Welcome to St. Aidan’s National School, Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
As we begin the 2025/26 school year, we are delighted to welcome Ms. Quirke to our staff. We are also thrilled to have ten wonderful Junior Infants starting their journey with us, bringing our enrolment to 78 pupils.
St. Aidan’s is a school where every person is a valued member of a happy, vibrant learning community. Tá gach dalta, tuismitheoir agus múinteoir lárnach i bpobal foghlama bríomhar agus cairdiúil anseo i Scoil Náisiúnta Aodáin.
In St. Aidan’s, we aim to provide a well-structured, caring and positive learning environment with plenty of fun and adventure along the way. Our highly dedicated and creative staff work hard to foster the holistic development of our pupils, supporting them to grow in confidence, curiosity and kindness.
We are hugely supported by our parent body, who constantly work in partnership with us, and our website highlights the many events and activities taking place across the school year.
I would like to wish each of our students the very best for the year ahead. There will inevitably be challenges, but with the right support we hope every child will flourish and enjoy a happy, successful school year.
Tá súil agam go mbainfidh sibh taitneamh as ár suíomh gréasáin agus go bhfeicfidh sibh bríomhar, dearfach agus spraíúil scoil anseo i mBunbhó.
Le gach dea-ghuí,
James Rudden
Principal
Child Safeguarding
The Board of Management’s annual review of the school’s Child Safeguarding Statement and Child Protection procedures took place at the Board of Management meeting on 7th September 2026.
Our Child Safeguarding Statement can be found here under Policies.
The Designated Liaison Person (DLP) is James Rudden and the Deputy Designated Liaison Person (DDLP) is Juliana Doherty.
As we begin another exciting school year at St. Aidan’s N.S., we would like to once again celebrate the official opening of our wonderful new school playground at the end of the last school year.
Our school community raised an incredible €20,817 towards the project. A few months on, we remain extremely grateful to everyone who donated, fundraised or supported the project in any way. Our sincere thanks to our pupils, parents, Board of Management, Parents’ Association, staff, local businesses, sponsors, volunteers and the wider community. Your generosity has created a lasting legacy for the children of St. Aidan’s.
A special thank you also to Mary Fitzpatrick for officially opening the playground, Gareth Maguire for joining us as our special guest and Fr. Seán Maguire for blessing the new playground.
We were delighted to have the occasion featured in The Anglo-Celt, with a wonderful article written by our past pupil Róisín McManus. We are also extremely grateful to Isabel Duggan Rofe for capturing the day so beautifully through her photographs.
Thank you to everyone who helped make this fantastic new facility possible for our pupils.
On 6th June, 2nd – 6th Class headed off to Shannon River Adventure. A fun, action-packed day was planned and the weather did not dampen the pupils’ enthusiasm and determination.
Please read Kate’s review below:
“This year we went to Shannon River Adventure Centre (BEST SCHOOL TRIP YET!) We did archery, rock climbing, team games, obstacle course, kayaking, mud slide and jumping into the water. My favourite was either the mudslide (which was really fun especially the end when you went flying into the mud) or jumping into the water (which was great because you don’t get a chance to jump into the Shannon every day. I’d recommend everyone to go there.”
Check out the gallery below to see some photos from our recent Sports’ Day.
Pupils in Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class went to Kidz Kingdom in Carrick-on-Shannon for their end of year trip. Everyone had a great time as you can see from the photos below.
As part of Junior Achievement Ireland Ms Patricia Shannon visited our school to do a Science Workshop with Fifth and Sixth Class pupils. They looked at the human skeleton and solved a crim using paper chromatography. They also looked at mirror writing and made a periscope.
We were over the moon to receive our Blue Star Flag and Certificate today.
It marks the culmination of a very successful year’s whole-school initiative, based around the Blue Star Programme, which is aimed at fostering a sense of ‘what it means to be European.’
Well done to all! We will proudly fly our Blue Star Flag!
A happy end to a happy year on an exciting, colourful and interactive big red bus!
Pupils in all classes received a very informative talk from Emma Clerkin, RSA Officer when she visited our school on Tuesday 12th January. She talked to the pupils about road safety, in particular how the children could keep themselves safe when travelling to and from school. She spoke to the children about the importance of wearing seatbelts in cars and buses, making themselves as visible as possible when walking and cycling and wearing a helmet correctly when cycling. She also explained to the younger children how important it was to hold an adults hand when walking along and crossing the road.
Thanks to the pupils from St. Mogue’s College, Bawnboy who surprised us with delicious, chocolate apples which they made as part of their fundraising activities for the year. Yummy!
“A week to inspire young people to take an interest in science and technology and to promote the relevance of science in our everyday lives.”
As part of Science Week, pupils from 5th and 6th class attended a science workshop in the Marble Arch Geopark. Pupils had an opportunity to participate in different experiments eg. making fossils, volcanoes, caves, meteorites and earthquakes.
Whilst back in the classroom, Mrs. West and Mrs. Boyle conducted a series of fun science experiments with their pupils.
We hope these activities have inspired our own Einsteins!
Congratulations to all our winners in the Credit Union Art Competition.
