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Welcome to Our Lady of Lourdes
National School
Our Lady of Lourdes is a warm, welcoming and inclusive school. It is the oldest school in the parish of Ballinlough, having been established in 1943. It has always been at the heart of the community.
Every child is valued here, and every child is made to feel that they belong. This school is a caring community with a long tradition of academic excellence, music and the arts. Children flourish in Our Lady of Lourdes, because we take a holistic approach to education. The intellectual, emotional, social, physical, artistic, and creative development of each child is a priority. It is important to us that the children in our care are happy and that they reach their full potential.
At the end of 8 years in Our Lady of Lourdes School, the children leave us as well-rounded individuals with the skills needed for continuous learning. They also leave with very happy memories and a life-long attachment to the school.
People matter in Our Lady of Lourdes.
Mercedes Campion
Principal
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Lord Mayors Visit Sept 2023
Lord Mayor Kieran McCarthy visited Our Lady of Lourdes NS on Friday 8th September. The girls and staff gave him a great welcome, singing his song “Oh what a beautiful morning” as he arrivied. The Lord Mayor has a
Volcanoes
Rang a haon had so much fun learning all about volcanoes. They researched the names of volcanoes and learned a little about them, labelled diagrams, created fabulous explanation writing pieces and wrote up a science experiment, which they put
Second Class Feis
Well done to all of the Second Class pupils for taking part in the Our Lady of Lourdes Feis and performing their poems. Everyone worked very hard on them. A special congratulations to this years prize winners!
Flat Stanley novel
Rang a haon finished reading the novel 'Flat Stanley'. They really enjoyed reading about the adventures he had so we decided to send our own Flat Stanley off to other counties and countries around the world through the post.
City Sports 2023
Best of luck to our City Sports team who will be participating in this years competition in MTU tomorrow the 1st of June. They have put a great effort into their training and will do us all very proud
Geology Workshop
The two Fourth Classes became geologists for the day. A special thanks to Kevin Ryan (parent) and Jess Franklin (past pupil) for organising same. The children learned all about rocks and fossils and had an opportunity to observe samples
Supporting the U Factor !
We took a trip to the Ursuline Secondary School to support the Turkey/Syria Earthquake Appeal. All the acts were amazing- we especially enjoyed watching our past pupils perform.
Practising Our Fundamental Movement Skills
Enjoyed practising our Skipping Skills in the yard on a sunny afternoon !
Visit to the Community Garden
Look at our green fingers !! We had a fantastic day tending to our plots. We weeded and replanted and will be back in the near future to plant some vegetables
Confirmation Day
On the 19th of April all of sixth class made their confirmation. Luckily the sun was shining and the weather was amazing. We were confirmed by Bishop Patrick Harrington. After the ceremony we all went back to the school