School News

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Today there was great excitement as Santa came to visit the school and brought each child a present. The children sang songs, asked him questions and told him jokes. He was very entertained by everyone here and seemed to really enjoy his visit. Thanks for visiting and...

THANK YOU to everyone who has donated to the Food Drive collection so far. We have a collection area in the school hall where you can drop off any items that you may wish to donate by this Friday 20th December. The food items they are looking for include tinned...

Today some pupils from 5th and 6th Class visited Oceanview Nursing Home to sing Christmas carols and perform for the residents. It was a lovely day and the children did a great job entertaining everyone. Thanks to Mrs Heasman and Breda for accompanying the children...

Everyone is feeling very festive this week and it is showing in their art. The children have made some amazing creations and the school looks very Christmasy. Well done everyone. Have a look at our lovely Christmas art for yourself.....

Our Christmas Performances are taking place in the school hall over 2 nights this year and preparations are well underway. The Junior Infant to 2nd Class performance will be taking place on the 17th of December starting at 7pm. Juniors and Senior infants will be...