Author Archives: Emer Russell

  We enjoyed this challenge! Ms. Russell asked us to represent our lockdown life in comic strip form. Enjoy!

Some of our submissions for the design a maze STEAM challenge  – from coding to Lego! Well done everyone! D161E706-3B18-4103-884B-B1DD2B00DA9B

  Congratulations to our Friday winners in our ongoing Castletown’s Fittest Family competition. Niall and Darragh Collins and Caroline Kelly have regularly posted images and videos to us of them taking on our challenges. Well done! Big thanks to Bailey’s Toymaster, Gorey for kindly donating a voucher!

Over the coming weeks in our household bubbles we hope to reach as many landmarks around Ireland as we can. We’re walking, jogging, running and cycling anyway so let’s see where we could be going! So choose a destination, go to Google maps to work out the distance and tally up your km as you do them. Learn a bit of geography on the way. Then maybe in the summer we might get to see some of these places for real! 🤞🙏 Keep us posted please. Ms.Darcy

Click on the links and videos to see some videos of Ms.Russell, Ms. Walker and our wonderful students participating in Castletown’s Fittest Family! Thanks Fiona!    

We are delighted to launch our admissions period for the coming academic year. Details are in the Admissions notice. Please ensure that you are familiar with the contents as it is a new national system this year. Please also take note of the time frame. Ordinarily, we would be preparing a welcoming induction night for you. Though we cannot do that this year, please browse through our website for a flavour of life in Scoil Ghormáin Naofa!  I’m sure you will see aspects that will pique the unique interests of your child. We look forward to hearing from you. Admissions notice 2021 admissions policy 2020

A thought for the week ahead. I hope everyone is keeping well. Just do your best. We understand that everyone’s home situation is unique.  * Well done on all who have completed Fiona’s challenge! You can still join in! * Carmel’s challenge posted on Friday is a wonderful nature activity for the whole family also.  * Don’t forget to send teachers samples of your work and pictures of you engaging so that we can include you in our assembly slideshow each Friday at 11.  These are extra optional activities that we hope will support your family with lockdown fun and experiences together in a variety of ways.  Have a lovely … Continue reading →

Well done to all our pupils on a fantastic first week back at school. Working remotely hasn’t dampened your enthusiasm! It was great to see so many of you on our Zoom assembly today! Thank you to our teachers and staff for all the innovative and creative ideas that they have been coming up with! This week we set a STEAM stick challenge. Students were challenged to make a stick man at junior level and an insulated hut at senior level. We had some super entries- here is a selection! CASTLETOWN’S FITTEST FAMILY! Fiona has set a challenge this week- send your images / videos to Ms. Russell at cns.iaswx@gmail.com. … Continue reading →

As we close for the holidays, I wish that everyone has a safe and merry Christmas. I am sure that Santa will spoil our girls and boys who have been so resilient and inspiring in the face of adversity. I hope all parents enjoy a restful and easy Christmas. I wish our staff a well deserved break and thank them all for their enthusiasm this trying term. * Pictured: Generous Ken from Box Coffee – if you are enjoying a long walk over Christmas, don’t forget to buy your take away hot drink here! See you all on Wednesday, 6th January. * Dojo will close at 12 today and reopen … Continue reading →

What a day!! Juniors to 3rd class enjoyed the (Covid compliant) Genie Mackers experience! The squeals of laughter I heard in the office were a testament to how much they enjoyed Cookie Sparkles the elf. Many thanks to the PA for their kind sponsorship *4th – 6th class had a delivery of hot chocolate (with cream and marshmallows!) from Box Coffee. We wanted to shop local but Ken and Camilla insisted on donating to the school. We hope Scoil Ghormáin Naofa members will support this very generous local business. * 4th-6th also enjoyed delicious cupcakes made by Esther Hope while all children enjoyed the online panto Cinderella!