Welcome to our School

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Ardnagrath National School offers an excellent opportunity for pupils to enjoy their primary education in a friendly, welcoming and child-centred environment. We promote an inclusive, caring, positive, supportive and safe environment where all are valued. We pride ourselves in treating each individual pupil equally. We are closely connected to the local community and have excellent relationship with all local associations. It is a pleasure to work here and to see pupils go about their learning in a happy and friendly environment. We also love to welcome back our past pupils through TY placements or work placements and we are always proud of the young adults they become.

Our main goal is to ensure that our children are safe, happy, confident and equipped with the skills to enable them to develop into well rounded, responsible members of the community. Supported by dedicated and caring staff your child will have opportunities to always look for ways of improving on their continuous learning journey through life.

It is with immense pride that I carry out my duties as Principal and I am extremely thankful to all those who help make Ardnagrath National School the unique, happy and special place that it is.

https://youtu.be/231LKn-hhzo video from November 2023

https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2023/06/25/ardnagrath-ns-pupils-look-to-go-an-extra-mile-in-our-runners/ 2023 Arcadia Project - Go an extra mile in our runners.

Warm regards,

Amelia Keena

 

Ardnagrath National School has a long tradition of education. The first school, which replaced the local hedge school in 1850 served as a recognised centre of education for the community for over 100 years. That school had 2 teachers, 2 classrooms, 5 desks and a few forums which seated 100 pupils. Since then, the school has expanded and has continued to develop over the years.

Moving from the original location a new school consisting of “2 classrooms, 2 cloakrooms and male and female toilets” was opened on the present site in 1963 at a cost of €14,500. In the intervening years, as numbers increased and new educational practises were introduced more extensions were added including 2 classrooms, a gym, a computer room and a staff room. Play areas and pitch facilities were also developed and the school car park was completed in 2014. The most recent extension consisting of 2 classrooms, a new entrance and office area was completed in 2015, while the Croí agus Caoi unit opened in September 2018. We are currently awaiting the building of a new extension which we hope have completed in the coming year.

Throughout the decades all of this development has been achieved with the generous and continuous support of parents, the dedication of various Boards of Management, school staff and Parent Associations, the goodwill of the local community and the many voluntary hours given by countless numbers of people. We are and continue to be forever grateful for this as this is what make Ardnagrath National School so special.

 

School Staff

 

Staff Profiles

Name: Karen Maxwell

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Name: Siobhan Flynn

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Name: John Keane

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Name: Emmet Keena

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Name: Justin Coughlan

 

Hobbies: GAA, golf, travelling & drinking coffee!

Favourite school subject: Maths & Geography

Funny memory from when you were in school: When I was in 5th Class, I decided to put the clock in our classroom forward 10 minutes. The teacher, unaware of this prank, proceeded to let us out of school 10 minutes early. All was great until one of my classmates met my mother in the local shop at 10 to 3 and decided to tell her why we were out of school 10 minutes early. It’s fair to say she didn’t see the funny side of this prank!

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Name: Orla Heavin

Hobbies- Hiking, listening to music and podcasts, drinking tea!
Favourite school subjects- English, Irish, Art & Music
Funny school memory- When I was in primary school, my poor teacher lost her keys and couldn’t find them for the entire day. They were eventually located in the door of her
car! My class singing ‘Five chicken wings’ instead of ‘Five golden rings’ in ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ cracked me up this year!

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Name: Catherine Seery

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Name: Michelle Maxwell

Hobbies : baking, art & music
Favourite school subject: Home economics
Funny memory from school: I remember it was Pancake Tuesday and we made pancakes in school. We were all allowed flip our own pancake. I flipped mine too high and it stuck to the roof. The teacher had to get the sweeping brush handle to get it down

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Name: Enda Kincaid

 

Hobbies - hurling and football.
Favourite school subject - Geography. 
Funny memory from school - diving into a pool of mud to save a shot ( I saved the shot but the other team scored the rebound) however I got to go home at 2 o'clock because of it.

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Name: Karen O'Connor

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Name: Yvonne Moran

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Name: Siobhán Keena (Mrs K)

Favourite School Subject: Geography 

Funny memory from when you were in school:

We heard that a teacher had a little visitor in the photocopier, which turned out to be a mouse.  She came into the classroom looking for some volunteers to help her. Lets just say two eager lads came to her assistance which were very handy with a hurly and saved the day.

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Name: Ita Browne

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Amelia Keena

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Linda Parkes

Trish Hennelly

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Sharon McCormack

 

School Hours

School Ethos

 

School Mission Statement

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