The children in 5th class Room 27 have been busy making parachutes this week while working on their STEM Egg drop activity. They have been investigating and experiementing about the the effects of air resistence and gravity on their parachute.First they dropped an egg on its own. Then they tried ou
We had a lovely day in school today. Draoícht Theatre had arranged for the PLAYground Orchestra to visit and perform for all the children. We had planned to hold the concert in the yard but unfortunately the conductor said the wind would make the music stands all blow away! Luckily we have a very bi
The children in Room 12 had great fun on their mini-beast hunt last week. They saw ants, slugs, ladybugs, centipedes and spiders!
Congratulations to all the boys and girls in rooms 9 and 13 who made their First Communion yesterday. Thank you to their teachers Ms. McGann and Ms. Walsh who prepared them so well and to Fr. Denis for the lovely ceremony.
Take a look at some of the fantastic projects completed by Ms. G. Fay’s 5th class over the last few weeks. They built and programmed Cooling Fans, Moving Satellites, Milo the Science Rover and other scice projects looking at pulling, speed, robust structure, plants and pollinators and preventing flo
We want to send our best wishes to our 2nd class pupils in Ms. McGann and Ms. Walsh’s classes who making their First Holy Communion on Saturday at 11am.
We were delighted to welcome our past pupil Jack Chambers, Minister of State for Sport, the Gaeltacht and Defence, to our school this morning. He was welcomed by Conrad and Alannah.He took time for a visit to the Hub where children from Senior Infants, 5th and 6th demonstrated some STEM projects an
We were very proud to head that the St. Brigid’s GAA Féile camogie teams had great success over the weekend, with the A team winning the Division 2 title and the B team losing in a well contested semi-final.What made it even more special was that several of our 6th class girls were playing on both t
We are delighted to see our Buddy Reading initiative return today with 5th class and Junior InfantsRoom 2 started today with Mr. Harrison’s 5th class. The girls and boys read their readers for them today and were so proud and happy to do so.
Take a look at some photos of Room 12 on their tour to Causey farm this week! They had a fantastic day.
Mr. Lowery and Ms. Ní Fhearghail took over 50 pupils to Porterstown today to take part in the Fingal Cross Country Meet. They had a great day both teachers were raving about how well behaved they all were. Ms Fay was very proud to hear this great report.
We were delighted to visit Castleknock College today to take part in day 1 of the Leprechaun Cricket Cup. Mr.Lowery and Ms. Ní Fhearghail’s classes had a fun day playing cricket against each other in the Spring sunshine.On Wednesday our other two 6th’s will compete.Our thanks to Castleknock College
Written by Ciara O’Reilly 4th classOn the 2nd April, 2022, 48 children from all over Ireland had the chance to represent their province at the Cumann na mBuncoil National Handball day 2022. It was held in Kingscourt, Co.Cavan due to the great facilities there.Two girls from our school, Evie McCarth
6th class have been busy constructing some spectacular Easter Bonnets.
Really successful return to the Fingal Athletics in Porterstown on Tuesday. All the children ran very well and did themselves, Mr. Lowery and Saint Brigid’s proud.
We were very excited during the week to receive a delivery of 300 bare root whips courtesy of the Castleknock Tidy Towns Association.This was in conjunction with National Tree Week and the hope is that the boys and girls will plant their trees all around the local area this week. There was a mix of
Here is a great picture of the 6th class footballers after their match yesterday. They are with Mr. O’Loughlin and Keith Barr who is an ex Dublin Player from the 90s. Keith came up to watch the boy’s match and he also gave them a great team chat.The boys have played 4 matches so far in their compe
Mr. Harrison and Mr. Sweeney were on the stairs this morning to welcome the 5th and 6th class pupils with a few rousing tunes. They even managed to get a few of the girls to dance a jig.Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to all our pupils, parents and guardians.Reminder : We are closed Thursday 17th, Friday
What a beautiful, sunny afternoon we had for our Junior Infant parade today to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Senior Infants Room 6!
Report by Evie McCarthy & Ruth LangenbachThe Cumann na mBunscol Leinster Handball Championship was held in Carlow on Friday 11th March 2022. The boys played in Tinryland GAA club and the girls played in Garyhill Handball club. Games were up to 11 points with each team taking turns to serve five time