Category Archives: News

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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!   … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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.

Our Newsletter is now available Newsletter April 23

Following advice from the NCSE visiting teacher service the ATP (Action Team Partnership) painted the posts in the playgrounds so the students can see them easily. Thank you to J.P., Debbie, Leona, Catherine, Florence, Elaine, Éilis and Ben who volunteered … Continue reading →

Gold Class is very excited to have live caterpillars at school. As part of our growing theme we are learning about new life in SPHE. We have been learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly and our live caterpillars help … Continue reading →

It was great to see the variety of socks on display today for #downsyndromeday #lotsofsocks23 well done to everyone who took part.

Blue class enjoyed joining Ursuline College and Sligo Grammar in Hazelwood this morning to #worldwaterday We took part in the @greenschoolsire @irishwater #walkforwater. We are enjoying #treeweek #hugatree @GreenSchoolsIre