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The children were asked to wear their best Christmas jumpers on Friday the 18th December to add a bit of festive spirit to the school. They obliged with some lovely…

Congratulations to the five winners of the thumb-tack chart – one from each class and our overall winner. Since September, the children in the senior room have been getting thumb-tacks…

Gráinne Mhaols girls collected their medals last Saturday, 12th December a couple of months after winning the West Board title against Carna-Cashel. What an achievement and we are thrilled to…

The senior room played a knock-out championship in chess after a few weeks’ practice. The games finished on the 9th December when Shane won the tournament and the trophy after…

All the children had great fun making their own lovely personalised Christmas decorations which they will be bringing home shortly! io

We have been busy preparing for Christmas over the last few weeks – we have learned Christmas songs, wrote Christmas stories, decorated the school, done arts and crafts dedicated to…

We have started playing chess in the school over the last week. The game, which is amazing for logic and problem-solving, is really exciting when you get the hang of…

Mr. Wallace was very surprised and pleased to be greeted with his favourite cake (Maltesers Cheesecake) and a lovely card from the children and staff on his birthday. He forgets…

We are very pleased with the sales of our school history, “School at Slyne Head.” Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy. Anyone who is interested in reading about…