Naíscoil Mhachaire Rátha

16/09/2026

📣📣Our parent & toddler group returns this Friday from 9.30 - 11am in our Naíscoil Bheag room. 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Let your little ones explore in a safe and welcoming space while the adults can relax and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee!

Join us! Bígí Linn ❤️

10/08/2026

Such an exciting year ahead ❤️❤️❤️

“Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí.”
Praise the young and they shall flourish. 🌱

💚 In Irish-medium education, community is everything — and we’re always looking for ways to go the extra mile so every child can thrive.

🧠 And because community is at our heart, we never stop seeking ways to improve our services and support our children and parents even further…

📣 So this year we’re really excited to be working with Pauline Shannon from inpp_uk , who will be training our staff to deliver a daily programme that supports the neuromotor foundations for learning. We’re also welcoming Tori Sheppard from mapandcompasstherapy who’ll be right alongside us throughout the year, guiding us to help bring this to life in practice. 🤝

🗣️ Once again, we’re joined by Bronagh Etherson from speech therapy, who’ll be continuing to work closely with our team to support children who need a little extra help with their speech and language development.

❤️And these are just the ‘above & beyond’ services we offer our children! The investment we make to help us ensure we continue to lead the way in pre-school education.

🌟But better yet… all of these delivered in an immersive Irish language environment, bestowing your child with all they could expect to achieve in an English medium setting, but with the gift of an additional language, Irish!

📚 We’re genuinely proud of a staff team who never stop learning, and of the brilliant professionals around us who all share the same goal — giving every child the very best possible start. 💛🌱

23/07/2026

An tús is fearr! 🌟

📢 Limited Pre-Pre spaces now available for 2026/27!

Our hugely successful Naíscoil Bheag programme is now enrolling for the incoming year.

Operating four mornings per week, families can choose the number of days that best suits their child’s needs.

Naíscoil Bheag is completely separate from our main Naíscoil programme, with its own room and dedicated staff. It is specially adapted for younger children, offering a nurturing, play-based and immersive Irish-language environment where they can acquire an additional language naturally and effortlessly. 💚

The programme lays the foundations for early bilingualism and the many cognitive and developmental benefits it brings. 🌱

📅 Particularly suitable for children born between 2 July 2023 and 1 July 2024.

Would you like to give your child the opportunity to join our vibrant and rapidly growing Irish-language community, availing of all the opportunities this can bring?

👇 Register your interest now for more information or to secure your child’s place:

🔗 https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rE9GVDDAEW

02/05/2026

Every day at Naíscoil Mhachaire Rátha is lán le craic — busy, happy, and packed with all sorts of fun ways to learn through play 🌈

When we asked to help us capture the croí of who we are, we could never have imagined just how beautifully she’d bring it all to life 📸✨ The spraoi, the smiles, the little everyday moments ... it’s all there, exactly as it feels.

We’ve only just started looking through the photos, but already we’re so excited to share more with you soon 💛

Keep an eye out… lots of lovely moments on the way!

23/04/2026

👏🏼

💥Comhghairdeas le Katie a críochnaigh Léibhéal 5 s'aici linn. Maith thú a chara.
💥Congratulations to Katie who completed her Level 5 Leadership and Management for the Early Years with us. Maith thú.

21/04/2026

🌼Ag fás bláthanna… agus ag tarraingt iad!🌸

'𝐴 𝑙𝘪𝑡𝘵𝑙𝘦 𝘣𝑖𝘵 𝘰𝑓 𝑛𝘢𝑡𝘶𝑟𝘦, 𝑎 𝑙𝘪𝑡𝘵𝑙𝘦 𝘣𝑖𝘵 𝘰𝑓 𝑎𝘳𝑡'

17/04/2026

🌈 Seo muid - páistí sona, cairdeas, agus spraoi gan stad!

✨𝑵𝒂𝒊́𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝑩𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒈✨

🌈 Here we are - happy children, friendships, and endless fun!

We’re so proud of every single one of them 💛