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WE DID IT AGAIN! – Celebrating our 3rd Active School Flag
At Cong N.S., we love to get moving and have fun every day! This year, we got involved in exciting adventures like orienteering and “Skip...
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Jun 20, 20251 min read


Sports Day 🏃⚽🎾
A photo recap of a fantastic sports day!
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Jun 20, 20251 min read


Forest School Day 🌳🌿
For “Forest School Day” the children got to explore the woods that surround Kelly’s Cave. They had a great time identifying trees, plants...
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Jun 18, 20251 min read


5th and 6th Class Tour 2025
This year 5th and 6th class visited Lough Key Forest Park for their school tour. The Rockingham Remembered Tour and Boda Borg were the...
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Jun 17, 20251 min read


3rd & 4th Class School Tour 2025
The pupils in 3rd & 4th class had a great time at Westport Adventure last week. They took part in loads of activities including climbing...
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Jun 17, 20251 min read


Green Schools Flag
We are delighted to announce that Cong N.S. had been awarded another Green Schools flag. This is a result of all the hard work put in by...
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Jun 16, 20251 min read


The Grand Bug n Pest Hotel 🐜🐞🐛
Together with Cong Tidy Towns, the pupils from Cong N.S. helped create a new 5-star hotel in our village! “The Grand Bug n Pest Hotel” is...
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Jun 16, 20251 min read


An outing through the Ashford Estate
Some of the children from An Nead went on an outing through the Ashford Estate to collect materials for the new bug hotel. Check out our...
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Jun 16, 20251 min read


We did it!!
Well done and congratulations to our Amber Flag committee….we have been awarded our schools 2nd Amber Flag!
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Jun 10, 20251 min read


Junior School Tour 2025
Junior infants, senior infants, first class and second class headed to The Kingfisher Club in The University of Galway for their school...
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Jun 10, 20251 min read


STEM in First and Second class⛵️
First and second class were very busy putting their STEM skills into practice. They each designed and made a boat from recyclable...
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May 27, 20251 min read


An Post Writing Competition
Well done to the children in first to sixth classes who took part in the An Post Writing Competition 2025. There were over 7300 entries...
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May 27, 20251 min read


Run, Jump, Play! Discover Athletics the Fun Way
Thank you to our volunteer coaches Johnny and Isabelle Hughes for our Athletics Taster Session where energy, excitement and encouragement...
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May 27, 20251 min read


Rás Tailteann 🚴♀️🚴♂️
The rain didn't dampen the excitement of our pupils as stage 3 of Rás Tailteann passed our school!
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May 27, 20251 min read


Orienteering
As World Orienteering Day coincided with our schools Active Week, 5th and 6th class took part in an orienteering session at the Museum of...
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May 23, 20251 min read


Table Tennis Madness
This morning the infants to 4th class enjoyed some Table Tennis in the sun! The pupils from 3rd and 4th class mentored there younger...
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May 22, 20251 min read


Strength and Conditioning with NCC Fitness
As part of Active Week, Shane from NCC Fitness visited our school to do a strength and conditioning session with each class. A wide range...
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May 22, 20251 min read


Power Soccer
“Team Spirt Starts Here” Infants up to 2nd class enjoyed learning more fundamental movement skills today during Power Soccer: Kicking,...
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May 20, 20251 min read


Our Active Walkway Trail – “ Do your learning while you are walking”
Today Infants to second class took Math as their focus on our trail. The children enjoyed the chance to work cooperatively—exploring,...
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May 20, 20251 min read


Badminton Fever Hits the Senior Yard
“Nothing better than playing badminton on a sunny day at school.” Thank you to the girls from 5th & 6th class who volunteered to set up...
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May 20, 20251 min read


Active School Week 2025
No better way to start Active School Week than learning a new skill – “Tennis”. Hitting a ball with an implement is one of the...
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May 19, 20251 min read


School Cycle 2025🚲
Some photos from our school cycle today. A great time was had by all! Many thanks to Mayo Sports Partnership, An Garda Síochána and Cunga...
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May 12, 20251 min read


First Holy Communion 2025
Congratulations and well done to our second class pupils who made their First Holy Communion on 10th May.
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May 12, 20251 min read


Cumann na mBunscol⚽
Great work from both the girls and boys football teams at the South Mayo Cumann Na mBunscol tournament on 8th May. The girls gave it...
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May 12, 20251 min read
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