A sincere thank you to all our grandparents who came to St. Patrick’s N.S. from far and wide on Thursday 31st of January as part of Catholic Schools Week. The hall was buzzing, helped by the coffee, tea and refreshments provided by the Parent Association. After being formally welcomed to the school, the sixth class escorts brought the grandparents to visit all the classrooms that their grandchildren were in. They got a chance to see the classes their grandchildren are in and tell the…
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Swimming has finished for the four remaining classes in school for the spring term. All pupils were extremely efficient and independent when organising themselves before and after the lessons. They were also very well behaved over the course of the six-week block. Many thanks to Aura, Navan for providing the facility and to staff and volunteer parents for all their work with the pupils. Boys and girls in fourth, fifth and sixth classes are also receiving coaching at lunchtimes from Mr….
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Similar to last year, our school was invited to take part in a Maths project in our school. The teachers (Ms. Murphy, Ms. O’ Brien, Mrs. Goulding, Mr. Fagan and Mrs. Kelly) were working with a facilitator from our Primary Development Support Team (PDST). The teachers came together over two full days to ask a question relating to the teaching and learning of Maths. Then one teacher taught the lesson in 5th class and was observed by the other teachers. Finally, the…
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