School News

There were some very spooky and scary characters in Aughacasla National School today as the children dressed up for Halloween. Well done to all the children (and their parents) for putting in such an amazing effort.   After a very difficult decision Miss Williams...

Today we hosted a wear your stripes for the RMHC (Ronald McDonald House Charity) fundraiser in school. This fundraising event will play a role in RMHC ability to support hundreds of Families throughout Ireland who stay with the RMHC each year while their child is ill...

This fortnight’s theme was the book ‘Room on the Broom’. The children explored the book and each activity they did was based on the book. Each group made a witch’s face, wrote about a witch, interpreted playdough pieces on the story and preformed a drama based on the...

Following on from the success of pumpkin carving on Monday Breda continued with the senior end yesterday and today. Children were put into groups and each created their own pumpkin. There were some very inventive pumpkins. Miss Williams has the very difficult decision...

Thanks to parent Genie Farrell for delivering a robot to Ms Hennessy's 5th and 6th class. It’s arrival is creating great excitement. The first challenge is following all the steps to build a robot which will work by remote control. We hope that once the robot is built...

We really got in the spirit of Halloween today. Our SNA Breda carved pumpkins with the younger classes. They had great fun and really enjoyed helping with the carving. Breda will do the same with the senior classes later in the week. Thank you Breda.   The senior...

On Friday 3rd - 6th Class went on a field trip exploring our local environment. Aine Brosnan from heritage in schools brought the children to local  heritage sites. First they saw a local ring fort near glentanassigh, next they visited the Maharees where they saw a...

Deirdre Walsh from Radio Kerry visited Aughacasla National School on Monday to met a group of children who serve in Mass every weekend at St Mary’s church in Camp and Miss O'Shea. They did a great interview and came across fantastic. Well done everyone. Have a listen...

There was fierce excitement in school today as the Tom Markham Cup arrived for a visit. Man of the match Killian Falvey and Colm Moriarty brought the cup to Aughacasla NS. It was great to welcome such talented young players to our school. Winning the five in a row is...