Making playdough in 3rd class
The children in 3rd class Room 20 have making playdough as part of their writing and science activities this week. Some fabulous play-based learning!
O’Byrne Cup final
Our teacher Mr. O’Loughlin will be playing for Laois in the O’Byrne Cup final against Dublin tomorrow (Saturday 22nd January).You can watch the game live on TG4. Throw in at 3pm.
Code your own Google Logo 6th class
The children in Mr. Lysaght’s 6th class have been completing some coding activities this week. Take a look at some of the Google logo’s they designed using scratch code.
Hamper donation in 5th class Room 27
This year, in the lead up to Christmas, the children in our class, Ms. G. Fay’s 5th, decided to make a hamper and donate it to the local branch of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.Every pupil brought in an item or two from the kitchen cupboard and before we knew it we had several boxes filled!Than
Christmas art around the school
Take a look at some of the fantastic art on display around our school this Christmas, especially the amazing decorations made from recycled materials.
Tidy Towns in 6th class
6th class were hard at work earlier this week, in cooperation with Castleknock Tidy Towns, planting bulbs for Spring.
School closed December 8th
As Dublin is now under an orange weather warning due to Storm Barra, as forecast by Met Éireann, the Department of Education is advising that all Dublin schools should not open again tomorrow, 8th of December. We hope everyone stays safe.
President Higgin’s Christmas Cards
We love these Christmas Cards by Brigid’s past pupil Caoimhe Hennessy. Caoimhe has sold way over 15,000 copies so far. They are so cute and show what a talented illustrator she is.Congratulations Caoimhe. See her website here
School closed
Due to the significant nature of Storm Barra, as forecast by Met Éireann, the Department of Education is advising that all schools covered by the Red Alert and Orange warning from Met Éireann should not open tomorrow, 7 December.
HSE Guide to face coverings for 3rd- 6th class pupils.
This is the HSE guide to wearing face coverings for 3rd to 6th class pupils.
Designing Christmas Jumpers: Room 2 #LateLateToyShow
There was great excitement in Room 2 as all the boys and girls got their chance to design the Christmas Jumper they think Ryan Tubridy might wear for the Late Late Toy Show tonight!
Coding with Lego Education in Room 25
The 5th class children in Room 25 are working with WeDo Lego education kits to build and code models. Take a look at some of their models and fantastic coding in the video below:
Coding with BeeBots in Room 8
The children in Room 8 have been learning to code with BeeBots over the last few weeks. Take a look at some of their activities below:
Science Week in Room 2 Junior Infants
The girls and boys in Room 2 enjoyed science week last week. We conducted lots of experiments that were fun and interesting. We learned that fire needs oxygen to burn and we learned that plants absorb water from their roots and bring all the water all around the plant to survive. We experimented wit
Coding and building with Lego WeDo #scienceweek
Take a look at the STEM projects completed by Room 28 5th class over the last few weeks. The children have been working in their pods with the WeDo 2.0 materials from Lego Education to build and code their models. They have also been working to control their models with motion sensors.
Science Week Creating our Future…
Science week begins tomorrow. Here are a few clips to get started.CLICK HERE FOR MORE
Bag2School Collection
We are having a bag2school collection from Monday 1st to Monday 8th of NovemberBag2 school is a fundraiser where every KG of clothes donated earns money for the school and a further 10% goes to the Laura Lynn foundation.By donating unwanted clothes, we are helping topromote the REUSE of clothes & s
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A spooky morning in the Infant building……….. #Halloween
What a spooky morning it was in the Infant building today!
Coding activities @CodeWeekIRL @hourofcode
Take a look at some of the classes coding with Bee Bots, WeDo 2.0 Lego, Minecraft and Dance party Hour of Code activities.WeDo Lego coding 5th classBee Bot coding in Senior InfantsHour of Code 6th
Halloween Singing in Room 5
Listen to the great Halloween singing from the children in Room 5!
Virtual DreamSpace visit for 6th class @MS_eduIRL
The remaining 6th classes took part in virtual STEM sessions with the DreamSpace team today. It was a fantastic experience for all the children. They learned lots about the world of STEM, mixed reality, artificial intelligence and also coded with MicroBits. Lots of complicated code was written and t
First Holy Communions
We want to send our best wishes to all our 4th class pupils making their First Holy Communion this week. They have been waiting a long time for this day and it will be wonderful to see them all in the Church this week.
Medal winner!
A big well done to Vincent from 5th class who took home three paralympic medals at the weekend, for javelin, shot put and discus!Vincent’s Mum kindly agreed for us to share his picture below. What a fantastic achievement!