April 8^th 2024 will forever be remembered as a red letter day in the history of Ballyconnell NS as it was on that date that children attended class in our new school building for the first time.

There was great excitement as the Easter holidays drew to a close this year. Yes, you read that correctly! This was because the children of junior infants, senior infants, 3^rd class and 5^th class would be returning to bright shiny new classrooms as our new school building opened to pupils for the very first time.

5^th class and Junior Infants are now neighbours while Senior Infants and Rang a 3 now work side-by-side on the 2^nd floor. Joining them on high are Ms Geraghty and Ms Dempsey in their lovely new room.

Here’s to a great term’s learning in our new rooms! The learning won’t just be confined to this term of course; these beautiful new classrooms will be centres of learning for generations of Ballyconnell children. What a privilege it is to be the first teachers and pupils to experience them.

Refurbishment work now begins on the lower part of the school.