Scoil Asicus Naofa was delighted to welcome back past-pupil & Sligo U20 midfielder Ross Doherty today. Ross brought the Connacht Cup & we all wished him well for the All Ireland final t'row. Sligeach Abú!! 🏐 🏆

Scoil Asicus were delighted to welcome back past pupil members of Strand Celtic FC with the Kennedy Memorial Cup this morning. Well done & thanks for sharing your success with us.

Double success for Scoil Asicus this evening - girls & boys won the hurling shield finals. Well done to Mrs Howley & her teams!

Our new basketball court is open for fun! Thank you to our BOM, our Parents Assoc & The Warriors Run for creating this for our school. 🏀 🌞

Congratulations to Tadhg, Moss, Rian and Thomas who won gold #CommunityGames1 in U11 Rugby and Moss and Fionn who won awards for in the U10 and U12 Art Competition.

Rang a Cúig made amazing edible cars & tested them for design, sturdiness and distance rolled.

Fáilte romhat ar ais Eoin B. 🔴⚪️🏁

Big weekend of sporting success in Strandhill - not least for our swimmers and cross country runners who qualified for their respective All-Ireland finals after success at Connacht level. Maith sibh!

After 18 years we were delighted to welcome Coolera/Strandhill GAA players, managers and officials to celebrate County titles for the Ladies and Men's teams. And watching them were the stars of the future!

Well done to our athletes who ran so well in the Connacht Cross Country Championships in Ballymote last weekend - their training at school & club paid off in several medals.

A massive 132 Christmas Shoeboxes left Scoil Asicus Naofa today as part of Team Hope. Thank you to all who sent in these wonderful presents, to Mrs Hedigan for coordinating it & to our Student Council for packing them so carefully.

There will be an Internet Safety Workshop for Parents on Wednesday 22nd November at 7pm. With the current intense focus on smart phones & children, this is a great chance for parents to get expert advice on online safety & cyberbullying from expert Mr. Jeremy Pagden.

There was great investigation going on for Science Week Ireland - including 4th class making catapults and 5th class soldering circuits with help from James Hutchby and ATU Sligo

Jeremy Pagden delivered excellent talks to our 3rd - 6th classes today on Online Privacy, Deep Fakes and Internet Safety. Talk for parents tonight @ 7pm.

Mrs Gilligan and the children of Scoil Asicus Naofa were carol signing at Sligo Airport on Sunday 10th December. It was a fundraiser for Focus Ireland. Mrs Gilligan had 40 children out signing to get everyone in the Christmas mood. Well done to all who sang and played!

Thank you to Mrs Howley who organised an indoor camogie tournament for 1st and 2nd classes over the past weeks. Today was the final and it was a tremendous match with 100% effort from both teams.

Congratulations to our 6th class boys who won the Co Sligo GAA Amigos skills competition in Sligo yesterday. The boys trained at lunchtime with Ms. Reynolds and sharpened their soloing, passing and shooting skills. Maith sibh.

We've just had the most brilliant Grandparents Day at Scoil Asicus Naofa. Thank you to all who visited and catered and helped make it a super day.

Comhghairdeas to our Boys Gaelic Football Team who won the 8+ teacher Shield yesterday. Thank you stjohnsballisodare for a great match and cnmb shligigh for organising the competitions.

Well done to our 4 students who took part in the All Ireland Community Games art/model making competition. Eibhlín won 1st place in the U10 model making.