Background: Scoil Íde first opened its doors in 1964 with three classrooms and run by the Mercy Order. The school has grown over the years – at present Scoil Íde has a population of almost 800 pupils and 40 full time teaching staff, including Principal Peter Long, class teachers, Learning Support and Resource teachers. Our school is always a hive of activity and plays a centr...
Newtownwhite N.S. is a two teacher rural school situated between the towns of Ballina and Killala in Co. Mayo. It is nestled between two historic Friaries- Rosserk and Moyne- near the mouth of the Moy River. The present school was built in 1906 and many of the 20 plus children who currently attend Newtowntownwhite N.S. are the fourth generation of their family to attend this school. While the scho...
Location: Virginia Road, Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland Hours: Mon – Fri: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Opened in Jan 2010, we have gone from strength to strength, with approx 80 children attending our facility on a daily basis. We have a baby room, toddler room, two preschool rooms in the morning, a preschool in the afternoon and an after school club. We have...
My name is Mrs. Siobhan Coyne and I teach in Knock NS, Knock, Claremorris, County Mayo. I am the Green School coordinator for our 5th Green flag (Biodiversity theme) which we hope to achieve this coming year 2013-2014. Our school has an enrollment of 142 children from Junior Infants to 6th class with 5 class teachers, a full time Learning support teacher and SNA and a part time Resource t...
My name is Julie Robertson. I am Sean and Shannon’s mum and began working with the school when studying Conservation. Our school is St Marys National School, in Ballygarrett, Co Wexford. It is a country school close to the sea with 220 pupils. We got involved in the GIY programme while working towards our 4th Green Flag award for Biodiversity. We had jus...
St Catherine’s NS is a Catholic, co-educational primary school under the patronage of the Diocese of Dublin. he school was established in 1979 to meet the needs of the developing town of Rush. It was originally named St Maur’s NS after the patron saint of Rush and used the old Rush Girls’ NS on Main Street as temporary building. In 1984 we moved to our current premises. The...
Scoil an Chroí Naofa is taking part in the 2013 innocent GIY Sow & Grow schools programme. GIY and innocent have come together to get over 100,000 children growing their own food in the coming years. In this year’s programme over 600 schools, crèches, scout and youth groups are involved and each received a Sow & Grow kit, with sowing cups for the children an...
submitted by Dan Charlton, Principal of Craggagh National School Tell us a bit about your school – where is it, what’s it called, how many pupils Craggagh National School is a 3 teacher country school, mid-way between Kiltimagh and Balla, Co Mayo. It is a beautiful school in a picturesque setting, nestled at the foot of Sliabh Cairn. The school building itself is nearly 130 years ol...
St. Thomas Senior School are winners of the 2012 innocent GIY Sow & Grow schools programme. They tell us more about their growing. To view photos from participating schools in the innocent GIY Sow & Grow schools programme please visit http://www.innocentdrinks.ie/sowandgrow Tell us about your school. St. Thomas Senior School is a large senior primary school in Jobst...