Confirmation Retreat in Knock
In preparation for their Confirmation, the pupils of Ballagh NS attended a retreat in Knock today.
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Christmas Cheer
Christmas came early to Ballagh NS. On the day of the holidays, Pupils all came to school dressed in their festive gear. The Parent’s Association held a Christmas Raffle and there were a huge selection of prizes to be won. There was also a sellers prize of a beautiful fun filled hamper. Many thanks to […]
Halloween in Ballagh NS
The Halloween break got off to scary but exciting start in Ballagh NS, as the school was filled with all types of witches, skeletons and scary monsters. For more pictures of Halloween, please go to gallery..
World Book Day
World Book Day was a great success at Ballagh NS with all classes taking part. We were delighted to meet such a great variety of characters!
Ballagh NS learns all about The Irish Potato Famine
The pupils from Third to Sixth class has compiled fantastic projects on the theme of the Gorta Mó or The Irish Potato Famine. They worked in groups to research online their projects in depth. They integrated their work across the curriculum including making Art modals of Strokestown House, a labourer’s cottage, lazy beds, a landlord’s […]
Dentist Visit
For the month of January, the Junior Room have been working on the theme “The Dentist” through Aistear. Last week dentist Dr. Eleanor Keaveney along with Eileen Mannion visited the Junior Room. The displayed sugar boards and talked to the children about the various amounts of sugar in different foods. The children were then shown how […]
Harvest Time in Ballagh School
The children reaped the benefits of their hard work when they harvested their crop of vegetables recently. As you can see, the school garden was a very successful ventue.
Tag Rugby Blitz
The children from 3rd to 6th class had a great day of tag rugby in Creggs Rugby Club recently.
Jasmine’s Winning Art
At a recent Enterprise Awareness workshop in the school, all the children took part in an art competition to design artwork and a slogan. Congratulations to Jasmine Gibbons, who had the winning entry and her artwork will now represent Ballagh school in the next stage of the competition.
The Vikings come to Ballagh School
We would like to sincerely thank Roscommon County Council who provided funding for a visit from Heritage in Schools Expert, David Swift. Dave Swift has been working in Ireland as a field-archaeologist since 1999. As founder of Living History & Re-enactment group ‘Claíomh’ he has been involved in Irish historic recreation work for more than […]