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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
We had lots of fun mixing primary colours to make new colours. We painted a beautiful picture with the results. ☂️ ...
Here’s some interesting information from the Schoolwear Cente regarding our Saving Scheme that might be of interest to you: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Happy Halloween 👻 from Room 3! ...
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 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 ...
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 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 had lots of fun reading the story of ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’. We painted our own hungry caterpillar. We also printed apples 🍎 🍏 using paint 🎨! ...
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 ...
