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September 2025 News!

June Highlights

What a fantastic way to wrap up the 7th year of Sligo Sudbury School! It really feels like we’ve completed our first chapter and are ready to grow into a new phase—with our vibrant and growing community of wonderful students and families.

The final month of school filled our hearts with joy as projects came to fruition and deepened relationships blossomed into a beautiful celebration of our shared talents and efforts.

Gaisce Awards

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May Highlights

Blissful weather for most of the month meant everyone enjoying the outdoors even more than usual.

Gaisce trip

Our group went to the wild and beautiful landscapes of Donegal for a three-day Adventure Journey with 12 participants working towards their Bronze and Silver Awards. Over the course of the trip, they covered 50 kilometres, travelling from the dramatic cliffs of Sliabh Liag to the scenic village of […]

The beautiful month of April brought with it a real sense that summer is just around the corner. We’ve been making the most of the longer days, with almost all our time spent outdoors playing, growing, building, studying, meeting new and old friends, creating, and laughing. We also gained a new staff member and a new student to enjoy this last school term of 2024-2025 with.
Ciara and her team of gardeners have […]

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As we march through this vibrant and busy month, our school community has been buzzing with energy and creativity! From exciting hands-on projects to the launch of several fundraising initiatives, there’s been no shortage of enthusiasm and teamwork. We are thrilled to share the highlights of these endeavours, which are bringing our students, parents, and staff closer together as we continue to build a bright future for our school.

Tree Planting

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Spring energy is contagious, making everyone start to buzz. Despite a full week of mid-term break, a lot has been packed into this short month, and much more planned for March.
Meitheal

Our incredible parent community came together at school for the Spring Clean Meitheal earlier this month, offering a much-needed helping hand to tackle various tasks. Krzysiek and Conall did a fantastic job coordinating all the volunteers, helping everyone stayed focused. The […]

So, we talk a lot about it, we agree it’s important, and there are many opinions on how best to do it – curriculum-led, project-based, self-directed, on-the-job, etc. but is there any clear understanding or consensus about how learning actually happens?

Sugata Mitra, best known for his “Hole in the Wall” experiment in New Delhi, India, has some interesting thoughts on the subject based on his understanding of theoretical physics, and his studies […]

As the year comes to a close, we take a moment to reflect on all that has happened over the past months. At the end of each term we encourage all of our staff and students to take the time to reflect on our experiences of community, freedom, and responsibility, celebrating our achievements, learning from challenges, and enjoying the memories. We savour this quiet moment of reflection before anticipating the excitement […]