November 2022 - Stolafs

Month: November 2022

November 29, 2022

Science Week

All classes enjoyed a great science week from the 13th - 20th of November. Check out some of our amazing experiments below:

November 25, 2022

Lego Robotics in 4th Class

4th Class had great fun engaging with the Lego Robotics kits in the school. They had to design their robot and then code it to move using the ipad. Check out the videos of some of our robots below.

November 18, 2022

Exciting experiments for Science week

Check out Ms. O'Mahony and Ms. O'Brien's classes doing their rainbow skittle experiments! Ms. Cooney and Ms. O'Mahony's classes had great fun programming Bee-Bots and creating mazes for them to go through. Ms. O' Brien's class made awesome lava lamps! Well done girls and boys! Ms. Cooney's class did a fabulous job taking part in […]

November 17, 2022

Shoebox Appeal

Thank you to everyone who supported the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal. We had a fantastic response with over 300 shoeboxes filled and more donated online. These gifts will go to vulnerable people around the world and will make their Christmas. If you would still like to support you can donate a virtual shoebox online here […]

November 15, 2022

St Olaf's Book Fair 2022

Our Book Fair will take place in the hall Monday 21st - Thursday 24th November from 1.30pm - 3.30pm. The commission earned from book sales will go directly to the school to buy books for our classrooms!

November 14, 2022

Symmetry Challenge

Ms. Cooney's 2nd class took on the challenge of making symmetrical designs using items found in their classroom. Great work boys and girls!

November 14, 2022

Kingdom of Castles

Rang a dó let down their draw bridges and invited the whole school to visit their Kingdom of castles! The children in second class have worked incredibly hard on their castle projects- check out their amazing creations. Well done boys and girls

November 14, 2022

Spooky Halloween Costumes

Check out the 2nd classes SPOOKtacular halloween costumes!

November 11, 2022

Bake Sale

Dear All, We wanted to share an update on the recent cake sale that was organised by our three fifth classes and their teachers, Ms Geraghty, Mr Murphy and Mr Ruane. An unbelievable amount of €2500 was raised on the day due to the generosity and support of the St Olaf's school community. This money […]

November 8, 2022

Intel Mini Scientist

Our third class, fourth, fifth and sixth classes have entered the Intel Mini-Scientist Competition. Children explore science through project based learning and present it in an exhibition. Children work on their projects as individuals or in groups of up to four people. They come up with their own scientific investigation. Each group will present their […]

November 7, 2022

Maths Week

St. Olaf's enjoyed a fantastic Maths Week from the 17th to the 21st of October. All classes got to engage with Maths in lots of fun and interesting ways.

Create a Book Competition

February 17, 2026

Our Student Council recently organised a wonderful Create a Book competition for students from 2nd to 4th Class, and the response was truly incredible. The effort, imagination and creativity shown by all participants were outstanding, with students producing beautifully written and illustrated books they can be very proud of. Congratulations to our fantastic winners, and […]

Peace Proms

February 16, 2026

The school choir had a ball at the Peace Proms on the 7th February. Forty of our students from 4th-6th class were among the 2000+ children singing and dancing at the RDS. We arrived early to have one last rehearsal with the conductor and then we were ready to go! All of the hard work really paid […]

Grandparents’ Day 2026

February 12, 2026

St. Olaf’s National School was delighted to welcome grandparents to the school for Grandparents’ Day 2026. It was a lovely opportunity to celebrate the important role grandparents play in the lives of our pupils and in our wider school community. Grandparents visited classrooms, viewed samples of the children’s work, and enjoyed seeing firsthand the fantastic […]

Winter Olympics

February 12, 2026

Winter Olympic fever has taken over St. Olaf's this week. Our Active Committee have been busy doing Winter Olympics themed PE's with the senior classes. The kids got to try out our own version of a ski jump, biathlon, ice hockey and the fan favourite, curling! A big thank you to the Active Committee for […]

Month: November 2022

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