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Intercultural Day 2023

We are so proud in St Fiacc’s to have so many children attending our school whose parents are from different countries. This week we were celebrating Intercultural Day throughout the school. Some classes made projects via Google Slides and showed more »

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Boys u13 GAA Champions

Graiguecullen GAA won the Boys u13 Plate final in a great game against Ballyroan this week. We are very proud of our students who played and they were onhand to bring the cup around to all the classes today !! more »

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Rounders Success!!

Congratulations to our Rounders Team who have qualified for the Laois Finals next Thursday after winning their four games yesterday. Also well done to our other two teams who played really well and made the Semi Final stages where they more »

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Students of the Week

Well done to all our Students of the Week ! Missing from the  photos below are J.Infants and 4th classes as thet were away on School Tours!

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Parents Association Bake Sale

There is great excitment in the school this morning as the Parents Association have organised a Bake Sale to fundraise for our school. Thanks to all the Parents for volunteering to help out and also to families for supporting. Above more »

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Glór Ceatharlach GAA

Well done to our two GAA Teams who competed in the Glór Ceatharlach GAA competitions in the Eire Óg clubgrounds this week. Both teams performed very well and as always were a credit to St Fiacc’s with their great behaviour. more »

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Student of the Week

Well done to all our Students of the week- Maith sibh!!

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Planting Sunflowers in 1st and 2nd

1st and 2nd classes had a great morning planting Sunflowers outside in our outdoor garden today. A massive thanks to parents Maria and Elena for their expertise and for helping the children to plant their sunflowers- make sure that you more »

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Table Quiz Success

Well done to our fantastic 4th class students who had a Top 10 finish in Cumann na mBunscol Laois Table Quiz in Portlaoise last week. Nina, Rian, Cian and Elohor did St Fiacc’s proud especially when they have another two more »

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First Holy Communion

A huge thanks to all our fantastic 2nd class teachers; Ms Roche, Mr Groarke, Ms Whelan and Ms McCarthy who did so much preparation for Communion’s on Saturday. Both services were so special and a massive thanks to Fr Dunphy, more »

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Outdoor Learning in St Fiacc’s

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We are making the most of the lovely weather last week with some great PE and outdoor learning on Friday! Here’s  a selection of photos;

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Orienteering and Map Reading in Carlow Town Park

We had a great day Orienteering in Carlow Town Park today with 4th and 5th classes. 3rd classes spent the afternoon mapping out the park on a walk and will be now ready for full orienteering soon. Thanks to all more »

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Classroom Libraries!

  A huge thanks to Ms Minnock and the Students Council who bought and organised all our new books for the new classroom libraries. We have a fantastic variety of books available to all children to read from Junior Infants more »

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Darts Extravaganza!

Well done to our fantastic darts players who gave exhibition matches last Friday for Assembly. Jamie even shot a 180 live on assembly which was incredible but there are no surprises as he is number 10 in the world in more »

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Soccer Success!!

Our Girls Soccer team finished in 2nd position in the FAI Carlow Schools competition last Friday having played really well in all their matches and narrowly missing out on the top spot. The boys team played great also and finished more »

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Table Quiz Teams

Well done to our two Table Quiz Teams who represented St Fiacc’s N.S in thefinal of the St Abban’s Table Quiz series last Thursday. Both teams did really well finishing 10th and 11th out of 50 teams overall. Well done more »

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Minecraft Education Maths

5th and 6th class students are busy this week starting their Maths lessons using Minecraft Education as part of our Digital Learning Framework and numeracy plan. Today we were learning about Area and Volume by using the Minecraft Education platform. 

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Soccer County Finals beckon…

We had an awesome day today in Ballon (Burrin Celtic FC) at the FAI Carlow soccer First Round. Our Girls and Boys Teams both topped their group and now qualify for the County Finals on Friday. Our other Boys and more »

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Potato planting!

Mr Groarke’s class were busy this week planting potatoes in our school garden! They also checked out our herb garden where we smelt and ate some herbs ! It was great fun and we learned lots about how to plant more »

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Soccer Blitz 2023

We had over 40 boys and 40 girls try out for our FAI 5 a side soccer Blitz which takes place in Ballon on March 23rd. It was a great afternoon last Thursday and all teams played 4 games with more »

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