Author Archives: Emer Russell

We had a very successful enrolment night on Wednesday 21st March. It was wonderful to meet the parents of our incoming junior infants and to introduce them to life in our school community. I am very grateful to all our teachers and SNAs who came and supported this night. There were presentations by teachers and parents and I was immensely proud of students Sofia and Jake who endorsed the school from a student’s perspective. Sophie played a blinder as she greeted parents with beautiful tin whistle playing! We look forward to meeting the new junior infants at our sports day in June where they will take part in a special … Continue reading →

Junior Entrepreneur was a massive success! I would like to pay tribute to the Trojan work of Ms Byrne and her team. There was a wonderful atmosphere in school yesterday and practically all stock was sold out! The class raised a whopping €1400! I am very proud of their social consciences in that they have decided to donate €200 to the Jack and Jill foundation, €200 to the Laura Lynn foundation and €400  to the school! I hope they really enjoy spending the remainder on a well deserved treat!!

This talk for parents comes highly recommended and takes place next Thursday, 29th March. 

We had a nailbiting final of the Eason Spelling Bee in school today. We whittled the finalists down to Aaron who will go forward to represent Scoil Ghormáin Naofa in the next stage. We wish Aaron all the best and hope that he really enjoys the experience! Many thanks to Mr. Breen for coordinating!

Ms. Byrne’s 6th class room has been a hive of activity lately as production for Junior Entrepreneur goes into its final stages. There have already been a number of sales with Doran and Michael completely selling out of firewood. I’m sure lots of homes were glad of them during Storm Emma! It has been lovely to see parental involvement along the way. We also had a visit from Fr. O’Cochláin this week who was extremely impressed by the level of industry taking place! Stay tuned for details of the upcoming sale of work date! Thanks to Ms. Byrne for all her enthusiasm and guidance.

Happy International Women’s Day to all our young women. Maythey grow up with the freedom to pursue their dreams to be sportsstars, farmers, engineers, mothers, architects, without limitation. Happy International Women’s Day too to all our wonderful mothersand grandmothers!

A huge well done and thank you to all the boys from Scoil Ghormáin Naofa who took part in the after school hurling blitz. It was a great success and certainly improved their level of skill over the five weeks. We had some epic encounters between the sides and each game was very close with a throw of a dice between each team. In the end Galway Came out on top of the league with 6 points. Congratulations to Doran Daly O’ Toole, Kyle Fegan and Ross Higgins who represented Castletown on that Galway team. A huge well done to all the other boys to took part also who were, Diarmuid O Shaughnessy, … Continue reading →

I am delighted to report that school will reopen tomorrow, Wednesday 7th, at the normal time. Please remember that the yard is unsupervised before 8.50. Looking forward to seeing all our students again!

Having reviewed safety conditions in and around the school, the board has decided to remain closed tomorrow, Tuesday. I will update re Wednesday later tomorrow. Thanks, Emer

School will reopen tomorrow, Tuesday. Please do not leave children on yard before 8.50 as it will be unsupervised. If you are uncomfortable about driving, please remain at home. I am happy to take attendance later tomorrow (after 12), so if you decided to wait for a further thaw, that is fine with me. Above all, stay safe. Thanks, Emer