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 ...
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 ...
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! ...
This is a listening service for children impacted by grief caused by bereavement, separation and divorce. ...
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 ...
We are so delighted in second class to have been part of the team that won the cup at the Féile for Best Non Irish Speaking School in the competition. We are so proud! ...
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 ...
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 went to see the wonderful performance of Hansel & Gretel by Ms. Glynn’s 2nd class and Ms. Gaffney’s 1st class. It was absolutely superb. We wish them the best of luck in the Féile S ...
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First Class enjoyed their pancakes, after sequencing the recipe. ...
First Class enjoyed their pancakes after sequencing the recipe. ...
We had a marvellous workshop from Benny Joyce. We heard lots and lots of interesting facts about marine life, and we got to see, touch, feel and explore so many shells, jaws, backbones and other item ...
We had a wonderful visit from the Gardaí today. They were telling us all about being Gardaí, about the jobs they do and also about how to keep ourselves safe on the roads, on our bikes and everywhere. ...
We enjoyed learning about our native Irish animals today. ...
Here’s some interesting information from the Schoolwear Cente regarding our Saving Scheme that might be of interest to you: ...
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We had a lovely visit from Santa this morning! We are all definitely on the Good list… ...
NEW DATE FOR THE CAROL SERVICE: POSTPONED, DUE TO ICY WEATHER! ...
Many thanks to Ms. Gaffney’s first class for showing us their wonderful display of Christmas boxes. It was so interesting hearing what the boxes were made from and how the dioramas were made. We ...
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 ...
We used water colours to paint a background for our Art Portraits. We then shared all the kind adjectives that describe our friends in class. We loved to hear what our friends thought of us. We were s ...
We enjoyed watching Super Scientist Mark conducted experiments through an interactive zoom call on Monday. Many thanks to the Galway Education Centre for hosting the zoom call. ...
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 investigated rainbow colours today. 🌈 Thanks ATU for your great box of experiments for Science Week 2022! ...
We were so lucky to have a visit from the Messer Scientist today to celebrate Science Week. Have a look at what we got up to. ...
First Class have been enjoying Science week. Today we visited the Galway Aquarium and found out about many of the creatures that live in our seas. ...
We learnt about the Robin today and completed some winter art. ...
We enjoyed our Halloween Walk this morning. Happy Halloween from everyone in prefab 3A. ...
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 ...
We investigated static electricity today and made some paper ghosts dance. ...
First Class enjoyed a nature walk to see the wild flowers near Ballyloughane Beach. ...
First Class listened to the story of Crankenstein. They then made Crankenstein Heads. ...
First Class had lots of fun investigating 3D shapes for Maths Week. ...
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 ...
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 ...
First Class had fun collecting data about people’s favourite fruit, ice-cream flavour and sports activity. They used this data to make pictograms. They also got to investigate 2D shapes and use ...
Today First Class went on a fun maths trail around our school. They worked in pairs and used their maths eyes. Have a look at the fun they had. ...
First Class read The Squirrels who Squabble today and got to use their autumn leaves to help create squirrels of their own. ...
We had a busy day today. We went on a nature walk to investigate the signs of Autumn. Have a look at what we came across. ...
First Class enjoyed an afternoon of coding with the Bee Bots. We were so lucky to have helpers from Ms. Glynn’s Second Class help us programme the Bee Bots to navigate new routes. Have a look at ...
First Class had great fun this afternoon. They worked in pairs and groups to help Lightbot reach his destination. We love coding in First Class, it is so much fun. ...
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 ...
We had lots of fun today investigating all things to do with space, thanks to Ms. Mc Louglin and her class. Then after lunch we got to make our very own miniature rockets. Have a look at our creations ...
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 love demonstrating about space during Space Week at assembly! It is our chance to show the other 1st classes what we made recently and what we have learned about space. Look at our papier mache pla ...
First Class had great fun this afternoon. They got to paint their papier mâché planets. Can you guess which one is which? 🎨🪐🌍 ...
We are looking forward to Space Week. First Class are learning about our planets through art.🎨🪐👩🚀👨🚀 ...
Today First Class had fun discovering how a paperclip can float. 📎👩🔬👨🔬 ...
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 ...
