St. Joseph's National School 
Derrywash, Castlebar

We've spent the last week celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge and what a week it has been! Bhí na páistí ag caint as Gaeilge sa seomra ranga...

A lucky finish to Seachtain na Gaeilge with our happy leprechauns. Lets hope that they bring a pot of gold to every house in Derrywash....

All decked out for St. Patrick's Day!

We recently painted some beautiful Spring tulips using forks and paint!! It was so much fun, but it was kind of hard remembering not to...

On Wednesday we took part in the Connacht Table Tennis tournament in Breaffy. Table tennis has really taken off in Derrywash N.S. in the...

The senior room took to the kitchen on Pancake Tuesday armed with frying pans, spatulas and any amount of pancake batter. The pupils from...

On World Book Day we decided to take to the kitchen and test out our cooking skills. We made some really tasty pizzas that went down a...

This week we've been learning all about buildings and paying close attention to our own school building. We analysed some pictures of the...

A big thank you to 4th, 5th & 6th for making our tasty pancakes today. We all really enjoyed them and especially liked experimenting with...

4th, 5th & 6th Class made us some very tasty pancakes today. It was such a nice treat after all our hard work writing this morning. Thank...

We love to dig!

With the help of our new laptops we are learning lots of new skills in 2nd and 3rd class. At the minute we are learning how to copy and...

Today we showed off all the hard work that has been going into our drumming workshops with Anthony. We used drums as well as a variety of...

Today we showcased our fantastic drumming skills for our Moms and Dads. We had so much fun and we learned loads and loads from Anthony....

Some beautiful and unique butterflies made by Junior Infants using crepe paper.

The pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th Classes made St. Brigid's crosses to mark St. Brigid's Day. We learned about the life of St. Brigid and...

The children created spiral patterns on snails.

The children guess the word letter by letter.

We used blue card so our penguins would stand out.

A lot of love went into our Valentine's Day Cards today. We hope you all got something nice today and were spreading the love too.