Junior
Sun Smart Art Competition
Our 4th class entered the Sun Smart Art Competition You had to make sun smart Superheros that includes the 5S'. The five S' are slip on clothes,slop on suncream and slap on a sun cap seek shade and slide on sunglasses. You had to use your own imagination to create...
Books2Home
We are delighted to be involved in the Books4Home initiative, run by the Letterkenny Rotary Club in association with Kernan's, a community-focused project that encourages a lifelong love of reading among primary school children by collecting and distributing quality...
Exploring Space
We have been having an amazing time exploring space and discovering all about the different planets and world we live in. The classroom has been full of excitement as we sang fun, space-themed songs together.During Aistear, we became real astronauts, working in space...
Seachtain na Gaeilge art competition winner
Bhuaigh Abbie, Rang 1, an comórtas dathúcháin ó chomórtas SnaG 2026 i gcomhar le Leabharlanna Dhún na nGall. Is é an duais trealamh ealaíne stórála Scentos Mega. Comhghairdeas Abbie!
Looking after what we Share!!
Our Wellbeing theme this month was 'Looking after what we share.' The boys and girls in Magherabeg showed great respect for their own and other people's property. There were a number of boys and girls in each class who made an extra special effort and these children...
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2026
Bhí seachtain na gaeilge ar súil an tseachtain seo caite i Scoil Phroinnseas Naofa, Magherabeg. Bhí roinnt gníomhaíochtaí ar siúl. Chríochnaigh sé ar an Aoine lenár ‘Lá Glas.’ Bhí tionól againn ar maidin. Chan na naíonáin bheaga agus naíonáin mhóra an amhrán ‘Feirm ag...
World Book Day
On March 5th, children and teachers had the opportunity to dress up as their favorite book characters. It was wonderful to see the creativity and effort that went into their costumes. To celebrate, senior classes paired up with junior classes to read books together,...
GAA coaching
Ms Rodger's class have been busy learning GAA skills this term with Eddie from St.Eunans GAA club. They have been learning to pick the ball up, solo, fist pass and kick pass while having fun. The boys and girls have made lots of improvements. Well done everyone.
Exploring Spring
This week in our Stay Safe lessons we explored the topic of touches and learned about our five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. We are also learning all about Spring and the changes we notice in nature at this time of year. As part of our learning, we...
One School, Many Friends!
We had our February assembly on the 2nd of March. First, Chelsy came up and showed us her medals from Gymnastics. Our theme in February was ‘One School, Many Friends’. The following children got certificates for being a good friend and showing others how top be a good...
Yummy pancakes!!
We got pancakes on pancake Tuesday. Mary and Moira made them for us. She put chocolate sauce and marshmallow sweets on them to make a smiley face. They were delicious. Thank you, Mary and Moira.
Dressing for Success!
Our EAL pupils have been exploring the world of fashion! While learning about the theme of clothing, the children worked together to dress our Teddy. This activity gave pupils the chance to use their new vocabulary and construct sentences describing Teddy's outfit...
We’re all so proud of Abbie!!
Abbie got her hair cut for the Laura Lynn charity. She went to her cousin Alice's house and she cut her hair. She put them into braids and cut them off for charity. Abbie said "I was so happy when I got it done!" Well done Abbie. We're all so proud of you.
Halloween dress up at Magherabeg
Halloween dress up day in our school. Starting with Ms. Whoriskey’s class. They carved a pumpkin and had a disco. They had a party, played twister and took pictures of their costumes. Ms. Rodgers class played loads of Halloween games. Ms McLaughlin’s class played...
Junior and Senior Infants let their voices be heard
Ms. Whoriskey's Junior and senior infant class did some beautiful art using bubble wrap. The children got to tell the world all about themselves. They are so confident and we are so proud of them!!
Welcome to our new Junior Infants for the school year 2025/26
We welcomed 10 new junior infants this year. Sasha Arlo Hannah Shane Fiadh Lincoln Darrius Scarlet Yanis Yannika They have all settled in to big school and are really enjoying learning new and wonderful things with Ms. Whoriskey.
Inclusion Assembly
We held our inclusion assembly today at Magherabeg to celebrate the wide variety of diverse cultures that exist in our community. Eoghan Callaghan welcomed everybody to our assembly in our native, Irish language. Charlie Rodgers and Clodagh Kavanagh read the book ‘The...
Lenny the Lizard
The boys and girls in the Junior classes recently had a visit from the author of Lenny the Lizard, John David McHale and his son Finn who did the illustrations. He read the story, spoke to the children about the story and they did some colourings. Our first class were...
Seachtain na Gaeilge ar scoil
Bhí seachtain na gaeilge ar súil an tseachtain seo i scoil Phroinnseas Naofa. Bhí roinnt gníomhaíochtaí ar siúl. Chríochnaigh sé inniu lenár 'Lá Glas.' Bhí tionól againn ar maidin. Dúirt na naíonáin bheaga agus naíonáin mhóra dán agus chan siad amhrán. Dúirt na...
World Book Day – Juniors and Seniors Read Together
On the 7th of March, the students from 6th Class, 5th Class and 4th class spent some time reading stories to 2nd Class, 1st Class, Junior and Senior Infants. The older children prepared their books and some questions first. Each student had a book to read to the...
Gymnastics Junior and Senior infants
Over the course of 6 weeks, Junior and Senior Infants were doing gymnastics at Citadel in Letterkenny. Their coaches were called Ciaran and Niamh. They were really excited when they found out they were doing gymnastics. They reallyenjoyed doing the bars, trampoline...
World Book day
The boys and girls in Magherabeg dressed up as their favourite characters for world book day. Some came as fictional characters while others came as non-fictional characters. We had characters from novels, storybooks, comics, sports books, books about cars..... we had...
Being creative for Valentines day
The boys and girls from Miss Whoriskey's junior and senior infants and Ms. Rodgers senior infants and first classes were being very creative for Valentines day. They made lovely gifts for Mum's, Dad's, Grandparents and special friends. Miss Whoriskey's class made...
Snr infant & 1st class play
Ms. Rodgers class did the play ‘The Nativity.’ The boys and girls were brilliant saying their lines out really loud. There were some really funny parts and actors. It was a brilliant way to show how the baby Jesus was born. Well done boys and girls! Andrew C (6th...
Jnr & Snr infant’s Christmas play
Ms. Whoriskey’s Junior and senior infant class put on the play ‘The Big Little Nativity’. It was a brilliant performance. They all sang out really loud and were excellent remembering their lines. All the Mammy’s, Daddy’s and Grandparents thought it was very funny....
Magherabeg Elect it’s first student council
. In November, Mr. Meehan came into our classroom and announced to us that we would be having a student council. He explained all the things the student council members would have to do and the positions that there were. After that, everyone was deciding if...
Designing the Playground
The children in first class has been designing a future playground for the school. They have come up with some amazing ideas such as swings, slides, sand pit, football nets, basketball hoops, obstacle equipment such as more bean bags, hula hoops, snakes and ladders....
Aistear
The children in Junior and Senior Infants have been having a lot of fun in Aistear during October. Aistear is all about educational play and learning through fun activities. They have been doing fun things like making sweet treats. They also made potions in their...
Science Week
During Science Week, the pupil’s in Ms Mc Laughlin’s 4th and 5th class made 3D volcanos. This was part of their Science Week celebrations. They used paper, plastic bottles and cardboard to create their volcanoes. They then painted and decorated the volcanoes. They...
Visit from Ann Carroll and Donegal Hurlers
On Thursday the 19th of June, Ann Carroll, an All-Ireland camogie player, came in and told us about camogie in her days. Ann played for Co. Kilkenny. Her mammy was from Manor but Ann grew up in Kilkenny. She was thirteen years old when she played senior...
Speech and Drama Feis
On the 21st of May, a Tuesday, we had this year's FEIS. Margot Keegan, our drama teacher, Ann Kelly, the adjudicator and our principal Mr. Meehan were watching and listening to us do our poems. Everyone showed us their speech and drama skills and everyone did...
Lá Glas
We had a very successful Lá Glas to celebrate the end of our Seachtain na Gaeilge. Bhí Lá Glas an-rathúil againn chun deireadh Seachtain na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh. The children dressed up in green, white and orange.Ghléas na páistí suas le glas, bán agus...
Friendship in Infants
The boys and girls in Mrs. Buchanan's junior and senior infants were learning about friendship. The children talked about how important it is to be a good friend. They created pictures of times when each of them showed friendship. Mrs. Buchanan took pictures of...