Thu,Feb,2018
Tuesday, February 6th is Safer Internet Day. The Theme for Safer Internet Day 2018 is “Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you”. Zeeko, an Irish company based at Nova UCD which supports parents in teaching their...
Tue,Jan,2018
On Tuesday the 16th of January 2018, something unexpected occurred. It was something that hadn’t happened in seven years… It started with our class listening to music while making collages. Suddenly someone shouted “Hey look out the window!” Most of the class sprinted...
Wed,Jan,2018
Senior Infants arrived back to school in January feeling refreshed and ready to work! In our first week back we chatted about New Year’s Resolutions and how we should all try to make some small changes for the better. Everyone chose a resolution for home and one...
Wed,Jan,2018
The children in Junior Infants have really been enjoying their Aistear playtime every Wednesday and Thursday! Aistear is curriculum framework for early childhood which provides enjoyable and challenging learning experiences to help the children develop as competent...
Wed,Jan,2018
Junior Infants were so inspired by the visit of author and illustrator Chris Haughton to our school in December (see earlier post) that they set about learning to draw like a real artist. The children had watched Chris do some of his famous illustrations and have been...
Thu,Jan,2018
The HSE and Department of Education and Skills are urging parents of children with flu symptoms to keep them home from school as a particular strain of flu virus is disproportionately affecting people under 15 years of age. The unusually high number of children...