St. Joseph's National School 
Derrywash, Castlebar

We welcomed Declan Holmes to 5th & 6th class this week. We learned all about coding and how to use the Scratch and Microsoft Micro:bit...

We are delighted to have Stephanie Kilkenny back for traditional music lessons every Tuesday.

Junior & Senior Infants loved painting a summer beach scene. This lesson got us all excited about what we hope is a sunny summer break ☀️

Infants were talking a lot about labelling images and work in our copies so today we took that outside and labelled our bodies.

Mrs Jennings brought a surprise spring visitor into our class today and her name is Tiny 🐑.

Big excitement in Ms Jennings' class today when Tiny the Lamb came to visit. We used all the language we have learned during Aistear in...

The excitement was at an all time high this week when the children saw their sunflowers starting to grow ☀️

Last week we were designing and building our own castles from a fairytale 🏰

We had a beautiful day for our outdoor concert with Anthony. If you weren’t lucky enough to get a ticket have a look at this short video...

We are working towards our Amber Flag promoting positive mental health. This week we are focusing on deep breathing and "bubble breaths",...

The excitement of planting our very own sunflowers today was real! We cannot wait to see them grow 🌻

Seachtain na Gaeilge, an fhéile Ghaeilge is mó in Éirinn agus ar fud an domhain!

Junior & Senior Infants using these fabulous resources from Balancing Act Toys during Aistear this morning developing and encouraging...

4th Class researched the Vikings and published their projects using Adobe Spark Creative Cloud. We learned the importance of researching...

Thank you so much to Mr Tiernan and 5th & 6th class for making such tasty pancakes for us today. We loved them.

Infants made some beautiful pet lambs using bubble wrap and paint 🐑

This week, as part of our work towards the Amber Flag, we created Valentines Day cards for the one's we love to make them smile! 4th...

Ms. Madden called into Fourth Class with her guitar and immediately pupils were happy to stop their hard work on their animal refuges...

Our Fifth and Sixth Classes love their drum lessons! In this video they are thoroughly enjoying their session in our sun-filled school...

Fourth Class were very hard at work recently designing a home for a wild animal of their choice. They had to take many aspects into...