try: ...
This week we are learning all about the role of a doctor. We’ve had great fun playing with the doctor’s kit! We are reading some lovely books that go with the theme. ...
Welcome to our class!!! We have four boys this year who all work very hard. ...
Wishing you all a wonderful summer holiday. See you on August 30th! ...
2021_yearly_calendar ...
“Kelly Childcare provides innovative solutions for the children and families of Scoil Chaitríona Junior Renmore, offering a safe, caring, child lead environment. We offer a before and after-school ser ...
...
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐀𝐀 𝐆𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 which includes 𝐔𝟔-𝐔𝟕-𝐔𝟖-𝐔𝟗-𝐔𝟏𝟎 age groups will 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 on 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐮𝐞. We are looking forward to seeing all 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛 ...
Renmore AFC are thrilled to confirm that outdoor soccer training is resuming from this week for our boys and girls teams! The Renmore Academy is open for boys and girls U5-U6-U7-U8-U9-U10 and U11 Grou ...
St James Ladies Gaelic Football Club will return to the pitch soon. The Girls Academy will return on Sat 8th May 9.45am in Renmore for girls U5, U6, U7, U8, U9 and U10. (Girls born in 2016 to 2011). G ...
Enjoy the holidays! ...
STARCAMP is kick starting 2021 with FIREWORKS! As a gesture of goodwill and in the spirit of encouraging children to have fun and stay healthy, mentally and physically over this new and hopefully fina ...
We wish all of you – students, parents and staff a very safe, happy and successful 2021! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021 ...
Dear Parents/Guardians, We are collecting items for our Christmas food bank this Thursday and Friday. This year our food bank will be donated to families in need in our school community. Donations ca ...
...
There is a lovely Christmassy feeling in Scoil Chaitríona Junior. We had an exciting visit from Santa and Mrs. Clause. Santa has given each of us a special reindeer to put on our windows or mirrors. O ...
If you would like to wear a Christmas jumper (or any nice woolly jumper) to school, please join us on Friday, December 11th for our Christmas Jumper Day. ...
Visit the virtual Galway Science and Technology Festival this Sunday from 11am at www.galwayscience.ie Also, remember to plant your seed ticket and grow some lovely lavender! ...
Message from Cell Explorers and Galway Science and Technology Festival: Win a place on the Cell Explorers ‘Fantastic DNA at Home’ private workshop on Sunday 22nd Nov (1pm or 3pm). Take a p ...
We are hoping to recruit new parents for; FREE Basic IT/Smartphone Skills Training: Emails, Zoom, SeeSaw, Shopping Online. GRETB have provided funding for an IT tutor to come to Ballybane on Tuesday ...
Such a strange bunch in Scoil Chaitríona Junior this year! ...
To the Principal, Good afternoon. My name is Jonathan Comerford, I work with Cork Institute of Technology on a project called DojoMór. I am contacting you to ask for your support on behalf of the High ...
We are delighted to announce a repeat Seesaw for Parents webinar on Thursday 24th of September from 8.30 -9.30pm. We received extremely positive feedback from our first parent webinar last week with o ...
We the staff of Scoil Chaitríona Junior welcome you all back to school on August 31st. It will be an exciting year for us. A year like no other! A year to remember. We will keep you up to date on al ...
We at Scoil Chaitríona Junior have achieved our 16th consecutive Science Foundation Ireland Discover Science and Maths Award. Well done to all our pupils, our teachers, staff, and parents for the wond ...
Congratulations! Today is your day From all of us at Scoil Chaitríona Junior June 2020 ...
Click here to find out how to join Aladdin Connect Advice about school re-opening in September: Coronavirus Advice Educational activities to do with your children during these home-schooling weeks: ...
June 22nd- June 26th Virtual Tours Monday: Today, I would like you to learn about our President and where he lives in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Click on each of the guides, Daithí Deer, Fiachra F ...
Attention parents of 2nd class students: Here are the enrolment forms for 3rd class. Please fill them and return them to Scoil Chaitríona Senior, Renmore, Galway H91 N5H6 Letter regarding Third Class ...
Twinkl: You can have FREE membership for a month. Lots and lots of fun stuff to keep everyone entertained and learning! Simply go to www.tinkl.ie/offer and enter the code IRLTWINKLHELPS ...
Like to try a quiz? Maybe you can win one of the daily €20 book voucher prizes! ...
Collette Furey was a teacher until three years ago when she went on the trip of a lifetime on a tall ship to the Antarctic. She hasn’t looked back. Now she works full time on boats travelling t ...
Looking for something interesting to do over the Easter Holidays? ...
Twinkl is a wonderful website used by teachers. You can have FREE membership for a month. Lots and lots of fun stuff to keep everyone entertained and learning! Simply go to www.tinkl.ie/offer and e ...
We are going on a beach safari on March 27th with Anna, Padraic and Noirín from the Galway Atlantaquarium and Explorers Education programme. Today Anna and Padraic helped us to think about what we mig ...
In honour of world book day here are some of the costumes we wore: ...
Dates for our swimming lessons as above ...
Note for parents of first and second class students: ...
Well done to Ms. Lally/Ms. Coade and their class who have been reading the story of town mouse and the country mouse. They have written pen pal letters from Renmore in the town to Spiddal in the count ...
Look at the video we made after our workshops with Lara Luxardi on Climate Change: ...
We have started a mini vegetable patch in our classroom ! Watch this space! ...
This month we are learning about the abstract artist Piet Mondrian ...
...
child-safeguarding-and-risk-assessment 2019 ...
We will be taking part in Food Dudes from next week. It is a wonderful initiative where we will all get to try fruit and vegetables and will get rewards of stickers and cool prizes if we try the fruit ...
We, as a whole school community, really appreciate the hard work that our secretaries do on behalf of our school. We support them in looking for better conditions in their daily work. We were so proud ...
All at St. Vincent de Paul send a huge “Thank You” to everyone at Scoil Chaitríona Junior in response to their Christmas Food Appeal. What a lovely, kind, generous school community! ...
The ‘teachers ‘ were taking a well earned break in the staff room this morning 😂😂😂😂 They managed a spot of cake decorating just in time to enjoy with their cup of tea at 11am! ...
You are all invited to our 2019 Christmas Carol Service. On: TONIGHT: Tuesday, December 17th. At: 7pm (be there for 18:45) In: St. Oliver Plunkett’s church, Renmore (next to the school) ...
We are very busy in Prefab 1a writing letters to our penpals in An Spidéal. The theme is ‘Town Mouse, Country Mouse’. We even made mouse houses out of shoeboxes. We are really enjoying the ...
Thanks to Mr Gleeson for a fun filled day at the Christmas market last week. We are really getting into the spirit of Advent and kindness in particular. We love opening a new door on our calendar and ...
Mrs. Coleman is retiring tomorrow. We will miss her a lot. We had a lovely concert for her today. Goodbye Mrs. Coleman. See you again! ...
Fr. Declan comes to visit the second classes each month in school. He is very friendly and very interesting. Today he was telling us all about the different parts of the church. We found the talk v ...
Liam Mellows hurling club is playing in the County Final this Sunday. We wish them the very best of luck. ...
All our five 2nd classes had a visit from some really nice people from SAP (Brendan, Nathan and Brian) to teach us how to code. We used a programme called Scratch, which you can download for free and ...
Ms. Lally’s 2nd class have gone to every 2nd class in the school to try and find out which is the most popular month for birthdays. We are each hoping that our birthday is in the most popular mo ...
We will be going on our Halloween Walk on October 25th. We are looking forward to dressing up and also to raising money for our school. ...
Is your child making First Holy Communion in May 2020 If so, you are invited to: ...
Each second class child making his/her communion will have a received an information sheet from Fr. Declan. Please check the note for upcoming meetings and “Do This In Memory” preparatory ...
Today we went on a walk around our local community to see what facilities we have in Renmore, such as shops, churches, and hospitals. We collected leaves for our nature table also. Renmore is a great ...
Are you interested in singing and dancing? Then read on: ...
Here are details about how to join our school LEGO club: ...
Note for first and second classes: ...
Welcome to all our new Junior Infants 2019 and Welcome Back to all our returning pupils and staff. School opens this Friday, August 30th, 2019 at 8:50am. Our school calendar for 2019/2020 can be viewe ...
We really enjoyed taking part in our end of year concert. Congratulations to the children of 2nd class, to their enthusiastic teachers and especially to our soloists. What a terrific celebration! &nbs ...
Wondering what to do during the summer holidays? Why not sign up for a summer camp? €100 per child, sibling discount available. ...
Note about our uniform sale TONIGHT: ...
We at Scoil Chaitríona Junior have achieved our 15th consecutive Science Foundation Ireland Discover Science and Maths Award and are one of the first schools in Ireland to receive the brand new Badge ...
Carole from Connemara National Park gave us an absolutely fantastic talk about Irish native animals. She had brought with her a hare, a red squirrel, a badger, an otter, a mink, a pine martin, a stoat ...
If you would like a print of your class photo in a mount, please send €10 to class teacher, thank you: ...
Tom and Éamonn came from Fyffes to do Zoo Exercises with all second classes. We thoroughly enjoyed the session. It was hard work and we might be stiff tomorrow but we really enjoyed ourselves. ...
Here are the details: ...
Community Games Athletics Event, May 6th Galway City East Community Games Athletics Event, plus Long Puck (Poc Fada) & fun activities, takes place on May 6th (Bank Holiday Monday) at Renmore Pitc ...
We are really looking forward to our communion on Saturday, May 11th at 11am. Here is a note about the communion, a note about the seating arrangements and a note for the choir. Click on the photos to ...
Visiting our school: ...
The chicks we hatched in school three weeks ago have really grown. Look at them now! ...
...
Here is a draft of the school’s Digital Learning Plan. Feedback, comments and suggestions are welcome. Scoil Chaitríona Junior National School Digital Learning Plan 2018 ...
Áine Mc Dermott came to visit us in school today. She represented us in bowling in the recent special olympics in Abu Dabi in Dubai. She won a gold olympic medal for bowling after getting four strikes ...
Our school is holding our annual book fair all next week. Please feel free to browse or buy. ...
Are you looking for fun and excitement during the Easter Holidays. Why not sign up for a fun Easter Camp? ...
Are you looking for somewhere for your children to amuse themselves this summer? Here are some summer camps that we have heard about: ...
Are you worried about recent rumours regarding online cartoon characters? If so, please chat to your child about staying safe online. Here’s what the Irish Independent has to say on the matter: ...
