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

St. Paul’s Wins Cycling School of the Year!

Last February St.Paul’s took part in the nationwide Big Travel Challenge run by An Taisce. This competition saw the Green School Committee choose a mode of green transport to promote over a 10 day period. As we had noticed a drop off in the number of children cycling...

Sixth Class Confirmation

Congratulations to all of our Sixth Class children who were confirmed on Friday.

Great Success for Olympic Handballers in Meath Championship Finals

Congratulations to our four Olympic Handball teams who performed so well in the Meath Championship finals played in Gormonston College on Monday the 3rd of April. All four teams won their respective semi-finals, which was a fantastic achievement in its own right.What...

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from everyone in St. Paul's! Don't eat too many eggs!

Something Fishy Going On in Room 12!

We learned about rivers in Geography and teeth in Science.... What better way to integrate the two topics in Art than "Toothy Fish". We added a little bit of magic by having a surprise in the picture- folding them in such a way, that there are two versions of fish! We...

Dragon’s Den in Room 12!

Ms. Smyth's Class learned about different famous inventors in History last month. They then worked together in pairs to come up with their own inventions- something that would help in their everyday lives. They talked about all the important things that an...

Yummy, Yummy, Yuck!

This month in Science, third class were learning about their teeth and mouth. In Room 12, they watched some videos and looked at some pictures, learning lots of new vocabulary associated with their teeth. They learned words like enamel, dentine, pulp, canine, incisor,...

Tree Projects in Room 12

In Third Class we learned about lots of types of trees in class. Then we put together some projects at home, and when we brought them back into class we showed eachother and learned even more facts. They look really well on our display boards!

Third Class are ‘flying’ in Art!

In Third Class we learn about the swallow in Science. In Ms. Smyth's class we learned how to draw the swallow, as well as other types of birds. We used our skills of sketching, shading and colour to make them perfect!