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VEX Robotics Champions!

A fantastic day in MTU today for our VEX Robotics Team 2022-2023  who won 3 top awards; STEM Research Project (Finger Printing prototype), Robot Skills  (top driving score & coding score), Teamwork Champions (top combined score with other schools). A brilliant achievement for such a hard working side who gave up their lunch times and stayed [...]

2023-01-18T21:07:17+00:00January 18th, 2023|Categories: 5th Class, Coding, IT, Parents, STEM, Vex|

Halloween Fun in Holy Cross!

Our pupils had great fun last Friday when they dressed up for Halloween. Some teachers even gave some pupils a scare with their face paint and their costumes! School will re-open on Monday 7th November at 8.50am. Wishing you all a safe and happy Halloween!              

2022-11-01T19:35:00+00:00November 1st, 2022|Categories: Classes, Parents, Uncategorized|

Communion and Confirmation Dates 2023

Our 2nd class pupils will make their First Holy Communion on Saturday 6th May 2023 at 11am in Holy Cross Church. Our 6th class pupils will receive the sacrament of Confirmation on Tuesday 28th February 2023 at 10.30am in Holy Cross Church. We will liaise with families nearer the time about arrangements. We are looking forward [...]

2022-11-01T19:29:12+00:00November 1st, 2022|Categories: 2nd Class, 6th Class, Parents, Uncategorized|

Active Week 2022

We had a very successful "Active Week" this week. The boys and girls went on walks, completed obstacle courses, played soccer, had a penalty competition, took part in a dance workshop and lots more! We finished off the week with a visit from the ice-cream van on Friday. Take a look at some of our pictures [...]

VEX Robotics Champions 2022

Congratulations to 4th class who were crowned VEX Robotics Champions 2022 in MTU today. They have spent the past few months building, coding, driving and adapting their robot to score points in an arena. Today, all of their hard work and practice paid off when they won the Teamwork Challenge, The Robot Skills Challenge and the [...]

2022-06-09T20:03:48+01:00June 9th, 2022|Categories: 4th Class, Parents, STEM, Vex|

Sponsored Walk

Thank you so much to everybody who collected money for our annual sponsored walk. We were lucky that the sun was shining for the walk this week, take a look at some of our fantastic pictures! The money collected will be used to purchase new chairs for pupils. Míle Buíochas.    

Sacrament of Reconciliation – 2nd class

Pupils in 2nd class received the Sacrament of Reconciliation in Holy Cross Church. Big thanks to Ms. Kent and Carol who worked so hard to prepare the children for a beautiful mass. Fr. JP and Fr. Colin celebrated the mass with us and we were delighted to have parents/guardians with us in the church for the [...]

2022-04-04T13:21:38+01:00April 4th, 2022|Categories: 2nd Class, Parents|

First Confession – 2nd class

  2nd class will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation (First Confession) on Monday 4th April at 12 noon in Holy Cross Church. All children are to come to school as normal in full uniform and their teacher will bring them to the church. Parents and Guardians are welcome to attend.

2022-03-22T19:27:58+00:00March 22nd, 2022|Categories: 2nd Class, Parents|

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Dia dhuit! This week we celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge across the school. We had quizzes, dances, competitions and even live music from the Mahon Community Band, which featured some of our past pupils. Take a look at some of our pictures below. There are videos of each class performing a song 'as Gaeilge' on our school [...]

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