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Month: February 2023

February 28, 2023

Green Schools Poster Competition

Green Schools and Irish Water are running a poster competition around the theme of "Local Water Actions for Global Change". To enter, give your poster to your class teacher post to the address on the poster. Best of luck, Green Schools Committee
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February 23, 2023

Ash Wednesday

On Ash Wednesday out 3rd to 6th classes attended a ceremony in Balally celebrated by Fr. Jim and Fr. Dermot. Brendan and Vinny provided some beautiful music to make it a very special occasion. During the ceremony the children made a pledge to endeavor to do more to protect our environment.
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February 23, 2023

GAA Blitz for 1st Class

1st class recently took part in a GAA blitz in Naomh Olaf. A great day was had by everyone!
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February 22, 2023

Shrove Tuesday in 6th Class

Ms. Duffy's 6th class had great fun decorating and eating their pancakes on Tuesday!
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February 21, 2023

Shrove Tuesday in the Infant Classes

All classes enjoyed celebrating Shrove Tuesday before the start of lent tomorrow. Check out the pictures of the kids enjoying their pancakes below! Ms. Murray's Junior Infants Ms. Brady's Senior Infants Ms. McGuinness' Senior Infants
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February 15, 2023

St. Olaf's Soccer Team

St. Olaf's are delighted to be entering a soccer team into the FAI's Schools competition this year. We would like to thank Family Grass for sponsoring our fantastic jersey's from Balon Sports and St. Mary's F.C. in Sandyford for allowing us the use of their fantastic facilities. Please get out and support our team when […]
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February 9, 2023

Peace Proms

Our school choir was singing at the Peace Proms on Saturday night in the RDS. It was an amazing night. Our choir was well rehearsed by Ms Brady.
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February 2, 2023

Fair Trade Week

This week we are celebrating all things Fair Trade. Junior Infants were sorting Fair Trade Products, Senior Infants made Fair Trade lunchboxes and 4th class designed posters to encourage people to buy Fair Trade.
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February 2, 2023

St. Brigid's Day

On Wednesday we celebrated St. Brigid's Day in St. Olaf's. The children learned about the lreland's patroness saint and many created some beautiful Brigid inspired artwork. Ms. Quinlan's Junior Infant's Ms. Brady's Senior Infant's Ms. O'Mahony's 2nd Class Ms. McGuinness' Senior Infants
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February 1, 2023

Pen Pals

Ms. O'Mahony's 2nd class have been very busy writing letters to their Pen Pals in St. Pius X Girls National School. Check out these delighted students after they received their responses today! Well done everyone on their super work!
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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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