Author Archives: Emer Russell

The board of management has decided to remain closed tomorrow, Monday, due to the road conditions around school. I will update again tomorrow with regard to Tuesday. Thanks, Emer

I hope everyone is warm and cosy today! I have some links here to help with cabin fever. As it is engineers’ week this week, I have included some engineering and STEM challenges that should help to keep children occupied. If your child takes part in any of the activities, I would love for you to post a picture to our Twitter account @Castletown_NS. There will be prizes for those who do! 15 engineering challenges kids love {STEAM} http://www.primaryscience.ie/activities_advanced_search.php?type=teacher_created&page=1 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/161dd3c6828af1e1 http://www.engineersweek.ie/ Thanks also to Aideen O’Flaherty who sent me this link – it looksgreat! http://durris.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/snow-packs/ Don’t forget those pictures!  

Weather update: Due to status red and following directive from Minster for Education, school will remain closed on both Thursday and Friday. Thanks, Emer

Status Red has been issued for tomorrow, Thursday 1st March. As such, school will remain closed and we will review for Friday. Stay safe, Emer

Today was great fun! We enjoyed a concert with John Spillane who played a repertoire of Irish songs that we had been learning for the last few weeks. He was very impressed by how well we both knew and sang them! This was made possible by money collected at our Christmas concert, so thank you once again! To see video, click the link below. IMG_7435

We are now welcoming enrolments for the coming academic year. Contact our secretary, Siobhan, at 0402 37596 to obtain your registration form. We will be having an open night on Wednesday, March 21st at 7pm. Parents of incoming children are invited to attend for a flavour of life in Scoil Ghormáin Naofa. You will have a chance to meet our staff and view the school and its surroundings. Refreshments will be provided on the night to allow you to chat with other parents of incoming children. We look forward to seeing you there!

What a fun day we have just had! Bricks4kidz came to our school and coordinated a workshop with each class where the children were tasked with constructing a car. We looked at gears and explored the notion of engineering. The team were great fun and we loved having our own individual toolkits! Perhaps we have unlocked some engineering potential today!!

What a fun day we have just had! Bricks4kidz came to our school and coordinated a workshop with each class where the children were tasked with constructing a car. We looked at gears and explored the notion of engineering. The team were great fun and we loved having our own individual toolkits! Perhaps we have unlocked some engineering potential today!! Check out the Activities tab, then Science for more gorgeous pictures!  

What a treat! Concepta, Sandy, Sinéad, David and little Rachel were on hand to serve us delicious pancakes for Pancake Tuesday! Thank you to the PA for sponsoring this lovely treat. It is safe to say that if it were a Maths lesson and we were tallying data, that Nutella would be by far the highest on the bar chart!

What a lovely day we have had! It was wonderful to see such a great turnout of grandparents at our mass and reception today. Fr. McCarney celebrated a very special mass and our children performed their jobs really well. Thank you to Ms. Byrne for coordinating this special mass and to Ms Murphy for her beautiful violin playing. Back in school, the grandparents were treated to performances in each classroom and a tour of the school. They were then treated to an afternoon tea selection of cakes and sandwiches which was served by our very hard working Parents’ Association. Grandparents were gifted with a bookmark to remember the occasion and … Continue reading →