World Book Day at St. Mary’s NS in Thomastown was a magical adventure filled with fun, creativity, and books! The children arrived dressed as their favourite characters, bringing stories to life in the most wonderful way. From wizards to superheroes to dinosaurs, the school was bursting with colour and excitement. Each child proudly brought in their favourite book to share with classmates. The highlight
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On Monday, 3rd March 2025, our school handball team competed in an A competition at O’Loughlin’s. First, Meahall Walsh played in the U11 Boys’ Singles and secured a fantastic victory. Next, Alisha Farrell competed in the U11 Girls’ Singles and also won her match. Then, Shay Hanrahan and Liam Tierney took part in the U11 Boys’ Doubles. They won their first match but, unfortunately,
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Last month we celebrated a very special Grandparents’ Day at St. Mary’s NS, filled with love, laughter, and precious memories. The day began with a beautiful Mass for the children and grandparents of 3rd class (Ms. Scott’s, Ms. O’Conor’s, and Ms. Kelly’s classes), celebrated by Fr. Dan. It was a heart-warming service that highlighted the importance of grandparents in our lives. After Mass, everyone
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School Will Remain Closed Tomorrow, Friday, 9th Jan, due to the adverse weather conditions.
Thank you to all who participated in this years SINGOUT concert! It was a huge success! We are so proud of all the young performers, who played and sang with such enthusiasm and confidence. A huge thanks to all the principals, teachers and parents who helped to make this happen. I’m attaching some photographs of the occasion for you to enjoy!
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Today, we had a magical surprise visit from Santa! The children were absolutely thrilled as Santa and Rudolph rode in on their sleigh through the school gates, spreading holiday cheer. Each class was lucky enough to have a special photo with Santa and received a delicious chocolate lollipop as a sweet treat. A big thank you to Santa for squeezing us into your jam-packed
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Today, the hall was filled with festive cheer as we enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Carol Service. The service featured beautiful songs learned in Music Generation, with each class showcasing their talent by performing a piece on the recorder. Well done to Liv Caffery, Ava O’Callaghan, Gracie Cassin, and Cynthia Murphy, who read the liturgy beautifully today. A heartfelt thank you to Barbara, our Music Generation
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Congratulations to the girls’ football team and their coaches, led by Yvonne Lyons, on their fantastic victory on Saturday morning! The team delivered an outstanding performance, and we couldn’t be prouder of their hard work and dedication. Well done to everyone involved! ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails”]
Halloween at our school was a fantastic celebration! The hallways and classrooms were filled with spooky decorations and creative costumes—ghosts, witches, skeletons, dead brides, vampires, mummies, and even a few friendly monsters. Excitement was in the air as students showed off their creative costumes, each one more imaginative than the last. The children took part in a lively costume parade around the school, proudly
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The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes competed in the Primary School Sports held in a cold but sunny Grennan today. All the children competed extremely well and represented our school superbly with many winning individual medals and all our teams medaling in the team events. Well done to all. Thank you to the parents who came along to support. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included”
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Thank you for supporting the Cake Sale once again this year. There were very generous donations of cakes, treats as well as bric a brac. Just over €3,300 was raised, which is a record amount. This will go towards STEM resources and all children will get to use them next year. We have listed our sponsors below and thank them sincerely for making the prizes for the raffle so
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The children had a wonderful school trip to Adventure World at the Watershed today, June 24th. This multi-activity sports camp incorporated fun, energetic, educational, and challenging activities for the children. They particularly enjoyed the giant water slide, swimming in the pool, the wrecking ball, and the giant inflatable obstacle course. It was a really fun day! ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails”]
Congratulations to Thomastown United U10 who came second in the Kilkenny United Tournament. Well done to Síofra Croke O’ Neill, Aleisha Farrell, Sarah Collins, Chloe Brennan, Aoife Hosey, Caoimhe Lanigan, Indie Farrell and captain Aideen Roche all the way from Inistioge. A big thanks also to our coach, Stephen Croke O’ Neill. We had a super day!
Last Saturday fortnight, we won the FAI tournament in Coolwagon. We beat a Dublin team, Shelbourne United, on penalties. Well done to Shay Hanrahan who scored the winning penalty. Mícheál Walsh and Liam Tierney also scored a penalty each. The final score was 3 – 2.
The only goal scored in the match happened in the first half. It was Thomastown’s corner and Ruby Collins was taking it. We all lined up and she took a brilliant corner and the ball went right in front of the goal. A highview player from the other team tried to knock it but it went the wrong way and we got our goal!
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