The children in the Junior Room learnt valuable lessons on road safety and received a road safety pack to take home.
The Board of Management held a 5k Fun Run/Walk on Sunday, the 11th of June. It was a great success and we are very grateful to all who supported it. Mark Cox was the first child back. Well done Mark. The children really enjoyed “Sponge the Teacher”. We raised €1024.50 altogether. The money is going …
On Wednesday 31st of May our 6th class boys, Nathan, David and Simon had their Graduation Mass, presentation of medals and certificates. They celebrated this occasion with their families, teachers, Fr Byrnes and Monica. We had a really lovely evening and are very sad to say Goodbye to Nathan, David and Simon. But we wish …
Congratulations to Adam, Robyn, Jody, Cian and Tara on making their First Holy Communion on May 21st 2017. You were all fantastic and we are very proud of you all.
Congratulations to Nathan Canning who represented our school in the Spelling Bee Finals in Galway. He was brilliant.
The Junior Room went off to Athlone to Glendeer Pet Farm and Jump4Joy on their school tour on May 5th. They had a fantastic day and were all very tired by the time they got home!
On Thursday May 4th the Senior Room hit Athlone to Baysports for our school tour. We had an amazing and challenging day with both land and water activities. We really enjoyed it and were wrecked by the time we got home!
Congratulations to Adam Burke, Robyn Callanan, Jody Canning, Cian Connolly and Tara Madden who made their First Confession in Church of the Ascension, Gortanumera on the 4th of April 2017.
Eimear from Connacht Rugby came to the school on the 31st of March for a training session with the Senior Room. It was in conjunction with Connacht Rugby and Aldi. They had a very enjoyable day and were put through their paces!!
On Thursday the 2nd of February 2017, our school was invited by Derry Long, Principal of Portumna Community School to attend the Connacht Rugby Team coming to Portumna and John Muldoon’s role as captain in winning the Pro 12. As John was a past pupil of Gortanumera NS we were treated like royalty. Seats were …