April newsletter The year is flying by and we remain as busy as ever in school. The weather doesn’t know what it’s at so remember your coats, gloves, and hats as the children will be outside as much as possible. Library: We are putting the finishing touches on our new library. The structure is in…

Over 40 boys and girls played a friendly against Glenswilly in brilliant sunshine. There was a huge buzz around the school this morning and we were treated to four great matches. The children were a credit to their school,  families and Burt Gaa club. Well done to Master Kelly who organised the games and works…

Today saw the start of our lunchtime hurling league. The Colm Grant Cup will be played by 4th, 5th and 6th class boys and girls.  Colm who is our grass man was there today to witness the first game. A massive thank you must go to Colm who has the school grounds looking fantastic.

The Marty McGrath junior cup started today in St. Aengus. We were treated to a fantastic match. Well done to all.

The children of St. Aengus had a real treat on Wednesday when Marcus OMurchu played some beautiful tunes for everyone

Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First class had a very exciting day on Wednesday. We visited Smarty Pants play and learn centre in Letterkenny. The children really enjoyed all of the different role play spaces and a long awaited outing with their school friends. There was something for everyone as many enjoyed making pizzas, caring…

We were delighted to welcome Clare and Amy from Whitehouse Vets to talk about their important job caring for animals. They brought two lambs, a chicken and Clare’s lovely dog to visit. All the children were very excited to meet the animals and enjoyed asking Clare lots of questions. Thank you so much to Clare…

Food has been our Aistear and Oral language theme this month. We have been designing and building our own restaurants and presenting them to the class. We made a variety of different foods using sand and play dough. We opened up our own cafe and have been so busy cooking, designing menus, serving food and…

Congratulation to Clodagh from 6th class and Tara from 3rd class who represented St. Aengus NS in showjumping. This is a first for St. Aengus and we are so proud of our two brilliant girls.