WelcomeFailte mor isteach

There are almost

500 children at our

school.

The youngest are 4

years old in the

nursery and we are

the oldest at 11

years old.

Our school entrance

The main entrance

Our school was

built in 1972

Mr Heaney was one

of the first teachers

to work here.

Our office

Mrs Harkin and Mrs Quigley are our secretaries.

They help us every day.

They both work very hard.

Our canteen

Our canteen supervisor is Ann

She helps us at lunch time every day.

We share our canteen with an Irish speaking school.

Our school uniform

Our uniform is red and yellow.

It is a lovely uniform. Mr O’ Kane designed

the badge. It is an ancient Irish

symbol. It represents

THE CIRCLE OF LIFE (Birth-Life-Death)

Our church

Our church is called.

Our Lady of Lourdes. It is prism shaped. We go to mass here

during the week sometimes.

Our priests are Father Cargan and Fr Bradley

They are GREAT!

A view from our school

You can see Grainan Fort

from our school.

It is an ancient fort. It is

over 2,000 years old

Cúchulainn and the Red

Branch Knights are said to

be buried here.

It is said that they will

return one day when

Ireland is in danger.

Our P.E. Hall

This is our P.E.

hall.

We have our

assemblies

here as well.

Our Computer Room

This is our computer room.

We do some of our computer work here.

There are 24 computers in the room.

Our City

This is a picture of our city.

You can see the Donegal mountains in the distance.

This is where our school is. The river is called the

River Foyle. There are three bridges in

our city. This one is called Craigavon bridge.

There are lots of hills in our city.

Derry City Walls

We have cannon on our walls.

They are not used anymore.

You can see them if you come here.

Ferryquay Gate

This is one of the gates in our city walls.

They are the only complete city walls in Europe.

You can walk around the walls.

They are just over 1 mile long.

St Columb’s Cathedral This is where the

people who died in the siege of 1689 are buried.

There are more than 5,000 people buried here.

After the siege many people left to settle in America.

Davy Crockett’s grandparents left from here to go to America.

Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart was the

first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

She landed in Ireland. The place where she

landed is very close to our school.

This picture was taken when she landed in a field at Ballyarnett near Derry.