St. Joseph's National School 
Derrywash, Castlebar

Junior & Senior Infants are showing their support for the men's and ladies Mayo teams by making Mayo Pop Art. UP MAYO!

Thank you so much to the RINKA instructors that came to visit us today. They did a little workshop with us to develop our fitness in a...

Click here to have a look at some of the fun things we got to do on our first ever school tour! We had so much fun and can't wait to go...

Here are a few photos of a really wonderful day. Everyone was so excited when the double decker bus arrived to bring to us to the Pet...

Dear Parents, Friends and Visitors, We have been so busy in 2nd and 3rd class over the last few weeks and have completely forgotten to...

Last week we had a picnic outside in the lovely sunshine.

We are getting so good at spelling in Junior Infants! Here is a little sneak peek into some work that we love doing.

4th 5th & 6th Class took to the kitchen recently to prepare a healthy and tasty lunch for themselves! We prepared the food ourselves; we...

We have had loads of fun the past few weeks with this lovely weather! Here's hoping it continues!

2nd & 3rd class decided to make the most of the beautiful weather by having reading time outside today! Good for the bodies AND minds! 😊

On Tuesday we spent the day in Knock Shrine to prepare for our First Holy Communion. We played games, talked about Jesus in our lives and...

We were thrilled to hear that one of our classmates won a prize in the Barna Waste Easter Colouring Competition! She won a yummy Easter...

It was all about the chocolate today in Derrywash NS, and the Junior Infants went out in search of chocolate eggs that the Easter Bunny...

The excitement was magical in Junior Infants this morning when they saw that their Easter Baskets were full of chocolate surprises from...

Today we visited the Linenhall Arts Centre to see the exhibition, 'As Above, So Below'. We looked at the paintings, talked about them and...

We made some beautiful Easter Baskets today and left them on our Easter Table. Hopefully the Easter Bunny will drop into Junior Infants...

We had a wonderful few weeks with Ann and Derval doing lovely mindful activities. We are going to introduce mindfulness into our daily...

As our workshops draw to a close, we want to thank Ann and Dervil for opening our minds to Mindfulness! Taking time to breathe and being...

Junior Infants are perfecting their yoga stretches every week, and their balance is getting better every time. We are having so much fun...

We are very lucky to have Connacht Rugby coach Simon O'Malley coaching us the skills of rugby for 6 weeks. Simon is confident from what...