School News

Over the past few weeks Fifth & Sixth Class students have, as part of their science curriculum, used Lego We:Do to construct, design and code projects.  They have worked together in groups and have engineered many different machines, cars and robots! Well done...

It was Junior Infants turn to work with the Bee-Bots this week. On Thursday, some children from Senior Infants came in to show Junior Infants the ropes. There was fierce excitment and they all had great fun exploring them.  

On Wednesday some girls from 4th, 5th and 6th Class went to St. Brendan’s Park FC to participate in the FAI 5-a-side soccer blitz. Aughacasla NS entered two teams and both teams did extremely well and represented the school fantastically. All the girls had a great day...

Our story for Aistear this fortnight is the 'How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow'. It is a lovely story and they children are really enjoying it. The story teaches the importance of teamwork and perseverance through seven crayons with unique personalities and their...

Garda Trish Fitzpatrick visited the school last week to speak to 5th & 6th class about Social Media and Digital Consent. She also spoke to some of the other classes while she was there. She was very impressed with all classes she visited. She even requested that...

We were busy yesterday making some fabulous Saint Brigid’s crosses to celebrate our patron saint’s special day. Thank you to Breda for coordinating the day and for teaching us how to make these very special crosses. We are so proud of how they all turned out. Well...

Senior Infants had great fun today using Bee-Bots. Bee-Bots is an exciting robot designed specifically for use by young children. This colourful, easy-to-operate, and friendly little robot is a perfect tool for teaching counting, sequencing, directionality,...

The Credit Union Schools Quiz took place today, Sunday 26th January, in the Kerry Sports Academy, MTU North Campus, Tralee. Aughacasla NS entered two teams - U11 and U13. Both teams did fantastic and represented the school brilliantly. Huge well done to the two teams.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears is the story for Aistear this fortnight. Aistear is a curriculum framework for younger children. It is not a separate subject but a way of teaching and incorporating every subject. It places an important emphasis on learning through...

We are so proud of some of our girls who went into the palliative care unit last week to present a cheque to the Kerry Hospice Foundation with money they collected playing the tin whistle on The Wren. What a generous and amazing thing to do girls. Well done!