Author Archives: Emer Russell

We attended both the leaders seminar and whole staff day for upskilling in the new primary maths curriculum this month. We embrace the the focus being given to time to talk, exploring different avenues to a solution and scaffolding with concrete materials. We have decided that the funds from our Christmas raffle this year will go towards the purchase of new concrete materials. Here is a link with information for parents: file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/269651_2c1fe0b3-c52b-47e6-b68a-ad1259c69ff6%20(1).pdf

Castletown Chess Club is a friendly, fun, social and dynamic after school club for the children of Castletown National School. The children learn cognitively and strategically while having friendly competitive fun with their peers! The Chess Club has grown from just 8 children to max capacity of 24 blossoming little chess players!! We are looking forward to taking part in some inter schools friendly tournaments this year! Watch this space!! Huge thanks to Sharon who is coordinating this wonderful facility with support from Ms. Murphy!

Assembly was even more fun today with costumes! Well done to all our winners!

click to see who won! We were blown away by the entries!

Click the link to view the winners of the Maths Eyes competition 2023 🎃

Amazing efforts from our pupils and staff today! Happy mid term everyone!

You can’t beat Old School! Mrs Russell and Ms ní Shúilleabháin brought back the goods from a seminar with Jenny Moseley yesterday and kicked off Friday with whole school clapping and circle games. We loved seeing the buddy systems between senior and junior classes. Click on the link to enjoy!

A very exciting notice from our PA!Split the Pot this month will be a BUMPER DRAW!Any STP ticket sold will also be included in the Halloween Raffle at the disco! And likewise; each €10 disco ticket sold will also be included in the SPT draw as well as the raffle at the disco. Hot food at the disco will be chicken goujons or sausages, with chips. Pre-sale tickets will get their food token at entry. Some of the raffle prizes include,A family pass for the Santa Train in Amber Springs, Gorey€100 cash prize sponsored by Richard Ivory2x €50 Folk Vouchers sponsored by Olan&SonA Beauty HamperBook Station VoucherGino’s Ice cream VoucherAnd … Continue reading →

* Well done to all who entered our challenge last night. In many cases, there was no absolute right answer and we prompted the children to justify their answer. This will be a focus in the incoming new Maths curriculum and we really welcome this. Well done to PJ whose name was pulled out of the hat and wins today’s prize.* Tonight’s Maths Week challenge is also open to interpretation. We invite children to look at one of the pictures and choose the odd one out. Justify your reasoning with a sentence in your journal to be in with a chance to win a prize tomorrow! (Not in picture are … Continue reading →

Please click the link to view our most recent PA newsletter