We had a lot of fun with the water rockets – predicting when they would launch and predicting where they would land. It was a very exciting and fun morning on the pitch! ...
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! ...
A tiny little bat fell asleep on our radiator in school today. He was very cute. Bats are a protected species. Mike, our caretaker, took care of him too, and carefully took him to the boiler house whe ...
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 ...
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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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 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 ...
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 ...
We had a fantastic Day out with a trip to the public Library as well! ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
This week we practised our coding on beebots and using the coding apps on the School Website. We learned so much and had great fun! ...
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. ...
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 ...
This week we identified leaves in our school grounds. We talked about the features of leaves such as the stalk, veins and whether they had an opposite or alternate manner formation. ...
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 ...
