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Month: October 2024

October 15, 2024

3rd and 4th Class Assembly

Last week our 3rd and 4th class had their first assembly of the year. Many awards were given out and Ms. Conlon's class gave an excellent musical performance. Well done to all!

October 14, 2024

Last week our local community Garda Linda called in to chat to all classes about the importance of safety around Halloween. She talked about the dangers posed by illegal fireworks and bonefires as well as tips on how to stay safe on Halloween night while trick or treating.

October 10, 2024

Ms. Geraghty's Class trip to The National Museum

Last week Ms. Geraghty's fourth class had a trip into town to visit The National Museum on Kildare St.. A great day was had by all!

October 9, 2024

Well-being matters

This week, our 5th class students helped their younger peers reflect on, and discuss their views on well-being in school. We used ipads to answer a survey.

October 9, 2024

Junior Football

Our junior teams both finished their gaelic football season this week. Our boys had a good win away to Star of the Sea while our girls team received a walkover from Scoil San Treasa. Well done to all the boys and girls who togged out for the teams this year.

October 8, 2024

Coding

Ten of our 5th Class students have been chosen as Microsoft Dreamspace Ambassadors. They will be partaking in live coding sessions with Microsoft in Leopardstown and then teaching what they have learned to their peers in the school. This week they were looking at "Microbits". We're looking forward to seeing what classes can do with […]

October 4, 2024

STEM Bridges

Our fifth class were set a STEM task last week to design a bridge that could hold the most dice. Check out what they came up with below.

October 3, 2024

Football Update

Both of our senior teams have now progressed to the knockout stages of the Cumann na mBunscol. Our girls are away in Lucan next week while our boys will have a home fixture. Our junior teams will both have their final gaelic game of the season next week.

October 2, 2024

Ms Doherty's Class

Ms. Doherty's 3rd class were busy collecting data during Maths last week on everyone's favourite breakfast option. They represented this data on bar charts.

October 1, 2024

5th and 6th Assembly

On Tuesday we had our first assembly of the year for fifth and sixth class. The importance of safety if near bonfires or fireworks in the run up to Halloween was discussed. The Gaelbhratach committee were introduced by Mr. Barrett and presented with badges. Lastly our awards were presented to students by their respective teachers. […]

October 1, 2024

VR Headsets

Our fifth class have been learning about different types of housing in history recently. They used our VR headsets to explore the houses of ancient civilizations right up to present day. The first image below shows what is displayed in the headset, these are 3D worlds that the kids move through using a joystick.

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Festive Reading Buddies- A special visit from 5th Class

December 18, 2025

This week, Mr. Duignan’s 5th Class joined Ms. Birrane’s 1st Class for a special Paired Reading session. The older pupils brought along wonderful Christmas stories to share, and the younger children were delighted! The 5th Class students showed great care and kindness while reading with their partners, creating a warm and festive atmosphere. The 1st […]

Christmas Jumper Day

December 16, 2025

A huge thank you to everyone who kindly supported our Christmas jumper fundraiser for St John’s Ward in Crumlin Children’s Hospital. An unbelievable €3061 was raised and already we have purchased Rookus Fire sticks for all the televisions on the ward, so children can access their favourite programmes while staying in hospital. Just Eat vouchers […]

Christmas Trees

December 16, 2025

Mr. Barrett's 5th Class and Ms. Roche's Junior Infants had great fun making wooden Christmas trees.

Assembly

December 12, 2025

School Assemblies This Week We had a wonderful week of assemblies across the school, full of celebration, performance, and positivity. On Tuesday, our 5th and 6th Classes gathered for their assembly. Each teacher presented two special awards to recognise pupils for a variety of achievements, including awesome attitude, hard work, and kindness towards others. A […]