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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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Sports Day 🏃⚽🎾
A photo recap of a fantastic sports day!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Playground Leaders - " Guiding Great Play Every Day on the Yard"
This week playground leaders from 4th to 6th class are guiding the junior children with their skipping skills & playground games.
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Community Games Chess ♟️
A huge well done to the Chess team from our school who won silver in the Mayo Community Games Chess Competition in Kilmaine!
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Green School Litter Picking
The boys and girls from our Green School committee were out litter picking in the village playground and main carpark. This is working...
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Lá Glas!
We all had a wonderful day celebrating lá glas just before the bank holiday weekend! ☘️
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Tráth na gceist
To celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge, the students from first to sixth class took part in an online tráth na gceist on Kahoot! Bhain gach...
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Ukulele Wednesdays 🎶🎵
The children are really enjoying their weekly Ukulele lessons with Jamie from Galway Music Academy. Many thanks to our Parents...
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Branar Digital Arts Flag
Our 3rd and 4th classes here in Cong NS has had a great time engaging in the Branar workshops. Both classes thoroughly enjoyed and fully...
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Pancake Tuesday 🥞
A fantastic Pancake Tuesday was had by all the children thanks to the lovely treat provided by Deirdre Lydon. A big thank you from all at...
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Credit Union Quiz
Pupils from 3rd-6th class recently took part in the Credit Union Quiz. We entered two fantastic teams of master minds for both the junior...
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Girls FAI Primary 5's
Another outstanding performance last Friday (February 28th), this time by our girls soccer team. The Cong ladies won all of their group...
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Story boxes!
The children in 3rd and 4th class have been busy making story boxes. They show such imagination and creativity! Well done!
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Coding & Robotics Workshop Weeks 1-4
The children are doing Coding & Robotics Workshops each Friday for the month of January with Corrib Coding. Building, directing and...
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Annual Christmas Tree Decoration Competition 🎄
School is very busy at the moment as the children are rehearsing their Christmas plays. Last Friday they took a break to sing a few...
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Sports Outings from September & October
The children had a busy start to the school year competing in Mini 7s football, local hurling and football blitzes and cross country...
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Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year's Christmas Shoebox collection.
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This is Halloween 2024 🧙♀️🧛🎃
The children having lots of fun in fancy dress and listening to Halloween storytelling. Great excitement with the inter-classroom visits...
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Maths Week 2024
The children really enjoyed our maths week activities!
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Drumming Workshop
The children took part in a drumming workshop with Lukasz, what a treat! The children had lots of noisy fun!!
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Sports Day!
The sun was shining for this years sports day! The children had so much fun. Well done and thank you to our active school committee for...
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Swimming
The children from 3rd-6th and An Nead really enjoyed their block of swimming lessons.
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St Brigids Day Crosses
We had great fun making St Brigids Day crosses. Thank you to the 5th and 6th class children for helping their younger peers.
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School Trips 2023
The Junior and Senior infants went to Pots of Fun on their Summer trip! The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th class children had a great time at Just...
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Peace Proms 2023
Here are some photos from our Peace Proms workshop and our concert in UL on Saturday. We had the best of fun, it really was a truly...
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Peace Proms 2023
Wishing our 3rd and 4th class choir the very best for their Peace Proms concert in UL on Saturday 21st January. All the staff and pupils...
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3rd and 4th at Work and Play
Even on a cold icy day the children have fun and keep busy
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It's Time for Planting!
It's great fun working in our dome at planting time. As you can see from the pictures, everyone was hard at work!
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Lego We Do!
Do we like our new Lego We Do? Yes, we do!
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