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May.2023
We were delighted to join Ms. Coade’s and Ms. Kavanagh’s classes for a particularly nice summer picnic. We used the air fryer to make smores. They are made with two biscuits, a large mars ...
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May.2023
Wonderful News! We are being awarded a Curious Minds Platinum Award for the excellent work we do in STEM in Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Curious Minds Discover Primary Science and Maths Congratulations an ...
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May.2023
What a day! Our last day with our friends from Saint Pol de Léon in France, and a very special 8th birthday (which we sang in English, in Irish, in French and in Breton!). The weather was beautiful, s ...
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May.2023
Dear Parents and students, We invite you to walk with us on Wednesday 17th of May as part of our celebration of Bike Week. We will be departing from 3 different meeting points ( see map) . The departu ...
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May.2023
What a wonderful day together! We were so happy to spend the whole day with our French friends from St. Paul de Leon. Because we all have an interest in keeping our oceans clean, we in Scoil Chaitrío ...
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May.2023
We had a wonderful day with our 33 new French friends and their 7 teachers and their bus driver. A huge welcome toteachers Genevieve and Morgan and their classes. They arrived this morning (via Cork) ...
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May.2023
Scoil Chaitríona Junior is now officially a European Blue School! Well done to all who have worked so hard this year on our “Looking After Our Oceans” project! ...
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Apr.2023
This is a listening service for children impacted by grief caused by bereavement, separation and divorce. ...
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Mar.2023
We had a great talk at 1st class assembly from the green school committee. Now we know how to recycle our litter and why this is a good thing to do. Well done committee. You have been working very ha ...
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Mar.2023
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 ...
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Mar.2023
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 ...
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Mar.2023
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 ...
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Mar.2023
We are so thrilled to be on today’s City Tribune with a photo and account of our wonderful performance in Marino on Tuesday! And again…….. ...
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Mar.2023
We wrote about our trip to Marino . Each of us enjoyed the day in our own special way. Have a look: ...
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Mar.2023
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Mar.2023
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. ...
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Feb.2023
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 ...
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Feb.2023
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 ...
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Feb.2023
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: ...
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Feb.2023
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. ...
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Feb.2023
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 ...
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Feb.2023
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. ...
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Feb.2023
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. ...
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Jan.2023
Here’s some interesting information from the Schoolwear Cente regarding our Saving Scheme that might be of interest to you: ...
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Jan.2023
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 ...
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Jan.2023
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Dec.2022
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Dec.2022
We had a lovely visitor in Prefab 1A. Santa was great fun and even gave us a little gift each! ...
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Dec.2022
NEW DATE FOR THE CAROL SERVICE: POSTPONED, DUE TO ICY WEATHER! ...
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Dec.2022
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 ...
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Dec.2022
We worked hard on art pieces in our workshop with ATU. We made our art with seaweed. It turned out so nicely that now it is on display in the Galway Atlantaquaria. We are so pleased that other people ...
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Dec.2022
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 ...
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Dec.2022
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 ...
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Nov.2022
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 ...
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Nov.2022
Miss Glynn and Miss Kavanagh’s Second Class had a fantastic time with ATU students who taught us about Algae. We learned so much, touched seaweed and made Art with them too. We had a fantastic m ...
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Oct.2022
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Oct.2022
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 ...
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Oct.2022
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 ...
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Oct.2022
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 ...
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Oct.2022
Our school has signed up to be a part of EU Code Week. We are doing some coding every day this week. MONDAY Coding with Bee Bots, Code Monkey Junior and Kodable 1st class (Sept 2022) TUESDAY Coding F ...
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Oct.2022
The children in Prefab 1A went on a maths trail around the school. We also created our class data chart based on our birthdays and seasons! ...
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Oct.2022
We made our space art by using marbling to create cool planets. Then we coloured and cut out the 8 planets and our astronauts. We also created our individual ESA logos for the European Space Agency! ...
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Oct.2022
We had great fun today in Prefab 1A during our coding stations. We had iPads, the interactive board and the BeeBots. We loved building mazes for our BeeBots and working together to solve some tricker ...
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Oct.2022
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 ...
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Oct.2022
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 ...
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Oct.2022
Today in 2nd class we took part in Space Week by creating our own cute rockets – Mice Rockets. We hope you like them! ...
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Oct.2022
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Oct.2022
We had fun outside with Ms.McCaul’s/Ms. C.Fitzgerald’s class and Ms. F.Kavanagh’s class celebrating Space Week by letting off a very noisy rocket (not a rocket at all, but a rocket s ...
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Oct.2022
We joined Ms. McLoughlin’s class and Ms. Kavanagh’s class to launch a fun sound rocket and a vinegar rocket which didn’t work so well for us. We are loving Space Week 2022 IMG_8889 ...
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Oct.2022
We had lots of fun on our nature walk today. We collected leaves from different trees, berries, feathers and counted tree trunk rings to see how old the trees were. The oldest we found was 45 years ol ...
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Oct.2022
Last week we created our class portraits. First we drew ourselves with a pencil, then we traced with marker before painting with watercolour paint! They turned out just as fabulous as the children in ...
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Aug.2022
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 ...
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Jun.2022
Wishing all our pupils, parents and staff wonderful summer holidays 2022! ...
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Jun.2022
Well done to all our students from 2nd Class who represented our school so well in the Renmore Corpus Christi parade. ...
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Jun.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 ...
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Jun.2022
A huge “WELL DONE” to the students who represented us so well in the Chity Sports yesterday. We are so proud of you! ...
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May.2022
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! ...
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May.2022
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May.2022
Dear Parents This is how to set up Aladdin Connect on your devices. With thanks. Aladdin Set Up ...
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May.2022
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 ...
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May.2022
5 children from Prefab 1A second class participated in the Write a Book competition with the Galway Eduction Centre. They did exceptionally well and we are very proud of them! ...
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Mar.2022
For Engineering Week, the 2nd class children in Prefab 1A took part in the paper playground challenge. First we discussed what we find in a playground, then we had to make a plan as to how we might bu ...
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Feb.2022
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Jan.2022
Wishing all our pupils, our parents and our staff all the best for 2022! ...
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Dec.2021
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Dec.2021
Ms. Lally’s Glee Club treated us to a wonderful Christmas Flash Dance: All I Want for Christmas is You. They were superb. Well done everyone! ...
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Nov.2021
We did art for the Toy Show today! We predicted what Christmas jumper Ryan Tubridy might wear tonight and coloured in a lovely poster. ...
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Nov.2021
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 ...
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Nov.2021
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Nov.2021
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 ...
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Oct.2021
There were some very strange characters around our school today. Who do you recognise? ...
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Oct.2021
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Oct.2021
We had a great time in Prefab 1A with maths activities this week. We did some coding with BeeBots and went on a maths trail around the school. ...
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Oct.2021
Enjoyed a lovely nature walk today with Prefab 1A 2nd class ,exploring our local area for signs of Autumn ! We found so much , gathered , collected & displayed our findings in the classroom after ...
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Oct.2021
2nd class in Prefab 1A are getting into the Halloween spirit! ...
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Oct.2021
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 ...
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Oct.2021
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: ...
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Sep.2021
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Sep.2021
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Jun.2021
Wishing you all a wonderful summer holiday. See you on August 30th! ...
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Jun.2021
Our sweet peas have grown quite a lot in the past few weeks. We replanted them this morning to give them a little more space. ...
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Jun.2021
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May.2021
“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 ...
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Apr.2021
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Apr.2021
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Apr.2021
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 ...
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Apr.2021
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 ...
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Apr.2021
We have been looking at the theme of the library in senior infants. We had so much fun creating our own comic strips together in Room 1! ...
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Apr.2021
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 ...
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Mar.2021
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Jan.2021
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 ...
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Jan.2021
We wish all of you – students, parents and staff a very safe, happy and successful 2021! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021 ...
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Dec.2020
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Dec.2020
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Dec.2020
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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Dec.2020
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Dec.2020
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 ...
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Dec.2020
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Dec.2020
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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Nov.2020
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! ...
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Nov.2020
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 ...
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Nov.2020
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 ...
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Oct.2020
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Oct.2020
Such a strange bunch in Scoil Chaitríona Junior this year! ...
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Oct.2020
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 ...
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Oct.2020
Junior Infants are ready for blast off with our rockets. We hope you like them! ...
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Oct.2020
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 ...
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Sep.2020
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 ...
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Aug.2020
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 ...
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Aug.2020
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 ...
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Jun.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: ...
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Mar.2020
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 ...
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Mar.2020
Like to try a quiz? Maybe you can win one of the daily €20 book voucher prizes! ...
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Mar.2020
Looking for something interesting to do over the Easter Holidays? ...
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Mar.2020
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 ...
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Mar.2020
We went on a walk in our neighborhood to spot local structures that engineers have designed. We talked about different structures, how they were designed, how they were made and how they help us in da ...
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Mar.2020
Note for parents of first and second class students: ...
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Mar.2020
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 ...
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Mar.2020
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 ...
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Feb.2020
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Feb.2020
‘Cairde Learaí’ performed by Rang a hAon ...
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Feb.2020
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! ...
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Feb.2020
Chonaic muid dráma iontach inniu. Aisteoirí den scoth! Maith sibh, agus do mhúinteoir iontach, Ms. Kavanagh! ...
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Feb.2020
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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Jan.2020
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Jan.2020
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 ...
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Jan.2020
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 ...
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Jan.2020
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! ...
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Dec.2019
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Dec.2019
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) ...
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Dec.2019
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Nov.2019
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! ...
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Nov.2019
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Nov.2019
Liam Mellows hurling club is playing in the County Final this Sunday. We wish them the very best of luck. ...
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Oct.2019
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Oct.2019
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Oct.2019
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. ...
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Oct.2019
We are learning all about space. Today we were wondering “Why don’t we fall off the Earth when it is up-side down in space?” We were also wondering “Why do astronauts on the m ...
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Oct.2019
For space week we launched some fizzy rockets. We know that fizzy tablets react with water making fizzy bubbles of gas. We were able to guess that this gas is Carbon Dioxide. We think that real rocke ...
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Oct.2019
First class had a blast during Space Week. We created mice rockets, learned about famous astronaut Neil Armstrong and created a timeline of his life. After learning all about the planets and watching ...
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Sep.2019
We are preparing for space week next week. Today we made and flew some foam projectiles (rockets) which we powered using elastic bands. Proper rockets use fuel and that is why these are projectiles r ...
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Sep.2019
Are you interested in singing and dancing? Then read on: ...
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May.2023
Wonderful News! We are being awarded a Curious Minds Platinum Award for the excellent work we do in STEM in Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Curious Minds Discover Primary Science and Maths Congratulations an ...
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May.2023
Dear Parents and students, We invite you to walk with us on Wednesday 17th of May as part of our celebration of Bike Week. We will be departing from 3 different meeting points ( see map) . The departu ...
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May.2023
Scoil Chaitríona Junior is now officially a European Blue School! Well done to all who have worked so hard this year on our “Looking After Our Oceans” project! ...
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Apr.2023
This is a listening service for children impacted by grief caused by bereavement, separation and divorce. ...
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Jan.2023
Here’s some interesting information from the Schoolwear Cente regarding our Saving Scheme that might be of interest to you: ...
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Jan.2023
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Dec.2022
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Dec.2022
NEW DATE FOR THE CAROL SERVICE: POSTPONED, DUE TO ICY WEATHER! ...
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Dec.2022
We are really enjoying learning all about Advent. Do you like our classroom Advent Wreath……. ...
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Dec.2022
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 ...
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Dec.2022
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 ...
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Nov.2022
We cannot wait to begin our chocolate & Christmas tree decoration Advent Calendar tomorrow. It will be a great addition to our classroom Advent Wreath! ...
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Nov.2022
A gummy bear will grow when placed in a variety of liquids by using the process of Osmosis. Here are our gummy bears……. ...
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Nov.2022
We watched capillary action in full swing today. It was amazing to see the dye move up the paper towel. This experiment only takes about a half hour for it to work completely. ...
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Nov.2022
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 ...
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Nov.2022
Ms Herbert’s junior infants class joined us today and yesterday to take part in some interesting and fun science experiments! ...
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Nov.2022
We had the best day on Tuesday listening to the Mad Scientist also known as Professor Messer talking about science. We really enjoyed this. ...
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Oct.2022
We were so excited this morning to go on our witches walk. We all had so much fun dressed up in our Halloween costumes!! We also enjoyed tasting the Halloween brack! ...
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Oct.2022
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Oct.2022
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 ...
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Oct.2022
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 ...
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Oct.2022
We had so much fun constructing ear bud ghosts this week. We also really enjoyed decorating our very own Halloween masks!! Look at how fabulous they turned out 🎭 ...
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Oct.2022
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 ...
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Oct.2022
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Oct.2022
We had a great morning this morning for our stations as we played some new maths games!!!! ...
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Oct.2022
We began with some maths games today in order to get ready for Maths Week next week. We played Snakes and Ladders. We focused on turn taking, winning & losing. We enjoyed going up the ladders 🪜 bu ...
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Oct.2022
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 ...
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Oct.2022
We really enjoyed Space Week from making our foam rockets on Monday to decorating our Astronauts today. We had the best time. We also finished off our week with the story Goodnight Spaceman. ...
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Oct.2022
We had a lovely morning this morning discussing trees and hearing a beautiful story for Tree Day 2022. We cannot wait for our school to receive our free Holly sapling! We will enjoy colouring some tre ...
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Oct.2022
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 ...
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Oct.2022
We had a lovely morning listening to Eoin chatting all things Space. It was so much fun learning about life as an astronaut. Thanks to Ms McLoughlin for allowing us to join in on this zoom! ...
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Oct.2022
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Oct.2022
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Oct.2022
For space week we launched some fizzy rockets. We know that fizzy tablets react with water making fizzy bubbles of gas. We were able to guess that this gas is Carbon Dioxide. We think that real rocke ...
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Oct.2022
We had fun launching stomp rockets and elastic rockets. We have a snowman rocket and different kinds of stomp rockets. Technically, since they are launched when air is compressed and don’t use ...
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Aug.2022
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 ...
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Jun.2022
Wishing all our pupils, parents and staff wonderful summer holidays 2022! ...
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Jun.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 ...
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Jun.2022
A huge “WELL DONE” to the students who represented us so well in the Chity Sports yesterday. We are so proud of you! ...
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May.2022
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! ...
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May.2022
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May.2022
Dear Parents This is how to set up Aladdin Connect on your devices. With thanks. Aladdin Set Up ...
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May.2022
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 ...
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Feb.2022
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Jan.2022
Wishing all our pupils, our parents and our staff all the best for 2022! ...
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Dec.2021
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Nov.2021
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 ...
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Nov.2021
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Nov.2021
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 ...
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Oct.2021
There were some very strange characters around our school today. Who do you recognise? ...
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Oct.2021
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Oct.2021
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 ...
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Oct.2021
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: ...
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Sep.2021
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Sep.2021
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Jun.2021
Wishing you all a wonderful summer holiday. See you on August 30th! ...
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Jun.2021
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May.2021
“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 ...
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Apr.2021
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Apr.2021
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Apr.2021
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 ...
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Apr.2021
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 ...
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Apr.2021
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 ...
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Mar.2021
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Jan.2021
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 ...
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Jan.2021
We wish all of you – students, parents and staff a very safe, happy and successful 2021! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021 ...
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Dec.2020
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Dec.2020
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Dec.2020
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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Dec.2020
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Dec.2020
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 ...
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Dec.2020
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Dec.2020
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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Nov.2020
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! ...
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Nov.2020
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 ...
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Nov.2020
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 ...
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Oct.2020
Such a strange bunch in Scoil Chaitríona Junior this year! ...
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Oct.2020
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 ...
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Oct.2020
Junior Infants are ready for blast off with our rockets. We hope you like them! ...
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Oct.2020
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 ...
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Sep.2020
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 ...
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Aug.2020
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 ...
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Aug.2020
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 ...
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Jun.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: ...
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Mar.2020
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 ...
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Mar.2020
Like to try a quiz? Maybe you can win one of the daily €20 book voucher prizes! ...
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Mar.2020
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 ...
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Jan.2020
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Jan.2020
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 ...
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Jan.2020
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 ...
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Jan.2020
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! ...
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Dec.2019
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) ...
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Dec.2019
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Dec.2019
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Nov.2019
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! ...
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Nov.2019
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Nov.2019
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Nov.2019
Liam Mellows hurling club is playing in the County Final this Sunday. We wish them the very best of luck. ...
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Oct.2019
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Aug.2019
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 ...
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Jun.2019
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May.2019
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 ...
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May.2019
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Apr.2019
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Apr.2019
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 ...
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Apr.2019
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 ...
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Mar.2019
Our school is holding our annual book fair all next week. Please feel free to browse or buy. ...
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Mar.2019
Are you looking for fun and excitement during the Easter Holidays. Why not sign up for a fun Easter Camp? ...
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Mar.2019
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Mar.2019
Are you looking for somewhere for your children to amuse themselves this summer? Here are some summer camps that we have heard about: ...
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Feb.2019
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: ...