A big congratulations to 6th class pupil Katie, and past pupils Hannah, Caroline and Jodi, who played on the U16 St. Faithleach’s Football team who won the Div 3A Championship County Final recently. A great achievement. Well done Girls!!
It was great to see such a large gathering this morning for our Walk To School. What a wonderful way to start the school day – enjoying the beautiful weather, with some exercise and good company. We hope the parents enjoyed the walk as much as the children did.
The pupils of Ballagh NS showed their support for Join our Boys by wearing orange to school. 
Our senior room took part in the Bizworld Programme this week and it was a fantastic experience. We certainly have lots of budding entrepreneur amongst us.
The week of 24th – 28th April, was Active Schools Week and we at Ballagh NS were very active!
On Monday, 24th April, we had our last swimming class in Roscommon Leisure Centre. The improvement in swimming skills over the seven weeks has been amazing,
On Tuesday, 25th April, GAA football coaches called to us the school and helped us work on our football skills.
On Wednesday, 26th April, the soccer coaches visited our school.
On Thursday, 27th April, we all met at 9am and walked to school together. This was a really nice way to start the day.
On Friday, 28th April, our senior room took part in a Cumann na mBunscol football blitz aat St. Faithleachs pitch.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND THE SUN SHONE FOR US ALL WEEK.
Congratulations to Laoise & Micheala on winning 1st Place for the travel / green code slogan competition. This is our new Green Code:
LEAVE THE CAR, COME WITH US.
JUMP ABROAD THE WALKING BUS!
Well done to all pupils who worked so hard on their travel slogans.
Our next Walk on Wednesday will be on 10th May 2017 at 9.05am from Niamh Hanley’s house
There was lots of activity over the Easter Holidays with the Good Friday Cake Sale and the Church Gate Collection. We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to everybody who contributed in any way. Whether you bought or sold raffle tickets, baked or supported the cake sale, worked on the cake stands or helped with the Church Gate collection, we want you to know that we really appreciate your help.
Congratulations to everybody who took part in the Kilgefin Community Games Art and Handwriting competitions which took place recently. Despite a very high level of entries, we are delighted that there were a large number of winners from Ballagh NS.
A big well done to the following children who were winners in their respective age category.
ART
Sophie Cox, Ava Brehon, Anna Cox, Katie Smith, James Cullen, Anthony Cox, David Cox, Jasmine Gibbons, Katie Rohan and Adam Parker.
HANDWRITING
Rachel Trimble, Lyndsey Gibbons, Adam Parker and Shane Cox
We wish Sophie, James, Jasmine, Adam and Rachel all the best as they now qualify to go forward to compete on behalf of Kilgefin Community Games at the County Roscommon Competion.
The Art Competition takes place in Kilbride Community Centre on Saturday morning, 13th May and the Handwriting competition takes place on Tuesday 9th May in Kilbride Community Centre at 7pm.
The Kilgefin Community Games Sports Day takes place on Friday, 12th May at 6pm in St. Faithleach’s GAA Grounds.
The Parents Association of Ballagh NS are holding a Cake Sale, in the porch area at the side of Ballagh Church, immediately after 12 o’clock Mass on Good Friday. There will be a great variety of delicious home baking on sale and we would urge everybody in the area to come along and buy your Easter goodies. A raffle will be held during the Cake Sale. Tickets are €2 each and there are 3 big Easter Hampers to be won.
We would like to wish everybody a very Happy Easter
Exciting times ahead for pupils in our Senior Room as they get the chance to take part in a two day workshop as described below!