Junior infants visited Portlaoise Library. We had lots of fun reading books and exploring during messy play.

Meet the new members of the Student Council!

6th Class joined forces with Junior Infants to create spooky castles. What a fantastic display of collaborative artwork!

Ratheniska elected its 2nd Student Council on 23rd October. It followed some great weeks of campaigning with lots of posters and election speeches taking place across 2nd to 6th Class. We say a huge thank you to our outgoing Student Council and a big welcome to our new Student Council for 25/26. We all look forward to lots of new ideas throughout the year. Many thank to Mrs Spillane who ensured the election and count was all carried out correctly.

In October the fire crew from Stradbally paid a visit to 2nd and 3rd Classes, explaining all about their truck and equipment.

5th class set up a maths trail for junior infants to celebrate Maths week. It was great fun for everyone involved!

Second Class made their First Holy Communion on the 26 May in Ratheniska. They had beautiful weather for their special day.

1st Class went for a walk up the lovely Loughakeo Hill near the school. It was a beautiful day and we saw the whole country almost from up there! There were lots of wild plants to look at and we visited the huge sycamore tree. We painted some pictures and had singsong aswell.

3rd were again out and about in the lovely weather of May, this time to Dysart where they met Fiona Dunne through the Heritage in Schools Programme.

3rd Class took a trip to Abbeyleix Bog in May to see and learn about the work there on bog regeneration and the variety of flora and fauna to be found. Their host was Fiona Dunne.