Category: News

October 17, 2022

Climate Action Week

We had a very successful ‘Climate Action Week’ in St Olaf’s last week. On Monday over 3/4 of the pupils had meat free lunch for ‘Monday Free Monday’. On Tuesday every class had no power for one hour in their classroom. On Wednesday 290 pupils walked to school for ‘Walk on Wednesday’. We had talks […]

October 14, 2022

Cumann na mBunscol Update

It was another busy week on the football field for St. Olaf's. Our Boy's team had a home quarter final against St. Joseph's Clondalkin. In a very tight and well fought game St. Olaf's came out on top with the whole team playing well and giving it there all. Thank you to all supporters who […]

October 13, 2022

Recycling in 4th Class

Mr Kearns' 4th class were very lucky to have Niamh from Thornton's Recycling visit the class. The children had been learning about recycling as part of "Climate Action Week" and really enjoyed the opportunity to talk to someone who works in the industry. The class asked some really insightful questions and learned a lot from […]

October 12, 2022

Halloween Swop Shop

With Halloween fast approaching, we are delighted that our Parents Association are holding the costume swop shop again this year. Over the next few days if you want to root out old costumes, they can be brought to school between Wed 12th-Wed 19th Oct and given to your child's teacher who will give them a swop […]

October 7, 2022

Bee Bots

4th class had great fun learning about directions and coding during Maths this week. The children were using Bee Bots to plan out directions, input the code and got to watch and see if their code was correct.

October 4, 2022

Maths on the ipads

1st class, 4th class and 6th class have really enjoyed engaging with a new Maths website 99math.com. It's a great chance for the children to practice their maths skills and gives a new way to assign homework which the children enjoy!

October 3, 2022

Living Bar Charts in 5th Class

Ms. Geraghty's fifth class had great fun representing their data in a "living bar chart" this week

September 28, 2022

Junior Football

The Junior footballers continued their winning start to the season with a win over St. Aidan's SNS from Tallaght on Monday afternoon. This time it was the turn of Ms. Conlon's 4th class to join the fifth class in representing the school. There were some great debuts all over the pitch with the boys playing […]

September 27, 2022

4th Class Nature Trail

Ms. Conlon's 4th class recently went on a nature trail around the school investigating natural and man made materials. They found lots of great examples and loved the opportunity to learn outdoors!

September 23, 2022

School Football Update

St. Olafs had a very successful week in the Cumann na mBunscol. The Juniors played away to St Maelruain's in Old Bawn on Tuesday and got their season underway with a win. The team which was made up of both 5th and 4th class played some excellent attacking football and showed great signs for future. […]

September 22, 2022

Science experiment

Science Experiment: What is soil made of? Second class explored what soil is made of this week as we carried out an experiment in groups. We needed a soil sample, a jar and water. We half-filled a jar with soil and added enough water to nearly fill the jar. We left it to settle for […]

September 22, 2022

Creative Castles

Second classes are busy learning about castles. They have been tasked with designing and creating their own castle. Mylie, from Ms. Cooney's 2nd class, has created an AMAZING castle from recycled materials. Check out Mylie's impressive castle below! Super work Mylie!!

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5th Class Trip to Henrietta St.

January 14, 2026

Mr. Duignan's class had a great day out at Henrietta St. getting the chance to experience what life may have been like in the Tenements in Dublin last century.

New Years Art

January 13, 2026

2nd and 3rd Class have been very busy creating some lovely artwork to celebrate the new year. Check it out below!

Christmas treats collection

January 9, 2026

We were delighted by the kindness of our families who donated leftover selection boxes and Christmas treats to a local homeless charity. This lovely idea was supported by our Student Council, and we are very proud of them for helping to spread kindness and make a difference in our community. Thank you to everyone who […]