Entries by

Credit Union Art Success

A big congratulations to Jasmine and Lyndsey who were winners in the recent Credit Union Art Competition.  The standard of entries was very high and it was a wonderful achievement for both girls to receive prizes in this competition.  Jasmine came 2nd in the 8-10 year category and Lyndsey came 2nd in the 11-13 year […]

Aistear in our classroom

Ms.  Taylor and the Junior Room are extremely busy  exploring the theme of the building site  and ‘Houses and Homes’. We are very busy! We set up a building site in our home corner. We have a building site at the back of our  school at the minute while our fantastic Multi Use  Games Area […]

Parents Association

Thank you so much to our wonderfully committed and hardworking Parents Association who recently held a very successful Quiz night in Rattigans. They are always so busy fundraising for great things to benefit our school. Thank you to our local community who are so generous also.

Science Fair

We recently held a Science Fair in our school.  Thanks to Ms. Taylor for all her hard work in preparing the experiments.   We did lots of Physics and Chemistry experiments.  As you can see, we had a great fun trying out these experiments. We love STEM subjects in Ballagh NS.

Christmas Shoebox Appeal

Thank you to all the parents and children for taking the time and making the effort to fill a shoebox for the Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal.  A large collection of shoeboxes were collected from our school this week and will make some little girls and boys very happy this Christmas. Well done everyone!

Maths Week

We participated in Maths games, Maths stations and  a Maths Trail in our locality. We enjoyed collecting  real life data – we carried out  a traffic survey and calculated our average distance and time. We integrated the Measures Strand into our Maths Trail. We used lots of Maths language during the week in homework activities. […]

Food Dudes Programme

What is the Food Dudes Programme Food Dudes is a programme developed by the University of Wales, Bangor, to encourage children to eat more fruit and vegetables both in school and at home. It is based on positive role models (the Food Dudes characters), repeated tasting and rewards. It is ultimately designed to enable children […]

Greenschools

Dear School Community, This year we are working hard towards obtaining our fourth green flag. Our theme is based on Travel. We have worked hard in the past on the Green Schools themes of “Litter” and “Energy”  “Water” and we continue to maintain these themes. We have a committee to represent all our hard work […]

Cookery Lessons

Fifth and Sixth class pupils attended the Marquee in Lanesboro during the “Taste of the Lakelands” Festival and spent a wonderful morning learning how to make soup, cereal bars and scones.   As you can see, there are many budding chefs in Ballagh NS!!

Taste of the Lakelands Festival Parade

On Thursday, 6th October, the pupils of Ballagh NS took part in the Opening Ceremony Parade for the Taste of the Lakelands Festival in Lanesboro/Ballyleague.  All the children were dressed in wonderful costumes and brightly coloured clothes and they proudly marched through the streets of Lanesboro and Ballyleague displaying their wonderful artwork.  This was a […]