Congratulations to our quiz team of Seán, Michael, Alison & Clodagh who came in 1st place in the Portarlington District Credit Union Quiz. They now progress to the next stage. 🥇👏

Mr Walsh's class made St. Brigid's crosses today. Pupils across the school have been learning about the story of St. Brigid, one of our patron saints. @KANDLEi @EmoParish

We held our annual Santa Dash today with all proceeds going to @SVP_Ireland. Ms Behan was presented with over €250 by our Student Council. More photos on the school website Nollaig Shona🎅

Our 6th Class Table Tennis Leagues concluded today. Many thanks to @courtwoodgaa for sponsoring the prize. More photos on the school website 🏓

Many thanks to @LaoisCoaching for organising the 3rd & 4th Class Football Blitz today. Our pupils really enjoyed it.

Our Wellbeing Week concluded today with a 'Crazy Hair Day'. This was the brainchild of our Student Council. Our SC are pictured with a donation of €287 to @SOSAD_Ireland Laois. Maith sibh 👏

5th & 6th Classes visited Donaghmore Workhouse Famine Museum today. The trip helped to consolidate their learning in the classroom. The bus managed to stop at a playground on the way home also! A great day was had by all. More photos on the website.

Our Lunchtime Football Leagues concluded during the week with two fantastic finals. Well done to all for taking part & to Rang 6 in particular for refereeing and organising pitches etc. There are more photos on the website @courtwoodgaa @LaoisSchoolsGAA

What great fun was had today in school as we held our annual Halloween Hike and everyone had the opportunity to dress up. Many thanks as always to our wonderful Parents' Association for organising. More photos on the website

A sample of the fun games, activities and lessons taking place this week across the school to celebrate #mathsweek. More photos on the website. Thanks to Ms Conroy for organising. @mathsweek

Pictured are our newly elected Student Council (minus Finbarr). Each member was elected by their own peers after great campaigning across the school in recent weeks. We look forward to working with this super bunch in the months to come.

Congratulations to all our award winners from our first Teacht le Chéile of the new school year. Tús maith, leath na hoibre👏

It was wonderful to welcome the pupils back yesterday for the start of another school year. We especially welcome our new Junior Infant class. They've settled in brilliantly. Tús maith, leath na hoibre👏

Well done & congratulations to Seán Slattery. He was chosen to represent @LaoisSchoolsGAA on All Ireland Final day. What a great honour for our school & @courtwoodgaa. We hope Seán & his family had a great day. Hopefully he'll return in years to come wearing the blue & white 🔵⚪️

Our Lunchtime Leagues reached a conclusion today with the finals our of Junior & Senior Leagues. Well done to the winning teams of Laois & Cavan. We'd huge participation and great football played over the last few weeks. More photos on the website @LaoisSchoolsGAA @courtwoodgaa

Our annual duathlon took place today in glorious sunshine. Many thanks to Ms. Phelan for coordinating the activities. Thank you also to our many parent volunteers who did such a great job keeping everyone safe & ensuring the event ran so smoothly. More photos on the website.

Ms O'Connell treated her 1st Class pupils to a summer beach party yesterday as a reward for all their hard work throughout the year. More photos on the website.

Our 5th and 6th Class pupils travelled to Dublin yesterday on a history trip. We visited @KilmainhamOPW and @EPICMuseumCHQ Irish Emigration Museum. It was a wonderful day. More photos on the school website

Many thanks to @courtwoodgaa & PJ Kelly for sponsoring hats for all pupils in our school. We are very grateful for the support received from our local club this year. Thank you to senior players Niall Dunne & Seán O'Flynn for presenting the hats and good luck Laois on Sunday🔵⚪️

Congratulations to our rounders teams yesterday at the @LaoisSchoolsGAA finals. Our girls won the championship final, a fantastic achievement and a first for our school, whilst the boys team lost the championship final after an epic semi-final win. More photos on the website.