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March 13, 2026

Deposit Return Scheme

As part of our continued efforts to fundraise for our all-weather Astro pitch, we have launched a bottle and can collection through the Deposit Return Scheme. Two recycling bins have been placed outside the main hall, and families are welcome to drop their empty bottles and cans into these bins at drop-off and collection times. […]
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March 12, 2026

UCD Spanish Competition

Congratulations to Ali, Mabel and Nicole from Mr. Barrett's class for coming second in the Linguist of the Year Award hosted by UCD School of Education. They're project titled "All the things I Like" was in Spanish and they competed against over 150 entries across the country. Here they are receiving their award in UCD from […]
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March 7, 2026

Engineers Week

To celebrate Engineers Week in St. Olaf’s, Sixth Class proudly hosted a whole school STEM showcase, inviting every class to explore four of our exciting STEM resources. The hall was alive with curiosity as pupils rotated through stations led by our fantastic Sixth Class STEM ambassadors. Children stepped into virtual worlds using our VR headsets, […]
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March 6, 2026

World Book Day 2026

Our Junior classes had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day, filling the school with excitement, imagination, and plenty of shared stories. The children enjoyed a range of fun activities, from creative book themed tasks to cosy moments exploring their favourite stories. One of the highlights of the day was our paired reading sessions, where […]
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March 3, 2026

Irish Dancing

Well done to Liam and Éanna in Ms. Birrane's class who performed excellently at the Bridie Goodman Memorial Feis recently.
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March 2, 2026

Intel Mini Scientist

Congratulations to Ailbhe and Benny who recently represented the school at the Grand Finals of the Intel Mini Scientists at Technological University Dublin, Blanchardstown. Their excellent presentation on Water Purification and Bacteria received excellent feedback from the judges. In total six judges visited and inspected their project which shows that they were right in contention for winning […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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January 30, 2026

Soccer in 3rd & 4th Class

Recently, 3rd and 4th class enjoyed soccer lessons with past pupil Alex Lynch, who generously shared his skills and experience with the pupils. The children had great fun developing their football skills while staying active and engaged. Alex, along with his brother Ryan, also runs soccer as an after-school activity in the school. Anyone interested […]
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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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