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

Designing Helicopters

For the past few weeks sixth class have been investigating Gravity and Air Resistance and how it effects the way objects fall to earth. This week the children worked in small groups to design a helicopter  which would be the slowest to fall to the ground!

A Very Special Visitor

  Recently, our school had a very special 4 legged visitor! His name is Quandro and he is a Service Dog. He and his owner have been together for over 11 years and are the best of friends! Together, they visited all the classrooms and we all got to pet Quandro, who behaved like a … Read more

Our Trip To Newgrange

On Monday the 27th of November, sixth class visited the ancient mound of Newgrange in Co.Meath. Prior to the visit, the class did a small project on the Neolithic site. 

Static Electricity

As part of our work on our project for the RDS Science Fair, we conducted 5 experiments to test Static Electricity as follows: Rolling a drinks can without touching it Controlling a plastic bag in the air Bending Water Separating balloons without touching them Moving styrofoam plates We also discovered the effects of static electricity … Read more

Science Week Lego Activity

During Science Week, Ms. Bell introduced us to Lego Creations. Using lego pieces and a specially designed app, we were able to construct a remote rover and program it to move in different ways and make different sounds.  The school is purchasing Lego Creations so that we can have lots more fun creating other robots! … Read more