On Wednesday 20th April, 4th class, Room 11- had a very enjoyable fun day which was facilitated by four BA Sport and Exercise (GAA) students from IT Carlow. The activities for the festival were based on the games of football, hurling, camogie and rounders’,...

The sacrament of Confirmation was celebrated on Friday 22nd April in Holy Family Church, Askea. This was a joyful occasion for the whole school community. We extend our thanks to the choir, their conductor and their accompanists. A special word of thanks to...

On Tuesday ,15th March, the school celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. 3rd class told the story of St. Patrick ‘as Gaeilge’, through the medium of song, dance, poetry, music and drama. Each...

On Tuesday 15th March, we celebrated ‘Proclamation Day’.  It was a very memorable occasion. We invited two past pupils to join us, Capt. Sinéad Doyle, who raised the tricolour and Amy Collins, Killeshin Pipe Band who led the school community to the flag raising ceremony. Pupils from 5th & 6th classes, Rasna, Heather and Alannah,  read from the 1916 Proclamation and Isra, Amelia and Eliza read from their ‘Proclamation for a New Generation’ which they had been working on over the past number of weeks. The ceremony concluded with ‘Amhrán na bhFiann’. 

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We held our ‘Anti- Bullying Awareness Week’ from 22nd February- 26th February. During this week, the school’s Anti- Bullying’ policy was highlighted in each class. Specific SPHE...

Knitting/Craft Club” for parents will restart on Thursday 7th April. We will start a new project. It runs every Thursday morning from 9.30am-10.30am. Please come along, even if you are at beginner level. All parents/guardians and grandparents are welcome.

Our debating team having gone through five rounds in Concern’s Primary Debating  Competition emerged in 3rd place on Tuesday 1st March.  The team members were Brianna Lupchian, Rana Gharib,   Ruth Phiri, Rasna Begum, Patrycja Wozniak , and Flavia Friciu. The...

"Hello to all the Children of the World", was the refrain to be heard if you looked in on our  school on  Friday 12th February.  The girls swapped their green and white school...

On Thursday 11th February, our debating team took part in the semi- finals of Kilkenny Education Centre’s debating competition.  They proposed the motion: ‘Conserving water is not an important issue for Ireland’. The team members were: Brianna Lupchian, Rana...

1st February, St. Brigid’s Day is a very important feast day in the school calendar of Holy Family G.N.S. Askea. 5th & 6th classes were very busy throughout the week leading...