St. Andrew's National School, Curragha, Co. Meath Phone:01 8351528 Email:office@standrewscurragha.com
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​​​​Welcome to our school website!
​We hope the website will provide you with information, news, ​updates, photos of our pupils’ work, and much more.

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Credit Union Quiz

Congratulations to our quiz teams who represented us with distinction at the Monster Credit Union Quiz in the Pillo Hotel on Friday night - our senior team came 2nd and our junior team came 4th. Well done all - we are very proud of you!

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Catholic Schools Week 2023

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Thought for the Day.....

MONDAY: Today is the first day of Catholic Schools Week 2023. Today’s theme is ‘Walking Together in Faith’. Our Catholic school is a place where we learn to have faith in ourselves, in each other and in God. May we learn to have hearts of compassion, trust and love in everything we do, as we journey together in faith. Lord, help us to live like you taught us to. Together we pray the prayer that Jesus taught us: Our Father ...

TUESDAY: Today we are asked to think walking together in love in our Catholic school. We learn many things in school. We learn things like reading, PE, science, music and art. We learn spellings and tables. But we also learn how to be a good friend. Jesus teaches us how to love one another. His Golden Rule is to treat others as you would like to be treated. Today we will remember to show kindness and love to ourselves, to those around us and to God. Lord, help us to live like you taught us to. Together we pray the prayer that Jesus taught us: Our Father ...

WEDNESDAY: Today we are asked to think about walking together to transform our world. We often hear in the news about how many people are very worried about our climate and how we need to change the way we live our lives. In our Catholic school, we learn that our environment is sacred, and that God’s creation must be taken care of and protected. May we learn to be responsible stewards in our world for the common good of all. Lord, help us to live like you taught us to. Together we pray the prayer that Jesus taught us: Our Father ...
THURSDAY: Today our Catholic school is called to celebrate our grandparents. Grandparents love us very much; they want us to be the best we can be and are proud of all that we do. They teach us wisdom, lessons that we might not learn in school and about faith. Grandparents can teach us how to pray and to trust in God that all will be well. We give thanks to God for our grandparents and celebrate their contribution to our lives. Lord, help us to live like you taught us to. Together we pray the prayer that Jesus taught us: Our Father ...
We invite our Grandparents to a special Grandparents' Mass in St. Andrew's Church at 9.30 followed by tea and coffee provided by the PA in the Parish Centre.

FRIDAY: As Catholic Schools Week comes to a close, we are asked to think about how we walk together in hope. The world can be a scary place sometimes. We might feel afraid or worried for the future. In our Catholic school, we learn that we are never truly alone, that God loves us and that our friends and teachers are there for us. Together, as a school community that is kind and cares for each other, we look to the future with the hope and the joy of the resurrection. Lord, help us to live like you taught us to. Together we pray the prayer that Jesus taught us: Our Father ...

Active January!!

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All classes are enjoying
gymnastics and basketball
​coaching this month!!

Sporting Success

November has been a month of phenomenal sporting success for our school. Our showjumping team placed 2nd and 3rd at the Inter Schools event in Killosery Lodge Stud. Both teams got clear rounds to get into the jump off. Our Cross Country teams had an outstanding day at the Cumann na mBunscol Cross Country Championship taking away no less than 3 titles! Our Under 11 boys and girls teams both won the title and our Under 13 girls took the top prize also. Our Under 13 boys team were absolutely superb too finishing in 3rd place. It was a wet, muddy and wonderful occasion for all! And to top it all off Grace in 6th class played for the Meath team at the Inter Schools Blitz and helped bring the Royal County to victory! 
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As part of Science Week 2022 we visited the National Botanic Gardens today. We were blessed with glorious sunshine and we had a wonderful day walking the Bark Trail and the National Biodiversity Trail. We saw so many species of tree and plant. We learned about cacti and carnivorous plants. We sweltered in the heat inside the arboretum where we saw rainforest plants and trees. It was an amazing way to learn about horticulture, botany and biodiversity! Have a look at our gallery below.

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The pupils and staff of St. Andrew's were delighted to donate to Team Hope's Annual Christmas Shoebox Appeal. Everyone was busy over midterm filling shoe boxes for boys and girls affected by poverty in Eastern Europe and Africa.

Turning of the Sod at Windmill Hill

Ms. O'Connor, Aisling, Aine & Daniel from 6th class recently attended the turning of the sod for the new Windmill Hill Resevoir and Trunk Watermain. The ceremony to mark the commencement of the works was led by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD and supported by Cathaoirleach of Meath County Council, Councillor Nick Killian. Also in attendance was Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, Minister of State for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne, local TD Darren O’Rourke, and Senator Sharon Keogan and representatives from Irish Water and Meath County Council, as well as local Councillors from Ashbourne and Ratoath municipal district and members of the of the local business community. We were delighted to play a central role in the launching project. We hope that this project that will provide a more reliable water supply for people in Curragha, Ratoath and Ashbourne.
 

Happy Halloween from St. Andrew's N.S!

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Brother Cross Country 2022

The rain was pouring down as we arrived at Trinity Sports Ground, Santry for the annual Brother Cross Country event. This event has not taken place since 2019 due to Covid restrictions and we were all very excited to be back in Santry again. Schools from all over the country were in attendance and 41 intrepid runners from 4th, 5th and 6th classes lined up in the challenging conditions to represent our school. There were phenomenal performances all round and personal bests beaten by many in fields of well over 150 runners. Special mention to Emily (fifth class) who took gold, Anna May (fourth class) who took bronze and to Aoibhinn (fifth class) and Hannah (fourth class) who both finished 6th in their races. Our school is a true minnow compared to some of the big schools who competed and we are bursting with pride at the performance of every single one of our athletes! Please click on the slideshow to view some photos.
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St. Andrew's Parents' Association will hold their AGM on Tuesday 4th of October at 7.30pm in the School Hall. We are eager to strengthen our members for the coming school year 22/23 so we are
looking for new members to join our existing team.  Remember this is your school and your chance to play a part in its development. All parents welcome. Tea, coffee and refreshments will be served on the night! 

Promoting Positive Mental Health in our Community

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Peace is the Prize

28 of our senior school pupils gave up their time to come back to school from 4.30 - 5.00pm today to join a Zoom call to launch World Peace Sports Day. Along with another Irish school in Ballina, Co. Mayo we were the first in the world to take part in this event and we spoke live to the founder of World Peace Sports Day Derek Peaple in the UK. We recorded a message of peace which will be sent around the world to different schools passing the baton from country to country to say that 'WE'RE IN FOR PEACE'. Famous celebrities such as Brian O'Driscoll and Paula Radcliffe sent messages to us to say that they support the campaign. The campaign directors have an appointment at The Vatican on the 29th and 30th September when they will sign a document for Peace in the presence of His Holiness, Pope Francis.We look forward to our World Peace Sports Day this Friday when we will wear blue and yellow to school and raise funds for Ukraine. Check out the details of this wonderful event here /www.worldpeaceschoolsportsday.com/
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An Mhí Abú!

There was great excitement today in school as Meath Ladies - the current  All Ireland Champions - brought the Brendan Martin Cup to visit Curragha! Bainisteoir Eamonn and players Katie, Emma and Aoibhinn were so kind to us - answering all of our questions, letting us hold the cup and signing our jerseys! 5th and 6th class made flags and headbands for the whole school and researched interesting projects on GAA in Ireland. 3rd and 4th class coloured beautiful posters to display around the school and 1st and 2nd made lovely displays for the corridors.
​We love Meath!!!!
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We are delighted to be back at school this week. Welcome back to all our pupils especially to our new Junior Infants and new pupils in 1st and 6th class.

Check out our class pages to see what we've been up to!

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Tracksuit Days until Halloween

All classes will wear their school tracksuit every Tuesday and Thursday until Halloween. 

Well Done Robyn!


​Well done to Robyn in Senior Infants on donating 15 inches of her beautiful hair to the Rapunzel Foundation. We are so proud of you Robyn!
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Positive Transitions

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The NCCA and INTO have some excellent resources to support the transition from Pre-School to Primary School.

Click on the images to access resources

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Curraha Parish Link

Please click on image for Parish website
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June 

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St. Andrew's National School at sunrise on 1st of June 2020
(Credit: Fiona Kealy Morgan)

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