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Crinkill National School, Birr, Co. Offaly

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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

 

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Upcoming Events...

Wednesday, 15th October 2025
Music with Ms. Killeen
Hurling/Camogie Skills Students (Kilcormac GAA Grounds)
Thursday, 16th October 2025
7pm Parents Association AGM
Friday, 17th October 2025
3rd Class Fire Brigade Visit
Tuesday, 21st October 2025
Hurling with GPO Coach
Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
Music with Ms. Killeen
Friday, 24th October 2025
Polling Station for Presidential Election (School Closed)
Monday, 27th October 2025
Midterm Break
Tuesday, 28th October 2025
Midterm Break
Wednesday, 29th October 2025
Midterm Break
Thursday, 30th October 2025
Midterm Break
Friday, 31st October 2025
Midterm Break
Tuesday, 4th November 2025
Hurling with GPO Coach
Wednesday, 5th November 2025
Music with Ms. Killeen
Tuesday, 11th November 2025
Hurling with GPO Coach
Wednesday, 12th November 2025
Music with Ms. Killeen
 

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Congratulations to our 3rd to 6th class students on the Schools County Cross Country Championships yesterday. All children ran really well and the school is very proud of all our students. Our girls were the overall County winners. 3rd and 4th class girls were first in their category, 5th Class girls were 2nd class and 5th Class boys won their category. Well done to everyone again.
Busy Bees in Preschool! Children loved playing with the percussion instruments πŸ₯ 🎹🎸
Maths week - 5th class solving today’s math puzzles.
Maths week 2025 . 5th and 2nd learning collaboratively.
Maths Week Day 2 Exploring maths through card and dice games #mathsweekireland #workingtogether #teamwork
πŸŽ‰ Congratulations πŸŽ‰ to the overall ladies champions in the County Cross Country today! Well done to all who ran, overall the school did fantastically! More photos to follow!
Autumn has swept over 2nd Class. The children drew, coloured and cut their squirrels. We gathered leaves and used them to design a collage for our squirrels tails! We went on a nature walk last week identifying deciduous and evergreen trees as well as various tree types in our village. πŸπŸ‚
Maths Week Day 1 πŸ”’ 1st Class and 4th Class working together πŸ‘ #boardgames #mathsweekireland
Well done to Conor Tooher (5th) and the Coolderry team on beating St. Vincent’s, Dublin , in the final on Saturday.
6th class made lovely posters today in pairs focusing on literal and inferential thinking in English.
To celebrate space week 5th class did individual projects. This activity facilitated teaching their peers facts ranging from individual planets, dwarf planets, the sun, moons, galaxies, the black hole, astronauts, comets, asteroids, stars & constellations to many more interesting facts. Their projects were colourful and interesting. Well done 5thπŸ‘.
1st class this week. πŸ˜ŠπŸπŸ‚
✨️ Junior Infants ✨️ Made lovely Mr. Shape Heads in art coming up #mathsweek next week πŸͺ„
@offalyschoolGAA
5th class researched how the Great Famine affected the people of Birr and the surrounding hinterland. They did written presentations of their findings.
3rd Class learned all about 2D Shapes this week. #activelearning #mathseyes #mathstalk
 
 
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