The local Cumann na mBunscol Mini 7s blitz will take place next Thursday in the Amenity Park, Swinford. As always, the Mini 7s competition pits us against schools of all sizes. This year we will be joining forces with our friends in Straide NS. They are a 3 teacher school like ourselves. Today, we hit… Continue reading Mini 7s is just around the corner so we were out in gorgeous autumn sunshine today!
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Read All About It! The latest edition of our newsletter, The Craggagh Chronicle is out!
Packed full of news and updates, click here to download: newsletter-autumn-16
Calendar Updates
We have made a plethora of updates to our school calendar including trips to Turlough House and Linen Hall Theatre as well as religious sacraments taking place in 2017. There will be further updates in the coming days for football, rounders and athletics.
Saving with our local Credit Union
We are delighted to announce that we will be running our pupil savings scheme again this year. Susan from Kiltimagh Credit Union will be with us each Wednesday morning.
Headbands, get your headbands!
Another September, another All Ireland Final....but we have a good feeling about his one! From our newest Junior Infants to our 6th Class, all have been busy making headbands and wristbands so we can wear our Mayo colours with pride in the lead up to September 18th. We hope to be able to tie a… Continue reading Headbands, get your headbands!
Theatre Outing For Our Infants!
Our Infant classroom are in for a real treat next month, culture buffs that they are! They're off to the Linen Hall Theatre in Castlebar to see an exciting show called "Conor: At The End Of The Universe" on October 28th. This show is part of the Linen Hall's fabulous Roola Boola Children's Art Festival.… Continue reading Theatre Outing For Our Infants!
Craggagh flag on tour in Rio….full gallery! #rio2016 @thecontel
Our blue and red school flag has made the 9,000km Journey to Brazil with Regina Flanagan, aunt of Amy, TJ and Katie McNicholas. Regina is volunteering in Rio with the athlete medical team and has sent us some great pictures from behind the scenes at the Olympics. Below is a selection of snaps taken at… Continue reading Craggagh flag on tour in Rio….full gallery! #rio2016 @thecontel
Spending our JEP profits in Westport House! Photo gallery
Our Junior Entrepreneur project has come to an end and Super Smoothies Ltd has been wound up. Today we got to spend the remainder of our profits having already purchased ukuleles. We had an absolutely fantastic day in Westport House! We enjoyed the flume ride, swinging ship, cannon ball run, swan pedal boats and the… Continue reading Spending our JEP profits in Westport House! Photo gallery
Planet Earth in Space
This week we are learning all about the Solar System. We are learning about our planet Earth and the other seven planets in the Solar System. We will be using books, pictures and the internet to research and learn more about this topic. Here are a list of useful websites you can use to research… Continue reading Planet Earth in Space
Lunchtime League
It's Championship time! This week, we'll kick off our summer Lunchtime League with 4 teams made up of the boys and girls in 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th classes. The first round of matches will be played this Wednesday lunchtime. We hope to play our Championship Finals during our Sports Day. Best of luck… Continue reading Lunchtime League