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Mountpleasant N.S. is situated in the village of Ballyglass. We are a 5 teacher school.

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Balla Woods

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Our school was built in 1986.We have four mainstream classrooms and a General Purpose Room. This year our new extension which contains two SET rooms was completed.

The village of Ballyglass is situated 10 miles from Castlebar, 9 miles from Claremorris & 8 miles from Ballinrobe.

Ballyglass Community Childcare is situated at the rear of our school grounds. The Childcare service caters for babies, toddlers, playschool, preschool, breakfast club and afterschool children.

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‘From infants to seniors we witnessed it all’
Hats off to our 6th class graduates. An amazing class with futures so bright 🎓👨‍🎓👩‍🎓

Term 3 has come to an end ☀️☀️ The children really enjoyed their last few days in school making and doing lots of fun things 🛝🍦 🍗
We would like to thank Ms. Gallagher for all her hard work in 3rd and 4th class. We will really miss you and all the lovely activities you did with the children 👩🏼‍🏫

Enjoy the summer break everyone ☀️😎

Wellbeing Week was wonderful 😊 We had our annual sports day led by 5th and 6th class, a walk around Balla woods and playground fun, buddy reading and @mayomha completed a workshop with the senior classes 🏅🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️📚
Everyone’s mental health and well-being are extremely important, so always be kind to your body ☺️

3rd and 4th class were busy writing their own books that were published based on their favourite animal 🐍🐐🐕🐼🦍🐘 @ourclassbook

1st-6th class had an amazing time @shannonriveradventure last week on their school tour. They did a mixture of land and water activities and had a great day out 💦🚣🧗‍♂️

Junior and Senior infants had a fantastic day at @graunepetfarm on their school tour. The children got the opportunity to feed and see lots of different animals, along with having great fun in the adventure centre 🏜️🐷🐐

Wishing @ballyglassfc all the best this weekend as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of the club. Well done to everyone involved 🔴⚪️ Thank you for letting the children have a sneak peek today 👀 They loved it!

Congratulations to our Second class children who received the sacrament of the Eucharist today. We hope all the families have a lovely day! Thank you to Fr Farragher, Mrs Grimes and Philly for preparing the children so wonderfully for this special day. 👏👏⛪️

We’re delighted to welcome Martin Costello to the school for the next couple of weeks. The children have been thoroughly enjoying Gaelic football and are practising lots of skills, such as soloing, kick and hand-passing, shooting, as well as a fun game of football☀️ #gaelicgames #connachtgaa

2nd Class had their Communion retreat in Ballintubber Abbey in preparation of their big day next week ✝️✝️ It was a very enjoyable day and they were also interviewed by @rteradio1 📻 Great day had by all ☀️

As part of SESE, 1st and 2nd class were busy looking for wild flowers all around the school last week🌸🌺🌼🪻

Term 2 was so much fun 🤗 We’re still busy skipping around Europe, played some rounders and tennis, 2nd class made their first confessions and 5th and 6th class girls were FAI Mayo runners-up ⚽️ Let’s hope term 3 is as enjoyable ☀️ @active_school_flag

🐣🐰 Happy Easter everyone! We had lots of fun in our last week of term 2 preparing for the Easter celebrations 🐣🐰

Well done to all our students who won prizes in the Carra Community Games 🏆🥇🥈🥉

We have been very active in Mountpleasant NS ☀️This week, we started tennis, swimming and skipped to different countries in Europe as part of the ‘Skip Around Europe’ challenge. We’ve been enjoying picking a new country to skip to and it’s an excellent movement break for all 🤗🤗🏊‍♀️🎾 @active_school_flag

Well done to our 5th and 6th class pupils who represented their local club @claremorriscoltsrugby at half time in the @connachtrugby verses @munsterrugby rugby game held in McHale Park over the weekend. What an experience for both pupils 🏉🏟️

Happy Mother’s Day to all the special Mammies and Grandmothers from all in Mountpleasant NS 👩👵🌸🌺🌼

🐝 We’ve been as busy as bees in Mountpleasant the last two weeks 🐝 We’ve been tasting fruits and vegetables 🍎🍌🥒, solving maths puzzles using the iZak 9’s, learning all about Australia, preparing for First Confessions, producing excellent art and having our own Seó Faisin 👗👚#fooddudes

☘️☘️Seachtain na Gaeilge and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations were in full swing in Mountpleasant NS this week ☘️☘️ We had lots of fun in the Seisiún Ceoil, participating in Tráth na gCeist, dancing in the Céilí and completing excellent art pieces 🇮🇪☘️

⭐️ 3-D SESE projects on a famous landmark ⭐️ Well done 3rd and 4th class for completing these excellent projects as part of their homework. The work that was put into them is a credit to the children ⛪️🛖🌉 ⭐️

Lego day at school was so much fun in all classrooms today 🧱👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ As part of engineering week, the children had the opportunity to be creative and they certainly impressed everyone with their skills! ⭐️⭐️ #engineersweek #lego

Science Blast 2025 🔭🔬🧬🥼 5th and 6th class completed a project on the temperature of lava and showcased it in the RDS today. The future of science is in great hands 🙌🏻 🥼🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬 @esbscienceblast

🥞🥞 Pancakes make EVERYTHING better 🥞🥞 The children enjoyed their delicious treats today in school 🍋🍋

Two successful trips to @solar21park_milebush for the FAI Mayo soccer competitions. The boys and girls had excellent days out and we are delighted that our girls are the FAI South Mayo Soccer Champions 🏅👏🏻⚽️🙌🏻 #fai #mayoschoolsfootball

The skipping workshop was a huge success ��🤗 A big thanks to @sheerfitness_ for teaching the children all about the importance of skipping and how it enhances our fitness levels. Let’s keep practising!! 🙌🏻😊

Well done to our 5th and 6th class pupils who competed in the Cumann na mBunscol Handball competition. The boys got to the final and we are very proud of their achievement 🤾🏅🏅 #cumannnambunscol #handball

Valentines’s Day was celebrated in all classrooms on Friday ❤️💕💜

The children came up with lots of different ways to celebrate St. Brigid’s day ✝️💚🍀 Lots of fun was had in the process 💚💚

⭐️Future Football Stars 🌟 Well done to our two 6th class girls who captained the Under 12 and 13 Mayoschoolboys/girls against Galway last weekend ⚽️

Have you a child ready to start school in September? Join us for our open evening in Mountpleasant NS on Wednesday Jan 15th at 7pm. Meet the staff and visit our classrooms. We look forward to meeting you and your child. 📚🏫🖍️

Some magnificent art that was completed over the last two weeks 🎄🌟🎅 We would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year 🎅🎄❄️

The countdown is on…. ‘It’s Nearly Christmas’ 🎄 🎅🤩🤶🦌❄️☃️

5th and 6th class played and sang ‘Oh Holy Night’ and ‘Do They Know it’s Christmas’ last Friday. It was a very successful concert and everyone was extremely proud of all the classes performances. Huge well done to everyone 🎄🦌🌟🎅

3rd and 4th class played and sang ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ superbly for our Christmas Concert. Excellent performance by all 🎄🎅🦌

Well done 1st and 2nd class for putting on an excellent performance🎄🎅 The children sang and played ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘Away in a Manger’
#christmasconcert

Junior and Senior infants put on a fantastic performance on Friday afternoon. They sang ‘Here comes Santa Clause’ and recited ‘A Few Little Moments’ 🎄🎅 Well done all 👏🏻👏🏻
#christmasconcert

A big thanks to Castlebar Fire Station for visiting 3rd and 4th class to teach them about fire safety. The children got an opportunity to dress up in the fire safety gear as well 🧑‍🚒👩‍🚒🚒🧯
#firesafety

Science week in Mountpleasant was extremely successful. All of the children enjoyed their daily science experiments and lots of fun was had 🥼🔭🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬
@scienceweek2024 #science #scienceweek2024

Inspired by @caoimhinkelleher98’s performance in the
@avivastadium last night ⚽️🥅💚🍀
@ballyglassfc
#irelandfai #liverpoolfc

Congrats to Ms Cosgrave on her recent engagement!👏🎊🎉 #loveisintheair #congratulations

Art, science experiments and outside play 🎨👩‍🔬 Happy Halloween everyone 🎃👻💀

A spooktacular day was had in school today and all classes made a huge effort🎃💀 Happy Halloween and enjoy the midterm break 👻

#mathsweek has been very enjoyable in Mountpleasant this week. Games, quizzes, scavenger hunts and lots of other fun activities have helped enhance the children’s learning 🧮 @mathsireland

This years representatives for the Credit Union Art competition. Well done to all the children who created amazing pieces of work. They all showcased their ‘Joys of Life’ in unique and creative ways 🎨🖼️

Junior and Senior infants had a great morning exploring Moorehall 🍁🍂🐿️ They were busy searching for signs of autumn on their travels 🍂

As part of 5th and 6th classes geography lesson on ‘People at Work’, they visited @malonefarmmachinery today. Big thanks to Mike and Jarlath for showing the children around. They had a great day! 🚜

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