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

Our ‘Spirit of the Final’ Hero!

Following the fantastic win by the boys' Gaelic Football Team in Páirc Tailteann a few weeks ago, we were delighted to hear that one of our players was chosen by the reporters of the Meath Chronicle for a special award. This award is called ‘The Spirit of the Final’...

St. Paul’s Boys win the Meath Primary School’s Division 1 Shield final!

St. Paul's are still on a high after the fantastic achievement of our boys' team winning the Meath Primary School's Division 1 Shield final against Duleek. We are incredibly proud of the boys and their coaches Ms. Dennehy, Mr. Duffy and Ms. O'Reilly. Have a read below...

Book Week 2018

There was great excitement in St. Paul's last week during our annual Book Week. The children spent time browsing and buying books from the huge selection of books on display in the PE Hall. We were also very lucky to have the award winning children's author Benji...

Intel Mini Scientist

On November 8th, five engineers from Intel came to St Paul's to judge the Intel Mini Scientist competition. Four classes had entered- Ms Broderick's 4th, Mr Duffy's 4th, Ms Tully's 4th and Mr Harte's 6th. Over the last couple of weeks, the children worked in groups...

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to our Senior Boys' Football Team who have reached the Cumann na mBunscol Meath Final. The final will take place on Friday 23rd November in Páirc Tailteann during the school day (time to be confirmed). The boys topped their group with great displays of...

A Terrific Term in Junior Infants!

September Junior Infants had a wonderful first few weeks in school. We made lots of new friends and really enjoyed our play time topic "At School". We worked with Lego, built schools, cut out shapes and got to play lots of different people in our school! We...

Maths and Science Week

Last week was Maths and Science Week. In Room 8, we loved not using our books and engaging in activities, be it in pairs or in groups. Have a look at the pictures to see just some of the things we got up to!

Amazing Artists!

When Ms. Burke's class were asked what their favourite activity in Second Class has been so far, many responses were Art. And what amazing artists they are! Have a look at what room 8 have been doing in this subject since the start of September.

Singing up a Storm!

Each of the Third Classes have been very busy singing up a storm in the last few weeks. It was their turn to perform for assembly last week and they did a fantastic job. They sang two songs, one as gaeilge; 'An maith leat Rock'n'Roll?' and a song about friendship and...

Busy in S.E.S.E.

In Ms. Burke's Second Class, the boys and girls have been very busy, in particular in the subjects of S.E.S.E. - History, Geography and Science. In Science, we were investigating magnets. Our conclusion lesson involved Geography where the children drew maps of...