General News Archive

St. Brigid’s National School Annual Admissions Notice in respect of admissions to the 2024/2025 school year Admission Policy and Application Form A copy of the

What a scary sight to behold- the boys in St. Brigid’s dressed up in Hallowe’en costumes and danced around the yard doing the Conga in

The first couple of months of the new school year have been very busy for the pupils in St. Brigid’s.  We have an enrolment of

This year all classes took part in a range of activities to celebrate Maths Week.

The boys have taken part in a number of sporting activities over September and October including football, basketball, cricket and cycling.

The school will close on Wednesday 28th June at 12 o’clock for the summer holidays. The school will re-open on Wednesday 30th August.The end of

The Cumann na mBunscol competition took place throughout May and we were delighted that St. Brigid’s made it through to the Final against Bennekerry on

St. Brigid’s celebrated Bike Week by taking part in a variety of activities on Bike Day on Thursday 18th May. It was fantastic to see

As the day drew near for the chicks to hatch the incubator was monitored carefully by both the students and staff. There was great excitement

Congratulations to the boys from second class who made their First Communion on Saturday 6th of May in St. Andrew’s church. The mass was celebrated

Nore Valley visited the school on Wednesday to deliver our eggs for the Chick Hatching Project. It is a great chance for the children to

Bhí lá iontach ag na páistí ar scoil inniu. Rinne gach duine iarracht maith Gaeilge a labhairt. The children were dressed in 40 shades of

Nutty Science Workshops Nutty Science Workshops took place on Monday 6th March for 2nd to 6th Class as part of Engineering Week. Second, third and fourth class learned

On Thursday 2nd of March Jones Engineering very kindly visited our school with some of their employees to plant an orchard in the front garden.

Thanks to Beth Murphy from the Heritage Council for working with the boys from 4th, 5th and 6th Class to make a Willow Dome for

We had a fantastic time in school celebrating World Book Day. We started the celebrations on Tuesday with a visit from author Olive Mooney who

This week St. Brigid’s celebrated Friendship week with a range of activities designed to explore what friendship is and how we can support and include

As part of Catholic Schools Week St. Brigid’s invited the grandparents of all pupils to mass in St. Andrew’s on Wednesday 25th January followed by

Congratulations to Tommy Li, Ryan Cummins, Conor Mc Cullagh and Conor Brennan who won 1st place in the PDLS Annual Table Quiz. There were over

Dear Parents,As we approach the end of this school term I want to thank all the staff for their hard work, dedication and enthusiasm over

 Many thanks to Garda Brian Wilkinson who visited the school recently giving presentations on the role of the garda, road safety and personal safety to

Well done to Mr. Hanafin’s 6th Class boys who spent an enjoyable afternoon last week creating rocking chairs from wooden pegs. They turned out very

Thanks to all who donated gift-filled shoeboxes to children affected by poverty in Europe and Africa. The school collected over 90 shoeboxes. Many thanks for

What a scary sight to behold in St. Brigid’s N.S. today! All the classes dressed up in spooky costumes and the Preschool called to some

The school rocked with African rhythm, dance and chants yesterday during the African drumming workshop with Patrick Naughton. All the classes took part and were

Many thanks to the Parents Council for funding the new playground games in the main yard and the Mirrors and Water run in the preschool

Last Friday we welcomed the Lennon family from the Darren Lennon Memorial Cup to present a cheque to the school of the proceeds from the

The school will close on Thursday 30th June at 12 o’clock for the summer holidays.  The school will re-open on Thursday 1st September at 9

Well done to all the the classes who participated in the Primary Science and Maths award. Our school received a plaque for all the effort

Mr. Hanafin’s 6th Class were were delighted with their end of year Pizza party. We wish all of 6th Class the best in their new

Many thanks to the Parents Council who organised for an ice cream van to come to the school after the End of Year Mass yesterday.

Congratulations to the boys from 5th and 6th Class in St. Brigid’s NS who won The Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Division 1 Hurling final beating Gaelscoil Ceatharlach. The

Many thanks to Frankie Mc Evoy Bus Hire, Bagenalstown for his sponsorship of the jerseys for St. Brigid’s Cumann na mBunscol team. Their support is

As part of the Heritage in Schools initiative we recently invited Beth Murphy an Arts facilitator to St. Brigid’s to share her knowledge of one

We were delighted to take part in the national celebration of Creative Schools Week which ran from 9th – 13th May 2022. The theme for this year was ‘Creativity Lives Here’,

St. Brigid’s N.S. Parents’ Council held their much anticipated Easter Draw on Thursday 7th April. Thanks to all the children, parents and wider community for

4th, 5th and 6th Class enjoyed a 5 a side soccer competition in Bagenalstown Soccer Club on Tuesday 5th of April. The boys had a

Well done to all the teachers and the boys for creating such colourful artwork to celebrate the arrival of Spring. A special thanks to Hannah,

Tuesday 15th March was a non-uniform day to raise funds for the Irish Red Cross who support war zone regions including Ukraine. The pupils dressed

The boys have been very active since January engaging in a variety of sports. Next week the boys in 3rd and 4th class will take

What is Seachtain na Gaeilge? Seachtain na Gaeilge is an organisation in Ireland which promotes the Irish language during a two-week festival which runs from 1st

We had great fun celebrating World Book Day in St. Brigid’s. The boys dressed up as characters from their favourite books, listened to authors explaining