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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.  

Well done to pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th class who put on a Science Show for the younger classes today. We are so proud and impressed.

6th class have been really enjoying their cycling workshops. It is great to see them applying the skills learned out on the road.

3rd class worked really hard, learning all about The Vikings in Ireland. They were very proud showing off their projects to different classes and teachers.

4th and 5th class really enjoyed heading to Waterford SETU for their Peace Proms Choir Workshop. We are very excited for January and both classes are working so hard!

Policies & Documents

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…

Wishing everyone a very happy and very safe Halloween break! A very busy half-term was had by all in Our Lady’s Meadow and we are very proud of all the hard work completed by our pupils! We also want to give a special mention to our boys and girls who have reached their respective Cumann Read more…

A massive thank you to Angelo in Dunne’s Garden Centre who gave us his time and helped us pick out suitable plants for our school garden and to Martin Lawlor who has also helped us in planning for our garden. Martin was also on hand again to share his wealth of expertise with children from Read more…

Maths Week Ireland is an all-island initiative promoting positive attitudes towards maths and highlighting the importance of maths in our lives since 2006. This annual festival is a collaborative partnership of organisations including all the universities, institutes of technology, professional bodies, visitor centres and more. Maths Week is one of four national STEM festivals: it engaged directly Read more…

Martin Lawlor was on hand today to help 5th class plant a ‘Butterfly Garden’ in support of Emma Fogarty from Abbeyleix, Patient Ambassador of Debra Ireland and all those living with EB. UKG Kilkenny partnered with Debra Ireland to help raise awareness and distribute wildflower seeds to schools across Ireland. Ann Shortall made us aware of Read more…

4th and 5th classes are really enjoying getting to know their reading partner in Senior Infants.

Very happy faces during their first month back to school. Well done to all our pupils who are doing amazing work!