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

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 Spooktacular Day in St Paul’s

Have a look at all of the fantastic costumes from Hallowe’en dress up in St. Paul’s today! We hope everyone has a wonderful midterm break and remember to stay safe!

Biodiversity – Variety is the Spice of Life!

Biodiversity – variety is the spice of life! The Green School committee is continuing their work on the Biodiversity theme this year. We have met and discussed our targets and action plan for term 1. We are busy drawing up maps of our school grounds and environment so...

Grandparents’ Day

We had a very busy day in St. Paul's last Friday as we had lots of Grandparents visit us for Grandparents' Day. The day started off with a mass for Grandparents in the Church where Third Class sang beautifully in the choir. Grandparents were then invited back to the...

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...

Welcome to our new Junior Infants!

Céad Míle Fáilte go dtí ár Naíonáin Shóisearacha nua! Our new Junior Infants are settling really well into school life making lots of friends and they are enjoying learning new things! Well done boys and girls!