St. Pat's Galway

Primary School

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Big thanks to all those who came to our Open Day today! Here is our 2017 Open Day Video for anyone who missed it!!
https://t.co/LwWzBs3mlq

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Our latest afterschool activity, Gardening Club, was a wonderful success this afternoon. As part of several environmental projects, the pupils painted recycled containers to be used as planters and got to sow a variety of seeds on what was a sunny spring afternoon ☀

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Oh Thursday Room 15, Mr. Holland's 4th class, showcased their products for this year's Junior Entrepreneur Programme. Every boy wowed their peers, parents and teachers with their presentations. Their speeches,... https://t.co/d5QyVbTKbR

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Some of our pupils and staff were pleased to welcome President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina at our school gate yesterday. The President was unveiling a plaque outside St. Pat's by artist John Coll in... https://t.co/J6WNC0rYGF

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Well done to the boys and girls in first and second class who presented their Mission Moon Lego project in the Junior First Lego League on Monday! It was a fantastic day and their hard work and preparation was evident in the impressive project they presented!

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Week 1 of our new Gardening Club was a great success last Friday! With Spring now well upon us, the group planted strawberry plants, organised all of our seeds and prepared our growing kits for this year's... https://t.co/43qYFjXvDm

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🍀🍀Tráth na gCeist🍀🍀
Inniu bhí dhá chomórtas againn agus d'úsáid na páistí a gcuid Gaeilge agus iad ag comhrá agus ag scríobh. D'éirigh go hiontach leo ar fad. 📚💚

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We are excited to announce that our school gardening team has made it through to the semi-finals of this year's Young Environmentalist Awards! 🌍♻
About the awards:
https://t.co/aADouni5Xo

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📚📙4th and 5th classes have completed 6 very successful and enjoyable weeks of TSI. The students read a variety of books and used various strategies to predict, discuss and comprehend. ♥️We LOVE reading 📚📗

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A Big THANK YOU to all our fantastic students and their parents for collecting 600 stickers from their local ALDI shops, allowing us to complete TWO posters 🙌 Today James and Luke posted them off safely and we've ordered a THIRD poster! Míle Míle buíochas 🏈🏉🤞

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Happy Pancake Tuesday! Room 17 made some seriously tasty pancakes 🥞

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Pancake party in Room 3😊

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February in fifth class 😊☀️

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Our new weather station arrived today and we put it next to our small wildlife pond in the garden. Outdoors is another classroom in St. Pat's!

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What an outstanding goal from past pupil Colin Kelly last night for Galway United in the first game of the season.

This was his first senior goal for the club and what a way to do it. Best of luck to Colin and his team mates for the rest of the... https://t.co/sj9p67pdKB

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We care a lot about the wildlife around our school so we were delighted when Peter Butler gave a talk to 4th class last week about migrating birds and provided us with habitats for swifts and bats. They were set up... https://t.co/gAUZ38W5l2

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Our Early Intervention Class had a great first class trip to Kidsplace! 🌈 https://t.co/DH27MgXqJ4

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💥💥 swimming news 💥💥
Five boys travelled the N6 to represent St Pat's at the Minor Schools Championships in the National Aquatic Centre on Sunday 10th February.Rory Boyle, Luke Hearns, Eoin Lennon, Michael... https://t.co/etF4nI7vWn

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This time of year is especially tough on small birds, so some of our pupils decided to help them by hanging bird feeders around our school garden. They're proving to be very popular!

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Well done to the 16 boys who represented the school at today’s Credit Union Schools Quiz.
All four teams performed superbly, with one of our u11 teams just missing out on 2nd place by two points.
Great credit... https://t.co/nacW32Qltr

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Our U11 & U13 handball teams who braved the icy conditions and entered the Cumann na Mbunscoil Challenger Competition in Salthill this morning.
The competition was fantastic and all boys played exceptionally well. Very proud of you all! ✋❄️😊❄️✋