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* What a great start to Active Week with Wake up Shake up, penalty shoot outs, GAA and tug of war to name but a few of the activities!* ACTIVE HOMEWORK – Families are asked to practise the Cha Cha Slide – no excuses!! All families (Mammies, Daddies, grandparents, baby sisters and brothers!!) are invited to join us on yard on Wednesday at 9 for a Wake Up Shake Up to the Cha Cha Slide!http:// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1gMUbEAUFw – dance stepshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZv62ShoStY – full song* Walk a Mile with a Smile – Superheroes! This takes place on Thursday and is always a hit! Juniors to second class may dress up as superheroes on … Continue reading →

Well done to Caoimhe, Hannah and Caoimhe for nursing a lagging bee with sugar and water #biodiversity #conservation

Massive congratulations to these Castletown Mums/Dads and teachers who were victorious in their rounders game at the weekend! Leading by example! As an Active School we celebrate our parents’ sporting endeavours!

We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded our STEM award yet again, qulaifying for the top category – the plaque! Huge thanks to Ms. Whittle for coordinating and to the staff and students for their enthusiasm. Here is the wonderful feedback we received: Congratulations to all at Scoil Ghormáin Naofa on the fantastic range of STEM work going on across the whole school. Your log shows learners of all ages engaging enthusiastically. it is wonderful to see the scope of activity, covering hands on investigations, design and make activities, field trips, speaker visits, science engagement at a community level, with exceptional tower building creativity! The work you … Continue reading →

We had a hugely interesting and informative morning with Jarlaith and Rory of @InlandFisherIE. Thanks to our friend Cathy Lee for coordinating. Our students had a ball at this interactive workshop. Who knew what biodiversity was living so close to our school? 31/05/2022

We have submitted our application for renewal of our Amber Flag for wellbeing. Huge thanks to Fiona for all her hard work and well done to our Amber Ambassadors for their ongoing hard work also! We have had a lot of fun along the way!

We are very excited to resume our tradition of the annual hike on Croghan! This year our hike will take place on Friday 24th June. We look forward to parents and families joining us and to enjoying a picnic along the way! Click the link below to view our risk assessment.

Well done to our Procedural Writing competition winners and thank you to Ms. Gilmartin Ryan for coordinating and judging! We have some very happy pupils here!

Thank you to Cian who treated us to an uilleann pipe recital today, we really enjoyed it! Click on the link to view

Friday 06/05/22 After a number of weeks of the ace of spades eluding our Split the Pot winners, Aodán won!! We are so thrilled for him – he won just under €1500 in total! He has lots of holiday plans apparently! Thanks to our wonderful PA for all their hard work! Click on the link above – the excitement is palpable!!