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Swinford Picnic Cycle
June 17th was National COW Day - National Cycle on Wednesday Day and Eva Gannon from the Green-Schools Travel Programme/An Taisce organised a "Picnic Cycle for our school and our neighbouring schools. 46 boys and girls from 5th and 6th class participated in this fun...
Junior Infants at the Seaside
Junior Infants having fun at the seaside
Senior Infants Plant Sunflowers
The Senior Infants have been busy sowing Sunflower seeds. Here are some of the pictures we would like to share with you. We are having fun watching our seeds grow and blossom. [gallery...
Scratch – 6th Class Computer Coding
For the past eight weeks 6th class have been learning how to use "Scratch" which is a computer coding programme. Past pupils of our school - Eoin Gallagher and Michael Murtagh have been sharing their knowledge, skills and precious time with us, and in so doing,...
Junior Infants had fun learning about the Postman
We discussed how and why we send letters. We watched a video that explained the journey of a letter. Our local postman Frank called in to tell us all about his job. We wrote Easter cards to each other. We wrote our friends name and address on the envelopes. We put...
Garden Maintenance
On Bank Holiday Monday, May 4th, some of us got together to do some weeding and clearing of moss at the front of the Senior School. We spent some time weeding and planting summer flowers. We have set grass seed on the area that was leveled. We put bark shavings that...
First Communion Artwork
On Saturday May 16th 2015, the children from Second Class in Scoil Muire agus Treasa made their First Communion in Our Lady Help of Christians in Swinford, Co Mayo. Look at their lovely artwork for the occasion. [gallery type="slideshow"...
Mayo Day
Today we celebrate Mayo Day in our school. Look at us all in the Green & Red of Mayo. We collected €300 !! which we are donating to The Childrens Hospital, Temple Street and the Mayo Roscommon Hospice. Well done to everyone! [gallery type="slideshow"...
Spring Clean Up
On Good Friday, April 3rd 2015, our Green School Committee participated in the An Taisce National Spring Clean Up which was organised by Swinford Tidy Towns. There was a great turnout of volunteers on the morning and all the streets of the town and the roads...
St Patrick’s Day Parade in Swinford
St Patrick's Day is always a big event in Swinford National School. Our school band, all the children from the Naíonra and the various classes take part in the parade in Swinford. We have included a slide show of pictures from the day. [gallery type="slideshow"...