On Monday the 27th of April, the Senior room attended The Connemara Science Fair in The Clifden Town Hall. The children did a fantastic job presenting their project and even had the opportunity to meet the Education Minister Hildergarde Naughton. We were also delighted to meet with Phil and Fran Whalen who have been very generously funding the Science Program for the last 13 years. Special thanks to Declan our science tutor, for the great work that he did with us this year and thanks to Marie Bourke who did a fantastic job co-ordinating the whole program.
Yesterday we were delighted to complete our Swift Bird Boxes Project. Our bird boxes were generously sponsored by Sorcha O’ Toole- GRETB Letterfrack. We had fantastic guidance from Swift Conservation Ireland expert, Lynda Huxley and Lynda did an informative talk with the whole school. Thanks to Cleggan Tidy Towns who also kindly sponsored the cost of the cherry picker. Special thanks to Claude Reichard for being a driving force behind this project and we are very grateful to him for his wonderful organisation and co-ordination. We look forward to welcoming the swift birds to Claddaghduff N.S! #greenschools
Yesterday, the whole school did a Spring Clean of the area. The Juniors went from the school to past Sweeneys and the Seniors went from the school to Omey. We gathered several bags of litter. Well done on everyone helping to keep our beautiful area clean! #Greenschool
Yesterday, 5th and 6th Class did a very interesting First Aid course with Robert King from King Safety. We are very grateful to Robert for giving up his time to do this informative course with the children.
On Thursday last week, the Senior Room had a walk of the whole of Omey Island. We were so lucky to have our walk on such a beautiful day.
Claddaghduff N.S was delighted to participate in The Claddaghduff St. Patricks Day Parade. Our theme was ‘Where’s Wally in Co. Galway’. Well done to everyone for making a fantastic effort. The children had a great time and thanks to Geraldine for all of her hard work organising the event.
We made a great start to our reading buddies groups which started today, ‘World Book Day’. All the children in the school chose a book from the World Book Day list of books earlier in the week and they brought home their new books today. Special thanks to Catherine in The Clifden Bookshop for kindly preparing the books for us!
Yesterday the whole school got to try some pancake flipping and ate some delicious pancakes with Ms. Griffin and Martina. We even had lovely blackberry compote that was made with the blackberries the children gathered earlier in the year. The pancakes were delicious!
Congratulations to our Junior and Senior room Valentines hamper winners and to Maureen McLoughlin who won the main hamper! Special thanks to The Parents Association for the great work they did organising the raffle and thanks to all who so generously supported.
On Monday, we were delighted to welcome dietician, Aebhin Sheridan to our school. Aebhin did a fantastic talk with the senior room pupils highlighting various aspects of healthy eating. Thanks to Aebhin for giving up her time to give us this excellent talk. Lots of healthy eating tips were learnt!
