Mairéad, Jake, Isabelle and Leonie joined prize winners from over 90 schools across Leinster at regional final of the Intel Mini Scientist Exhibition in DCU on Friday 8th December. While they will not proceed to the national final, they thoroughly enjoyed their day, impressing judges with the quality of their research, watching Science experiments & … Read more
Congratulations to Mairéad, Leonie, Isabelle and Jake who won this year’s school-based Intel Mini Scientist Exhibition with their project, “What causes fear?” They will represent the school at the Intel Mini Scientist regional final on Friday 8 December in Blanchardstown. Well done too to the children in 5th Class who undertook independent research and submitted … Read more
On Thursday 16 November, under the guidance of Mrs. Bell, the children in 5th Class worked collaboratively in groups to make Milo, the robot, using LEGO WeDo 2.0. This is a fantastic new learning tool designed to introduce children to robotics, engineering and programming through a robot-based learning system. We would like to thank Mrs. … Read more
Under the supervision of Mrs. Bell, the children in 5th Class played with Bee Bot robots today and programmed them to travel through mazes and to move in a synchronised manner. Our thanks to Mrs. Bell for bringing the Bee Bots into the classroom and for enabling us to work with them. The school has … Read more
The children in 5th Class donned some fantastic costumes for their Spooky Walk at Halloween before playing traditional games in the classroom.
Images of some well earned Golden Time in 5th Class on 29th September.
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!
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
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.
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