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School Choir

Our teachers encourage music from a young age. Our school choir practises regularly and perform at liturgical events, charity events and also for school events such as our ‘St. Patrick’s day Céilí’. The tin whistle is taught from…

Active Flag

At Lawrencetown NS the wellbeing of our children is paramount. We encourage children to ‘move well and move often’. As we gear up to achieve an active flag, this year we have a solid foundation of activities already in place across…

PM readers

Our 1st to 4th class children utilise this online library of levelled readers to increase their reading scores and improve their confidence. This platform has provided a strong link between our teachers and parents and has opened a platform…

Accelerated Reader

Our 3rd to 6th class are given the opportunity to enhance their reading skills through the ‘Accelerated Reader’ program. Recently we have expanded our range of texts available to children which are tailored to their personal interests. We…

Write a book- Participants

Our 3rd and 4th class are given the opportunity to write a book and take part in the ‘Write a book competition’ organised by the ‘Galway Education Centre’. Some of our aspiring authors have even won prizes for their efforts.

Discovery Primary Science – Gold Award

The school has held the prestigious ‘SFI Gold Award’ for its commitment to teaching ‘Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths’ for over a decade now. Our latest assessment stated the following; Well done to all the staff and…

Junior Entrepreneur

Our fifth and sixth classes have created two award winning Junior Entrepreneur products in ‘Cool Cookies’ and ‘Irish Horseshoes’. In 2022 we were chosen to partake in a film production to showcase ‘Irish Horseshoes’ and went on…

Green Flag

Recently our school received it’s 10th green flag for ‘Ethical and sustainable food choices’. Our student body runs a ‘green team’ who lead our green initiatives with the help of our green school co-coordinator Mrs. McEvoy.