Merlin Woods Primary School

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  • Home
  • About Merlin Woods
    • Principal's Desk
    • Our Team
    • Board of Management
    • Parent-Teacher Association
    • School Programmes
    • Downloads
  • Enrolment
  • In the Classrooms
  • Contact us
  • School Blog
  • Active School Flag
  • COVID 19
    • COVID 19 Response Plan
    • Advice if a child has COVID symptoms
    • Google Classroom
    • Screen Free Activities
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About Us

Ensuring that Every Child can be the best they possibly can be 

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Where is Merlin Woods 

Merlin Woods Primary School is located in the east side of Galway city, with easy access to the M6 motorway, the woods and the sea. We take our name from the mature local woodland which we regularly visit. The surrounding park and playground, along with the proximity of Galway Bay, Ballyloughane beach and Ballybane library, ensure that we have the best of facilities right on our doorstep. In February 2014, we moved from our pre-fabricated temporary accomodation on the main Doughiska Road to our state of the art campus, which is accessed via the avenue opposite LIDL. We share our campus with Merlin Woods College.​

Take a tour around our fantastic School


School Opening Times

School opens at 8.40am, and classes for Junior and Senior Infants conclude at 1.20pm. Classes conclude at 2.20pm for pupils from 1st class upwards. We provide a full year calendar to parents in September to allow parents to book family holidays in advance strictly in line with school closures.

Curriculum

​In our school, we teach the Primary School Curriculum, which is presented in seven major blocks:
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• Languages (English and Gaeilge)
• Mathematics
• Social, Environmental and Scientific Education
• Arts Education (Visual Arts, Music and Drama)
• Physical Education
• Social, Personal and Health Education
• Religious Education
Irish Curriculum
​Class teachers will invite parents to a meeting in late September to outline the programme for the year ahead. We also provide many extra-curricular activities and these vary from term to term. Classes have included yoga, mini-Glee, Irish dancing, football, hurling, art and athletics. Parents are informed regularly as to which classes are available.

School Uniform 

​In Junior and Senior Infants all children wear the green school jumper with the Merlin Woods crest, white polo shirt and navy trousers.  From First Class on wards, the girls can wear a check skirt.
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Location

​Merlin Woods Primary School
Doughiska Road
Galway
Co Galway
Roll Number: 20350P

Contact Us

​Tel: 091 761676

Fax: 091 761714

Email: info@merlinwoods.com
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