St. Valentine’s Day marked the start of our Friendship Week.  We have lots of activities planned for the week but the most important part will be all the acts of kindness and true friendship that will be on display in our classrooms and on the yard.

Tuesday February 8th is Internet Safety Day.

We have been doing lots of activities about how to stay safe while online.

There are lots of good ideas on the Webwise website which can be found at this link:  Webwise Safer Internet Day

All classes drew some very creative posters to raise awareness of internet safety. Our student council played a big part in promoting the day. Well done everyone!

We celebrated St. Brigid’s Day by making a variety of St. Brigid’s crosses throughout the school.

The senior classes joined our friends from Geashill Tidy Towns and some other community groups to help plant a new lime tree in the village in honour of St. Brigid.

They also took the opportunity to admire their beautiful St. Brigid art work which is on display in the village phone box.

If you are thinking of enrolling your children in our school please take a look at this video which hopefully gives you a flavour of life in Geashill NS.

The admission process for the school year 2022/23 will open on January 13th. Applications will be accepted until January 28th.

You can read a copy of our Admission Notice here.

Apply online below from the 13th January:

Online Application Form for Junior Infants 2022

Online Application Form for Classes from Senior Infants to 6th Class.

Online Application Form for Cairdeas (Special Class for Children who are Deaf).

Alternatively, application forms can be downloaded below:

Application Form for Junior Infants 2022

Application Form for Classes from Senior Infants to 6th Class.

Application Form for Cairdeas 2022

Applications can be emailed to geashillnsoffice@gmail or dropped into the school office.  Please note that all applications must be accompanied by a copy of the child’s birth certificate.

Our updated Admission Policy can be read here: Admission Policy 2021

If you have any queries on the admission process please call the school office on 057 9343754 or email micheal.hyland@geashillns.ie

The school is closed for the Christmas holidays and will reopen on Thursday January 6th.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Our Student Council has been busy in the last couple of weeks organising a Christmas jumper week for charity.  On Wednesday 22nd December they presented a cheque for over €500 to a representative of our local St. Vincent de Paul. Thanks to everyone who contributed.

There’s been a great Christmas spirit around the school in December.  Lots of lovely Christmas art has been displayed while all classes have been preparing Christmas videos to send home to parents.

There was great excitement in all the classrooms as they watched the Helix online panto, Little Red Riding Hood.

Santa Claus paid a flying visit to all the classes and brought Christmas annuals for everyone.

We were delighted to attend the switching on of the Christmas tree lights and the unveiling of the crib in the village green on Thursday.  We got into the festive spirit by singing Away in a Manger and Jingle Bells.

Our 4th Class had a video call with our friends in Jaux school as part of our local twinning project. Both Ms. Loquet’s and Mrs. Hyland’s classes were delighted to say hello to each other and see each other. Both classes sang some Christmas songs and have agreed to become pen pals in the new year.  Thanks to the Ballinagar, Geashill and Ballycommon Twinning Committee for helping us with this.

We held our Christmas raffle today. See the results at the link below:

Christmas Raffle Results

Thanks for everyone who took part. It is very much appreciated.

6th Class have been busy lately designing and building robots for the Vex IQ Robotics competition. They have also been learning all about coding and programming.