May Spar Soccer Tournament in Lecarrow
Art fun- Creating a mural with Gordon Darcy
Children are enjoying researching the mystery artist.
We got to hold chicks kindly brought in by parents.
Planting cabbage, coriander and onions.
picking and washing pea leaves.
Active Schools Week
Easter egg hunt
5 a-side soccer
We learned about electricity and made our own circuits
Write a book winners
Pupils busy planting in the polytunnel
Plantings seeds- tomatoes, carrots, turnips and herbs
Peter Keavney, Marie Mannion and Carmel Rourke came to talk to us about Tidy Towns
We raised 808.52 euro for Daffodil Day!
Gordan Darcy came to talk to us about birds!
Engineering Week - We made some well engineered sandals!
Science- Padraig from Galway aquarium came to visit us again. This time we dissected a squid!
Peace Proms 2019- UL arena Limerick
5th and 6th classes busy creating recipes for their J.E.P project with Jeeny Maltese
Peace Proms Choir 2019
Peace Proms Rehearsals in Limerick
Jeeny Maltese (My Nutrition Ireland)- talking to 5th and 6th classes for their J.E.P Project
Science activities- Padraig from Galway aquarium talked to us about ocean life!
Credit Union Quiz- Athenry
St. Brigid's Day
Grandparents Day
Tag Rugby January 2019
Creggs RFC New Pitch!
Rehearsals for Oliver!
Science Week- making lava lamps
Thanks to Una and Darren who helped us make a helicopter from lego as part of Enginner's week
s Week
Thanks to the girls for coming back to tell us all about their new school
Halloween Fun
Catherine Seale came to talk to us about water
McLaren comes to Creggs!
Athleague County Final Winners
2018
Tree Day- We planted daffodil bulbs and a Guelder Rose shrub for tree day. Thanks to Carol from Ardcarne garden centre and Teresa and Silvia from the village who helped us.
Retirement Party
Sports Day
Graduation Mass and Medal Presentation
Trip to cinema and park.
Well done to the boys and girls who reached the finals at the Tom Lohan & Noel Connelly memorial tournament in Glinsk.
Cumann na mBunscol. Hurling in Four Roads. Creggs winners.
Science Investigations
Does fire need oxygen?
Investigating what happens when eggs are soaked in water/vinegar.
Does bacteria cause mold to grow quicker?
Before
After
Construction using lego
Mark Fitzmaurice Tournament in Donamon
Girls Final Creggs v Lisaniskey
Boys Final- Creggs v Lisaniskey
Well done to our girls who won The Allianz Cumann na mBunscol camogie final yesterday in Four Roads.
Boys and Girls taking part in a Blitz in Oran
We are so lucky to have the hall for Cycle Safety Training on all these wet days
Making and programming models using Lego WeDo 2.0
The boys and girls taking part in Cycle Safety Training
Daffodil Day
Well done to the 6th class children who hosted a coffee morning in aid of the Irish Cancer Society
February
Engineers Week Feb 25 - March 2.
Designing and buildings models using marshmallows and
spaghetti.
Making slime
We were lucky to have the Liam MacCarthy Cup, Bob O'Keefe and the Nester Cups in our school today.
Carol from the National Wildlife Park in Connemara brought in a large selection of Irish mammals.
Dissecting a squid with Brendan from Galway Aquarium.
Brendan from Galway Aquarium taught us about Irish marine life. He gave us a mini aquarium to look after for a month.
A 'Mermaids Purse'- egg case of a dogfish.
Jaw bones of a shark
We have to do jobs daily to keep the animals in the tank healthy.
Releasing the prawn, flatfish, hermit crab, anemone, starfish and sand goby.
Pancake Tuesday and Valentines Art
We made and tested a model lung.
Grandparents Day
Peace Proms
St. Brigids Day
January 2018
Taking part in the Credit Union quiz in Athenry.
Peace Proms rehearsals
December 2017.
Rehearsing for The Wizard Of Oz
December 8.
Construction class !
December 7. Rugby Blitz - Junior Classes.
December 1 2017.
Visit to the water treatment plant.
November 2017
Sunday 26 Samhain.
Galway Science and Technology Exhibition in University College Galway.
We participated in this exhibition. The senior and middle rooms had completed studies on foods and sports shoes. This we presented at the university. We also got to see studies undertaken by other students.
We were fascinated by the latest in technology in 3D printing!
We saw the replica of Richard 111 's skeleton with all the telltale marks of the battle of Bosworth.
We were awarded a certificate of participation and enjoyed the day. Huge thanks to the children who attended and presented their studies so well and their parents.And a special shout out to Ms Morgan who did all the hard work with us.... Thank you!
Participating primary schools.
This is what it is like presenting the weather on RTE against a green blank screen.
3 D printing, we got a tiger.
To celebrate Science Week we attended a science magic show in the Convent of Mercy in Roscommon. Carol also visited our classroom and taught us more about bats.
October 2017
Maths Week Activities
Rugby Blitz in Donamon
September 2017
Investigating Gravity
Art- Marbling using food colouring and almond milk.
June 2017
Trip to the Abbey in Roscommon.
Sports Day
Presentation of medals on sports day/
Raising the Green flag, the Active School flag and the Junior Entrepreneur flag.
Cycle in Aghrane Forest
5th and 6th class carrying out some science investigations.
Experiment to prove air takes up space.
Using static electricity to move a can.
Bending bones using vinegar
Dissolving an egg shell using vinegar.
Making a lava lamp
Cleaning coins.
Confirmation Class
Congrats to the boys who won the Cumann Na Bunscoil hurling final..
May 2017
Tag Rugby Donamon
School Tour 2017
Bay Sports Athlone
Our Annual Mark Fitzmaurice tournament took place in Donamon on Friday 26th May featuring seven local schools. Thanks to everyone for taking part and congratulations to the overall winners.
Cumann na mBunscoil Football tournament in Ballyforan May 24th
May 23.
After swimming we went on a local history tour to Roscommon Park, Roscommon Castle and Fuerty Abbey.
Tidy Towns
New signs for the wildlife park..
5th and 6th class receiving our 8th Green flag for the school in Galway.
Congrats everyone 🎌
April 2017
Well done to the boys who won the U13 Connacht Cup Final on Sunday.
March 2017
Rugby Blitz
5th and 6th class taking part in a rugby blitz in Creggs
Daffodil Day
Well done to 6th class who hosted a coffee morning on Daffodil Day in aid of the Irish Cancer Society and thanks to everyone who supported the event..
Well done to 5th and 6th class students who showcased their J.E.P products in the school hall on Friday the 24th.
Boys and Girls taking part in a soccer tournament in Lecarrow
James Fallon (author) came to talk to the children about his book "Alannah, Lorcan and the Wolf"
National Tree Week
Marion(Knockvicar Organic Centre, Boyle) and Annie (Willow Dome Structure Creator) from the wild life park came to talk to us about Trees and leaves to celebrate National Tree Week..
Peace Proms Limerick 2017
February 2017
Pancake Tuesday
Seanie Lohan came to talk to us today to tell us about energy saving in our homes and explained about B.E.R..
Martin Curley came to teach us how to look up our family history on the internet..
We took part in the Operation Transformation 10@10.
Mark came to talk to us about getting the Green Flag.
January 2017
Congrats to Mr Dowd on winning sports person of the Month for October.
Participating in the Credit Union Quiz in Athenry on Sunday 29 January.
Soccer Tournament in Ballygar
Pat came to give us Golf lessons. We learned to watch our posture- straight back and knees bent. We learned how to hold the club and the three parts of the club- the head, the shaft and the grip. It was good fun..
December 2016
Rehearsing for the Christmas Play.
Carol singing in the Sacred Heart Home Roscommon.
Boys and girls from Creggs N.S and neighbouring schools taking part in a soccer tournament in memory of Elaine Curley.
Thank you John Tobin for donating money to our Sunshine room.
Michael Nolan from Ballygar came to talk to us about his time spent helping the people of Haiti
November 2016
5th and 6th class busy doing their Maths trail
October 2016
HALLOWEEN
On Tuesday, we dressed up in costume together with Mrs. Connolly's classroom. Kristina Scanlon came to our school to teach us all about beauty and nail design. We helped Kristina to paint the faces of the children in the infant and 1st class classroom. We had a great time. Thank you Kristina.
Jenny busy at work
Very busy painting
Queuing up
Some finished faces
Soccer Tournament in Donamon
Bert the Beekeeper came to talk about bees, hives and the work of the bee. Thank you Bert
Congrats to the girls who won an u12 County final
Tree Day
Thanks to Bina for planting a Rowan tree in our wildlife park for National Tree Day.
In Ballyhaunis for the GAA skills competition with Gerry Morris.
Sean and Martin (cycle Safety trainers) came to train 5th / 6th class students today.
September 2016
Kieran Dowd, a past pupil of the school came to tell us about his job piloting for Ryanair.
Sean Gavin and his son Jack called from Shiven Rovers FC with their plaque, won for Club of the year 2016.
June 2016
Farewell mass for 6th class and prize-giving day.
22nd June 2016
Meeting Roscommon footballer Enda Smith in Bank of Ireland!
5th class boys showing off their skills with knex!!
Good Luck to the Feile boys!!
Meeting Ciaran Murtagh at the finals of the gaelic in Ballyleague.
Ciaran is captain of the Roscommon senior team.
Brendan was in Athenry at the Teagasc 1916 celebrations displaying old photos of Creggs school.
Creggs N.S skills winner at the exhibition at half time at the senior match between Sligo and Roscommon in Dr. Hyde Park.
Well done the Rossies..
Congrats..
Winner of the GAA excellence in skills competition for the county.
Goodbye and thanks to Gerry for all the Gaelic training all year.
Tommy Lohan cup in Glinsk
Gaelic for boys and girls
Hurling Champions
Winners against Mt Talbot/Feevagh
Congrats boys..
Our broad beans germinated in the glass jars with the kitchen paper and water.
The roots grew down, the shoots grew up, leaves appeared, they germinated!
Through to the Final!! We beat Ballintubber St Croans.
Michael, Jimmy and Pierre Ward came to visit our school. Michael is a great friend to Creggs school..
May 2016
Transplanting our summer seedlings.
Creggs v Tarmon
Creggs GAA pitch
Tasting foods from E U countries at the Bluestar E U food fare.
We went on a Nature walk in Derryhippo, Oughtagh and Tonamaddy. All the bluebells are out. We mapped out our route before we left.
Garda Brian and Garda Tom came with our posters to remind people to slow down driving through our village.
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Winners of the competition.. |
We had a talk from the National President of the Pioneer Association Mr James Shevlin . James is from Glinsk. James came with Mary Devaney - Daniel, Cillian and Laurens granny. John Peter Kelly came also. John Peter and Mary are local longtime members of the Creggs Pioneer Association. Thank you James, Mary and John Peter.
Sowing our wild flower seeds for summer blooms.
Pasta, rice and pea art..
Making Google glasses..
April 2016
Mark Fitzmaurice tournament in Donamon.
5th and 6th class boys competing in the 5 aside Spar FAI Primary schools soccer finals in Castlebar. We had a super day !!
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| Our great supporters!! |
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| team talk |
Celebrating 1916 in the School hall.
Enjoying the wildlife Park in Springtime.
Brendan Smyth (N.U.I.G) is back with us teaching us how to digitally animate cartoons.
National Spring Clean
5th/6th class did the spring clean on the school grounds and throughout the village.
We had a special visit from the Dutch Ambassador and his wife. Marian Harkin M.E.P was here too. We learned all about the Netherlands and the E.U.
As part of our Junior Science Project we had an exhibition in the school hall to show our experiments. Miss Coyle helped us. Thank you Miss Coyle.
Congrats to the senior boys who won the soccer tournament in Shiven. They beat Granlahan, Brideswell, Curraghboy and Lisaniskey. They scored 21 goals in total. They are through to a Connacht final in Castlebar.
March 2016
The Assistant Commissioner Gerry Roache came to visit with Garda Brian Neilan.
"One World/One Future"
We entered for the Irish Aid Awards 2016. We wrote about our on going Green Schools work and the fundraising we are doing to help Anthony (past pupil) to go to Tanzania in June and help the children there. Today is our Jersey Day. We will give the money gathered from today to Anthony.
Good Luck Anthony
Proclamation Day
15th of March 2016
Daffodil Day
Thanks to everyone who supported our coffee morning in aid of The Irish Cancer Society, €810 was raised.
4th 5th and 6th class boys and girls taking part in a soccer tournament in Lisnamult on Tuesday the 8th of March. Creggs A team won all of their matches and are through to a final in April.
Guard Brian Neilan came to talk to us about Drug Awareness as part of our S.P.H.E programme.
February 2016
As part of our 1916 Centenary celebrations 5th and 6th class went on a tour of Collins Military Barracks/Museum.
Green School EXPO
On Thursday the 25th of February 5th and 6th class attended the Green School's Expo at the R.D.S in Dublin.
Galway Atlantaquaria
On 17th February we visited Galway Atlantaquaria, Ireland's Largest Aquarium. Our tour guide Ian taught us all about the different sea creatures. We even got the chance to feed and touch some of them!
Checking out the waterfall pool...
We got to hold a Starfish. Ian told us to hold it upside down so the starfish wouldn't stick to our hands!
We also got to hold a Spiny Spider Crab!
Pancake Tuesday
Celebrating Grandparents day with the Army Band..
Suzanne showed us the hyacinth in bloom from 5th and 6th class room.
We were busy making St.Brigids crosses from rushes for February the 1st.
January 2016
Well done to the U-13 Team who represented Creggs N.S at the Credit Union quiz in Athenry on January 31st.
M.E.P Mairead Mc Guinness came to visit.
We showed her our projects about the E.U.
Soccer tournament Ballygar and Basketball tournament in Dunmore.
Congrats to the boys who won out the soccer tournament.
Hello to Fr. Larry. Welcome to Creggs N.S.
Goodbye and thank you to Fr. John.
December 2015
Anthony came to visit us at the school.
Anthony came to school in Creggs N.S. He is now studying "Genetics" at U.C.D.
He told us all about his course. He is going to Tanzania in Africa as a volunteer for four weeks in the summer to help the children there.
Christmas art
Every student hand made a decoration to hang on the xmas tree in the church.
Well done to all the 5th and 6th class boys and girls in their Christmas play, great performances by all..
Practice makes perfect- Nearly there! We know all the songs, actions and dance moves! Thank you to all who helped with making the costumes, props etc. A special thank you to Dean for making the "Magical Christmas Jigsaw" for us. Also to Arlene for her help with the art work! Come and enjoy the show everyone.
The boys and girls of 5th and 6th class are busy preparing for their Christmas play "The Magical Christmas Jigsaw". It will be held on Thursday the 17th of December
Christmas Art
Thanks to Dean Flynn (T.Y) Ballygar for cutting all the logs for us and bringing them in.
Thanks to Lieut. Paul Dunne for delivering the national flag to our school in advance of the celebrations of the centenary of the 1916 rising in 2016.
November 2015
On Saturday the 28th of November in the Mattie McDonagh centre in Ballygar we displayed some photos of our community as part of the Business and Community Expo.
Kate 6th Class
Kate was acting with the local Kilbegnet Drama group in their recent production of "Troubled Batchelors". The play was staged in the local hall twice already in November. Helena and Shaun were also acting in it. They came to school here when they were small as did Bobby. Seamus (Patrick and Conor's grandad)was brilliant in the play and Shauna and Nathans auntie Amanda was also on stage. Well done to all involved.
We finished our computer training for now. We typed up lots of local history and also typed up pieces about places of interest in and around Creggs as well as bits about our local sporting clubs. We made a powerpoint presentation from our finished work. We also made booklets of our finished work. Thank you to Breda Coyle (GRD)for sponsoring our computer training and to Eileen, Mary and Teresa (tutors who came from Glenamaddy development company).
5th and 6th class had a stand at the Science and Technology Exhibition in NUIG on Sunday the 22nd of November. Brendan Smith had come to the school and did a clay/digital animation lesson with us. We made a character from plasticine.
We took a photo of it. We sent the photo to the laptop via email. We then could use the photo to make a moving animated character out of the photo using the scratch programme for coding. Thank you Brendan.
Lots of other groups were exhibiting including Boston Scientific/ Medtronic/ GMIT/ Cisco etc.
Brendan is going to show us how to make Google glasses the next time he visits. Looking forward to that!
Science Week
Observing, predicting, recording, melting, tasting and measuring... Having Fun!!
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| dissolving an egg in vinegar |
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| waiting for liquid to expand when heated |
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| measuring |
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| taking turns |
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| recording |
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| using heat to melt crayons |
Art work by 5th and 6th class, September-October
Making our own paint using flour, salt, food colouring and water
Painted Globe Mobiles
Colour Theory
Mixing colours: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary
Halloween Pictures
Autumn art
Mrs Melia with Patrick from sixth class
Our altar at school.
October 2015
Soccer tournament held at the school
Ballaghlea and Lisaniskey schools came to take part
Maths week
5th and 6th class children taking part in a maths trail.
Soccer Tournament in Donamon
Well done to our boys who won out the competition.
Les Miserables
5th, 6th and Sunshine classes went to see Les Miserables Musical in Glenamaddy town hall yesterday, It was a great show and we all really enjoyed the music, we met past pupils and Dympna's daughter Dervla who played three different parts in the show.
Winning students in the Glenamaddy primary school's art competition.
Maria in 5th class won tickets for the musical "Hairspray"which is being staged by Colaiste Mhuire students in Ballygar. Maria's art picture was the best. Well done Maria. Ita and Grace from Ballygar presented the tickets to Maria.
Two sixth class boys proudly showing us the cup the won for playing under 12's soccer with Shiven Rovers, congrats to all involved.
Computer Training
Computer training for all classes started today with Eileen & Mary. We learned a lot and are looking forward to computers again next Tuesday.
September 2015
Hairspray
Six Nations Cup
A representitive from the Connacht Ladies Rugby Team came to visit us with the Six Nations Cup. They talked to us about the huge level of commitment involved between training hard and watching their diet. They also spoke about the friendships made, loyalty and encouragement each player gains from working as a team.
Soccer Tournament in Donamon September 2015
Pictures of the 4th 5th and 6th class boys and girls taking part in the eleven aside soccer tournament
Narrative Writing
The Orphans - by H. Gavin
It was a stormy rainy night. Two children were after escaping from a local orphanage. They were very frightened. They were coming into a dark, dirty alley in down town New York. Suddenly they saw two men were coming towards them. They saw a dumster and jumped in before the men arrived. They heard the men talking. They were saying where are "Those dirty rotten chidren" "When I get my hands on them I will kill them". There was so much fear in the children's eyes. They were thinking where could they sleep for the night? Next they found a steel bar then they hit the men and knocked them out cold and stole all their money. Then they ran for there lives. Then a family found them and the family asked what happened and the children told them there story. The lovely family felt sorry for them. The family decided to take them in and keep them safe for the rest of their life. The children were so happy they finally had a family after ten years. They never had to go back to the dirty rotten orphanage.Two Little Dogs - by S. Carter
Once upon a time there lived two little dogs and a man. The two little dogs kept going into the mans field. The man was a farmer. He had 35 sheep 5 bulls and 6 cows. But one day the dog's went into the field again and the man caught them. So the farmer took the two dogs home. The farmer said that they could have one more chance and gave the dogs back to the owner. So the two little dog's owner and her dad built a cage for the two little dogs. They put the two little dogs in the cage. But the two little dogs started to dig under the cage. The two little dogs got out of the cage. When the owner went out fo feed the two little dogs they were not there. The two little dogs had gone into the farmers field this time the farmer had a gun. The owner saw the two little dogs in the field. The owner ran into the field and grabbed the two little dogs. Now they keep them in the house and the farmer has moved away.Maths Week
Maths week took place from October 15th - October 19th. As part of maths week at school we were promoting the use of board games. Board games have been a cultural phenomenon since the beginnings of civilisation. Mathematical board games provide an opportunity, through play, for the acquisition and practice of basic maths skills. The children were playing cards, scrabble, dominoes, snakes and ladders, draughts, ludo, chess, connect 4, guess who?, monopoly and many other games.
Confirmation
The 6th class pupils made their confirmation on the 2.5.2012. The children confirmed were Ciarán, Michael, Dean, Brian, Joe, Gabrielle and Tara. The ceremony was held in Kilbegnet church. Thank you to Fr. Phelim Jordan and Bishop Christopher Jones for helping to make our day a special one.
Book Fair
This year we had a book fair. It was alot of fun. There were a lot of top of the range books such as 'War horse'. There was also a display of posters, erazers and pencils
which a lot of pupils bought. Our school recieved €312 worth of books to read and enjoy. Thank You Mrs. Kelly for all your hard work.
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