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
Amber Flag Initiative
Amber Flag Initiative In order to promote positive mental health and wellbeing in Watergrasshill N.S. we have decided to take part in the Amber Flag Initiative. Successful completion of the Amber Flag initiative involves the whole school community coming...
World Mental Health Awareness Day
Monday October 10th 2022, marked World Mental Health Day. 4th - 6th classes participated in “Feeling Good in Body and Mind” Webinars in the lead up to World Mental Health Day recently. “Understanding your resilience”, Rebooting Your Resilience” and “Having...
East Cork Cross Country
The East Cork Primary Cross Country took place last Friday morning in Ballymacoda with boys and girls from Senior Infants right up to 6th Class representing the school. Well done to all the children who took part - a fantastic group of runners who...
Orienteering
5th and 6th Class had a great time orienteering in Fermoy Town Park this morning. They learned how to use maps while working up a sweat, covering over 3km in their course! [gallery order="ASC" itemtag="dl" icontag="dt" captiontag="dd"...
Space Week 2022
Ms Warner's Class had great fun during Space Week! Senior Infants were busy learning all about Space this week. We flew to the moon and other planets during Aistear and made our very own rockets too. [gallery order="ASC" itemtag="dl"...
Spotlight on…. Junior Infants!
Our Spotlight for the month of September is on Junior Infants and what a month they have had! Ms. O’Reilly’s Junior Infants had a busy first month in school! They enjoyed learning about “The Three Little Pigs” and “Autumn” in Aistear, matching activities...
Visit from Local Councillor!
Local Councillor, Sheila O’ Callaghan, came in to talk to the newly elected members of our student council and to 5th & 6th class today. We learnt about her job, the workings of the county council and ways to help people you represent. She spoilt us with...
Student Council 2022/2023
As part of establishing our Amber Flag initiative this year we have also decided to establish a Student Council to give the children in our school a voice! The children that were selected put themselves forward very bravely, wrote excellent election...
Sciath na Scol has returned!
Well done to the boys and girls football teams who got Sciath na Scol activity underway this week. Both teams gave it everything in their respective games. Good luck to the captains and their respective teams over the next few weeks. [gallery...
Junior Infants started Big School!
Ms Gowen's Junior Infants had a fantastic first full week of school! The boys and girls have been settling into big school and are already busy bees! They enjoyed free play, story time and art. They showed excellent sorting skills during this week’s maths...