St. Joseph's National School 
Derrywash, Castlebar

We have been carefully following the life cycle of caterpillars as they grew and changed into chrysalis and then butterflies that we...

The moment we cheered on all the cyclists in Rás Tailteann. Well done to everyone who took part 👏🏼

This art project took us a few weeks but I think we would all agree that it was worth it. How beautiful are our solar system dioramas?...

Today 3rd & 4th class had a visit from a local firefighter and it was brilliant. We learned so much from Michael and we got to ask him...

Junior and Senior Infants had a great day out at Graune Pet Farm seeing and feeding lots of different animals and using up lots of energy...

3rd & 4th class experiencing Neil Armstrong's spacesuit in augmented reality. It's safe to say that everyone enjoyed this lesson!

What a wonderful day 2nd Class had in Ballintubber Abbey on Tuesday 2nd May at their Communion retreat. A day of bonding, prayer,...

It's been all about shapes here in 3rd & 4th since the Easter break. We really loved making these 3D shapes in Art and designing them...

What a day to start off hurling for the last term. Thanks to Louis from Mitchell's GAA for helping us out. Here's hoping the next few...

Congratulations to our Sports Quiz team who won the Cumann na mBunscoil Sports Quiz

3rd to 6th Classes entertained the patients in the Sacred Heart Home for the first time in 4 years. It was lovely to see all the smiling...

In February Junior and Senior Infants learned all about school past and present. We had lots of fun in our child led play. We had a visit...

Throughout November we have been busy learning all about our bodies. Today was a special day because a real live nurse came to answer all...

Lots of hands on and active learning about 2D shapes, the number 2 and addition this week!

This year 12 children started school with us in Derrywash NS. They have settled in beautifully and are having great fun in school.

Junior and Senior Infants have been busy getting to know each other in September. We looked carefully at our faces and did some self...