As part of our Science Week activities, we had Bricks4kidz visit our school yesterday and each class got to work on their engineering skills. The boys worked in pairs to create some amazing machines. It was a fantastic day of fun and learning.
As part of our Creative Ireland project we asked the boys what they would like to have in the school to make them enjoy it more. The two things that kept coming up were climbing walls and boxing bags. Let it never be said that we don’t listen to the boys here. They asked and …
1st, 2nd and 3rd classes had ballet lessons today with Stephen from Ballet Ireland. They were exhausted after the lessons but had a brilliant time. Ballet is brilliant for strength, balance, coordination and concentration and the boys really enjoyed it.
As you may know, the department of education has sanctioned the building of 2 new special classes and a new shared General Purposes Hall on the site of our existing sports hall. There will also be 2 special classes built there for the girls’ school. Both schools are currently considering tenders for the project and …
The school staff members are working away preparing the school for the arrival of the boys next week. We open on Thursday August 26th. We are looking forward to seeing everyone but we will reserve the biggest welcome for the new boys in Junior Infants. See you soon.
In September 2019, St Patrick’s Girls’ National School and our school made a joint submission to the Department of Education requesting to open ASD/special classes on our shared campus. We are delighted to announce that the Department of Education has now approved our project to demolish our existing PE hall and rebuild to include 4 …
Here are some boys from 3rd class hard at work using their Chromebooks to read and listen to books on MyOn before completing quizzes on Accelerated Reading.
This week, the boys have been playing outdoors, visiting the park, going to the playground and receiving coaching in cricket, hurling and football as part of Active Schools Week. Please encourage the boys to exercise at home in order to keep their fitness levels up after Lockdown.
Cooper, Logan and Charlie won prizes for accumulating lots of dojo pints this weak for great behaviour, effort and kindness. Well done boys..