Mathletics champions!
The children in 5th Class are working very hard on Mathletics and are enjoying success as Irish, European and World champions. Well done to everyone!
Anne Malone
Basketball blitz
On Tuesday, 20 May the children in 3rd Class and 5th Class united to form teams for a day-long basketball blitz. The Bulls, Comets, Lakers, Rockets, Raiders and Knicks enjoyed their matches in gorgeous sunshine before the the Rockets beat the Knicks in a tense final. Our sincere thanks to Claire Mc Entee for organising … Read more
Celebrating Mrs. Mc Grath’s retirement and our Green Flag for Global Citizenship Litter and Waste
On Friday 16 May, the school celebrated Mrs Mc Grath’s retirement and An Taisce’s award to the school of our 7th Green Flag. It was a funfilled occasion enjoyed by the whole school community in glorious sunshine. In case you missed it, here are some images captured on the day. Flowers 1 words and numbers … Read more
Cool Planet
The Cool Planet Experience, which will open later this year on Powerscourt Estate, visited 5th Class last Wednesday with Philip Smyth and Patti Walsh conducting an informative, enjoyable and interactive workshop with the children on climate change.
Funtasia
The children in 5th Class used money earned by “Glorious Gifts” to pay for their school tour to Funtasia. They enjoyed the Ultimate Sky Climb and Zipline, played crazy golf, went bowling, spent two hours in the Waterpark and visited the Haunted House. They rated the tour 9.5 out of 10 and many rested while … Read more
Cumann na mBunscol Sports Day 2017
Well done to all the children who represented the school at the Cumann na mBunscol Sports Day in Charlesland on Wedneday 7 June! Competition was stiff among 18 participating school, with three heats in most races. All of our athlethes performed admirably in both field and track events and we were delighted to come home … Read more
Our week with our Luxembourger penpals
The sun shone brightly on 29 May as our 25 penpals from Luxembourg joined us in school along with their teachers, Yannick and Natalie, and a parent, Aurélie. During the week, we made bilingual posters advertising our céilí; played “Ice Breaker Bingo,” “Stop the Bus” and “Back to Back” together; taught our visitors how to … Read more
JEP County Showcase Day
5th Class attended the Junior Entrepreneur Programme County Showcase Day in Roundwood on Thursday 25 May. Over 470 children from 20 schools in Wicklow presented their JEP projects to one another; enjoyed music, goody bags & a picnic; and received their certificates of achievement along with a school plaque of success. Our thanks to all … Read more
Further Green Flag Success!
The school was awarded its seventh Green Flag at the National Green Flag Awards Ceremony in the Helix on Wednesday, 24th May. Congratulations to everyone whose hard work and commitment helped us to achieve Green Flag status for Global Citizenship – Litter and Waste. Thank you too to Lucy, Sam, Mairéad and Mrs O Toole Byrne … Read more
Design and Make
Over the last few weeks, the children in 5th Class have been examining electricity. They have designed simple circuits, investigated switches, made series circuits, sent Morse Code messages and examined how parallel circuits work. Have a look at some of our scientists in action.