The pupils had a very busy week celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge. Today, we had a wonderful Lá Glas to mark the end of Seachtain na Gaeilge. Junior Infants to 2nd Class had a fantastic ceolchoirm this morning. They sang and recited Irish songs and poems.1st and 2nd Class played some lovely tunes on the tin whistle. Pupils from 2nd to 6th Class participated in a Tráth na gCeist this afternoon. Congratulations to the winners! Maith Sibh go léir! Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh! 

Well done to all the boys and girls who put a great effort into dressing up for World Book Day 2024. We had a great day with book quizzes, parades, book reviews, story time and more! 

Congratulations to the boys and girls in the Junior School who won medals in the Drangan-Cloneen Community Games Art Competition.  These boys and girls will go on to represent the parish in the county final in Thurles in the coming weeks. All our pupils put fantastic effort into their artwork. We are very proud of their success and wish them luck in the county final. 

Pupils from 1st to 6th Class were very fortunate to meet a civil engineer today.  She explained her role as civil engineer with Coillte.  Edel shared an insight into the different equipment she uses on-site and how she goes about planning a roadway. The pupils were intrigued by her work and the fascinating examples of 'Engineering  at it's Best!' from all over the world. A sincere thank you to Edel for her inspiring visit. 

Junior Infants had great fun investigating what materials would make the best raincoat as part of Engineering Week. 

Well done to the 5th and 6th class girls who represented the school so well in the FAI soccer blitz at Peake Villa in Thurles today. The girls did a fantastic job winning two out of their three matches. 

We have been enjoying excellent gymnastics lessons with Niall from Kool School over the past few weeks.  The children have been performing cartwheels and doing handstands during the lessons. They did lots of movements and sequences including the crab, butterfly, plank, 'rock and roll' and the basket, to help strengthen their core and enhance their flexibility. The children have had the opportunity to practice their balance by walking on beams, standing like a flamingo and through counter balances activities. Each of the lessons were fun and engaging for the pupils and they were fortunate to have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of gymnastics while having fun with their friends! O

Last Tuesday marked the end of 'Maths for Fun' for this year in the Junior School. The Junior School have tremendously enjoyed the 'Maths for Fun' for the last 4 weeks. The children had great fun playing maths games with their friends and have developed their mathematical skills. They really enjoyed rotating stations and playing a range of maths games over the four weeks. A sincere thank you to all the parents who volunteered over the last few weeks. Your help and support is greatly appreciated.  We are looking forward to next year already! 

Well done to fifth and sixth class who baked fabulous treats for our bake sale in aid of Trócaire today. A big thank you to all of the boys and girls who supported our fundraiser today. We are delighted to say we raised an amazing €473.62 for Trócaire. 

Happy St. Brigid's Day to all our community from the pupils in St. Patrick's N.S. The children really enjoyed making a variety of crosses today. A special thank you to everyone who sent in rushes this week. It is a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn how to make the crosses.

We concluded our term with our end of year assembly today where the excitement of Christmas was in the air! Well done to all of those who won attendance certificates and an Eason gift card. Congratulation to our Christmas raffle winners also! Thank you to everyone who supported the raffle, organised by the Parents Association. Happy Christmas to everyone and best wishes for the New Year.   

Thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas Jumper Day for Barretstown. We raised over €200 and there was great Christmas cheer around the school! 

As part of 'Friendship Month' the children in the Junior School came up with their own slogan to promote friendship in our school. The children were very creative coming up with their slogan and put great effort into their poster. Well done to everyone for taking part! The winning slogans include; 'Be kind, gentle and nice to your friends', 'If someone is feeling under the weather, be their sunshine!' and 'It's cool to be kind'. These winning slogans will become 'The Thought of the Week' for the upcoming weeks.  Congratulations to our winners pictured below. 

Second Class ensured that the birds will be well looked after this winter in Drangan by making homemade bird-feeders. They filled recycled plastic bottles with bird seed and brought them home to feed the birds. It was a great end to Science Week. 

There were lots of 'curious minds' this week for Science Week. The pupils participated in range of experiments from dancing raisins to magnets. They investigated gravity and how colours separate and identified items that can float or sink. They also saw how plants drink water and how rain occurs with the cloud in a jar. They investigated fingerprints and were amazed to see how they were all unique. The skittles experiment provided an amazing rainbow! It was a wonderful week in school and we definitely have lots of budding scientists for the future! 

Thank you to everyone for supporting the Team Hope Christmas Shoe Box Appeal. Every class contributed to a shoe box for a boy and a girl. Thank you all sincerely for your generosity and thoughtfulness again this year. 

Junior Infants and 5th and 6th Class have just completed a term of Irish dancing. Everyone really enjoyed the lessons and learned lots of news steps and dances. 

First and Second Class pupils went a football blitz in Fethard Town Park. They played 3 matches on the day. Excellent skills were displayed and everyone had great fun. Well done to all the boys and girls! 

We had great fun in school today for Halloween dress up day! Congratulation to our Halloween 'Guess the Number of Sweets in the Jar' winners! Thank you to everyone who supported this Parents Association fund raiser.
Happy Halloween!

Junior Infants had an exciting story time today as a librarian, from Clonmel Library, read the 'Room on the Broom' to them. Each child received a wonderful selection of books as a gift to begin their lifelong journey of reading. We sincerely thank Tipperary Libraries for this thoughtful gesture to promote children's reading. We hope all the children enjoy reading these books at home. 

First and Second Class enjoyed a trip to the library after swimming today. They had story time with the librarian and afterwards they had the opportunity to chose some books to take home using their library cards. 

Senior Infants and First Class have been enjoying Maths Stations with Mrs. Hayes and Ms. Walsh. They are really enjoying the counting activities and solving problems in their groups. 

The Junior Infants had great fun helping to make new chairs for The Three Bears after Goldilocks broke them all!

A very warm welcome to our sixteen new Junior Infant pupils. The Junior Infants are busy settling into our school and we hope they have a happy, fun-filled and productive year. 

We had a prayer service today where we said farewell to sixth class. They were a fantastic class and we wish them all the best in secondary school. 
Congratulations to the boys and girls who received certs and vouchers as rewards for their excellent attendance.  
It was with great sadness that we said goodbye to our school secretary Mary after 16 years in St. Patrick's NS. Mary will be sadly missed by each and everyone of us. 
We would like to wish you all a happy and safe summer break. 

Junior Infants to 2nd Class pupils enjoyed a Teddy Bears' Picnic today. Pupils in 1st and 2nd Class read some stories to the younger pupils. Everyone had a great time!

The senior school travelled to the Fun Academy in Roscrea on Friday for their school tour. The children participated in activities such as; multiball, arts and crafts, waterslide, co-operative games, orienteering, tug of war, bouncy castle obstacle course and dodgeball.