St. Cecilia’s School wishes to set up a panel of substitute special needs assistants who can work at short notice when required. Please contact the school office on 0719177907 for further details. This is an excellent opportunity to get experience in a supportive environment. Applicants must be over 18 and undertake Garda Vetting requirements.

Our ATP have been working on a very exciting project which has started to take off. We are creating a wheelchair accessible nature trail through the woodland near the school. A massive thank you to CJH Construction for their work, support and dedication to this idea. This is only the beginning for this project and there are a lot of people to thank when we continue it’s development in September. Have a look at the video to see our vision.

We are very proud of our senior students who received their Junior Cycle L1LP certificates. Congratulations to you and your families and well done on all the hard work.

Newsletter June 23

What a fabulous day Yellow Class had at Castle Adventure Farm! We began our day with a visit to the indoor imaginative play area. We explored a mini farm, built a wall and stamped on some jellyfish. Then we met some little animals and explored the playground. We had lunch and a movement break in the softplay centre and finished our day with a train ride around the field! And we celebrated Rory’s birthday in style! A great day out!

A day of action was held at St. Cecilia’s yesterday. A huge thank you to Leo Nicholson and his team for painting, constructing maintaining and improving our environment. Amazing work.

#bikeweek and #activeschools were a fantastic combination for the students today. Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership came to school with a selection of bikes to try. We had a great time developing our gross motor skills for PE. Eílis came dressed for business but couldn’t resist a spin on the tandem!
We even got time to reward ourselves with an ice cream. Thank you #Greenschools and #Activeschools

It’s #activeschools week in St. Cecilia’s. We have walked, danced and visited playgrounds on our community outings and even found time to reach the semi final stage of our boccia tournament. What great active students we have.

Our L1LPs for Physical Education Aquatics were a great hit today. We went to Hazelwood with Outback Jacks surf school. We learnt about

6.26. Explore the effects of water buoyancy on self/others and other objects/floatation devices.

6.23. Explore water in different situations and environments.

6.27. Move through water in different directions forwards, backwards, sideways, jumping, using swimming strokes etc.  Great work everyone.

We were delighted to welcome Rosán sensory adventures to school to perform their Hear Our Voice camping adventure to the students. This immersive, sensory drama experience lead by the students was nothing short of incredible. Amélie, Phillida, Sorcha and Karina thank you for a wonderful week.

Across St. Cecilias School science was happening and young scientists were busy  all week. Each day there was a science activity or experiment that linked with our SESE curriculum. It was great fun investigating, experimenting, and participating in science!

Monday: Chromatography Experiment: Watching water display the colours in ink.

Tuesday: Planting: seeds in eggshells

Wednesday: Magnets: exploring how magnets attract objects.

Thursday: Light Experiments: watching light refract and reflect a rainbow.

Friday: Garden scavenger hunt: looking for bugs, plants, flowers and planting tools.

We are so proud of our senior students who participated in a #specialolympics swimming event today. Our team did fantastically well bringing home an abundance of medals. Congratulations to all who participated.

Congratulations to our Green Schools Committee on winning the ‘Special School Sustainable Travel Award’! The students took part in a 20k walk, to be completed in 10 days, that they did as classes or groups to promote the #bigtravelchallenge We really enjoyed our trip to the award ceremony at Dublin Zoo.

We have been learning about Drama in school this week. We were delighted to welcome Groove to school, and what a fantastic light and sensory filled drama production they put on!

A massive thanks to @StMarysGAASligo and all the participants for their €5000 donation to the school from their sponsored 24 hour run.