Anne Malone On Tuesday 15 December, the Sam Maguire Cup visited the school in the company of representatives of the Dublin GAA and the St. Mary’s GAA clubs. Senior Dublin player, Michael Fitzsimons, answered the children’s questions and encouraged them to pursue their love of GAA and to participate in sport. Michael kindly agreed to pose for … Read more
A few photos of our budding actors before they took to the stage for their Dress Rehearsal.
As part of its study of World War 1, Fifth Class enjoyed reading the novel ‘War Game’ by Michael Foreman. They also examined the poem ‘In Flanders Field’ by John Mc Crae and painted pictures inspired by its images.
On Sunday 29th November, members of the school choir led by Ms. Seoighe sang Christmas carols at a craft fair in Kilruddery. The craft fair was a fundraiser for Bray Lakers. Both the choir and its audience enjoyed themselves.
Well done to all the children who made beautiful Christmas Tree decorations out of recycled materials. The standard was very high and the judges faced a difficult task in selecting the two entries to represent us all at the Wicklow Co. Council final. Our winning decorations this year were made by Ella and Olivia in … Read more
5th Class children are studying World War 1 at present and are presenting projects that they have created. While most of the children chose to use Powerpoint, a few of them used their artistic skills to replicate life in the trenches.
On Thursday, 12 November, two members of An Garda Síochána from Bray, Sergeant John Fitzpatrick and Garda Adam Nolan, spoke to the children in 5th and 6th Class about respectful online communication and cyberbullying. They reminded the children to post only messages or photos that “Granny” might like to receive. They urged the children never … Read more
On Thursday 5th and Friday 6th November, Emlyn Cullen from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland ran workshops for all classes from Senior Infants to 5th Class on energy conservation. Younger children were introduced to Guzzler (the puppet) who loves to waste energy. Through a series of games and activities they learned about where our energy … Read more
On Thursday 5th November, 5th Class attended an Energy or “Guzzler” Workshop facilitated by Emlyn Cullen from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. We discussed renewable and non-renewable sources of energy, the role of CO2 in climate change and the things we can do to save energy. Emlyn then led a number of science experiments on the … Read more
After studying the Mayan civilisation, 5th Class children constructed magnificent Mayan masks.