Our school is situated in such a beautiful place! Just outside our school gate is a lovely, quiet road which hosts a plethora of wild flowers. These flowers are currently enjoying their moment in the sun before the deciduous trees overhead develop their canopy. Our task this morning was to find wildflowers and write a detailed description… Continue reading Wildflower Walk! We found wood sorrel, primroses, common dog violets and more!
Category: School News
Art and Craft in the Infant Classroom
The infants were hard at work again yesterday, creating a wonderful pond in the classroom. The beautiful pond is full of swans, frogs and fish! The children also made two farmers to keep an eye on the pond. Farmer Tom and the American farmer are there to watch over the beautiful creatures in the pond!
Best Wishes To Matty Flanagan in U21 All Ireland Final!
Past pupil Matty Flanagan has already represented Mayo with distinction on several occasions, including this year's FBD League at senior level and being a member of the famous 2013 All Ireland winning panel. However, this weekend, Matty will be Mayo's last line of defence against the Rebel County in the U21 All Ireland Final in… Continue reading Best Wishes To Matty Flanagan in U21 All Ireland Final!
Aistear in the Infant Classroom
Take a look at the fantastic creative talent in the infant classroom. Six boys from Junior and Senior Infants were hard at work today constructing this battleship. They designed and constructed this battleship themselves during lunchtime today. Great work boys!
Rocks, Pangea and Continental Drift
We're studying the geology of our beautiful planet these days, learning about Earth's Crust, Mantle, Inner Core and Outer Core. We are also learning about the three main types of rocks; Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic. So far, we have identified Igneous rocks in out kitchens, Sedimentary on our house walls and Metamorphic on our… Continue reading Rocks, Pangea and Continental Drift
Football Trip To Bohola
Letter re tomorrow's trip to Bohola. Apologies, our printer is currently out of order so this is the best way I could get this letter out to you! It is not necessary to print the permission slip. Thank you!
Girls’ 5-a-side Soccer in Milebush Park – Report
It was a cold, blustery and wet day in Milebush but that didn't deter the girls from Craggagh NS who set about their task today with great skill and determination. We began our day with wins over Roundfort NS and Kilkelly NS (3-2 & 6-0) to top our group and progress to the quarter… Continue reading Girls’ 5-a-side Soccer in Milebush Park – Report
Updates to school calendar for summer term
There are a number of important updates to the school calendar for the summer term, including: School Tours: Monday, May 23rd Standardised Testing across the school will also take place this week 24th to 27th. New Infants Enrolment Day: Friday, May 27th School Concert: Friday June 17th End Of Year/Graduation Mass: Wednesday, June 22 @7:30pm The… Continue reading Updates to school calendar for summer term
Remembering and Making History. #ProclamationDay in Craggagh NS @Ireland2016
A once in a generation occasion. Today, schools all around this island commerated The 1916 Rising by reading from the original Proclamation, as Pádraig Pearse did from the steps of the GPO 100 years ago. Our four 6th Class pupils read that same Proclamation, before students from 3rd, 4th and 5th classes read from our… Continue reading Remembering and Making History. #ProclamationDay in Craggagh NS @Ireland2016
Scór Success!
Congratulations to our Scór participants who all represented us with such distinction in Kilmovee last night! TJ McNicholas finished runner-up in the Solo Singing category as did our Music Group of Cara Connolly, Anna McDonnell, Alannah McNicholas, Amy McNicholas and Laura Rosney. However, the biggest cheers of the night were reserved for our Léiriú (Lily Begley,… Continue reading Scór Success!
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