Welcome to our school’s website. We hope to give you a glimpse of our school life and to keep you up to date with our latest news and events.
Our school is situated in the village of Watergrasshill, 10 miles from Cork city. We are a co-educational school with sixteen Mainstream Teachers, two Special Classes and six Special Education Teachers. Currently we have 426 children attending the school.
Mission Statement
In Watergrasshill we strive to make our National School a place of education and development, where each child is cherished and encouraged to reach his/her potential.
School News
Active Schools Week 2025
Active and Wellbeing Week 2025 got off to a great start with Active Walkway Challenges!We were delighted to welcome Greg Magner , sports coach on Tuesday. Greg shared insights from his journey in sports and fitness and his time competing on Ireland's...
GAA Primary Game
The school are delighted to have two representatives on the Primary Game in the coming weeks. Sophia Galvin will represent the school in camogie during the Cork and Tipperary game in the Munster Hurling Championship and Colin Harrington will represent the...
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025
Bhí maidin iontach againn sa halla ag an gCéilí Mór. Comhghairdeachas d'Ollie agus Addison - an buachaill agus cailín a bhuaigh "Feisteas Is Fearr." Bhí an spórt agus spraoi againn ag damhsa. Sheinn Davian píosa ceoil ar an recorder freisin. ...
World Book Day 2025
We had a fantastic time this week celebrating World Book Day! Ms O' Keeffe, Ms O' Donoghue and Noreen organised a Book Tasting Event to mark World Book Day. It was a huge success and thoroughly enjoyed by every child in the school. Ms O' Callaghan's...
SDG Superheroes
Both 2nd Classes are delighted to be taking part in the SDG Superheroes programme this year in conjunction with Scala, Serve and Synergy Credit Union. They spent a whole day in Scala Blackrock in February learning all about the SDGs - Sustainable...
Internet Safety Day – 11th February
To mark Internet Safety Day, Gardaí Kieran, Dane, Liam and Dave delivered the Garda Schools Programme for Internet Safety to 4th-6th classes! Children from Junior Infants right up to 6th Class were also extremely lucky to get the chance to try out their...
Grandparents Day 2025
On February 6th we invited the Grandparents of children in our 1st classes into our school for Grandparents Day. Mary Foley and Irene Mulcahy shared stories with us about their time in school. The children sang songs, displayed their work and gave tours of...
Science Week 2024
Science Week 2024 ran from 10th - 17th of November. The theme for this year was Regeneration. The decisions we make today will greatly impact future generations and so it is important to take learnings from the past to inform our decisions for the...
Space Week 2024
The boys and girls in Watergrasshill NS had a great time celebrating World Space Week 2024, which ran from October 4th to 11th! The walls of the corridors and classrooms were decorated with amazing artwork. 5th class learned all about the ISS this week for...
Active School 2024
Our whole school had a great time partaking in #RelaysTakeOver today. We tried out loads of fun relays and learned lots of new skills! [gallery order="ASC" itemtag="dl" icontag="dt" captiontag="dd" columns="3" link="file" size="thumbnail"...