Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran has announced that the New Primary School that will be formed in Roscommon Town following the amalgamation of Scoil Mhuire NS and the Abbey Boys NS in September 2017 will be called St Coman’s Wood Primary School. The announcement follows consultation with all the stakeholders involved by the Amalgamation Steering …
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Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins has welcomed the announcement of 860 extra Special Needs Assistants by Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, adding that will benefit children within primary, post primary and special schools in Roscommon and Galway. “These SNA positions will be available for allocation to schools over the period September to December 2016. This …
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The new school crest for Coláiste Chiaráin, the planned amalgamated school for West Athlone & South Roscommon has launched. All primary schools in the catchment area of St Aloysius College and St Joseph’s, Summerhill participated in the competition to design the Crest and the first prize winners were the 5th & 6th class pupils of …
BT and Irish gymnast Kieran Behan is calling on Roscommon Secondary Schools to enter the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2017. Picture Credit: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan Research released by BT Ireland reveals that 81 per cent of secondary school students believe that technology has advanced their education and made information and learning more accessible, while …
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44 Schools from throughout Roscommon were awarded the Green Flag award by Green-Schools yesterday. The aim of Green-Schools is to increase students’ and participant awareness of environmental issues through classroom studies and to transfer this knowledge into positive environmental action in the school and also in the wider community. Schools that have successfully completed all …
The Roscommon teams at Wednesday’s SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Connacht Final represented their Schools and county with distinction but narrowly missed out on honours. Milebush Park, Castlebar played host to Finals of the competition which saw 245 schools, 588 teams and 4,704 players took part throughout Connacht this year. Wednesday’s games saw these schools …
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Elphin Community College and Roscommon Community College have been allocated funding to carry out Electrical upgrades under the Department of Education’s Summer Works Scheme. The two Schools are among 62 Post Primary and 135 Primary Schools throughout Ireland to benefit from the first allocation of funding. Speaking about the announcement Minister O’Sullivan stated: “Of the …
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has said today’s news that over 130,000 children are in primary school classes of over 30 “is simply not acceptable” and added that the incoming Government will “have to prioritise Health and Education”. He went on to say that “It is impossible to expect any teacher to be able to cope with …
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Shiven Rovers played host to the Roscommon County Final of the SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Programme on April 6th. 240 students from 30 schools participated on finals day with just 5 schools earning the right to progress to the provincial finals. The ‘A’ Cup, open to boys and/or mixed teams, had 12 highly competitive …
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Enterprising young teenagers from Roscommon are getting ready to showcase their inventions and real-life businesses at the Student Enterprise Awards National Finals, coordinated by Local Enterprise Office Roscommon. From the 22,000 secondary school students from 620 schools that took part this year, teens from 76 student enterprises have won a place at this year’s National …
Work has begun on the construction of a new extension at Glanduff NS. The extension, to the rear of the building, will consist of two Classrooms, Resource Rooms and Toilets. To facilitate the work the existing prefabricated building to the side of the School and and Concrete Veranda to the rear are set to be …
On a day when the temperatures were well down, when the wind was strong and relentless, when the showers alternated between rain, hail, sleet and really cold rain, 30 teams battled it out for the County titles in the 2016 SPAR FAI Roscommon Schools 5 a Side County Finals. Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE …
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Pupils and Staff from Abbeycartron NS Elphin joined with schools all over Ireland to celebrate Proclamation Day yesterday. The Proclamation of Independence was read by children in the school and then the Irish Flag was raised by Lt. Hugh Lynn, who is an Officer of the Army Reserve and a Teacher in the school. The …
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Kilteevan National School invited parents and members of the local community to join in their impressive programme of events to mark Proclamation Day. Events began inside the School where 5th and 6th class pupils gave a summary of the event of 1916. Cormac Dolan follow this by reading the poem “Mother” by Padraig Pearse to …
Three students from Elphin Community College were among 6,000 Post Primary students from across the country who attended the presentation of flags and proclamation packs by the Defence Forces in Croke Park on Monday. The event marked the conclusion of the “Flags for Schools” programme, an initiative by the Thomas Francis Meagher Foundation, the Defence …
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