Scoil Áine Naofa
Loch Cútra
Lough Cutra National School
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Welcome to Scoil Aine Naofa, Loch Cutra, website.
Scoil Aine Naofa is a Catholic co-educational school catering for children from Junior Infants to Sixth Class.
It is situated in the parish of Beagh, approximately 6km South of Gort, Co,Galway. There has been a school on this site since the 1860’s and many distinguished teachers have graced its corridors since, most notably, perhaps Michael Cusack, founding father of the GAA. Michael was appointed the first Headmaster of Lough Cutra by Lord Gough when he was merely 20 years old.
There have been many improvements to the school over the years the latest of which was the addition of an ASD unit in 2017. Mostly recently, the Department of Education and Skills has granted funding for the building of two 80sq metre classrooms with ensuite toilets and a new Special Education classroom. We're at the preplanning stage. In September 2023, we were granted planning permission for a new All Weather Pitch, which will be a wonderful addition to our school. We look forward to that.
We have a current enrolment of 91 pupils, with four mainstream teachers, two Special Education Teachers. We also have 4.5 SNAs and a secretary.
We endeavour to stimulate learning by offering a diverse range of activities both curricular and extra-curricular. Our aim is to create a friendly, inviting atmosphere with happy, well-adjusted pupils and highly- dedicated, motivated staff.
Newsflash!!
We are enrolling in Scoil Áine Naofa for our 2025-2026 infant class from October 1st.
Please contact the school if you wish to enrol your child!
Brightening up the halls of our School:
Here is a sample of some of the great work on display throughout the classes and halls of Lough Cutra NS!!🎨🖼🎭🍂🍁
Primary Schools Cross Country Final
Well done to our fantastic athletes who ran in the Primary Schools Cross Country Final on Tuesday. A special mention to Clare Brady who advanced to the Connacht Cross Country final in Loughrea. We are very proud of all our team. 👏👏👏
Junior Infants 2025
Introducing our fantastic new Junior Infants 2025 from our mainstream and ASD class 👏👏👏.
We are so proud of how well they are integrating into primary school life!! We have baked rice Krispie buns, made Lego structures, learned lots of songs and rhymes as Gaeilge and Bearla and are learning all about our school and parish this week 💪.
Well done everyone 🥰🥰
Mini 7s Tournament
Well done to our boy's football team who played in the Mini 7s tournament yesterday. It wasn't our day but the boys showed great teamwork and effort all round!👏👏
GCS Camogie and hurling blitz:
The 5th and 6th class had a great day out today at the Gort Community School Blitz. Thanks to GCS and Aoife Lynsky who treated them to hot chicken rolls on a misty, mucky day! Well done to all the class- even non-players who all got stuck in today. A special bualadh bos to Charlie Diviney, Mikey Murray, Caoimhe Mc Allen, Aiveen Diviney and Áine Rohan who were all selected as All Star
Teacher for a Day
4th class had an opportunity to be teachers for a day and participated in a fun 'teach the class' session with their teacher. It was great to do some role reversal!! Pupils taught Irish Dancing, Music, soccer history and much more!
Lough Cútra NS Class of 2025
Best wishes to our departing 6th class who have enriched all our lives. We hope we have given you some lasting memories and laid the foundations for your future academic journey.
Go n-éirí an t-ádh libh!❤💙💛
End of Year 2025
Time for some sports 🏅⚽and ice cream!!🍦🍦
Second Class First Holy Communion:
Congratulations to all our pupils who made their First Holy Communion. It was a beautiful day. We were delighted to have our school choir singing in the church, which added to the occasion. Well done to all.
A visit from Medtronic for our budding engineers!!:👩🔬👨🔬
3rd - 6th class had great fun today participating in lots of problem solving experiments, building bridges, designing a structure under certain criteria to hold 0.5kg weight, building a hospital with lego and designing a structure with marshmallows and sticks that could survive an earthquake! We had great fun and the groups watched the errors made by other groups to build on their project! In the end, bridges had wind turbines, solar panels and elements of Biodiversity!!!!
We then looked at how a surgeon would insert a stent into an artery ❤ and of course looked at the various bands of engineering.
See some great pictures below!!