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Footballers win again.

by ian / On March 27, 2019 / In Sports, Uncategorized

Our football team is having a good season so far. We are through to the Pegasus Cup Semi-Finals and we have won our first 3 league games. The boys enjoyed wearing their new kit for the first time today.

Boys of the Month

by ian / On March 14, 2019 / In Uncategorized

The February boys of the month are Liam, Sam, Miguel, Nathan, Kuba and Maciej. Well done boys!

Seachtain na Gaeilge

by ian / On March 14, 2019 / In Events

We had a concert to celebrate St Patrick's Day and each class performed a song. Mr O'Rourke played his pipes and some girls from GNS did some Irish dancing. Huge thanks to Ms Purcell for organising things. Mile buiochas!

World Book Day

by ian / On March 7, 2019 / In Uncategorized

We love books here in St Patrick's BNS and to celebrate World Book Day, the boys dressed up as their favourite characters from Literature. We encouraged them to make their own costumes and the results were amazing. Special mention too for Mr Kelly and Ms Stack for getting into the spirit of things. Huge thanks are due to Ms Purcell for organising the day. Book tokens were given as prizes to the...

Movie Stars

by ian / On March 6, 2019 / In Uncategorized

Last year, in conjunction with The Ark Theatre, boys from 5th and 6th class helped write a movie script with Sean, a playwright from Dublin. They also acted in the short film, along with some local elders. The movie, 'The First was a Boy', was screened at The Dublin International Film Festival where it received second prize in the Short-Film category. Three of the stars of the movie, Brandon,...

Pegasus Cup Result

by ian / On March 1, 2019 / In Uncategorized

St Patrick's BNS 9-0 Mother of Divine Grace, Ballygall. We kicked off our football season with a comprehensive win in the Pegasus Cup in Irishtown. The game was played in a good spirit and every squad member got plenty of playing time in the spring sunshine. Our two goalkeepers kept clean sheets. Josh didn't have much work to do but Calum saved a penalty and its follow-up and watched a second...

Bird-Box Building

by ian / On February 15, 2019 / In Uncategorized

Mr Booth and Mr O'Rourke supervised a group of boys constructing and painting wooden boxes for birds to nest in. The group then went to Kilakee woods to put the boxes up in the trees there. They found bird-boxes some past-pupils had made around ten years ago and were delighted to see they were still being used by birds to nest in. The boys really enjoyed this project and huge thanks are due to...

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