Category Archives: Archive 2016 – 2017

Halloween season is upon us and it’s always an exciting time at St. Fiach’s! Thanks to the Hole family who donated a few huge pumpkins to us. They were beautifully carved for decoration and Dr. Bennett used the insides to … Continue reading →

Maths Week 2016 took place from October 15th-21st 2016. The students of St. Fiach’s NS were very busy all week with their maths trails, shape spotting and online activities. All students from 1st to 6th class took part in maths … Continue reading →

Our annual visits to Oldcastle Library began on Friday October 7th when 3rd and 4th classes attended a workshop with children’s author, Alan Nolan. Alan shared some stories from his childhood and had the children laughing from beginning to end. … Continue reading →

As an Active School, we were delighted to take part in Ireland’s National Fitness Day on September 16th. All students took part in a skipping competition to see which of Europe’s highest peaks we could climb (1 skip = 1 … Continue reading →

We held our very own Coffee Morning on September 15th, in Ballinacree Community Centre, to raise badly needed funds St. Christopher’s Hospice and Meath Home Care. A big thanks to all our parents and friends of the community for their … Continue reading →

September 13th, 2016 marked 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl – the world’s number one storyteller. The students and teachers of St. Fiach’s NS are huge fans of Roald Dahl’s books so it was fitting that we celebrated … Continue reading →

Welcome back and best wishes to all our staff and students for the school year 2016/17. We would especially like to welcome our new junior infants to St. Fiach’s and we wish them all the fun in the world on … Continue reading →