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May.2023
We are having lots of fun celebrating bike week. We got our faces painted by a clown. We also learned about bike safety and watched a circus entertainer do lots of magic tricks. ...
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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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Feb.2023
Today we met a marine scientist who taught us all about sharks, dolphins and other fish found in the sea. We also learned about sea shells. ...
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Feb.2023
We had lots of fun mixing primary colours to make new colours. We painted a beautiful picture with the results. ☂️ ...
9
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
We had a very special visitor in Room 3 today. Santa Claus and his elf called in and gave each of the boys and girls a special present 🎁. The children all sang him a Christmas song and promised to lea ...
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Dec.2022
In Ms. Hynes’ junior infants we learned about poor Sparky the dog 🐶 and how he couldn’t get a drink because his water had frozen into ice 🧊. We discussed how we could help Sparky get a drink. We learn ...
15
Dec.2022
NEW DATE FOR THE CAROL SERVICE: POSTPONED, DUE TO ICY WEATHER! ...
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Dec.2022
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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 ...
22
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 ...
15
Nov.2022
We are really enjoying Science Week. Today we had the chance to use the science box from ATU to explore colours and colour mixing. All we needed was some milk. The results were amazing! We can’t ...
15
Nov.2022
For Galway Science and Technology Festival 2022 we were delighted to be able to attend a wonderful show by Ray Whyte, a very mad scientist. We had so much fun, and we learned such a lot of science. Th ...
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Oct.2022
Happy Halloween 👻 from Room 3! ...
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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 ...
20
Oct.2022
We have been learning all about the season of Autumn! We made Autumn trees by finger painting. 🍂We made hedgehogs using potatoes and match sticks. 🦔 We also planted daffodil 🌼 bulbs! &nb ...
20
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
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 ...
5
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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Sep.2022
We had lots of fun reading the story of ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’. We painted our own hungry caterpillar. We also printed apples 🍎 🍏 using paint 🎨! ...
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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 ...