School News
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Handa’s Surpise
'Handa's Surprise' is the theme for Aistear this fortnight. Working on a new theme each fortnight the children learn new vocabulary, develop their problem solving skills, work as part of a team as well as developing communication and play skills. It is a fabulous...
Parent/Teacher Meetings 2020
Our Parent-Teacher meetings will take place on Thursday 30th January. All children need to be collected at 2.55 pm in order to facilitate the meetings, which commence at 3.15 pm and finish at 6 pm. If the time allocated to you is not suitable, please arrange to swop...
A look at what we have done so far in 2020….
We have been very busy since we returned. Junior and Senior Infants have been doing 'The Mitten' in Aistear this fortnight. 1st and 2nd Class were busy doing projects on China. 3rd and 4th Class did some procedural writing on how to make a sandwich and some magical...
Cross Country Training 2020
Cross Country training has begun with the school entering boys & girls in 3/4th class and 5th/6th class races. The 3rd/4th class race is 1200 meters long for both boys and girls and the 5th/6th class race is 2000 meters long also for both boys and girls. The...
Now Enroling for September 2020
We are now enroling for Junior Infants 2020. To enrol your child please download the form below and fill it out. Remember to include PPS Numbers and Eircodes on the form. Please return the form to Aughacasla National School by February 1st 2020. We will have an Open...
Aistear – ‘The Mitten’
The theme for Aistear this fortnight is the story 'The Mitten' which is a lovely winter story. The creatures of the forest are slowly making their home in a mitten - a mole, then a rabbit, a hedgehog, an owl, a badger, a fox — even a bear! They pack themselves in as...
Gymnastics
Gymnastics started today with Teresa from Tralee Gymnastics Club and will continue every Wednesday for the next 5 weeks for all classes. The children enjoyed their first day and we can't wait to learn more over the next few weeks. NOTE: Please ensure all children wear...
Welcome Back!
We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and we wish you all a very Happy New Year. We are very excited to see what 2020 has in store for us in Aughacasla NS. Reminder: Parent/Teacher meetings will take place on Thursday 30th January. Further details will be given...
Christmas Performances
What an amazing two nights of performances Aughacasla NS had this week. All the children were fantastic. From actors, musicians and dancers we had two incredible nights. So much preparation and practice went into all the plays over the last few week and we couldn't be...
Hand writer of the Month – December
As part of our School Self Evaluation we are focusing on handwriting for this year. We aim to try improve and develop handwriting throughout the school. As an incentive and motivation, a child from each class will be selected as hand writer of the month and will be...