As part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary programme, we were delighted to welcome Lieutenant Lee to our school recently. He presented us with a copy of the 1916 Proclamation and a National flag. Orla from 6th Class read a section of the Proclamation while Chloe from Junior Infants accepted the flag on behalf of the school community. We look forward to raising the flag on March 15th, 2016.

6th class boys and girls carried out research as well as composing and presenting a project on the National Ploughing Championships to 3rd class before the week off. It was a great chance to enhance our researching skills and also to improve our public speaking skills. We would like to thank our audience of 3rd class and to Mrs Dunne and Mrs Stapleton for their feedback and advice.

Some 4th, 5th and 6th class boys and girls competed in cross country races in Ballyroan during September. They performed excellently and we returned to the school with 8 medals! A huge congrats to all the boys and girls who took part. You all made us proud!

Ploughing fever has hit Ratheniska once more as the 84th National Ploughing Championships takes place in the fields around our school. We would like to welcome everyone to Ratheniska and send our best wishes to our former pupil , Brendan Greene, who competes in the Senior Under 28 Class.

All 32 of our Junior Infants have settled into school life very well and are enjoying making lots of friends and learning new things. We wish them all the best as they journey through school life. Click here to see more!

6th class boys and girls had not been back in school long before they embarked on another Cumann na mBunscol season. They are competing in football matches along with other schools around Laois. Best of luck boys and girls!

A warm welcome back to everyone. We are all looking forward to a great school year ahead.