Fourth Class Trip to Knocksink Woods

Fourth Class had a great class trip to Knocksink Woods on Thursday 17th June.  We enjoyed our hike through the woods.  Highlights of the day include: finding the ruins of an old stone cottage, working together to complete a den we came across, hiking up to the pond and ancient kiln, picnicing, making up little … Read more

Coding Champion 2020!!! 5 Times Award Winner!!!

Congratulations to Ellie Conlon who was awarded the Top Prize in the National Scratch Competition 2020 for the Maxi Section (5th and 6th Class).  This is an outstanding achievement and is the 5th year in a row that Ellie has received a National prize.  We are so proud of you Ellie, your coding skills, determination … Read more

Congratulations!

A huge congratulations to 8 of our Mathletes who were awarded first place in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for 4th Class in the Pairs category of the 2020 Maths Week Ireland Olympiad. Maths Rocks!  Fourth Class Rock too!

Our Roman Coins

We are currently learning about different aspects of the lives of The Romans.  The Romans had many Gods and in early Roman times the Gods would have been depicted on coins.  Later it was the heads of the Emperors that were imprinted on coins.  We have designed and made our own Roman coins with our … Read more

Leinster B Schools Swimming Championships

On Sunday 22 May 2016 seven swimmers travelled down to the Watershed in Kilkenny to represent St. Mary’s & St. Gerard’s N.S. at the Leinster B Schools Swimming Championships.  Our swimmers:  Gabrielle Byrne, Ailbhe Gordon, Aimée Gross, Isobel Gross, Ethan Hughes-Naylor, Aisling Lyons and Ciara Redden swam fantastically, achieving 14 P.B.s, Gold, Silver and Bronze … Read more

Active School Week in First Class

First Class were very busy for Active School Week. On Monday we had great fun during our Basketball Blitz.  Our skills improved enormously as the tournament went on.  At the start we were all running after the ball but as the games went on, we started to use the space much better and to pass … Read more

National Scratch Champion 2016

Congratulations to Ellie Conlon (1st Class) who was selected as the National Champion in the Scratch Competition 2016 in the Primary Schools Minis Category (Jnr Infants – 1st Class). Ellie’s scratch project, ‘Planting a Seed’ was shortlisted for the Scratch Finals.  Ellie then attended the showcase on Thursday 28th April at the RDS.  She presented her project … Read more