Blog/ School News

Thank you Nicola for all your fantastic teaching over the past few weeks. The children have really enjoyed learning to play the recorder with you and loved bringing in their instruments today!

2nd class enjoyed discussing their favourite books and also participated in shared reading with their friends in 1st class, played book bingo and enjoyed a book quiz.

A special thank you to Diana and Izzie from 6th class who designed a child-friendly ‘Bí Cineálta’ policy which outlines what bullying is, what to do if you or someone you know experiences bullying and the steps that will be taken once you talk to a trusted member of staff. These child-friendly policies will be Read more…

A massive congratulations to the Senior Camogie Players from Coláiste Mhuire Johnstown who won the All-Ireland ‘B’ Colleges’ Trophy in February. It was especially lovely to have some of our past-pupils come and visit. What an inspiration for our younger pupils!

We are very excited to have Laura King with us for the next few weeks, teaching 3rd, 4th and 5th class all about Yoga!

Well done to Ciarán, Liam, Frankie and Conor who represented our school in the Cumann na mBunscol GAA Quiz on Tuesday evening in Portlaoise.

A big well done to our STEM Club members who travelled to Ballyroan N.S. on February 5th to participate in our first VEX IQ Robotics Regional Final. We are extremely proud of the team for representing our school so well. Our Lady’s Meadow STEM Club was set up after receiving a robotics kit from Seanie Read more…

Well done to Rian and James for representing our school in the Laois Handball Cumann na mBunscol Competition. Congratulations to James who has progressed through to the Leinster Final in Croke Park on Wednesday 12th March. Best of luck James, we are all very proud of you!

The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland Peace Proms Concert ‘Peace Proms is more than just a music program – it promotes ‘peace through music’ and empowers young minds to make a positive impact on the world around them. The highlight of the program is our spectacular large-scale production featuring up to 3,000 choir members and Read more…

A massive thank you to Tom for visiting us with his animals. Tom’s visit is a favourite with all classes!  

2nd class have been learning about the history of schools and education in Durrow. They interviewed Mary Collins and Mrs. Coe about their experiences as pupils and principals in the Presentation Convent, and Our Lady’s Meadow. Thank you so much Mary for visiting us and sharing your knowledge. 5th class would like to thank Jimmy Read more…

A huge thank you to Sean Conroy, Delphine Lawlor and Brian Sheppard who very kindly visited 6th class to help us with our Local History Project on organisations in Durrow. All visitors gave us very insightful information about The Harps GAA, The Scouts and The Lions AFC. Thanks to Brian for very kindly raffling two Read more…

Policies & Documents

Pupils in Our Lady’s Meadow have been very excited in the lead up to Christmas and have been taking part in a range of activities from carol singing to a football blitz and everything in between! 1st class were busy making festive wreaths and snowmen while 2nd class enjoyed making Christmas decorations and were one Read more…

Below are pictures of 4th and 5th pre and post 1km dash. After a small amount of training, children ran/ walked for 1km at their own pace today with their teachers. Children were very proud of each other and cheered everyone along during the kilometre. Well done 4rh and 5th class, keep up the running!

The Student Council wishes to thank all the families who so generously supported our Christmas raffle. We reached a total of €551. The Student Council will meet in January to discuss the best way to spend the money. We also wish to acknowledge the generosity of Michael Donohue’s Mammy, Caroline who donated our runner up Read more…

Well done to 4th and 5th class who sang beautifully for both staff and clients of Abbeyleix Health Care. A big thank you to the girls from 6th class, Ray and Vincent who played with us too! Well done to all the boys and girls who sang carols today too, we are definitely getting into Read more…

A massive thank you to Seanie Morris, STEM Engagement Officer from Laois County Council who spoke to the children from 4th to 6th about STEM, in particular the engineering of robots and coding. We are very excited to get started with our kit, worth over €1500.

Tickets go on sale from tomorrow for our Student Council’s Annual Christmas Hamper. Tickets will cost €2 for one strip and 3 strips will cost €5. Tickets will be on sale in the front hall at 09:00. The raffle will take place next week. Good luck everyone!

Our Lady’s Meadow pupils are enjoying participating in the Active Break Challenge for 2024. The boys and girls from Juniors to 6th are enjoying four weeks of participation in this fun challenge. A massive thanks to the Irish Heart Foundation.