Current News and Events
23 April 2024
22 April 2024
he children in 4th, 5th and 6th class were very lucky to get four weeks of basketball lessons sponsored by Basketball Ireland. The coaches were amazing and it was great for the children to practice skills that many work on outside of school. The children will have a basketball blitz to look forward to before the end of the school year too !
21 April 2024
Children in 4th, 5th and 6th class were delighted on Friday to be presented with a plaque by Joe Gatins President of Donegal's Historical Society. The children spent time gathering old photos from before 1970 and interviewing relatives to discover the story behind the picture and presented their findings for judging. We are delighted to be awarded this prize
14 April 2024
A huge well done to all the children who received Confirmation in St Brigid's Church this morning. All children taking part in the mass performed their roles perfectly. A huge thank you to all the families in helping prepare the children for their special day and in particular to the parents helping out in the hall afterwards. The children and their families were treated to a wonderful selection of treats after the ceremony.
12 April 2024
The senior classroom had a wonderful start to their day as we began our eight weeks of swimming lessons in Ballyshannon Leisure Centre. The children were excellent ambassadors for our school and did us proud. Maith sibh! We all throughly enjoyed the morning. A huge thank you to the PA for funding the buses to and from swimming each week. And a massive thank you to the parents who volunteered today and to the parents joining us in the coming weeks. We very much appreciate your support and time.
10 April 2024
Excitement is building in the senior class room as the Confirmation class of 2024 preparation continues for Confirmation this Sunday at 11 am in St Brigid's Chapel Ballintra. Children received Confession today and have a rehearsal in the Chapel tomorrow. We are sure it will be a special day for the children.
15 March 2024
11 March 2024
Mrs. Meehan's class enjoyed a recent webinar on Chair Yoga, Mindfulness and Meditative Art. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the experience. We all enjoyed our social, personal and health education programme.
8 March 2024
The senior room have been working on their persuasive language and we had some hearty debates. We discussed today's referendum recently and the children took their stances in walking debates
7 March 2024
We had a wonderful day in school celebrating World Book Day. Well done to all the children for the fabulous effort that went into costumes. It was extra special having the book fair in school for everyone to explore
6 March 2024
Children in the senior room have been enjoying learning their new vocabulary through playing cluichí as Gaeilge for Seachtain na nGaeilge.
4 March 2024
There were happy faces all round today as the class of 2024 received their new school hoodies. A very welcome addition to the school uniform
1st March 2024
We would like to thank Rockhill Communications and B.Walsh Fruit & Veg for sponsoring the Gaelic football coaching for the pupils., We always look forward to Dougie coming into coach the pupils
29 February 2024
28 February 2024
A huge thank you to everyone in our school community who donated board games and jigsaws to our school in recent times. The senior room practiced critical thinking, turn taking, literacy and numeracy skills in a fun games morning
27 February 2024
The Confirmation class had a wonderful day last Thursday at a retreat in Rossnowlagh Friary preparing for their Confirmation. A huge thank you to Fr. Gavigan for organising the trip. Fun, games, pizza and prayer were enjoyed by all
14th February 2024
13th February 2024
1st February 2024
A huge turnout for our annual Grandparents Day. It was so lovely to welcome all the grandparents to our school today. They taught us how to make St Bridget crosses and shared lots of stories with us. Such a special day for the children.. Special thanks to Fr Gavigan for blessing the crosses,our PA for the beautiful refreshments and to our rush pickers! Such brilliant memories made.
21st December 2023
Elf Mischief!
These cheeky elves were up to all sorts of mischief this morning.
Look at the mess they made in Mrs Meehan's room!
In Ms Mc Groary's room they took the microwave from the staff room and left a note telling teacher to bake some treats with her class!
20th December 2023
Lights Camera Action
What a Christmas performance! The children gave it their all at their annual Christmas school show today. From Jingle Bells to Somewhere Only We Know the children brought the festive feel to family and friends in Laghey Hall this afternoon.
We are so proud of you all and know that Santa’s elves were watching and will be making sure everyone will be on Santa’s Nice List this year.
Special word of thanks to Kieran Mc Aree for providing the sound for both shows-it added so much to all of the performances so we really appreciate it.
11th December 2023
The pupils in Mrs Meehan's class had great fun decorating beautiful snowmen. .
These will be lovely decorations for their homes this Christmas.
Thank you to Declan Meehan who put a lot of time into cutting out the individual pieces out of wood for each child.
A creative keepsake for them!
20th November 2023
We had some lightbulb moments in our senior room
In 4th 5th and 6th Maeve Slattery helped us do some work on electricity... We made circuits with wires and lightbulbs and then used switches to turn them on and off!
Great fun was had!
16th November 2023
Credit Union Art Winners
We are so incredibly proud of our prize winners in the Credit Union Art Competition. Out of hundreds of entries 8 of our students' artwork recevied prizes. We had a fantastic night out at the Award's ceremony in the Abbey Hotel on Tuesday. Well done everyone!
11th November 2023
7th November 2023
24th October 2023
Mrs Meehan's class enjoyed making Halloween masks and colourful pumpkins. We think they look fabulous!
25th September 2023
22nd September 2023
The girls and boys in Mrs Wilson's 4th,5th and 6th have been enjoying combining their Gaeilge and Music lessons learning the Cup Song as Gaeilge. "Is fearr Gaeilge bríste ná Béarla ciste. Maith sibh! Keep up the good work
18th September 2023
10th September 2023
4th, 5th and 6th class had a wonderful time doing some circle time outside making the most of our good weather. We checked in on our emotions and imagined our dream school. Our class mascot Niffler enjoyed his outing too .