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Welcome to the Glencastle National School website. We hope to keep our website updated with a new blog. Please see our blog section for more details. Our blog will updated regularly to keep you in touch with the weekly news and events in our school.

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A New Chapter for Glencastle NS

Over the past two years, our school community has watched an incredible transformation take place at Glencastle NS. What began as groundwork and foundations has now become a modern, welcoming and purpose-built learning environment for our students. The completion of the new extension marks a major milestone for our school and will provide enhanced facilities and opportunities for generations to come.

 

We are delighted to now share the final photographs of the completed building and grounds, and we would like to sincerely thank everyone who played a part throughout the entire process, including the architects, builders, contractors, Department of Education, Board of Management, school staff, parents and wider community whose support helped make this vision a reality.

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From the very first diggers arriving on site to the finishing touches inside and out, every stage of this journey has been documented along the way. To take a closer look at the full construction process and see how the project evolved over time, we invite you to visit our Building Updates page where you can explore photos, videos and progress updates from each stage of the build.

Our Mission

 

Scoil Mhuire, Gleann a' Chaisil is a co-educational, Catholic Primary School which strives to provide a well - ordered, caring, happy and secure atmosphere where the intellectual, spiritual, physical, moral and cultural needs of the pupils are identified and addressed. 

While Scoil Mhuire, Gleann a' Chaisil is a school with a Catholic ethos, it also has due recognition of all other religions.

Our school will strive to promote, both individually and collectively, the professional and personal development of teachers through staff development programmes.

Our school will encourage the involvement of parents through home/school contacts.

Our school will endeavour to enhance the self-esteem of everyone in the school community.

Our school will promote gender equity amongst all the teachers, staff and pupils.

All our children are like Butterflies in the wind

Some can fly higher than others;

Each one flies the best they can,

A journey we all share together.

Why compare one against the other

When;

Each one is different!

Each one is special!

Each one makes us proud!

Each one has their unique place within our school.

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Inclusion works to the advantage of everyone.

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We all have things to learn and we all have something to teach.

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