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Month: January 2023

January 30, 2023

Antarctic Dioramas

Ms Gannon and Ms Molloy's third class were busy learning about Antarctica this month. We made fake snow and drew penguins, seals and orca whales to create our own Antarctic Dioramas. In Science we investigated the quickest way to melt an ice cube. In history we learnt about Tom Crean and his Antarctic exploration. In […]
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January 27, 2023

Coding in 4th Class

4th Class made use of the school laptops recently to engage in coding. They enjoyed using the Scratch app to code their characters to move and speak!
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January 24, 2023

Food Dudes

All classes have really enjoyed engaging with the Food Dudes program over the last week. They have got some great prizes as a reward for their fantastic efforts. On Thursday they will get their Food Dudes lunch box and get to bring in their own fruit and veg for lunch. Ms. McGuinness' Senior Infants Ms. […]
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January 9, 2023

Food Dudes

We are very excited to announce that Food Dudes will be coming to St. Olaf's soon. Food Dudes is an effective healthy eating programme which brings about change and improvements to childrens' eating habits. Stay tuned for more updates soon.
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January 6, 2023

Pizza Party for Footballers

We had a pizza party to celebrate a fantastic year for all our football teams. We also presented medals to our victorious Junior Football team who won all their games this season. Olaf's abú
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January 5, 2023

Carol Service

Our annual carol service was able to resume this year after a few years away due to Covid. The classes sung some classic and modern Christmas Carols and everyone in attendance was in agreement that they sung magnificently. Thank you to all those who attended to make it a truly special occasion. Thank you also […]
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Create a Book Competition

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 […]

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Peace Proms

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 […]

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Grandparents’ Day 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 […]

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Winter Olympics

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 […]

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