Special Donation

Both the Communion and Confirmation classes very kindly donated €750 of their own money to the very special ‘Make a Wish Foundation’ charity recently.

Two Special Visitors!!

  We were all very excited last Friday, when the Six Nations and Triple Crown trophies came to our school. Thanks to Colin and Claire McEntee for bringing these wonderful trophies to each class.  

Designing Pulleys

Sixth Class are currently looking at and exploring the uses of ‘Pulleys’ in everyday life. As a first experiment, they had to design a ‘Simple Pulley’ using objects/materials in the room. They quickly discovered that using gravity, by pulling down, helped pull the object upwards!

Making Books with our NEW iPads!!

On Friday sixth class worked in groups of three to produce entertaining digital books using our new iPads. They used the app ‘Book Creator’ to add text, images, drawings and sound. Great fun was had by all. We look forward to using the iPads over the next few weeks!

Monster Raffle Prize Winners

Monster Raffle Prize Winners   1st Prize          €500 cash                         Jamie Fisher   2nd Prize         4 Ball Round of Golf at Powerscourt Golf Club                         Olive Fogarty   3rd Prize         €150 Dundrum Voucher                         Annette Gleeson   4th Prize         Family Days Out Package – Annual Family Membership for Imaginosity; Entry to        … Read more

Our Own Creations

Over the past few weeks, many of the children in sixth class have been designing their very own ‘Games’ following our work on Procedural Writing in English. It is wonderful to see how creative and innovative these children are, when they presented their projects last week. After their presentations, the class got a chance to … Read more