February 2026 - Stolafs

Month: February 2026

February 24, 2026

5th Class Trip to the National Gallery

Mr.Duignans 5th class went on a trip to the National Gallery of Ireland. They were on a sketching tour and sketched different objects in the gallery looking at stroke and texture.

February 17, 2026

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 […]

February 16, 2026

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 […]

February 12, 2026

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 […]

February 12, 2026

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 […]

Music

June 4, 2026

Congratulations to Michael and Patrick who participated in the Dublin Fleadh under 12s recently. They are both members of Craobh Naithí CCE. Michael from Ms Conlon’s 5th class came 1st in the Whistle and Patrick is from Ms Leavy’s 3rd class, they both won the Grúpa Cheoil. They go forward now to represent Dublin in the Leinster Finals at […]

Irish Dancing

May 28, 2026

A huge congratulations to First Class students Éanna, Liam, and Maia! They recently competed in the South Dublin Irish Dancing Championships and did an amazing job, bringing home lots of medals and trophies. We are so proud of all their hard work and great dancing. Well done everyone!

Golf

May 28, 2026

On Monday, two teams from St. Olaf’s took part in the annual Castle Schools Cup golf competition, accompanied by Ms Leavy, at Castle Golf Club. The girls’ team was made up of Mollaí Butler, Genevieve Doherty, Sophie Nolan and Isla Brownlee, while Zachary Sheerin, Michael Shorthall, Daniel Kennedy and Gavin Lewis represented the boys’ team. […]

Hurling

May 27, 2026

Our senior hurlers continued their fantastic run of form overcoming Holy Family N.S., Swords in a tight quarter final in Naomh Olaf. There was nothing separating the teams at half time and the lads performed brilliantly in the second half to emerge victorious on a score line of 3-6 to 2-4. Next up is a […]