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School ActivitiesThere are a wide range activities available to children who attend Scoil Naomh Iosef.
You can find information about some of these activities below.
Ceoltóirí Choll Coille
Children from 3rd – 6th classes can be part of our music group. This group meets weekly to learn tunes and practice.
Ceoltóirí Choll Coille perform at school mass, concerts and other special occasions.
Mrs Nash work with Ceoltóirí to prepare for these performances.
Latest Music News
Christmas time at Scoil Naomh Iosef
December was a very busy month in Scoil Naomh Iosef.The children were Carol Singing in the Square on Friday morning. Many thanks to everyone for supporting the school.Then, just as we were winding down for the Christmas break a jingle was heard coming from the halla!!...
Sport
Sport is very important in our parish and also in our school. As well as enjoying the P.E. curriculum, we also have football, hurling and camogie teams in our school. Mr. Murphy and Mrs. Wall train these teams.
We also occasionally have external coaches for hand-ball and gymnastics.
Children from 3rd to 6th class attend swimming lessons for six weeks each year.
Latest Sport News
Celebrating 50 Years of Cumann na mBunscoil
Last week, we celebrated 50 of Cumann na mBunscoil promoting Gaelic Games in Primary Schools. Muiris McCarthy in 4th class was very busy interviewing some well known Limerick sports stars. Have a listen to the interviews below. 3rd and 4th class also had a Poc Fada...
Sports Day, Raising of the Green Flag and Sports Awards
Sports Day 2019 was held on Friday June 21st. The children enjoyed five different activity stations- bouncing castles, races, team games, novelty races and uni-hock. Just before lunch Rustic catering van arrived to serve chips to all the children. Congratulations...
Camogie
The girls took part in the recent West Limerick camogie blitz in Mick Neville Park Rathkeale. For the majority of girls it was their first time playing a camogie match. They won their first match played on the day. Well done to all the girls...
Gymnastics
The children from Junior Infants to 2nd Class have just finished their 6 weeks of Gymnastics with Mark Cranitch of Airtime Gymnastics. The children really enjoyed the gymnastics lessons with Mark. Below are a few pictures.
Green Schools
Scoil Naomh Iosef currently has four green flags.
We are currently working towards our fifth flag. The theme for this flag is Bio-diversity.
The Green School Committee work very hard gathering data and implementing action plans to make our school more environmentally friendly.
Latest Green Schools News
Planting Our Sunflowers
The time had come to take our sunflowers from the warmth and cosiness of the classroom and plant them in the school garden. The children had a lovely time digging and carefully placing their sunflowers in the garden. Thank you to Bríd and Fiona who did lots of work in...
Walk to ScHool week
The pupils from Scoil Naomh Iosef took part in the National Walk to School Week from the 24th to 28th of May. The Green Schools Committe took a tally of their classroom each morning to see how many children walked to school. It was a huge success with over 89% of the...
Team Limerick clean up
The Green Schools Committee recently took part in the TLC initiative and did a tidy up in the schools grounds, the surrounding estates, the church grounds, the grave yard and the square. The committee did a great job picking up the litter to keep our community clean...
1st and 2nd Class on RTÉ News!
1st and 2nd class became news readers this week! We did lots of research on the iPads to prepare for our news segment on RTÉ! We learned a lot about becoming global citizens and ways to look after our planet!
Green Schools Day of Action 2021
This year our 'Green Schools Day of Action' went online. As part of our theme we aimed to learn about and celebrate different cultures in our school community, as well as encouraging recycling. On Friday the 12th of February, the whole...
Green Code
To launch the Green School’s work for this year we held a Green Schools Code competition. The children from 1st-6th class were asked to come up with a catchy slogan for our theme; Global Citizenship- Litter and Waste. Well done...
Get In Touch
Location: Dromcollogher, Co. Limerick
Telephone: (063)83229
Email: dromcollogherprimary@gmail.com
School Hours: M-F: 9.20am - 3pm
The school office is manned Monday to Wednesday 9.00 am – 12.00 pm. An answering service is available at all other times and a call will be returned to you.