Middle
School Tour to ATU
WHERE? We went to the ATU (Atlantic Technological University) on the 16/6/2026. When we got there we went to the snack room to put our lunch bags in the room. WHAT WE DID. First we did warmups in the sports hall and then we met this guy named David. The warmup was...
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...
Rising Rockets Roar
Artemis II What we learned in school was that the Artemis II was a historical event for NASA and the whole world. It was launched on April 1st 2026. It completed it's mission around the moon coming back to land safely in the Pacific Ocean on April 11th 2026. It was...
First Holy Communion 2026
On Saturday, May 9th, Mrs McChrystal’s second class made their First Holy Communion in St. Columba’s church in Drumoghill. It was the first communion celebration in the recently renovated church. Fr. Martin Cunningham celebrated the mass. There were readings and...
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,...
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...
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...
2nd & 3rd class Newsletter
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...
The Pumpkin Patch
In spring, 3rd Class and 2nd Class planted pumpkin seeds. We filled plastic pots with soil. We watered the seeds. We put the plastic pots in a tray. There were three trays. We put the trays on the windowsill. We checked them every day. After three weeks we saw them...
Growing our Sunflowers
The Sunflower seeds were planted in the spring by 2nd and 3rd class. Frankie the gardener helped them. They grew very high during the summer. It’s Autumn now and 4th and 5th class were working with Frankie in the garden. We cut the heads off the sunflowers. The heads...
Autumn Trees
We drew and coloured an Autumn tree. We used crayons and colouring pencils. We used yellow, orange, red and green colours. By Oisin Buchanan (2nd Class) and Michael Quinn(3rd Class)
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...
First Holy Communions
Congratulations to the boys and girls in 2nd Class who made their First Holy Communion on 10th of May in the Church of All Saints, Newtowncunningham. It was a lovely family day, made even nicer by the beautiful weather. The children carried out their roles with great...
Firemen visit our school
On Tuesday 6th May, three fire members came in to teach 3rd Class about fire safety. Their names were Barry, Seán and Fawaz. They taught us how to stop, drop and roll and to test your smoke alarm every week. Barry is working with the fire service for fourteen years,...
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Congratulations to the boys and girls in 2nd Class who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation this week. The children were wonderful and Fr Cunningham complimented each and every one of them on how well they had prepared. The children were presented with a...
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...
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...
It’s a Cracker – 4th & 5th Class
The 4th and 5th class play was an educational comedy for children and adults. Everyone put in a lot of effort and had a great time. It showed how Jesus was born and how a family Christmas dinner could be chaotic. Thank you to all the students who took part and the...
Prickly Hay – 2nd & 3rd
Mrs. McDaid’s class did a play called Prickly Hay. It was brilliant. There were great songs, fantastic acting and some wonderful costumes. It had a very important message. God loves everyone and all the small things you do can make a big difference. Andrew C. (6th...
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...
Cycling Safety
Third class went to Drumoghill NS and did a course in cycling safety. Fergus and Gemma McDaid were our teachers. They were kind, caring and helpful. We learned how to cycle safely. First, we learned to check weather conditions and make sure we are wearing the right...
Learning about Bees
On Friday the 11th June we had a visitor Stephen Gaffney,who is a bee keeper and he came in to tell all of us at Magherabeg N.S. about bees. Now we will tell you about how bees are born. Bees start as an egg and grow to larva, paya and adult. Bee facts : 5 types of...
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...
Exploring our school environment
On Monday, May 27th students from each class were brought out behind the school to learn about wildlife and specifically plants and different types of plants. Ross from Heritage keepers came and showed us all the different plants. He told us how plants can communicate...
First Holy Communion
On Saturday, May 18th, second class made their First Holy Communion at the Church of All Saints, Newtoncunningham at 11am. Fr. Martin Cunningham celebrated the mass. There were readings and songs. The teachers were Ms. Rodgers and Mrs. McDaid. At the end of the mass...
Sheep Farming in Spring
As part of Agri Aware’s Farming Through the Seasons programme, Mrs McDaid’s class participated in a webinar with farmer Aoife Cleary. Aoife is a young sheep farmer from Co. Roscommon. She brought us on a virtual tour of her farm and explained what happens on the...
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...
Clay Pinch Pots
The boys and girls in Mrs McDaid’s 2nd and 3rd class made pinch pots for their mammies for Mother’s Day. First our teacher showed us how to make the pots. Then teacher gave us materials we needed to make the pinch pots. Next we put our thumbs in the middle of the clay...