New School Year 2025

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Welcome to Rahara National School!

Enrolment for New School Year 2025 - 2026

Annual Admissions Notice 2025-2026

Please click on the above link for our Annual Admissions Notice for the 2025-2026 school year. We continue to accept enrolments across all class levels.

If your child is scheduled to start school in September 2025 or if you are contemplating changing schools, please come and visit Rahara NS. We have a lot to offer including a Afterschool Club which runs, Monday-Thursday and Morning Club which runs from Monday - Friday.

To give you a flavour of life in Rahara National School, please visit the 'News' section of our website. Scroll down to see all that happens - it is a busy place! If you have any queries or require further details, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Upcoming Events

Fáilte go Scoil Náisiúnta Rath Aradh.

We extend a warm welcome to you and your child. It is our aim that your child will be extremely happy in our school and will achieve their full potential. There is a strong sense of community and a high level of cooperation between staff, pupils and parents.

Our school is situated in County Roscommon in the 'Heart of Ireland'. Thank you for taking the time to visit us. We hope you enjoy our website. To learn more about our school please click on the links. We are always delighted to hear feedback from people who view our site

Latest News

School closed for the midterm break on Thursday 20th & Friday 21st of February.
Senior Room pupils took part in the FAI 5-a-side on Wednesday 13th of February in Lecarrow.
Grandparents Day took place Thursday 23rd of January.
School closed at 12:00 for teachers to engage with Bí Cineálta.
Catholic Schools week took place week beginning 20th of January.
New School Motto Competition is open for all families in our school and they should be submitted to the school the week of 7th of April 2025
Open Day for Junior Infant & New Entrant Enrolments took place in school on Saturday 8th February 2025 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm.
Roscommon Clay Pottery did a clay tile painting workshop in school with all children on Thursday January 16th.
Confirmation pupils attended a retreat in Knock on Monday 13th of January.
School reopend on Monday 6th of January.

School will reopen for Term 3 on Monday 28th of April
School will close at 12:00 on Friday 11th of April for the Easter holidays.
Garda John O Connor will visit our school on Tuesday 1st of April.
All pupils will attend athletics in Athlone TUS for 6 weeks with a two week break during the Easter holidays.
Thank you to Ms. Watson for organising a cake and party for confiramtion pupils which we had in school on Friday 21st of March.
French lessons will take place every Wednesday, starting March 5th, for pupils from 2nd - 6th class with our Frech tutor Lesa.
Congratulations to Simon, Emily and Eva who made their Confirmation in Knockcroghery on Wednesday March 19th.
Ceremony of Light took place on March 10th in Knockcroghery for pupils making their confirmation.
World Book Day took place on Thursday 6th of March. All pupils were allowed to dress up as their favourite character from a book and took part in World Book activities for the day.
Reading Awareness Month takes place in March. Please return your book tokens at the end of the month.
Welcome to our new pupils and families that started in our school at the end of February & beginning of March.
Engineers Week took place on the week of March 3rd.
Cash for Clobber will take place on Wednesday 2nd of April
Our new photovoltaic panels were installed on Friday 28th of February.
Gaelic training takes place every Wednesday with coach Karl
Hurling continues to take place every Monday with our hurling coach Proinsias Killion.
School closed for the midterm break on Thursday 20th & Friday 21st of February.