This is a photograph of the children who are taking their First Holy Communion this year. Everyone from the school community is welcome to come along to the ceremony, which is at 11am in St. Clare’s Church in Graiguecullen. After the service, refreshments will be served in our school. The very best of luck to …
Carlow Educate Together NS has a dedicated on site After Schools’ Service for children from 1:30pm until 5:30pm. We also run a range of extra-curricular activities throughout the year. These classes are usually run by staff, parents or members of the Carlow/Graiguecullen Community. Take a look at some of our extra curricular activities on the right for more information.
News from the After School Clubs
The children who are celebrating their First Holy Communion this year are preparing for their First Confessions. Our parents took some photographs of the preparations. A big thanks to the Graiguecullen parish for their help and support throughout the year.
Five children have been learning tin whistle after school with Michael for the past 7 weeks! All the children have been practising really hard, especially during the snow days. We have varied levels in our class. Click on the links below to hear a sample of some of our tunes. Well done to all the …
A big thanks to Mags for running Arts and Crafts classes after school. The kids had great fun every week. Mags has great plans for next year’s classes using recyclable materials and we’re all looking forward to seeing the results around the school.
Congratulations to Lauren on celebrating her First Holy Communion. We were thrilled to celebrate her ceremony with her and we wish her and her family hearty congratulations of this important event in their lives. It’s also a first for our school. Lauren is the first child in our school to make her Holy Communion so …
Today was the final day of Mags’ drama classes. For the last ten weeks, Mags has been putting the children through their paces with fun drama activities. On the last day, the children did a small performance and were awarded with a lovely certificate and medal. Mags will be holding adult drama classes in the …
Over the weekend, Carlow Educate Together were out in full force full of Christmas spirit. On Saturday, we took over the Carlow Shopping Centre to sing Christmas Carols and on Sunday we opened the school up to the community for our very own winter wonderland. There was a Christmas disco, Christmas cinema, Santa Claus, loads …
It was very very wet and very very cold but a few brave souls bore the brunt of the Carlow weather and sang some carols as the Christmas lights were switched on. Thanks to Aidan for the photos.

