School News

This year, the 6th class pupils from Aughacasla NS are taking part in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme. This programme is designed to teach children about business and entrepreneurship. The students engage in thorough research, select a product, formulate a business...

Rochelle Lucey was back with the Junior Infants, Senior Infants and 1st Class last week to create some more lovely pieces of art. Christmas was the theme for this week and the children produced some beautiful looking pictures and cards. Well done everyone!...

Ms Greaney's 2nd and 3rd Class participated in Science week this year with some cool experiments. They did the colourful skittles and lava lamp experiments which turned out great. The world will always be in need of the next generation of scientists and there’s no...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the story for Aistear this fortnight in Junior Infants. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a story about a small caterpillar who emerges from an egg and begins eating everything in sight. It is a lovely story where children learn about the...

‘Elmer’ is our story for Aistear this fortnight. This much-loved story is about a patchwork elephant called Elmer. It is a beautiful story with the subtle message that it is okay to be different. The children are really enjoying the story and having great fun while...

Rochelle Lucey was in last week to do some lovely art with Juniors Infants, Seniors Infants and 1st Class. The Artist in Residence scheme facilitates a professional artist to make a series of visits to a school to work with students. We look forward to seeing what the...

Here at Aughacasla NS, we aim to foster a love for science, encourage curiosity, and stimulate a desire for discovery. Last week some classes engage in practical science activities during Science Week and Engineering Week, that provided new and exciting ways to learn....

Aughacasla National School is now open for Junior Infant enrolments for September 2024. Please click here to view our Annual Admission Notice  The closing date for acceptance of enrolment forms is March 1st 2024. This year’s enrolment form can be found on our Policy...

The staff and children held a ceremony on Thursday to mark Mrs Galvin’s retirement. It was a wonderful occasion filled with music, song, fond memories and much laughter.  The hall was decorated beautifully with artwork from sixth class.  It was great to see so many...

We were delighted to have Catherine Daly visit yesterday with her 'Super Furry Animals' as part of the Heritage In Schools Initiative. The children learned a lot about mammals, in particular mammals of Ireland. Catherine was absolutely excellent and all children...