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Project Work – Intercultural Day
All classes have been working hard on projects for our annual Intercultural Day. This is just a small sample of the wonderful work completed. The hall looked amazing with all of this fantastic work on display. Everyone enjoyed learning about so many different...
Project work – Fifth Class
Fifth Class have been learning all about life in China. They split into groups and each group researched different aspects of Chinese life, culture and history. Some sections were completed in Mandarin!
Project Work – First Class
First class have been learning all about life in the Philippines this week. They learned about native animals such as the Philippine eagle, whale shark, tarsier and tamaraw and also about famous places and landmarks. There are over 7000 active volcanoes in the...
May Procession
The sun was shining for our annual May Procession to celebrate May as the month of Mary. The pupils who recently received the sacrament of confirmation led the procession with a statue of Mary to the local grotto, followed by those children who received their first...
Santry Athletics
Gold for OLNS!!Our athletes had a fantastic day in Santry at the Cumann na mBunscoil annual athletics championships. Twenty seven children competed in events such as the 80m sprint, 600m race, 4x100m relay and the long jump. Congratulations to Christian who won a gold...
GAA
This term senior infants and first class have been enjoying their GAA coaching with Jack from Ballinteer St John's GAA club. They have been learning the basics of Gaelic football and playing lots of fun games. Jack will be starting to coach them in hurling skills in...
Safer Internet Day
On 6th February and throughout the week, the pupils engaged with many activities on the topic of internet safety. Our Dream Space leaders in fifth class held a short quiz at assembly to reaffirm what was learned about staying safe online. There was also a poster...
Active Schools Week
We had a fantastic Active Schools Week, even if the rain did keep us indoors sometimes! We started each day with a whole school Wake Up Shake Up on the yard, followed by a range of activities throughout the day including obstacle courses, athletics stations, parachute...
The Big Sing
Congratulations to all the boys and girls who participated in The Big Sing on 17th April. This event was held in the National Stadium. After weeks of rehearsals the pupils from all the various schools joined together to form one big choir. The night was thoroughly...
Córfhéile na Scoileanna – Ukulele
We are super proud of our 3rd class pupils following their recent ukulele performances. They performed in the Córfhéile na Scoileanna music festival on 6th March. The pupils were excellent and received some wonderful comments from the two adjudicators. They also...
MS Dream Space Ambassador Graduation
Congratulations to our MS Dream Space Amabssadors who received their Platinum Award at the graduation day in Microsoft Headquarters. They completed training on AI, MakeCode Arcade, Minecraft Eduacation and Internet Safety and shared what they learned with other pupils...
Science Blast
Well done to Ms Meegan's Fifth Class who recently participated in the ESB Science Blast in the RDS. This is a non-competitive educational programme for primary schools and it involves the whole class investigating the science behind a simple question of interest to...
Wellbeing and Mindfulness
The pupils from 2nd-6th class enjoyed their second mindfulness session with Bernie who also visited in January. 2nd class explored the concept of mindfulness and self-compassion and how to be a good friend to ourselves. 3rd and 4th classes made mindful bookmarks and...
Lá Glas
Seachtain na GaeilgeThe pupils enjoyed many activities to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge in their classrooms and also whole school events. We had a ceolchoirm on Friday 15th with all the classes performing in Irish for Lá Glas. We had wonderful renditions of Ireland's...
Grandparents Day
It was wonderful to meet so many grandparents in school for Grandparents Day. The children loved showing them around the school, introducing them to friends and teachers and participating in activities and games during the day. The children completed some beautiful...
Puppet Theatre Visit
On 9th April we had a visit from Moon & Sixpence Puppet Theatre. Pupils from Junior Infants to 2nd Class watched a very special Little Red Riding Hood show and 3rd-6th Classes enjoyed the performace of Over the Rainbow. The hall was filled with laughter for the...
First Class stretch their brains
Forces and motionThis week in First Class we have been investigating forces and motion in Science. We made some slime to look at the effects of pushes, pulls and twists. Everyone agreed it was the best science class yet!
Senior Infants prepare for Christmas
Fear sneachtaGetting into the spirit of Christmas. Senior Infants created these fantastic snowmen pictures in art this week. They have also been reading lots of Christmas stories and learning a poem as Gaeilge.