This month’s theme for Aistear was polar regions. We were specifically learning about Antarctica! In our role play centre we created a clothes shop. There were lots of explorers shopping for war ...
Our theme for Aistear this month is Antarctica. We are enjoying dressing up in warm layers of clothes, making icebergs and playing with animals found in Antarctica. ...
Here’s some interesting information from the Schoolwear Cente regarding our Saving Scheme that might be of interest to you: ...
NEW DATE FOR THE CAROL SERVICE: POSTPONED, DUE TO ICY WEATHER! ...
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 ...
Today at school, the Mad Scientist showed us lots of things about air. We also learned about the effects of moving air on different items. We learned lots and had great fun! ...
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 ...
Event registered with Maths Week Ireland 2022 Maths week games in Senior Infants (Oct 2022) Snakes and ladders in R1 Senior infants (Oct 2022) Maths stations in Prefab 4A Senior infants (Oct 20 ...
Today, Ms Cronin helped us to make a spooky potion using pom poms, spoonfuls of glue or water and sprinkles of glitter, all in a black cauldron. We counted out our ingredients using the numbers from 1 ...
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 started the day with a game of Snakes and Ladders to begin Maths Week. ...
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 ...
We have been learning about space and the planets this week. Today we made aliens! Look at our creations! ...
We love playing at Aistear time. Some of us were doing construction and making some great creations. Some of us were at the cinema, and some of us were working in the coffee shop. We had lots of fun! ...
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 ...
We are really enjoying our music sessions with Sarah and Amelion every Thursday. We are learning lots of songs, making rainstorms with instruments and today, we played in the animal orchestra! It is g ...
We walked to the playground overlooking Lough Atalia this morning and had great fun there together! ...
Today, we walked to the Eye Cinema with our class and all the other Senior Infant classes. It was a beautiful day for a walk. We watched a film called Sing 2. We had great fun. We had some treats and ...
We had great fun playing at school today. Check out the delicious playdoh cookies, which were on sale at her coffee shop! Well done! ...
We are using the theme of nature to make prints today. It is great fun! Thank you Lara! ...
Wishing all our pupils, our parents and our staff all the best for 2022! ...
We are learning all about the Inuit people who live in very cold conditions and make clothes out of animal skins to keep warm. Penguins have a layer of fat called blubber under their skin which helps ...
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 ...
Today, we investigated how the colours run out of Skittles sweets when we add water. We made predictions first, and then tried out cold water followed by warm water. The colours travelled quicker thro ...
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? ...
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Well done everyone on all the spooky costumes today! Enjoy the midterm. ...
We went out today to use our Maths eyes to do a Maths Trail around the school. We found lots of shapes, counted steps and doors and drew lots of pictures. It was great fun! ...
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 ...
We love playing with our friends at school. We love Lego, Playdoh and especially using puppets! It is great fun! ...
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: ...
Wishing you all a wonderful summer holiday. See you on August 30th! ...
Here is a letter with details for you child going to 3rd class: ...
We had a marvellous tour today – “Best Tour Ever!” We walked into town along the railway line, stopped for a quick drink in the park in Woodquay and then boarded the Corrib Princess. ...
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“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 ...
First Confession will be taking place in the coming weeks, although there is no date yet set for the First Holy Communion. Rest assured we will let you know as soon as we hear anything at all. In the ...
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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 ...
All our second classes, and our partner class from St. Mary’s in Fivemiletown in Northern Ireland have been extremely fortunate to be involved in the Aviatrix Project. Thanks to Kanchana Gamage ...
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 ...
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We are busy in Room 16 during Advent, getting ready for Christmas! We made lovely Christmas tree decorations from lollipop sticks and decorated them with glitter glue and bobbles. We love doing Art an ...
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. ...
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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! ...
Today 5 classes from our school had an amazing Zoom lesson from Frances at the Blackrock Castle Observatory in Cork. The lesson was SO engaging and we learned an amazing amount about life and living t ...
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 did a Science experiment today at school where we examined our hands under a UV light to see the importance of good handwashing. We used glow powder mixed with moisturizer to make a paste. Then we ...
We are having great fun in class this week for Science Week. Take a look at our photos of when we tried to remove the colouring from M and Ms and Skittles sweets! Look at the beautiful colourful patte ...
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 ...
Do you have a pet? Yes-17 No-8 ...
Our Survey of the Day today asked if we like pepperoni on our pizza or not. The results were: Yes- 4 No- 19 Keep an eye out for our surveys over the next few days! ...
Here are some of the exciting events we had for Maths Week 2020: Maths Week activities in Prefab 1B 2nd class (Oct 2020) Target Boards 2nd class (Oct 2020) 4 in a Row 2nd class (Oct 2020) Maths trail ...
We had great fun today launching rockets on the pitch across the road! Some children in our class have also been busy drawing lovely pictures of the planets in our Solar System! ...
Space Week Events in Scoil Chaitríona Junior 2020: Asteroids, craters and the demise of the dinosaurs 2nd class (Oct 2020) Learning about gravity 2nd class (Oct 2020) Why can’t we hear sound in ...
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 are settling back into school now after a long break. Last week, we learned about the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso. He used lots of shapes and colour in his paintings. We used his style to do our ...
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 ...
Bhuaigh muid duaiseanna do’n Fhéile Scoildrámaíochta: ...
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 ...
Note for parents of first and second class students: ...
Comhgairdeas Mhór ag dul go Ranganna Ms. McLoughlin, Ms. Cunningham & Ms. Kavanagh a bhuaigh duaiseann anocht agus go háirithe le Learaí agus an Ollphéist a fuair duais “an aisteoir is fearr ...
Seachtain na Gaeilge atá ann anois. Thugamar cuairt ar Gaelscoil Dara inniu. Rinneamar ár ndrámaí “Cairde Learaí” agus “An Ollphéist” do na páistí i Scoil Dara, agus chonaiceam ...
It is engineers week. We talked about the job that engineers do, and then we investigated traffic lights. We looked at the traffic lights just outside our school (for cars and for pedestrians), their ...
The children in Ms. Cunningham’s class are wonderful engineers. Look at the amazing marshmallow structures they made yesterday for engineers week. ...
Today at school, we were talking about engineers and the work that they do to make our lives easier and better. We can see the work of engineers all around us if we take the time to look. We made our ...
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Look at the video we made after our workshops with Lara Luxardi on Climate Change: ...
Baineamar an-taitneamh as ár lá i gCilcornán. Tá na múinteoirí an-bhródúil. A huge “Go Raibh Míle Maith Agat” to Sinéad’s mum for videoing this for all of us! ...
We are so excited! We have our costumes, we know our lines and songs, we are word perfect (almost)! We can’t wait till you see us perform! Yee Haw! Here’s a small taster: ...
Our drama is on Tuesday February 25th in Kilcornan hall in Clarinbridge at 9:30am. Please have your child at school at 8am in the morning for costume change and make up. We will take a bus there and b ...
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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! ...
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 busy getting ready for Christmas in Room 16. Last Friday, we had a great day in town when we visited the Christmas Market. We got our photo taken with Santa, Mrs Claus and a funny elf. We even ...
Mr. Gleeson organised a trip to the Christmas Market for 4 of the second classes and Mr. Haran’s class today. We had an absolutely wonderful day. We walked to town by the railway line, ate our p ...
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 ...
Classes were invited to see the castles made by the students in Ms. Cunningham’s class. The castles were absolutely AMAZING!! Each one was completely different from all others and they each had ...
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 ...
How could we design a test to test this? Look at the wonderful basket made by one of the girls. We used it to hold marbles. That way we could test how many marbles could a piece of paper hold. We esp ...
Some children in our class have been very busy at home making Norman castles out of recycled materials. Well done everyone! ...
We tested tissue paper, card and newspaper to see which was the strongest. We used a container (made by Lena), marbles and a paper clip to do our experiment. The results showed that tissue paper was t ...
We did our “Survey of the Day” every day this week. We answered yes or no to a particular question, and had great fun doing it. ...
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. ...
We are celebrating EU Code Week this week by trying out some coding each day. We are inviting another class to join us at each session. We find some really good coding programmes to help us at our lev ...
This week at school we are learning all about space travel. Neil Armstrong was a very famous American astronaut, who was the first person to walk on the moon, when his rocket, Apollo 11, successfully ...
We used bicycle pumps and Rokit kits to launch our projectiles. This was really really exciting! ...
We made the rocket tops. (This is how we made them). Today we flew them using a bicycle pump. We could plan the trajectory by moving the pipe in the way we wanted our air projectiles to fly! ...
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 ...
We learned about the artist Pablo Picasso at school this week. He used lots of colours and shapes in his art. His works are in an abstract style, which means things don’t look realistic. His style of ...
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 ...
We had a wonderful visit from Maurice who works with the Marine Institute in Galway. We learned lots and lots about sharks and we were particularly interested to hear that if we find shark eggs or mar ...
All our 2nd classes had a wonderful school tour to the Burren Nature Sanctuary. We really enjoyed our fairy walk, feeding the animals, the outdoor and indoor play areas, and especially the whipped ice ...
We had an absolutely wonderful day on the beach with the Explorers Education programme. Padraic and Anna were our guides. We used nets and buckets and found seaweeds, fish, crabs and shells. We got a ...
If you would like a print of your class photo in a mount, please send €10 to class teacher, thank you: ...
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Friday, May 17th! ...
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! ...
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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 ...
Ms. McLoughlin’s class finished reding Eoin Colfer’s book: The Legend of Spud Murphy. It was wonderful. We even wrote a book report on it. We would love to read more of Eoin Colfer’ ...
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? ...
We have learned how to do a brush dance. It really is a lot of fun! ...
Are you looking for somewhere for your children to amuse themselves this summer? Here are some summer camps that we have heard about: ...
We had fun using different materials to make a catapult and a raft that would float in water. ppl ...
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: ...
We are learning about old cameras and old technology. Here are some things we have found: A replica of an old folding camera (over 100 years old!) Old cameras and film, an old novelty phone, an old m ...
