Crinkill National School, Birr, Co. Offaly

Welcome

Dear Parents/ Guardians

Welcome to the Crinkill NS website. At Crinkill NS, we take great pride in providing a safe, caring and nurturing environment in our school. We take a holistic approach to the development of children and encourage a positive approach to learning. Our dedicated staff are committed to providing a safe, supportive, and stimulating environment where children can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. We are involved in many initiatives and activities in our school as you can see from our website and social media pages.

I hope that you enjoy visiting our school website and that it is a help to parents/guardians and members of the school community.

Best wishes

Mrs. Nolan

Principal

 

Newsletters

Upcoming Events...

Monday, 15th December 2025
Dermot Tennis (All Classes)
Tuesday, 16th December 2025
Hurling with GPO Coach
Wednesday, 17th December 2025
Birr Theatre & Arts Christmas Show (All Classes)
Music with Ms. Killeen
Thursday, 18th December 2025
Carol Service (1pm )
Friday, 19th December 2025
Christmas Break School Closed at 12:00noon (All Classes)
Monday, 22nd December 2025
Christmas Holidays
Tuesday, 23rd December 2025
Christmas Holidays
Wednesday, 24th December 2025
Christmas Holidays
Thursday, 25th December 2025
Christmas Holidays
Friday, 26th December 2025
Christmas Holidays
Monday, 29th December 2025
Christmas Holidays
Tuesday, 30th December 2025
Christmas Holidays
Wednesday, 31st December 2025
Christmas Holidays
Thursday, 1st January 2026
Christmas Holidays
Friday, 2nd January 2026
Christmas Holidays
Tuesday, 6th January 2026
Hurling with GPO Coach
Wednesday, 7th January 2026
Music with Ms. Killeen
 

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Congratulations to our boys and girls football teams who received their Cumann na mBun Scol medals and enjoyed a pizza party after. Special thanks to Mairéad Daly for coming and presenting the medals @offalyschoolsgaa @crinkillgaa
For homework this week 6th class completed projects on the Titanic. They presented their individual projects today. They as always put in a great effort. Well done 6th on your hard work.
4th Class worked so hard creating amazing Christmas dioramas and presenting them as gaeilge. A lovely way to get into the festive spirit and learn lots of new Irish vocab 🎅🎄🎁 #construction #gaeilge #annollaig
🌟Future Engineers in Action! ✨ Our amazing 4th Class have been busy working through the full engineering design process — from brainstorming big ideas, to building prototypes, and delivering confident presentations of their work. They now enter the STEPS Engineers Ireland Competition. 👏 Well done, young innovators! 🚀🔬⚙️ #STEPS #EngineersIreland #EngineeringDesignProcess #YoungEngineers #STEM #Teamwork #Creativity #4thClass
1st class want to say a big thank you to @hassettsofcrinkle today. We posted our Santa letters and got yummy treats. Thank you! We had a great time.
Thank you to @hassettsofcrinkle for the lovely treats on our visit to post our Santa letters #juniorinfants
Senior Infants enjoyed their visit to the post office today, we posted our letters and enjoyed some hot chocolate and marshmallows when we got back to school ✉️ 🎅🏻 🍫 Thank you @hassettsofcrinkle for our lovely welcome and delicious treats 🍬
Preschoolers busy getting ready for Christmas 🎄🤶🎅#christmascookies #messyplay #ballpool
A big thank you to 6th class for letting us play with toys you made for your ToyShow Extravaganza #juniorinfants
3rd Class recently studied The Stone Age in History. They completed projects, made tools, weapons and jewellery. They really enjoyed going back in time as hunter gatherers.
More Pen Licences in 3rd Class today 🎊🎊
3rd Class had a great day today stepping into Christmas with all things Toy Show. They really enjoyed themselves at the Toy Show held by 6th Class. They then took part in their own Toy Show Show and Tell and decorated Christmas cookies with Fiona. 🎄🎄
✨Toy Show Takeover ✨ A big thank you to 6th class from Senior Infants, we really enjoyed all the fantastic toys on display for the toy show today! ⚽️🏌️🥊🍬🎲We also designed some fabulous Christmas jumpers for host 🕺 Earlier in the week we had a very special visitor arrive to keep an eye on the classroom and enjoyed dance with Deirdre too 🪩💃 A great start to December!
6th class spent the last 5 weeks designing and making toys. Today they set them up in the hall and had a toy show for all the classes in the school. They all put in a huge effort and were incredibly kind to all the younger children. Well done 6th.
Some very happy faces in 3rd Class getting their pen licences
 
 
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