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We are a DCU Changemaker School

St. Patrick’s BNS, Ringsend, Dublin is welcomed to the DCU Changemaker Schools Network. The school is represented by Ian Lane and Emma Stack. Maura Coulter and John White represent DCU.

We are so proud to have been welcomed into this prestigious network of wonderful schools and we will continue to base our work in this school on the 4 pillars of teamwork, creativity, empathy and leadership where pupil voice is at the heart of all our endeavours.

Visit to Ringsend Library

We were lucky to have Gerard Siggins, author of the Rugby Spirit book series visit Ringsend Library. The boys were invited to listen to Gerard talk about his inspiration when it comes to writing books, how he goes about starting a story and the pleasure that all the hard work gives him. There were plenty of questions from the boys and they were given a great insight into what it takes to become a published author.

Marathon Kids

The boys in 5th and 6th Class have been taking part in Marathon Kids. Over the space of 8 weeks, they will have run a total of 42km, a full marathon. Exercise is key for both our physical and mental health and the boys are really feeling the benefits of taking part in their daily runs.

This week, Irish Olympian and former European Gold Medalist David Gillick came by to see how the boys were getting on. He was very impressed by what he saw and was delighted to see how much work has been done.

Well done lads.

Minister of Education visited our school.

Norma Foley visited our school recently to present our teachers with Kinia Credentials for completing training in digital learning. She also visited a Be Internet Legends workshop in the school hall featuring children from schools in the locality.

We were delighted to welcome Minister Foley and she very kindly gave the children homework passes. it was great to have the opportunity to discuss the various challenges facing us at the moment in terms of recruiting teachers in the midst of a cost of living and housing crisis, finding substitutes and the usual funding issues.

Building Computers

The boys in Sixth Class had great fun coding, problem solving and discovering how computers function using Turing Tumble. It was great to see them putting their heads together to come up with solutions and enjoying learning as they tried to get through the different tasks. Brilliant fun.

Sports Day 2023

Sports Day 2023

The sun shone, the ice-creams melted and all of the boys in St Patrick’s BNS Ringsend did us proud at our annual Sports Day in Ringsend Park. We had a great day with plenty of cheering onlookers to encourage our amazing athletes.

Zoom Ahead with Books Exhibition

Zoom Ahead with Books Exhibition

Our annual exhibition of the beautiful artwork, created by our students and their reading buddies for the Zoom Ahead with Books project, took place today. Zoom Ahead with Books is one of our favourite initiatives and we love working with NCI each year for this amazing project.