Transitions

It’s that time of year again when changes are happening all around us. Spring is slowly changing into summer, secondary school students are preparing for exams and even in primary school children’s minds are turning to next year and what teacher they might have. But...

Children and Competition

Last Friday we held a special prize-giving assembly to reward those who had taken part in our recent garden design competition and the Scratch computer project. In the garden design competition there were winners and losers, and while all children were acknowledged...

Our Green Schools Garden Design Project

We took one outside space at the side of the school, listened to a talk on garden design by Milan, a parent in the school, and set to work. This is the result, a collection of garden designs that would make most garden designers proud. Not only are they colourful and...

Book Week and Beyond!

“To learn to read is to light a fire.” Victor Hugo. We have just celebrated book week in Ireland and internationally. What is the purpose of book week? The cynical among us will say it’s about selling more books but if we go beyond that cynicism and look at the...

Anti-Bullying Ambassadors – Slogan Campaign

The school’s anti -bullying ambassadors are continuing their campaign to raise awareness of bullying and to promote the message ‘It’s good to tell’.  At senior assembly on Friday they launched their slogan campaign: classes are invited to come...

Frásaí

Frásaí Gaeilge agus Seachtain na Gaeilge    Baintear úsáid as frásaí gaeilge i rith an lae sa seomra ranga agus sa chlós. Cuirfear béim faoi leith ar na frásaí seo i rith seachtain  na gaeilge  trí gniomhachtaí éagsúla cosúil leis an siopa agus an céílí. Seo...