October 2022 - Page 2

Month: October 2022

October 13, 2022

Recycling in 4th Class

Mr Kearns' 4th class were very lucky to have Niamh from Thornton's Recycling visit the class. The children had been learning about recycling as part of "Climate Action Week" and really enjoyed the opportunity to talk to someone who works in the industry. The class asked some really insightful questions and learned a lot from […]

October 12, 2022

Halloween Swop Shop

With Halloween fast approaching, we are delighted that our Parents Association are holding the costume swop shop again this year. Over the next few days if you want to root out old costumes, they can be brought to school between Wed 12th-Wed 19th Oct and given to your child's teacher who will give them a swop […]

October 7, 2022

Bee Bots

4th class had great fun learning about directions and coding during Maths this week. The children were using Bee Bots to plan out directions, input the code and got to watch and see if their code was correct.

October 4, 2022

Maths on the ipads

1st class, 4th class and 6th class have really enjoyed engaging with a new Maths website 99math.com. It's a great chance for the children to practice their maths skills and gives a new way to assign homework which the children enjoy!

October 3, 2022

Living Bar Charts in 5th Class

Ms. Geraghty's fifth class had great fun representing their data in a "living bar chart" this week

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3rd Class Visit Dundrum Library to Meet Author Erika McGann

November 6, 2025

This Thursday, November 6th, the children in Mr. Kearns' 3rd Class took a special trip to Dundrum Library for an exciting author visit with Erika McGann. The class walked to the library, full of excitement and curiosity about meeting a real author in person. Erika McGann, known for her wonderful children’s books like The Clubhouse […]

No Smartphone Voluntary Code

November 4, 2025

Dear all, Please see attached the No Smartphone Voluntary Code which St Olaf’s Parents Association have introduced over the last few years. We are asking parents/guardians from Junior Infants up to and including 6th class to sign up to the code again this year. • this is a parent led initiative but has the full […]

Halloween Newsletter

October 23, 2025

Our Halloween Newsletter is now available to read here. Wishing all of our school community a safe and happy Halloween.

New Futsals

October 21, 2025

We were delighted to receive a set of 24 Futsal footballs from the FAI recently. This will enable us to have a ball for each child in a class during a PE lesson about football.