This is usually a very busy time of the year for us in Creagh National School. We have a proud tradition of supporting the Ballinasloe Social Services through the making and selling of St. Brigid's Crosses. Miss Power, Miss Blade and Anthony Blade have championed this wonderful partnership and their enthusiasm has enabled  the school to raise thousands of euro for this worthy cause. They have also  educated the wider school community regarding St Brigid and the many customs and traditions associated with her. While we are not in a position to be physically present this year, Miss Power has generously shared two videos with us to help us celebrate virtually. The first video shows the collection of rushes (a key ingredient for cross making) while the second video describes how to make a cross. Please click on the vidoes below to watch. A huge thanks to all who support this annual endeavour and to Miss Power for sharing these tutorials. Enjoy!!!
While  visiting your local shop, you might chance upon one of the crosses that have been donated to help welcome in Spring 2021! 

Parents of some classes will be invited to collect additional materials/ books from the school over the next week. Please see timetable below:

Parents may collect the books for all their children  on the same day. Class teachers will be on site to distribute them on the designated days.

Friday 29/01/2021: Junior Infants
Monday 01/02/2021: Fifth/Sixth Class
Tuesday 02/02/2021: Third/Fourth class
Wednesday: 03/02/2021: First/Second class
Thursday:04/02/2021: Ms Curtin's Senior Infants

The Department of Education has today informed schools that they will continue to remain closed as part of the extension of current level 5 restrictions. This closure will be under ongoing review by Government. We will continue to support the remote learning of our school community guided by our remote learning plan. Please click on the image to read the letter from the DES. We will keep you imformed as to the re-opening date. 

Catholic Schools Week 2021 is being  celebrated from Sunday 24 January to Sunday 31 January 2021 on the theme ‘Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith and Resilience.' Click on the Images below  to read the latest newsletter from Mr Lohan and a message to the school community from Bishop Michael about Catholic Schools Week.

​A summary of class work for Week 3 is now available on the class pages.

We are very proud of all our pupils' super engagement over the past week. There has been a terrific interaction with teachers on Seesaw and pupils are submitting lots of excellent work. We appreciate the huge efforts that parents are making during this difficult lockdown and there is no doubt that pupils are really benefitting from all the collaboration.  Please continue to log into Seesaw every day for further details and daily interactions with your teachers.
If you are having difficulties with this, or any aspect of remote learning, please contact the school on 0909642634 or email creaghnsonline@gmail.com or principal.creaghns@gmail.com and we will get you connected. 

Creagh National School wish to send our huge congratulations to past pupil , Bebhinn Parsons who has been awarded the honour of being named Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Women's Player of the year. Beibhinn sent a lovely message to our sixth class back in June when they had to graduate remotely and her inspirational words were a fantastic incentive. There is no doubt that her powerful work ethic, combined with her considerable skillset will ensure that Bebhinn's light will shine brightly well into the future! Well done, Bebhinn. We are proud of you!!!

Thank you to all our children and parents who have made fantastic efforts to connect regularly with the class teachers and SEN teachers on the Seesaw platform. Brilliant work has been done by all. 
A summary of class work for week 2 is now available on the class pages. Please continue to log into Seesaw every day for further details and daily interactions with your teachers.
If you are having difficulties with this, or any aspect of remote learning, please contact the school on 0909642634 or email creaghnsonline@gmail.com or principal.creaghns@gmail.com and we will get you connected. 

As per our published Admission Notice, admission forms are now available to download from the website. Admission forms will be accepted until the 26th of March. You may download the forms and return them to the school or fill in the digital form on the website. The Admission forms along with the Admission policy can be accessed at the following link

​Remote Learning will begin in Creagh National School on Monday 11/01/2021 until the end of January. Teachers will be using the Seesaw platform to interact with pupils and all pupils are expected to engage on this platform on  a daily basis. A summary of the weekly work will also be posted on the website. Information on how to connect are available on the dedicated page. If you are having difficulties accessing this platform,  please contact the school by phone (090) 964 2634 or email (creaghnsonline@gmail.com) and we will ensure that you get connected. Please also contact us if you need help accessing appropriate devices to engage with online learning.