St. Paul's NS | National School Ratoath Co. Meath

Welcome Message from Our Principal

Welcome to St. Paul’s National School! We hope you enjoy our website. On this site you should get some idea of the many activities in which our children are involved and what it is like to be a member of our school community.

We hope the children, their parents and family will be frequent visitors to our site and that you find your visit both enjoyable and informative.

If you do not find all the information you are looking for on this site please contact us in the school.
Morag McGowan

Principal

School News

Daffodil Day 2018

We are delighted to have raised €1,487 on Daffodil Day, which was donated directly to the Irish Cancer Society. Many thanks to everyone who donated money, and a special thank you to our Student Council who worked very hard selling pins, daffodils and raffle tickets on...

Easter Bunny Visit!

There was great excitement in school today when we had our annual visit from the Easter Bunny. He had lots of fun visiting all of the children and he even left a little treat for the children to find in an Easter Egg Hunt!

St Paul’s Leinster Glory

Played in the National Indoor Arena, Blanchardstown, the boys and girls U-11 teams and the boys U-13 team represented Meath in the Leinster Finals. Our U-11 girls were first into action. Playing with great determination and no little skill, they defeated Corduff NS in...

Art Exhibition

The PE Hall was transformed into a colourful art exhibition last week! Well done to all of the boys and girls who produced such wonderful pictures! There was lots of variety in the pictures, ranging from unicorns to flowers to football matches to portraits to animals...

School closed on the 28th February, 1st & 2nd of March

In line with Department of Education advice regarding the red weather warning the school will be closed on Wednesday the 28th of February, Thursday the 1st of March and Friday the 2nd of March. Take care and thank you for your co-operation.

Kilmainham Gaol

Today, Ms Broderick’s class visited Kilmainham Gaol. Our tour started at the front gates of Kilmainham Gaol. Here we were met by our friendly guide called Lisa. Lisa began the tour by bringing us to the chapel inside the gaol. Here she told us the captivating story of...

6th Class Test for Starch!

Hi all! As part of the Discovery Science project, Room 22 completed an experiment testing a variety of materials for starch. We had a lot of fun participating in this experiment. Firstly we found out what starch is. We then placed a variety of items onto paper plates....

Fifth Class Update

Ms O’Reilly, Ms Ní Mhurchú and Ms Broderick would like to wish you all a very happy New Year!!! We have been extremely busy since we started back. But to keep you up to date with what has been going on in our classrooms we have chosen a selection of our displays to...

Good Vibrations in Ms. Broderick’s Class!

In Science, we investigated seeing sounds, feeling sounds and making sounds. The four activities the children carried out proved that sound can travel in vibrations through air or other media. Below is a summary of what was involved in each activity. Seeing Sound –...

Pancake Tuesday

Pancake Tuesday is one of our favourite days here in Room 25. We love discovering the different toppings we can put on our pancakes! This year we put chocolate spread, sugar, lemon and strawberries on top of our pancakes. They were delicious!