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The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D has today (Wednesday 15th January 2020) announced new rules are coming into effect at the start of February in relation to admission to schools. The Minister has signed a Commencement Order in respect of the Education (more…)
This morning staff at Scoil Chormaic CNS in Balbriggan (INTO members and Forsa Union member) came out before school this morning to show support for the Forsa Union #SupportOurSecretaries day of strike in pursuit of better terms and conditions for secretaries not under the ETB (more…)
Gardaí in Balbriggan responded to a welcome 999 call today when they were requested to provide an escort for Santa on his visits to local Primary Schools. On receipt of the call the members of the Garda Band were summonsed to provide Jingle Bells, HoHoHo music and songs to warm up the (more…)
Children from 3rd class in Balbriggan Educate Together National School and Bracken Educate Together National School took part in the annual Big Sports Quiz in Balbriggan Library on Wednesday 11th December. The Big Sports Quiz is the culmination of a programme run by Fingal County (more…)
On Friday 6th December Balbriggan CC hosted it’s annual 5k Frosty Fun Run. Students and staff participated in the event alongside some runners from the local clubs. It was a competitive race among teacher and students for the placings. Christopher Keeling (Balbriggan AC) was the overall (more…)
Thank you so much to all of the parents who came to support our fundraiser this morning. It was a wonderful occasion. Thanks to those who baked, donated, made tea, cleaned, bought raffle tickets and sang. We raised a whopping, unprecedented €5000 for Crumlin Children’s (more…)
Balbriggan Educate Together National School Parents Association once again pulled out all the stops for the ever popular Winter Craft and Food Fair. Wonderful craft stalls, fabulous cakes and recycled goods along with a great raffle with a chance to stop for a tea or coffee and have a chat. (more…)
The closing date for enrollment for primary school children in St. Teresa’s National School for academic year starting September 2020 is Thursday November 14th2019. Applications are ready available from the school office. St Teresa’s N.S is located in Pinewood, Balbriggan. More details (more…)
The children of St Molaga’s National School in Balbriggan put on an art exhibition today for teachers and parents as part of their Arts Week. This is the event’s third year, and alongside well-known figures, the children also learned about Irish artists and recreated some of their work. The children from (more…)
Balscadden National School hosted a school Marathon Relay on 23rd October, 2019. The event was run by Fitteryounger.com as a fundraiser to support the school’s latest literacy initiative Power Hour. Power Hour aims to immerse pupils in levelled readers at the level of the (more…)
A great morning at Balbrggan’s first pumpkin patch in Bremore ETSS this morning. A fun family day out organised by the parents committee with face painting, hay maze, lot’s of stalls and of course a chance to find your perfect pumpkin. Visitors had a chance to enjoy a hot cuppa while (more…)
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD has today launched a new art and design competition for senior cycle students to create a logo representing Wellbeing in Education/Folláin san Oideachas. The winning design will be used on all materials and resources supporting the (more…)