October 2024 - Stolafs

Month: October 2024

October 31, 2024

Halloween in Junior & Senior Infants

Our Junior and Senior Infants had a great time on our dress up day and trick or treat walk in the school!

October 25, 2024

Junior and Senior Infant Assembly

We had a super assembly today with Senior Infants performing a song for everyone. Well done to all our prize winners!

October 25, 2024

Halloween Newsletter

Our Halloween newsletter is now available here. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable week off!

October 24, 2024

Daily Mile

Ms. Geraghty and Mr. Duignan's classes visited Kilbogget Park on Wednesday to complete their Daily Mile with other schools. This is a fantastic initiative that gets kids active during the day.

October 23, 2024

St. Olafs welcomed two visiting teachers from Denmark, Claus and Ane as part of the European Erasmus programme. They enjoyed visiting classrooms and chatting to the children about school in Ireland. They shared some photos and videos of school in Denmark. We hope to see them return in the future.

October 23, 2024

No Smartphone Voluntary Code

Last year our Parents Association with the backing of the school staff and Board of Management launched its first “No Smartphone Voluntary Code”. This is a parent led initiative in which parents agree not to let their children have a personal smartphone until secondary school. They have asked parents to sign up to the above […]

October 21, 2024

1st and 2nd Class Assembly

This week our first and second class had their first assembly of the year. We had an introduction from our Coiste Gaeilge as well as a talk about safety at Halloween. Each teacher then gave out two awards to their class. Well done to everyone.

October 18, 2024

4th Class trip to The Museum

Ms. Cullinane's class had a very exciting trip to The National Museum recently. They had been learning about Vikings and thoroughly enjoyed the Viking exhibition there.

October 17, 2024

The farm comes to St. Olaf's

We had a very exciting day yesterday as we were fortunate enough to have a visit from a mobile farm. The children really enjoyed learning about the different animals and even being able to pet them.

October 17, 2024

Maths week

2nd class have been enjoying their Maths week activities. They have created monsters and characters out of 2d shapes, as well as taking part in a very competitive Maths quiz on their ipads!

October 16, 2024

Senior Infants Settling Back In!

All our Senior Infants have had a lovely time settling back into school. They have been busy making constructions, playing beanbag games in PE and creating beautiful autumn art!

October 16, 2024

5th Class trip to Henrietta St.

Last week Mr. Kearns class went on a trip to Henrietta St. see the photos here. You can read the kids reports from their trip below https://padlet.com/embed/mzah68bri0gduk0l/slideshow?autoplay=0&loop=0&duration=auto

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VR Revolutions

January 14, 2025

Mr. Kearns' 5th class have been learning about various revolutions such as the American, French and 1798 Irish Rebellion. They were able to use the VR headsets to explore major historic events such as Bastille Day, the signing of the American Declaration of Independence and the Boston Tea Party. A great resource to have.

Happy New Year!

January 10, 2025

We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas break. 2nd class have been talking about their New Year's resolutions and created these wonderful fireworks displays!

School Newsletter

December 20, 2024

Our School Newsletter is now available to view here Wishing everyone a safe and happy Christmas. See you all in the new year!

Ms. Leavy's Class Gingerbread Man

December 18, 2024

Today the children completed a STEM activity creating traps for the gingerbread man. We watched the read aloud story of The Gingerbread Man. Then in their groups they worked together to create a trap using jellies and cocktail sticks.