St. Joseph's National School 
Derrywash, Castlebar

Lots of measuring in 3rd & 4th class this week as we explore length and perimeter in Maths.

Infants have been learning all about Space in February! From light and dark to planets and Space travel we have lots of fun learning new...

In 1st and 2nd Class we have been working on lots of Spring writing and art work projects. Spring snowdrops,, Love Monsters, St. Brigid,...

Mrs Irwin and Mrs McDermott's classes are collaborating for a buddy writing project this term. 1st and 3rd Class and 2nd and 4th class...

3rd and 4th class have been working on one point perspective in Art recently. These city views were very impressive.

3rd & 4th class were lucky enough to put their procedural writing to practical use this week making Mary's famous brown bread. A big...

Rinne rang a cúig agus a sé pancóga do na páistí go léir inniu. Céard a cuireann tú ar do phancóg?

Our Chess Club took part in our first ever chess tournament organised by Ficheall.

Thanks to Jerry from Cycle Right for working with us over the past few weeks to develop our cycle safety skills and bring us out on the...

We celebrated Grandparents' Day in 5th and 6th by welcoming some of our wonderful grandparents and entertaining them and listening to...

5th & 6th Class demonstrated some science experiments during our Science Show to mark Science Week

Fun, games and lots of entertainment at our annual Halloween Fest

The Aquaculture Remote Classroom visited us in Derrywash and we learned about aquaculture and its importance to Ireland

This term we are working on procedural writing. We explored how to make slime as a class as part of our modelled writing! We worked...

In January we learned all about the Polar Regions and we even got some snow of our own!

Making St Brigid's Day crosses in 3rd & 4th class today.

Thank you to all the grandparents who visited the school. Thank you for sharing your memories with us and we hoped you enjoyed the...

PE will look a little bit different for the next few weeks as we focus on gymnastics. Balance was first on our to-do list and 3rd & 4th...