St. Joseph's National School 
Derrywash, Castlebar

2nd and 3rd class were feeling the love all around today and decided to write some poetry to reflect that! Here are some of the poems...

Congratulations to the Irish dancers who were awarded multiple trophies and medals at a recent feis in Castlebar. Great to have such...

We planted tulips in our school garden yesterday and ended up getting our hands dirty in the process! It was great fun. We will be...

Today we joined hundreds of other primary school pupils in the 10 @ 10 initiative! We learned a routine in English and Irish and then did...

Dear Parents, Friends and Family, It's time for an update on what 2nd and 3rd class have been getting up to over the past few weeks! Our...

We are having so much fun drumming with Anthony and learning all about so many different instruments. Mozart watch out!!!

Ingredients: 2 carrots, 2 potatoes. 1 parsnip. 1 onion, 1 leek, 3 sticks of celery, 2 litres of chicken stock, 3 bay leaves, Butter. ...

With the promise of some snow last week, we painted a winter scene with sponges #junior

When you are in Derrywash...watch out!!! Santa has a few helpers around here who are always on the look out for children to go on the...

This week we had a visit from Bank of Ireland employee and Mayo Senior Footballer Keith Higgins. Keith spent two days with us carrying...

Today we set bulbs for our Spring Garden and we made sure to get our hands really mucky!! We can't wait to see our garden transform into...

This December we are trying to do a random act of kindness every day to put a smile on someones face. We would encourage pupils and...

#senior first

​Our 4th Class enjoyed an introduction to coding with Adrian Keena!

We have had a very busy couple of months in the Senior room in Derrywash. As well as working hard inside the classroom, we have also had...

Dear Parents, Guardians, Friends and Family, We just wanted to update you with all that's been happening over the last few weeks. ​ ...

We celebrated Science Week 2016 this week and did so by carrying out a number of experiments as a whole class group. We also talked a lot...

On Thursday we had a very special visit from Matthew and Sophie's new baby brother, Cian. We were very excited to see the new baby and we...