St. Joseph's National School 
Derrywash, Castlebar

We are really enjoying our ukulele lessons with Jamie, we have already learned some really cool songs! Keep an eye on our blog as we will...

We like to get hands on with our science experiments in the senior room, we recently made our very own hovercrafts! We used balloons to...

4th 5th & 6th Class took to the kitchen recently to prepare a healthy and tasty lunch for themselves! We prepared the food ourselves; we...

We are very lucky to have Connacht Rugby coach Simon O'Malley coaching us the skills of rugby for 6 weeks. Simon is confident from what...

On Wednesday we took part in the Connacht Table Tennis tournament in Breaffy. Table tennis has really taken off in Derrywash N.S. in the...

Today we showed off all the hard work that has been going into our drumming workshops with Anthony. We used drums as well as a variety of...

The pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th Classes made St. Brigid's crosses to mark St. Brigid's Day. We learned about the life of St. Brigid and...

This week we had a visit from Bank of Ireland employee and Mayo Senior Footballer Keith Higgins. Keith spent two days with us carrying...

​Our 4th Class enjoyed an introduction to coding with Adrian Keena!

We have had a very busy couple of months in the Senior room in Derrywash. As well as working hard inside the classroom, we have also had...