5th Class had an amazing time at the STEM TRY 5 workshop in TUD today, where they explored the exciting world of the Mars Rover! The children used coding skills to direct mini rovers through a series of challenges, learning how engineers and scientists programme real rovers used in space exploration. It was a fantastic hands-on experience that encouraged teamwork, problem-solving and creativity. Well done to all the pupils for their enthusiasm and excellent coding skills!
5th Class recently had the exciting opportunity to work with our visiting horticulturist to help improve our school garden area. The children learned all about different plants, how to care for them, and the importance of creating spaces that support nature and biodiversity.
Together, the pupils planted a variety of new flowers and plants to brighten up the garden and make it a more welcoming space for everyone in the school community. It was a fantastic hands-on learning experience, and the children thoroughly enjoyed getting involved in the planting and garden design.
We look forward to watching our garden grow and bloom over the coming months!
February and March have been busy and exciting months in Junior Infants, full of fun, excitement and learning!
During Kindness Week, we talked about the importance of being kind to one another and explored simple ways we can show kindness every day. The children made a special effort to put this into practice in the classroom, which was lovely to see.
For Valentine’s Day, we created beautiful cards and clay hearts for the people we love. We also learned about the story of St. Valentine and why we celebrate this special day.
We continued working on our Stay Safe programme, helping the children to learn important skills and identify their feelings.
We celebrated Pancake Tuesday with a wonderful pancake party. The children had great fun making their own pancakes and, of course, enjoying eating them too!
A highlight of the term was our trip to Collins Barracks Museum, where we took part in a fascinating workshop called “Safari in Silver.” The children really enjoyed exploring and learning in a new environment.
We were also delighted to welcome Joan from the Heritage Council, who has been working with us in our school garden. The children love getting involved in outdoor learning and discovering more about nature.
Another exciting outing was our visit to Cabra Library, where we took part in a creative workshop focused on using our imagination with everyday objects. The children showed fantastic creativity and enthusiasm.
World Book Day was a huge success! The children dressed up as their favourite characters and enjoyed a range of activities including story sack reading, DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time, creating portraits of themselves reading, writing book reviews, a special story time in the senior library hosted by Ms. Condren and Ms. Fahey, a fun book quiz, and even a book-themed dance class!
We also had a fantastic time celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge. The children made a great effort to use their “cúpla focal” each day. We read stories in Irish, enjoyed a lively brush dancing session in the library with help from some of the older students, and listened to traditional Irish music. We learned the song “Péigín Leitir Mór” and proudly performed it as part of a whole-school assembly. For Lá Glas, we dressed in green and had a wonderful céilí in the hall.
The children also took part in our whole-school referendum and really enjoyed using laptops to answer the questions—it was a very exciting experience!
As a reward for filling our Best Line Award chart, we transformed our classroom into a cinema and watched Toy Story, complete with popcorn and juice—such a treat!
Finally, the children showed great support for our school bake sale, which raised funds for Children’s Health Ireland.
Well done to all the boys and girls for their enthusiasm, kindness, and hard work over the past two months. We are very proud of them!
Two boys teams and 1 girls team proudly represented the school in the recent FAI 5-a-side tournament. The teams displayed fantastic teamwork, determination, and sportsmanship throughout the competition. They played with great spirit and did themselves and the school proud. There was a great display of soccer skills shown on the day and the future is most certainly bright for these soccer stars!!
To celebrate their achievement and dedication, the team enjoyed a well-deserved pizza party. It was a great opportunity to relax and acknowledge the time they dedicated in preparation for the tournament.
Well done to all involved!!
Its been a busy March in Mr Smyth’s 4th Class.
In Art the children are working with Fabric and Fibre creating colourful pom poms and jazzy bracelets.
In Maths, they have been working on chance– throwing dice and flipping coins and working out the probability of the outcomes.
In 3-D Shape, they learned about the Euler’s Rule discovered by Leonhard Euler in 1758, a formula in 3D geometry that helps them work out the number of edges of a 3-D shape when they know the number of faces and number of vertices.
On World Book Day the children took part in a World Book Day quiz:
5th Class had great fun creating their own bracelets today, using simple cardboard looms and colourful yarn. They carefully set up their disks, choosing vibrant colour combinations before weaving the threads in a repeating pattern. This hands-on activity helped develop fine motor skills, patience, and creativity. Each finished bracelet was unique, and many children decided to take them home and gift them to family and friends.
Ms. Fitzpatrick’s Class have had lots of fun reading from our story sacks. We listened to Winnie Wagtail and made a fabulous art board to celebrate World Book Day. This week, we read Itchy Bear and enjoyed naming all the animals in the story!
