Category: News

May 3, 2022

Hurling/Camogie Returns

The St. Olaf's school hurling/camogie teams are busy preparing for the resumption of games this week having not played since 2019! The girls take on local rivals St. Attracta's in Broadford on Wednesday, while the boys get their season underway with a game against St. Mary's BNS Booterstown on Thursday at 3 in Deerpark. Best […]

April 27, 2022

Choir resumes!

We were delighted to start back up the school choir this week following a two year hiatus as resultant of Covid! The pupils are straight into it preparing for the upcoming sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation under the stewardship of Ms. Brady. Well done to all involved!

April 8, 2022

Easter Egg Hunt

Mr Lannigan's First Class had great fun taking part in an Easter Egg hunt on Friday! Yummy!

April 7, 2022

Pizza Party!

Our Wellbeing Team along with the Senior Boy's and Girl's Football teams enjoyed some well deserved pizza today. The Wellbeing Team comprising of 2 pupils from each class have helped make St. Olaf's 'Wellbeing Week' a resounding success. Whilst our football teams did not take home any silverware on this occasion, the heart, determination and […]

April 7, 2022

Wellbeing Week

St. Olaf’s are carrying out our first ever wellbeing week from April 4th to 8th as part of our mission to receive an Amber flag for the school – an initiative run by Pieta to promote positive mental health practices and awareness in schools. As part of this week, we incorporated activities such as yoga sessions, mindfulness, […]

April 6, 2022

St. Olaf's Boys in Semi Final Action

Our Senior Boys team made it all the way to the semi-final of the Corn na nGearaltach in Dublin CNMB. The boys put in an excellent performance under the stewardship of Mr. Kavanagh and Mr. Murphy. Unfortunately on the day they were beaten by a superb Star of the Sea team. However, there were many […]

March 31, 2022

Camogie and Hurling Blitz

Second class participated in a fantastic hurling blitz at Naomh Olaf this week. They all gave 110% and had lots of fun. Well done to everyone! Thank you to coach Chloe Kelly McDonald and her colleagues at Naomh Olaf for organising such a brilliant day.

March 30, 2022

G.P.O. Trip

On Friday the 25th of April Mr. Maher and Ms. Geraghty's 6th class went on a trip to the GPO At half past nine, we left school and walked to the LUAS. At ten o'clock we arrived on O'Connell Street and walked to the GPO. We were split into three groups and were given a […]

March 29, 2022

Wellbeing Week

St. Olaf's N.S. are hosting our first ever 'Wellbeing Week' from April the 4th to the 8th. We have recently formed a Wellbeing Committee and the school are looking to achieve our 1st ever Amber Flag from Pieta. There are a myriad of activities planned for this week including mindfulness colouring, yoga and meditation. All […]

March 29, 2022

John Boyne Visit

When we got into the hall everyone was really excited. John Boyne arrived in and introduced himself. He explained how he always wanted to be an author. One of the things I really like was that he said he never knew how he was going to end his books. I really related to that because I […]

February 15, 2022

Green Schools

The Green Schools Committee are currently working on our 6th flag – ‘Global Citizenship – Litter and waste’. We have been working on an Action plan to achieve this goal. The plan includes raising awareness about Global citizenship, increasing the use of Fairtrade products used in the school by 50%, increasing the use environmentally friendly […]

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Halloween Newsletter

October 23, 2025

Our Halloween Newsletter is now available to read here. Wishing all of our school community a safe and happy Halloween.

New Futsals

October 21, 2025

We were delighted to recieve a set of 24 Futsal footballs from the FAI recently. This will enable us to have a ball for each child in a class during a PE lesson about football.

St. Olaf’s Green Schools

October 20, 2025

St. Olaf’s is proud to announce the launch of our Green Schools Programme for 2025–2026 as we begin our journey to achieve our eighth Green School Flag, focusing on the theme of the Marine Environment. The Marine Environment theme encourages students to understand Ireland’s connection to the ocean and our responsibility to protect it. Although […]