This Seachtain Na Gaeilge we have been learning all about Irish proverbs – Seanfhocial! Our favorite seanfhocal was “Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin”. The children did some beautiful art in ...
In the lead up to Mothers Day, we spent lots of time planning our acrostic poems for our mammys! They all turned out very different, because they were unique to our moms and what makes them special. ...
It was with great excitement we welcomed back the book fair to school. We had lots of fun choosing our books last week in the halla! First, we wrote down the authors, titles and cost and then we went ...
We have been learning all about colours and what happens when colors mix. We drew shamrocks and used water to transfer the colour from the crepe paper which create our very own patterns and colours! & ...
We had lots of fun visiting Tara book fair in the halla today. After looking at the books front cover and blurb, we made a list of books we might buy along with how much they cost. ...
We took advantage of the glorious weather today though and went on an Engineered Hunt today. Here are some things we noticed: Letterboxes at different heights, velux attic windows, TV antennae and sa ...
Our Incredible Edibles box arrived. We started planting today. We planted chives, lettuce, turnips, carrots and spinach. All of the seeds look different from each other. They were different shapes a ...
We celebrated Pancake Tuesday. Teacher made pancakes and we brought in our own toppings, plates and forks to eat with. We really enjoyed learning how to write a recipe and teacher is looking fo ...
We were very lucky to be joined by artist (and mum!) Lara for the past two Friday’s. We worked together to create these stop motion animations- which we couldn’t wait to share! Can ...
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 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 ...
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You might not recognize the boys and girls from room 15 today. They have really dressed to impress for our Halloween Walk! We were so thrilled to see some of our parents when we were walking around Re ...
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 ...
During Maths Week, we were busy using our maths eyes 👀 We saw 2-D and 3-D shapes, different colours, and lots of different measurement tools. We were amazed with everything we saw with our maths brain ...
As part of Maths Week, we did a maths trail. we had lots of fun completing the trail with our friends- we also created our own challenges! We loved using the trundle wheel to measure the yard too. &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 ...
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 ...
We have been learning all about coding! To kick off coding week, we had lots of fun exploring Light In a Box on hour of code, scratch junior and BeeBot! We we worked together to try and solve some cod ...
Happy Body, Happy Mind! We participated in a Creative Dance Workshop in our classes for World Mental Health Day. It was 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 were so impressed when we went to visit the space box display in Room 15. All the students had made such wonderful displays and were able to explain how they were made and what they know about spa ...
We have been very busy at home making space boxes, posters and even alien ships! We hosted lots of other classes and explained all our crafts to them. ...
As part of Space Week, we have been very busy engineers. We made rockets using foam, card, duct tape and an elastic band. We’ve learnt that the elastic band works as a catapult to send our rockets soa ...
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 ...
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 ...
We feel so lucky! Moose heard us singing and came to visit- we were delighted to get a chance to give him a rub. ...
Can you guess which child is which from their wonderful self portraits! ...
We have been learning all about our senses. Last week, we did a smell test. We tried to guess many different smells and got lots right! Today, we did a touch test to guess what was in the feely bag. W ...
We printed using ripe apples to create our very own apple trees. The apples were ripe and juicy, so some of our art even has apple juice on it! ...
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 ...
Pictures of the students in Ms Kyne class, Room 15 on their first day. ...
Wishing all our pupils, parents and staff wonderful summer holidays 2022! ...
We took advantage of the lovely weather and walked to Ballybane library. we explored all the books, art and loved this fish tank! Lots of boys and girls might even sign up to the Summer Reading Challe ...
We have been learning about floating and sinking and how boats float. We made some amazing boats from recyclable materials at home and tested them in school. We also tested some other items found in o ...
All of our first classes went to the Eye Cinema today to see Lightyear. It was absolutely wonderful and we enjoyed it tremendously. ...
We had an amazing day, in amazing weather. Best tour day EVER! ...
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 ...
A huge “WELL DONE” to the students who represented us so well in the Chity Sports yesterday. We are so proud of you! ...
Low tide and beautiful weather this morning! We headed to the beach for a very exciting beach safari. We have already been learning about marine life, about pollution and the environmental impact of p ...
We visited Ballybane library today where Eileen and her team of lovely librarians showed us around the library and introduced us to the Summer Stars reading challenge. We can sign up (for free) with t ...
We had a wonderful day on the pitch. We had sprint races, long distances races, egg and spoon races, three legged races and sack races. We all did our best in the heats and finals and had a really fun ...
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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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 ...
On Friday, Lara joined our class and gave us a great introductory workshop on creating our own books. We learnt about all the planning that goes into creating our own characters, narratives and front ...
With the arrival of Spring, we planted seeds in our class. We cannot wait to watch them grow.. We planted turnip, lettuce, spinach, carrots, potatoes and strawberries. With the help of Maggie, we clea ...
We used some materials found on our classroom to make 3D playgrounds. Here is an example of some of our great work, Frankie made a fully functional zip line! Maith thú Frankie 😊 ...
We had lots of fun learning about Pancake Tuesday and how to make pancakes today. We had lots of different toppings. Some of our pancakes had honey, lemon, sugar and even CHOCOLATE! ...
We have made some lovely circus pictures. Ms. Kyne’s class have made some lovely love bird pictures. It was time to use technology to help us share our pictures. At first Ms. Kyne’s clas ...
We have been learning about musical instruments, sound and how it is made. The boys and girls have made some incredible musical instruments using recycled materials- have a look! ...
We had lots of fun on our spring walk on St Bridget’s day! We were searching for signs of spring and ended our walk with visit to the playground. ...
We are learning about forces in our Science lessons. We worked hard to create paper airplanes, and had lots of fun testing how far they could fly! ...
Wishing all our pupils, our parents and our staff all the best for 2022! ...
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 ...
First Class in Room 9 have been busy making musical instruments as part of Science Week’s lessons on Sound! See close ups of our instruments here: Today we had a zoom call with other first and ...
There was lots of great engineering in our class today when all the boys and girls made rockets! We had great fun making them, naming them and of course…. launching them! ...
We had lots of fun completing Scientific Sue’s “The Science of Dragons” workshop. We enjoyed joining in and doing the experiments, too! If you would like to watch it at home, here’s the link: https:// ...
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 ...
We had lots of fun making both 2D and 3D shapes with marshmallows during maths week. ...
We had lots of fun celebrating Halloween in Room 13. There were lots of spooky costumes. We made Rice Krispie Frankensteins. Ms Cronin made chocolate apples with us too! 🎃 🍎 ...
There were some very strange characters around our school today. Who do you recognise? ...
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We really enjoyed our walk around Renmore, dressed up in our wonderful costumes! ...
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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: ...
Here are the children enjoying their last day of first class. They look forward to being reunited in August ☀️ ...
Wishing you all a wonderful summer holiday. See you on August 30th! ...
Feach ar ár fir ghrinn! ...
We had a wonderful day walking the line into town and seeing the sites aboard the Corrib Princess. ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Enjoy the holidays! ...
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 ...
We wish all of you – students, parents and staff a very safe, happy and successful 2021! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021 ...
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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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 ...
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. ...
During Science week, we created our own magic potions! We really enjoyed watching the reaction between bicarbonate of soda, vinegar and washing up liquid. ...
After reading the story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’, we decided to think of other ways that the goats could cross the river without using a bridge. We made a rafts for the goats to you. We all used ...
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! ...
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 ...
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 ...
Happy Halloween from everyone in First Class! ...
During Maths Week we had lots of fun in Room 10 making shapes using spaghetti and marshmallows! Here are some pictures of us.. ...
Such a strange bunch in Scoil Chaitríona Junior this year! ...
We had lots of fun in Room 10 learning about how spaceships dock on the ISS! We worked together to safely dock our own spaceships into our ISS docking station. ...
