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June 9, 2023

Soccer Blitz

Both Mr. Maher's and Ms. Duffy's sixth class attended a soccer blitz on Thursday. A big thank you to Kevin and St. Mary's F.C. for hosting this great event. Our boys and girls got to take on our near neighbours Queen of Angel's in some very competitive games. Well done all!
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June 1, 2023

Athletics 2023

We had a fantastic day out at the Cumann na mBunscol annual athletics event, this time held on UCD's fantastic new running track.We had teams in the u12 girls and boys relays, u14 boys and girls relays and individuals in the girls long jump, boys 600m and 60m sprints for boys and girls. All our […]
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May 29, 2023

First Holy Communion

Congratulations to the boys and girls in second class who celebrated their First Holy Communion on Saturday the 20th of May in the Church of the Ascension of The Lord, in Balally Parish. The mass celebrated by Fr. Jim, was a beautiful ceremony. The three second class teachers, Ms. Cooney, Ms. O'Mahony and Ms. O'Brien […]
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May 29, 2023

School Golf Teams

Pictured is our school golf teams representing us at The Castle Golf Club today. Many thanks to the parents who helped with the practise and supervision and to The Castle and The Grange golf clubs for hosting practices.
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May 25, 2023

Girls Soccer

Some of our 6th class girls attended a soccer blitz in St. Mary's N.S. Donnybrook. The girls performed excellently and finished in 3rd place. Well done girls!
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May 24, 2023

Community Recognition Fund Grant

We are delighted to have received funding of €52,900 for a sensory garden at our school through the community recognition fund @dlrcc. This will provide an invaluable resource in our school and to the wider Balally Community Many thanks to all who supported this initiative
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May 23, 2023

Tag Rugby Blitz

Our fourth classes had a fantastic day out at a rugby blitz on Friday in Stillorgan Rathfarnham Rugby Club. All kids were extremely well behaved an enjoyed getting to play with their classmates.
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May 19, 2023

Bike Week

We have a very successful bike week. Thank you to everyone who took part and made the effort to cycle/scoot (over 250 students so far!) Let's hope that the good weather continues and the kids can continue to be active and safe on their way to and from school.
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May 18, 2023

Outdoor Classroom Day with our Penpals

For Outdoor Classroom Day, Ms Gannon and Ms Molloy's third class travelled to our penpals' school. We walked to Divine Word. We had an amazing day playing lots of sports. We went out to the yard with our penpals. We had a cross country run, long jump competition, sprint races, egg and spoon and a […]
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May 18, 2023

Wild Flower Garden in Full Bloom

Below are some pictures of our wonderful wild flower garden which is in full bloom at the moment. It is alive with thousands of insects and the buzz of the bees pollinating the flowers. This is a collaboration between the school and our local residents association who have Balally looking so well!
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May 17, 2023

School Golf

On Sunday evening we held practice for a school golf team. This was open to boys and girls from 5th and 6th class and they will compete in a competition over the coming weeks. Many thanks to the parents who helped out at the practice and to The Castle Golf Club for hosting the practice.
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May 16, 2023

Rugby Award for Joshua

Well done to 6th class student, Joshua, who was awarded the team mate player of the year in St Mary's RFC, Templeville. This is as a fantastic award to win and he was chosen by his coaches there. Joshua was awarded it for always being respectful to referees, coaches, and team mates and being a […]
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Visit from author Paddy Donnelly
September 18, 2026

We were delighted to welcome author and illustrator Paddy Donnelly to St. Olaf’s N.S. for a fantastic day of storytelling, drawing and fun! All photos available here! Paddy spent the day with our pupils, delivering two brilliant one-hour sessions. Our 3rd and 4th classes enjoyed the first session, followed by 1st and 2nd classes. The […]

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GAA Update
September 18, 2026

Our boys team got their season underway with a good win against local rivals Divine Word in Hermitage on Thursday evening. Our girls team had their second game Wednesday but unfortunately lost out after a very tight game against Scoil Lorcáin. Our junior teams get their campaigns underway next week.

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Mr. Moore's Class
September 18, 2026

Mr. Moore's class have been very busy so far this year. Here they are enjoying GAA with Alex, Ukelele with Sheilagh and art.

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STEM in 3rd Class
September 11, 2026

Mr. Kearns' 3rd class have been busy doing some STEM activities this week. They were set the challenge of creating the tallest free standing tower they could using just marshmallows and uncooked spaghetti. Some fantastic thinking from all of the kids with many unique and interesting towers created.

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