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The Student Council added some items to the Calm Corners in the Junior end of the school and gave footballs to the Seniors. Many thanks to all who supported their Christmas Raffle. As the weather improves they will be looking for suggestions from all the pupils as to how best to spent the rest of Read more…

It was lovely to welcome back past pupils Matthew and Shane for an impromptu music session with Michael.

Our whole school is really enjoying our block of Yoga classes. These classes are so beneficial to the children in Our Lady’s Meadow.

Congratulations to the pupils who took part in a recent Robotics Competition in Mountmellick, you represented your school so well and we are very proud of you. Thank you to all the teachers involved! See links below for photographs and more information about the day! https://laois.ie/newsroom/2026/photos-laois-regional-vex-iq-robotics-competition-for-primary-schools-day-2-january-29th-2026 https://laois.ie/newsroom/2026/laois-winners-of-recent-2026-vex-iq-robotics-competitions

Congratulations to the boys who recently took part in the annual, county level Cumann na mBunscol Laoise Handball tournament on Friday 6th February in Cullohill Handball Club. It was great to see so many of them representing our school. A special congratulations to Odhran who will be the single boy representing Laois in Croke Park Read more…

A massive well done to our 4th, 5th and 6th class pupils for taking part in Peace Proms 2026, you did us so proud. A massive thank you to everyone involved in the production also.

Second Class have been learning all about Our Solar System. They created rockets last week using materials from home. Everyone put in a brilliant effort and made fantastic presentations, explaining what they had used and how they had made their rockets. Well done!

A massive well done and thank you to the pupils in 5th and 6th class who organised a Christmas Fair for the whole school today. They had almost 200 visitors to their classroom today and were on top form and best behaviour throughout the whole day. They had games like Pin the Red Nose on Read more…

Congratulations to our Student Council Christmas Raffle winners, Donnacha, Ruán and Aaron. Thanks to everyone for your support.

A massive well done to all pupils who took part in the school nativity tonight. You were all fantastic and should be very proud of yourselves!

A very special visitor in school earlier today…

Thank you to the members of Durrow Fire Brigade who visited pupils in 2nd and 3rd class this week to discuss fire safety. They also showed the pupils some safety equipment and the different areas of the fire engine!

Second Class enjoyed a fabulous wreath-making workshop with the knowledgeable Martin Lawlor recently. Martin demonstrated how an Advent Wreath is made using an oasis, foliage and berries. The children loved learning about the meaning of Advent and how a wreath is made. Later, the children set off making their own in groups. The results were Read more…

A huge thank you to PJ and Marian Aylward who called into our 4th Class and brought a selection of artefacts for the children to investigate. The class had a lot of fun trying to work out the function of a number of historical objects, including a carriage lamp, a cobbler’s anvil, A Gunther’s Chain Read more…

Well done to the boys and girls in 4th, 5th and 6th classes who presented a Science Show for their younger school mates on Thursday, November 27th. The investigations and experiments were very interesting and took a lot of preparation, so they should be very proud of their efforts.

We were delighted to help the students from Heywood CS with their BT Young Scientist Project recently. Best of luck in the future! We were equally as delighted to have Transition Year Students from Heywood visit us and deliver a Science Exhibition for Science Week with 4th and 5th class. We were especially thrilled to Read more…

A massive thank you as always to Martin who was on hand to help us with our School Garden! Martin helped 5th and 6th class clear and weed the garden for winter and also helped them plant a shamrock plant each that will be ready to take home in March. Well done 5th and 6th Read more…

Well done to all pupils from 3rd-6th class who took part in hockey lessons in November. A massive thank you to Karen for sharing your passion and skills with us!

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On the 5th of November, 2nd and 3rd classes participated in a Gaeilic Football blitz in the Centre of Excellence in Portlaoise. The children enjoyed putting all the skills they have learned into practice and they showed wonderful teamwork and sportsmanship. Well done 2nd and 3rd class!