Well done to our pupils who represented the school so well in the Colin Dunne Athletics competition which took place in Tullamore Harriers on Friday 6th June.

There was great excitement in Ms. Bourke’s and Ms. Buckley’s class as they went on their holidays to France. After lots planning and learning about France, airports, passports, gates and luggage they took off on their Buckley Airline flight to Paris.

Please read our Bí Cineálta Anti Bulllying  Policy here.

It was discussed and ratified at our  board of management meeting held on June 10th.

If you have any questions, queries or comments about it please contact the principal on micheal.hyland@geashillns.ie.

Members of our Student Council have been working on the student friendly version.

There was a lot of green, white and gold on display on Friday as we all showed our support for the Offaly minor footballers who play Louth in the Leinster Final.

This year two of our classes, Cairdeas 1 and Cairdeas 2 took part in the Write a Book Dual Language Project. Each class wrote a book in English and ISL  Click on the link below to read the books. Scan the QR codes to see the ISL videos. Well done to all the children for their wonderful work.

All About Me

Amazing Animals ISL Book

We were very proud to receive awards from Laois Education Centre in recognition of these outstanding books.

Teachers and SNAs recently took part in staff training on the new Anti-Bullying guidelines (Bí Cineálta) for Primary Schools.

You can read the Bí Cineálta guidelines here.

Our new draft policy will be shared with parents  in the coming days.

Pupils in 2nd Class celebrated their First Holy Communion on Saturday 10th May. Thanks to Ms. Carthy and Msgr. Coonan for all their work preparing the class and for the lovely ceremony. Thanks also to the pupils who sang in the choir.

Geashill Tidy Towns presented the school with sensory boards which will form an outdoor sensory wall in the coming weeks. Thanks to everyone involved.

5th & 6th Classes took part in a safe-cycling workshop on Friday. They learned lots of tips to keep them safe on the road.

Some of our pupils planted a variety of vegetables in our garden this week.