Halloween season is upon us and it’s always an exciting time at St. Fiach’s! Thanks to the Hole family who donated a few huge pumpkins to us. They were beautifully…

Maths Week 2016 took place from October 15th-21st 2016. The students of St. Fiach’s NS were very busy all week with their maths trails, shape spotting and online activities. All…

Our annual visits to Oldcastle Library began on Friday October 7th when 3rd and 4th classes attended a workshop with children’s author, Alan Nolan. Alan shared some stories from his…

As an Active School, we were delighted to take part in Ireland’s National Fitness Day on September 16th. All students took part in a skipping competition to see which of…

We held our very own Coffee Morning on September 15th, in Ballinacree Community Centre, to raise badly needed funds St. Christopher’s Hospice and Meath Home Care. A big thanks to…

September 13th, 2016 marked 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl – the world’s number one storyteller. The students and teachers of St. Fiach’s NS are huge fans of…

Welcome back and best wishes to all our staff and students for the school year 2016/17. We would especially like to welcome our new junior infants to St. Fiach’s and…

To finish off a very busy year at St. Fiach’s N.S, we honoured our hard work and achievements by having a Celebration Day on Thursday June 23rd. This year we…

As part of our Celebration Day, the 6th class children prepared stories of their experiences over their 8 years at St. Fiach’s. Both parents and teachers are very proud of…

At St. Fiach’s, we encourage all children to get involved in extracurricular activities. Within community events, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved and enjoy themselves. Our pupils have…

Our annual sports day took place on Tuesday June 21st. Thankfully the weather behaved itself for everyone’s favourite day of the year. We started the morning with class races followed…

Our annual soccer tournament reached its climax this week. All children from 3rd class to 6th class participated in the Euro 2016 style competition. Congratulations to Sean’s team for coming…

Our 1st and 2nd classes visited Mullaghmeen Forest on Monday June 20th. We got to see some wonderful trees in Mullaghmeen arboretum: whitebeam, hornbeam, wild cherry and bird cherry, whitethorn and…

Our senior classes journeyed to Lilliput Adventure Centre, for the second year running, for their very active school tour. Special thanks to the wonderful leaders who guided the children through…

Our junior classes had their school tour recently at Rathbeggan Lakes. It was a wonderful day of fun and everyone had a great time. Thanks to all the teachers and…

Congratulations to the pupils of 2nd class who celebrated their First Holy Communion on Saturday May 14th 2016. It was celebrated beautifully by Fr. O’Connor. A massive thanks to our…

Yoga has been introduced for the first time at St. Fiach’s NS for 8 weeks in term 3 2016. Yoga has been around for thousands of years. It started off in…

Our junior classes (infants – 2nd class) are learning and developing the basic skills of Gaelic Football through our partnership with Meath GAA. A huge thanks to the wonderful coaches…

Our 5th and 6th classes took part in a BizWorld Ireland workshop. BizWorld Ireland is a not-for-profit organisation that promotes entrepreneurship skills for young people. They deliver workshops in primary…

              Our 6th class received the sacrament of Confirmation on April 15th 2016 in Ballinacree church along with their peers from Mount Nugent NS….

At St. Fiach’s NS, we celebrated our Proclomation Day on Monday March 14th 2016. As part of the celebrations, our students performed  ‘A Triumph of All Sorts’, a play by…

Bhí craic agus spraoi againn i Scoil Naomh Fiach tríd Seachtain na Gaeilge 2016! We had our traditional Tráth na gCeist and Céilí in the Community Centre. Comhghairdeas to the…

We celebrated our annual World Book Day on March 3rd. Once again the children made a spectacular effort with their costumes. From Harry Potter to Snow White, we had a…

At St. Fiach’s NS we are open to experimenting with all types of sports and games. 1st and 2nd classes were introduced to GAA handball recently. Thanks to Mr. Clarke…

Tuesday, February 9th wasn’t just any ordinary Tuesday at St. Fiach’s! Ms. Sorohan and Ms. Walsh were very busy in the kitchen preparing pancakes for all our children. Go raibh…

We celebrated our annual Grandparents Day on Wednesday February 3rd. Grandparents, parents and friends of our children in 2nd and 6th class gathered in the church for a special service…

The annual Oldcastle Credit Union Quiz was held in Gilson NS on Friday January 29th. Once again our students represented St. Fiach’s with great distinction. We achieved 2nd and 3rd…

Our students are back practising their rolling, tucking and balancing skills every Monday in the community hall.  Gymnastics is an important strand on the PE curriculum and it’s great to…

It was a great pleasure to welcome the ever popular ecologist Dale Treadwell to St. Fiach’s recently. Dale shared some wonderful stories with the children and helped them to appreciate…

St. Fiach’s National School’s annual Christmas concert took place on December 18th 2015 in Ballinacree Community Centre. Our junior classes (Junior infants – 2nd class) presented their performance of Hey Ewe! while…

Sean Nós dancing came back to St. Fiach’s for the month of November. Every child had the opportunity to brush up on their dancing skills. Thank you Rosario for creating…

Once again our boys and girls football teams represented St. Fiach’s with great pride this year. While the girls were very unlucky not to make it out of the group…

Following a successful Science Week, we had our Oral Health Week at St. Fiach’s. Oral healthcare is often overlooked with our children so this proved to be a very worthwhile…

Monday November 9th 2015 was a very special day for St. Fiach’s NS. To commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising and to celebrate 100 years since the Proclamation of the…

St. Fiach’s celebrated Science Week Ireland: November 8th-15th 2015. Each class practiced their investigation and experimental skills through many experiments that covered a wide range of the Science curriculum strands….

We celebrated ár dteanga dúchais on November 10th by speaking Gaeilge for the day. The children received t-shirts and wrist bands to wear for the day and there was over…

Thanks to Jim Lalor from St. Christopher’s Hospice for coming to St. Fiach’s to collect the money that we raised on our Coffee Morning. The funds will be shared between…

Our final week before the midterm was action packed with Halloween fun! Dr. Bennett made delicious pumpkin soup with her class. All the children dressed up on the Friday before…

Well done to all our students for their great effort during our recent Maths Week. Each class were very busy all week participating in Maths Trails, Maths stations and shape…

We are delighted to announce that we have attained Level 3 in the Pride of Place School Garden Scheme 2015. This is the highest level that can be achieved. Well…

As part of our continued support to lift off to literacy, we had a pyjama party recently at St. Fiach’s. A special thanks must go to the Parent’s Association for…

Our annual Active Week took place on 21st-25th September. Once again we had an action packed week. Here are some of the activities that took place and a gallery of…

Friendship Week is an important part of our school year and it’s a wonderful way to welcome all our students back to school. Many games and activities took place during…

The summer is over and it’s school time again! We are looking forward to another school year at St. Fiach’s NS. We would like to give a special welcome to…