Active School Suggestion Box

Members of the Active School committee  have been busy designing and creating the Shanbally Active School suggestion box. The suggestion box is now available for all pupils and parents as we are always looking for ways we can make Shanbally National School more active. The suggestion box is located in the main reception area next…

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Active School Partnerships

The Active School Flag is a Department of Education and Skills initiative award that recognises schools that strive to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community. The ASF process requires schools to self-evaluate across three areas: Physical Education/Physical Activity/Partnerships. Shanbally National School has developed some fantastic partnerships in the last year.      …

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Catholic Schools Week

The theme for Catholic Schools Week this year is: Catholic Schools:  Learning with Pope Francis to Care for Our Common Home. It is hoped that this theme will help schools to gain an understanding of the Pope’s encyclical letter Laudato Si’. This means ‘Praise be to you’ and it has the subtitle On Care for…

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Robotics in 6th class

Sixth Class have been very busy since September working on the VEX IQ Challenge which provides primary school students with exciting, open-ended robotics and research project challenges that enhance their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills through hands-on, student-centered learning. Sixth Class really enjoyed building their robot, learning how to drive her and figuring out…

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