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Credit Union and Astellas Art Competition Winners
Congratulations to Grace Costello (6th Class) on winning a prize in the Astellas Art Competition. The theme of this year’s Astellas competition was ‘One World- A Healthier Tomorrow’. Secondly,congratulations to Billy Clifford (Senior Infants) who was the local and county winner in the Credit Union art competition. The theme of this year’s Credit Union competition […]
Biodiversity at Nagle-Rice-“Save the Bees”
Great news for Nagle-Rice Biodiversity. Resulting from our schools involvement in last year’s ‘Save the Bees’ programme we were delighted to be presented with two apple trees from Mr. Peter Keane of Keane’s Supervalu , Killorglin. A big thank-you to all the pupils, families and staff members who got involved in the ‘Save the Bees’ […]
We Celebrate Presentation Day
Today November 21st we celebrate ‘Presentation Day’. We remember Nano Nagle and Edmund Rice. They were the founders of the ‘Presentation Order’ of Sisters and Brothers. In Milltown it was this order that set up the boys and girls schools known as the ‘Convent’ and ‘Monastery’ national schools. It was when these two schools joined […]
‘Our Ocean Our Future’ Programme
Recently our 6th classes in Nagle Rice had the fun task of taking care of some Native Sea Animals. Both classes were giving a lesson about Marine Life from Marine Biologist Conor Hinchcliffe from Sea Synergy, Waterville. Each class were tasked with looking after an aquarium for 10 days. We had Shore Crabs, several Gastropods, […]
Maths Week 2022
Congratulations to all the boys and girls for their participation in our school Maths Week 2022. Maths week is important to help learners of all ages enjoy maths and to highlight the importance and creativity of this area. Mathematics promotes the ability to think rationally, analyse and solve problems, and process data clearly and accurately. […]
Heritage in Schools Week
Our pupils were delighted to participate in ‘Heritage in Schools Week’. Many thanks to Catherine Daly from Killarney National Park for bringing the fantastic menagerie of animals to our school. The children were able to view this large display of Irish Mammals as well as explore their traits and habitats. They categorised them and explored […]
Thank You Mr. Fell
It has been a very busy few weeks here at Nagle-Rice since Mr. Fell announced his retirement. We were blessed to have such a humble and caring man at the helm for the past 16 years. This week we have been celebrating Mr. Fell with a wonderful week of songs, poems, music, ice-cream van, parties […]
Jordan Lee visits Nagle Rice
Many thanks to Jordan Lee who visited Nagle-Rice yesterday with his girlfriend Maddie. He is our local paralympian and brother to Isabelle and Rachel, pupils in our school. He gave a wonderful insight into his life as an athlete and overcoming adversity with some wonderful advice to all pupils in the school. Jordan you are […]
BFG to EU
Congratulations to our two First classes on completing the BFG to EU (Big Friendly Guide to the European Union) Programme in conjunction with UCC. This is the second year of the programme in Nagle Rice School and the children really enjoy it. Well done.