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*ENROLMENTS FOR 2024/2025*
We are currently accepting applications for the school year 2024/2025.
Application forms can be obtained on our school's website (), by contacting us at info
@askeaboys
.com or by phone on 059 9142772.
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Last week, we said a fond farewell to Mr. Kelly & Mr. Farrell. Both spent the majority of their careers in Askea BNS and will always be remembered for the hundreds of students they taught and inspired over the years. We wish them both happiness and health in their retirements.
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Wearing neutral colours today let's hope it's as civilised on Sunday! Best Wishes to Mr. Corcoran (Carlow) and Mr. Morrissey (Kilkenny) in the hurling.
@Carlow_GAA
@cnambcarlow
@KilkennyCLG
#CarlowRising
#upthecats
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Today, we remember our former principal Pat McGrath. Pat was a wonderful colleague, a true gentleman and contributed immensely to our school community. We remember fondly Pat's love of education and how he inspired and cared for staff members and students. May he rest in peace.
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Congratulations to our past pupil Seán Gannon on his 100th game for Carlow!
@Carlow_GAA
@CannonGannon9
@Eireogcarlow
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A huge congratulations to our footballers who won their Division 1
@cnambcarlow
final today. Our players put in a stellar performance against a very talented
@EoghainUi
team and got over the line after a tight and tense game. Well done to everyone involved.
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Well done to Mr. Corcoran
@alan_corcoran
and the Carlow Hurlers on their great win at the weekend!
#CarlowRising
@Carlow_GAA
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Best of luck to our past pupils and all in
@Eireogcarlow
in the Leinster Club semi final tomorrow. Fingers crossed we will be supporting ye in a Leinster final this year.
@Carlow_GAA
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Well done to Aaron from Ms. Spencer's 5th Class who won the
@kclr96fm
'The Big Kid Clean Up' competition. Aaron won the slogan competition with 'Clean Town, Green Town, My Dream Town'. We are so proud of you Aaron, super effort!
@Carlow_Co_Co
@GreenSchoolsIre
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Our Assembly focused on celebrating Mr. Corcoran’s incredible achievement of playing 100 games with the Carlow Hurlers! Huge Congrats!
@alan_corcoran
@Carlow_GAA
@cnambcarlow
As well as presenting medals to our 4th class Futsal Soccer Champions.
@FAICarlow
@faischools
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Huge well done to Mr. Corcoran who recently played his 100th game for Carlow. This is a massive achievement and a huge inspiration to all our boys in Askea.
@Carlow_GAA
@cnambcarlow
@gaaleinster
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A big congratulations to our 6th Class students who graduated from Holy Family BNS. We wish you every success and happiness in the future.
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There was great excitement today as our victorious
@cnambcarlow
footballers were given a warm welcome by all of our students and staff. Mr. Whippy also dropped by and treated everyone to a lovely ice cream 🍦
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Good Luck to Mr. Corcoran
@alan_corcoran
and Mr. Morrissey
@EndaMorrissey
lining out with Carlow and Kilkenny in Croke Park tomorrow! Pictured with our Hurler of the Year John Phiri.
@Carlowgaa
@CarlowTownHC
@SetantaCarlow
@KilkennyCLG
@cnambcarlow
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Have a look at our fantastic new playground equipment that we received today! The boys cant wait to have a try of the teepee, school bus and boat. Thanks so much to our Parents' Council for purchasing these for the school.
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Well done to our hurlers who played against
@bishopfoleyns
@Tullowboys
and St. Brigid's, Bagenalstown in a
@cnambcarlow
blitz today. After tough games, we are delighted to have qualified for the semi-final. Well done to all players and coaches, Mr. Corcoran and Mr. Morrissey.
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Well done to Ms. Phelan's Junior Infants Class who were very creative when learning about the number 4 this week. We hope that you all enjoyed these activities boys, excellent work!.
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
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WE'RE INTO THE FINAL!!!
A huge well done to our footballers who have qualified for the
@cnambcarlow
final. The boys came up against a very well-drilled and talented
@BallonNs
today, but played their best game of the year to get over the line. Congratulations everyone!
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We are delighted with our new rugby gear from Aldi
@Aldi_Ireland
. Thanks to all the parents, pupils and staff who collected stickers for us.
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Last week we were hugely proud to receive our
@gaa5star
flag. Huge thanks to all staff and pupils who made a huge effort during the year. We are also so grateful to
@Carlow_GAA
for their support.
@ActiveFlag
@CWnationalist
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A huge well done to our footballers who have qualified for the semi-final of the
@cnambcarlow
competition.
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We would like to wish our fantastic Gaelic footballers the best of luck in today's
@cnambcarlow
Division 1 Final. The boys are playing in the Centre of Excellence, Fenagh at 5pm. All support is greatly appreciated.
#AskeaAb
ú
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Best wishes to our past pupil Ciarán Nolan who captains the
@Carlow_GAA
Minor team this weekend. Ciarán is a huge role model for everyone in our school and we wish him and the Carlow team the best of luck.
Best wishes to
@Carlow_GAA
Minor team v
@wicklowgaa
tomorrow in their championship opener. We are honoured to have our very own Ciaran Nolan leading the team as captain. Best wishes to all our players representing the club in county colours tomorrow.
#molanoige
#eireogfamily
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Well done to one of our Confirmation candidates Lukasz who decorated his door for Pentecost Sunday, a super effort which must have taken a lot of time and effort.
@BishopDNulty
@mahonmeabh
@KANDLEi
@AskeaParish
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A huge well done to Ms. Carroll's 5th Class boys who made boats out of recycled materials, as part of their Engineering Week activities. Super effort boys, they all look fantastic.
@EngineerIreland
@IrelandEast
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
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Well done to our indoor hurlers who competed in the
@cnambnaisiunta
indoor hurling competition in Old Leighlin today.
@Carlow_GAA
@SetantaCarlow
@CarlowTownHC
@ActiveFlag
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Thanks very much to
@Carlow_GAA
and
@Ohanrahans
for coming in to work with all of our classes today. We are currently working towards receiving the status of a '5 Star GAA Centre'.
@gaaleinster
@officialgaa
@ActiveFlag
@irelandactive
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Thanks a million to our Parents Council who have raised a total of €15,313.65 for our school through their fundraising activities this year. Thanks to all who supported and contributed throughout the year.
@HsclTeacher
@AskeaParish
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There was huge excitement in school today as we welcomed
@Briantredmond
and the
@kclr96fm
crew. Our boys (and teachers) had great fun talking about school life and all of our fun activities.
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Ms. Spencer's 6th Class really enjoyed learning about chromatography recently. The class investigated how the colour of a marker can be separated into different colours. Thanks very much to
@CalmastWIT
for supplying the kits to the school.
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
@DPSM_Activities
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Best of luck to these 5th Class boys who will be going to Dublin to partake in the
@SEAI_Schools
Regional Finals. They have gone to great lengths to promote energy awareness in the school and in homes. Check out our school blog for further details. Please like and share
@SEAI_ie
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Congratulations to our 6th Class boys who celebrated their Confirmation yesterday. We hope that you and your families had a lovely day. Thanks very much to Bishop Denis, Fr. Little and Fr. Dillon for a beautiful ceremony.
@AskeaParish
@KANDLEi
@BishopDNulty
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Engineering Week is well and truly up and running. Looks like everyone is having great fun so far.
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
@IrelandEast
@EngineerIreland
@MRocheLab
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All of our 6th Class students really enjoyed learning about the heart this week during 'Sciene Week'. Peak of the activities came today when they were able to dissect a lamb's heart and see its internal structure.
@ScienceWeek
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
@TeachingSTEM
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We had great fun today taking part in our 'Monster March' and lots of outdoor Halloween games. Well done to our students and teachers on their excellent costume making skills. We want to wish our school community a safe mid-term break.
@ActiveFlag
@ActiveCarlow
@actionhappiness
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A great day of sports in Askea today with the boys enjoying karate, gaelic football and tag rugby.
@ActiveFlag
@Carlow_GAA
@gaaleinster
@gaa5star
@leinsterrugby
@benarms
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Best of luck to
@Eireogcarlow
in the Leinster Final tomorrow. An incredible journey so far this year and hopefully it will continue.
@Carlow_GAA
@cnambnaisiunta
@ActiveFlag
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Our school is looking very spooktacular at the moment.
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Today, we said farewell to Ms. Foley after a credible 21 years in Holy Family Boys. Mary has been at the centre of all things positive and wonderful in the school over the years and we will miss her fondly. Wishing you good health and happiness in your retirement, Mary.
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Well done to Seán and Axel who were part of the Asca U13 team which won the Carlow Division 3 League Final recently. Well done boys, we are so proud of you both.
@AscaJuve
@Carlow_GAA
@ActiveFlag
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Well done to 4th Class student Cathal who created this fantastic lighthouse as part of the school's focus on STEM this week. Well done Cathal.
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
@TeachingSTEM
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Junior and Senior Infants had brilliant fun learning how to skip during the week, while 3rd Class were busy making fantastic mini wool hats. Well done everyone.
@ActiveFlag
@ActiveCarlow
@PDST_Hwellbeing
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Wishing our wonderful 6th Class boys and everyone in
@AskeaGirls
,
@bennekerryns
and
@TinrylandNS
a very special Confirmation Day today.
@KANDLEi
@AskeaParish
@mahonmeabh
@BishopDNulty
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Well done to our school's hurling team who had a great win in their opening game of this year's
@cnambcarlow
competition against Ballon.
@CarlowTownHC
@SetantaCarlow
@cnambnaisiunta
@
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Best of luck to our 6th Class students who spent their last day in Holy Family BNS today. We wish you every success and happiness in the future.
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Last week we said a fond farewell to our principal Mrs. Kelly. It goes without saying that the school would not be where it is today without her effort and hard work, especially in her last 5 years as principal. Askea's loss is her family's gain. Enjoy retirement Deirdre.
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We can't wait to welcome our students back on Monday as we begin our new school year. Please check the information messages we have sent you to ensure you know your start time and which gate, coloured path and door you will use to enter the school.
@HsclTeacher
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Our 5th and 6th classes had great fun yesterday at
@carlowrugby
tag rugby blitz. Thanks to
@gavinwhitney09
for organising the day and training sessions this year.
@ActiveFlag
@IrishRugby
@irelandactive
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We had great fun this morning enjoying the fresh air on our whole school Santa walk.
@ActiveFlag
@PDSTpe
#santarun
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We had a very special visitor in school this morning. Santa surprised all of our classes with a rooftop visit followed by a visit to every classroom with lovely treats 🎅🌲⛄🦌
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Mr. Corcoran and Mr. Morrissey's 3rd class had great fun playing an indoor hurling blitz yesterday. Thanks to Brendan Hayden from Carlow GAA for organising.
@Carlow_GAA
@cnambcarlow
@cnambnaisiunta
@CarlowTownHC
@SetantaCarlow
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Students from Junior Infants, Senior Infants and 1st Class had great fun taking part in the
@Carlow_GAA
training session this morning. Thanks to Damien for all of his help and tips, the boys are really looking forward to next week's session.
@ActiveFlag
@PDSTpe
@PDST_Hwellbeing
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Thanks very much to professional boxer
@eric_donovan60
who recently came in to talk to Ms. O'Reilly and Ms. Cusack's 5th class. Who knows, we might even have a sports star of the future in this class too.
@kclr96fm
@Irishboxingcom
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A huge well done to Mael O'Rock who played at half time during the recent All-Ireland Football final. Congratulations Mael, we are so proud of your big achievement!
@cnambnaisiunta
@cnambcarlow
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Best of luck to
@Eireogcarlow
in the
@gaaleinster
club semi final today.
@kclr96fm
@cnambnaisiunta
@ActiveFlag
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We were delighted to have Paul Coady
@Paul_Coady10
, Chris Nolan and our own Mr. Corcoran
@alan_corcoran
show us the Division 2 NHL and Joe McDonagh cups today. Best of Luck to the Carlow Hurlers in Division 1B this year!
@Carlow_GAA
@cnambcarlow
@cnambnaisiunta
#CarlowRising
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A massive thank you to Carlow Olympian
@marcus_lawler
who came in to talk to our 5th Class students as part of the 'Dare to Believe' programme.
@TeamIreland
@ActiveFlag
@PDSTpe
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Wishing a very happy first St. Patrick's Day to our new students. Hope you all enjoy the celebrations. ☘️
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Active Schools Week continued today with our 6th class boys heading to play pitch and putt in Bagenalstown while the rest of the school enjoyed tug of war, athletics and cycling. Stay tuned tomorrow for more updates.
@ActiveFlag
@BagenalstownPnP
@IrishTug
@irishathletics
@CWLSP
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Well done to Eric from Ms. Brennan's 1st Class who created a robot and bridge using everyday kitchen items. Brilliant work Eric.
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
@TeachingSTEM
@PDSTie
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Best of luck to our 6th Class teacher, Ms Brennan, who is getting married this week. We wish you and Derek every happiness together.
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Big shout out to these hurlers of the future. They had a fantastic session with Leo & Nora this week and cant wait for them to come back again.
@Carlow_GAA
@SetantaCarlow
@CarlowTownHC
@gaa5star
@ActiveFlag
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Hard Luck to our hurlers from 4th, 5th and 6th class who lost their final match against Tullow today. Best of luck to
@Tullowboys
in the semi-final.
@cnambcarlow
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Thanks to Garry from
@FAIreland
who gave Mr.Egan's and Mr.O'Donnell's 4th classes an excellent workshop on 'Show Racism the Red Card' today.
@ActiveFlag
@irelandactive
@faischools
@FAICarlow
@INTOnews
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Welcome back to all of our students from Junior Infants up to 2nd Class. We are so happy to see you all again and we know that you are delighted to see your friends.
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A huge thank you to Conor Lawlor and John Michael Nolan from
@Carlow_GAA
who came to our school today with the Joe McDonagh Cup. Best of luck to the team in tomorrow's game against Dublin.
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Thanks to Jimmy Dooley from Carlow Cricket Club
@Carlow_CC
for coming back to us again for active schools week. The boys had great fun this morning!
@cricketleinster
@CricIreDevTeam
@ActiveFlag
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We continued to spread the Christmas cheer this afternoon by having a lovely Christmas sing-song lead by our wonderful school choir and one of our very talented 6th class boys on violin.
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We marked 'International Day' in Holy Family Boys' today and celebrated the 34 nationalities found in our school. Thank you to our African dancers and our 5th Class karate students who performed for everyone. A special thanks to Ms. Spencer and Ms. Howe for organising the day.
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Well done to our quiz teams who took part in the
@glorcheath
annual quiz in Éire Óg today. Special thanks to Mr. Farrell who gives up endless hours preparing the lads for competitions like this throughout the year. Maith sibh go léir.
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4th class had a great trip to Oak Park today where they learned about the honey bee and locally grown potatoes. Many thanks to John Hogan for organising the trip.
@teagasc
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Our students have been very busy celebrating Engineering Week, with some fantastic pieces of construction on show from forts to marshmallow domes and paper robots. Well done everyone, we hope you are all enjoying the activities.
@EngineerIreland
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
@EFKCorp
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We are so happy that our students are sending in all of the fantastic pieces of school work and extra curricular work they are doing at home. We hope you are enjoying them all and having fun when developing new knowledge and skills. Here are samples from various classes today.
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A huge well done to our 5th and 6th Class Volleyball players who took part in today's
@VolleyballIRL
competition in Kilkenny.
@ActiveFlag
@irelandactive
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Ms. Devitor's Senior Infants boys had great fun this morning reading to one another and discussing their books. Keep up the great work boys 📚
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Well done to 1st class who did a great job cleaning up our school today.
@NationalSpringC
@GreenSchoolsIre
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We would like to wish Sr. Joan the very best in her retirement. She has done untold work in the Askea Parish and has been an invaluable help to our students in their preparation for First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Enjoy the next chapter Sr. Joan, you deserve it.
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To celebrate National WOW day today, our students made a big effort to use an environmentally friendly way to get to and from school. It was great to see so many walking, cycling and scooting in the lovely weather
@GreenSchoolsIre
@ActiveFlag
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Congratulations to all the 6th class boys who had their graduation mass last night. We wish them all the best in the future. Thanks to Fr. Little, our parents council, parents, students and staff who helped host a wonderful occasion.
@AskeaParish
@HsclTeacher
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We can't wait for our Active Schools Week
@ActiveFlag
next week. We have lots planned. Check out the video we made of some of the activities our school is involved in.
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Well done to Mr. Morrissey and the Kilkenny hurlers on their excellent win over Limerick today. We wish them the very best in the All Ireland Final.
@KilkennyCLG
@kclr96fm
@gaaleinster
@cnambnaisiunta
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2nd Class were very busy doing 'Laundry Art' this week. The boys used items of clothing to create animals and other images. Have a look and see if you can make out their fantastic creations. Well done boys
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Happy World Book Day! Ms. Devitor's class look very happy with their new books from Kahn's book shop ☺️📚📖
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4th, 5th and 6th class boys had great fun at the schools cross-country athletics competition today. Well done boys we are very proud of you.
@irishathletics
@athleticsforpr1
@SLOTAC
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Some of our students have been very busy recently in our internal courtyards. The boys cleaned up these beds and planted wild flower seed bombs to attract pollinators. Looks fantastic, well done everyone 🌻🌿🌱
@GreenSchoolsIre
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
@PDST_Hwellbeing
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Best of luck to our past pupils Alex, Cormac, Maksym, Axel and Timmy who are playing in the Kennedy Cup in Limerick this week. Hopefully you bring back more silverware to Carlow ⚽
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Our 6th class students had a blast at the Aladdin panto in The Gaiety Theatre today. Well done to all the actors, dancers and singers who made the show so memorable for us.
@gaiety_theatre
@HsclTeacher
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Huge thanks to our Parents Council for their kind sponsorship of our new school kit. We are delighted with it!
@cnambcarlow
@intosport_ie
@AskeaParish
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Best of luck to Mr. Corcoran and
@BtownGaels
who play in the
@Carlow_GAA
Intermediate final today.
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**Christmas Concerts**
We are busy putting the final touches to our production of Aladdin, with all classes ready to put on a show next Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th December. Both shows start at 7pm in the school hall. Come along and you wont be disappointed.
@HsclTeacher
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Congratulations to our boys who celebrated their First Holy Communion today. We hope that you and your families have a lovely day. Big thanks to Ms.Brennan and Ms.Quirke for preparing the boys for this special occasion.
@KANDLEi
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Thanks to
@CJFallonLtd
and
@FolensIreland
for granting free access to their digital resources. See details on how to access them on our school blog
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Congratulations to our 4th Class futsal team who won the
@FAICarlow
competition on Wednesday. Thanks to Mr. O'Donnell and Mr. Corcoran for coaching the team.
@faischools
@FAIreland
@ActiveFlag
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We are very fortunate to have excellent playground facilities and equipment for all of our pupils to enjoy, particularly during the nice weather recently. Thanks to Ciarán, our school caretaker, who put a fresh coat of paint on our bus, tepee and boat during the Easter holidays.
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There was a special celebration for two of our staff members today. Congratulations to Ms. Forde who was a member of the
@CarlowLGFA
National League winning team last weekend 👏 and also to Miriam who recently celebrated her 20th year as a secretary in Askea BNS.
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What a fantastic day we all had at our Christmas Fair today. From 'hook-a-duck' to 'can knock down', face painting and much more, the kids had an absolute ball. A visit from Santa topped it all off! Thanks to everyone who helped out and made the day so special
@HsclTeacher
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A huge thank you to
@CarlowGAACoach
for organising GAA games and activities for our 3rd, 4th and 5th Class students in
@Eireogcarlow
today. The boys had a brilliant time and took a huge amount from the session.
@ActiveFlag
@PDSTpe
@Carlow_GAA
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Best of luck to our Confirmation boys who are celebrating their Ceremony of Light in Askea Church tonight.
@KANDLEi
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Well done to our footballers who played
@EoghainUi
in the
@cnambcarlow
semi-final today. Although the result didn't go our way, we are very proud of each of our players and their effort this year. Best of luck to the Gaelscoil in the upcoming final.
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Thanks to one of our 2nd class pupils, his brother in 6th class and their mum for sending us this lovely idea and spreading a little joy for Easter! It made us smile😀
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