Tag: Garden

Clontuskert at Galway Science and Technology Festival

kmurray3190

Today Clontuskert’s students presented their Climate Action project at Galway Science and Technology Festival. Check out highlights from the day.

Thanks to staff, parents and students who all travelled to the Bailey Allen Hall in the University of Galway to share our work.

Learn more about the project here:

Climate Change is a massive problem.
What are you doing about it?
In Clontuskert we want change.

One small change would be to ban plastic packaging in supermarkets.
Let’s start with the Fruit and Veg Aisle.
Why do we need plastic on fruit and veg at all? It already has its own natural packaging!!!

France banned fruit and veg packaging from January 2022.
Why can’t we do the same?

We are calling on the Irish government and all of our supermarkets and shops.
Ban plastic on fruit and veg!

Sign our petition here.

Outdoor Classroom in Clontuskert 2022

kmurray3190

Today the Senior Room began the task of planting the seeds we have been growing over the past month in the school garden.

The students have grown vegetables from seeds and today we transplanted them in the school garden.

Thanks to Clontuskert Parents Association who fertilised and covered the garden over the winter ❄️ we had a very quick job to make our drills and plant our vegetables.

We have planted carrots, courgettes, peppers so far!

Harvest Time 🥕 🥔 🥕 🧅

kmurray3190

The Senior Room harvested our vegetables today on one side of the garden. We were delighted to see some monster carrots, parsnips and onions that had grown over the summer.
Well done to 4th, 5th and 6th class for harvesting and thanks to Ms. Feehily and all the students for their work last year on the plot. 🥕 🥔 🥕 🧅

We hope all of our families enjoy some vegetables for dinner today!

Clontuskert Virtual Open Day 2021

kmurray3190

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Virtual Open Day today on Microsoft Teams.

Did you miss the event? Contact us on clontuskertns@gmail.com for more information!

We also offer tours of the school outside of school hours as per HSE COVID-19 regulations.
Please contact the principal if you wish to avail of this.

Admission Form for September 2021:
Application for Admission of New Pupils 2021-2022

If you are interested in enrolling your child for 2022 or beyond, please complete this Expression of Interest Form:
Expression of Interest Form.

Clontuskert Brochure 2021 Final Draft

School Policies relevant to Annual Admission:
Admission Policy

Data Protection Policy

Policies for review for Permissions in Enrolment Form

Clontuskert achieve a 6th Green Flag

kmurray3190

Congratulations to Ms. Cormican and the Green Schools Committee of St. Augustine’s N.S. Clontuskert who have achieved the 5th Green Schools Flag for the school in Biodiversity.

See details of their hard work here.

SFI Discover Science & Maths Award 2020

kmurray3190

We have applied for our 14th consecutive SFI Discover Science & Maths Award today! Wish us luck! You can see our application below.

Congratulations to all the students in Clontuskert who have worked so hard in every class on Science this year, in the school, at festivals and showcases around the country and during their Remote Learning Classes on Microsoft Teams! We are so proud of you all!

Clontuskert SFI DSM Log 2020

Gardening with Kay Synott

kmurray3190

Today Kay Synott visited our school to work with us on our school garden. We got to plant lots of fruits and vegetables including strawberries, broccoli, peas, carrots and onions! Kay taught us how to care for our garden properly to ensure we have plenty to harvest in the coming months. We also filled some window boxes with beautiful flowers to brighten up the front of our school. Check out the photos below to see how we got on!