New Award for our Website

The Frog Related award: from St. Columba's College in Dublin http://blog.sccscience.com/

Congratulations

Congratulations to Scoil Chaitríona Junior website on gaining an award as:
by http://gigglepotz.com/

Hallowe'en Walk

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

We had our Hallowe'en walk today. Most of the children and teachers in the school dressed up in fancy dress clothes. Our walk is a sponsored walk - it is not too far but it is great fun. We hope we didn't scare anyone going by. A huge "Thank You" to all who participated, made costumes, got children dressed up, and especially to all who sponsored us in today's walk,

Hallowe'en Walk

It is October and all classes are beginning to get ready for Hallowe'en. Watch out for great Hallowe'en art all round the school. The highlight of Hallowe'en for us is our annual fundraiser - our "Hallowe'en Walk". We will be dressing up for Hallowe'en and walking round Renmore on the morning of Friday 23rd October. Thanks to all for help with the sponsorship money, and with the costumes. See you all on the 23rd!

Award for Scoil Chaitríona Junior

Monday, 28th September, 2009

We are thrilled to have a won the 2009 Greenwave Photograph Award for 2009, with our photo of frogs in frogspawn. Today we were pleased and honoured to have Éanna Ní Lamhna from Greenwave, Oonagh Meeghan from Discover Science and Engineering, and Andrew the photographer, all the way from Dublin to present us with our prize. We won a tripod, a camera case, and a video camera which we will use to take lots of video footage of our science work, and other exciting events in our school. Both Oonagh and Éanna talked to us about science and being scientists. They were so interesting. Well done to all the students and teachers who watch the buds, birds and frogs in spring and who take part in the Greenwave programme each year.

School Year 2009/2010

History of Scoil Chaitríona Junior, Renmore, Galway

The Parish of Renmore, as we know it today, was established in 1971. Canon Jack O’Connor was its first parish priest and he quickly set about the task of building schools to cater for the rapidly growing population. Scoil Chaitríona Junior enrolled 104 boys and 103 girls on 2nd July 1973 under its first principal, Roisín Bean Mhic Cumhaill. The other five teachers on the staff at the time were Mrs. Joan Ray, Mrs. Eileen O’Donnell, Mrs. Mary Smith, Sr. Noirín Concannon and Ms. Máire Geoghegan Quinn. There was one Second class, one First class, two Senior Infant classes and two Junior Infant classes. In 1974 the Senior School opened using classrooms just completed in what is now the Junior School. In July 1975 the Senior School pupils and teachers moved into their own section of the school. Mr. Richard Burke T.D., Minister for Education, officially opened the new schools, and Most Rev. Dr. Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway, blessed the new complex on September 26th.

Daily Timetable

School opens at 8.40am (for 8.50am start) and finishes at 1.30pm for infant classes, 2.30pm for first and second classes.

Staff in Scoil Chaitríona Junior

At present there are 414 pupils and 36 teachers in the school
The staff is made up of:
an administrative principal
19 mainstream class teachers
4 special class teachers
4 learning support teachers
4 English as a Second Language teachers
2 Special Needs Resource teachers
2 Speech and Language therapists
7 special needs assistants
2 school secretaries
1 caretaker

School Uniform

Girls: Royal blue pinafore, royal blue cardigan with white tipping, pale blue polo T-shirt
Boys: Grey trousers, royal blue jumper with white tipping, pale blue polo T-shirt
P.E. Uniform: Tracksuits (or school royal blue tracksuit) and runners
Uniform Stockists: Anthony Ryan's, Shop Street or National Schoolwear Centre, Tower House, Tuam Road

Winning Photograph

Congratulations to Scoil Chaitríona Junior for all the work done on the Greenwave programme this year, and to all the teachers who submitted photographs to the Greenwave site. We are delighted to have one of our photos chosen as the winner of the frogspawn category, and overall winning photo this year. To see our picture and other winners, please follow this link to the Greenwave gallery site: http://www.greenwave.ie/index.php?p=gallery&q=winners2009

New School Laptop

A hearty "Well Done and Thank You" to all the parents and children who donated the old mobile phones to the school in aid of the Menningitis Research Foundation. The school received a new Dell laptop in recognition of our large collection.