School Garden Update – Day 2 with Joan Power

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Today marked the second day that our horticulture expert Joan Power joined us in school to work with the children in our garden. It has been fantastic to see the students learning through hands-on experience in nature.

So far, the children have explored the edible plants growing in our school garden and learned how to care for them through activities such as transplanting and deadheading. They also discovered how these simple gardening practices help plants grow strong while supporting local biodiversity.

Another exciting milestone this week has been the start of our potato and onion planting. The children carefully planted them and are already looking forward to watching them grow and harvesting them later this year.

We’re excited to see our garden continue to develop while the students build their knowledge of nature, food, and sustainability.

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Cultúr sa Leabharlann

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To celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge, our library was full of music, movement, and Gaeilge as the children took part in a range of activities to immerse themselves in Irish culture.

We were delighted to welcome Mr Goherty, who spoke to the children about traditional Irish music and demonstrated a number of instruments, including the tin whistle. The children really enjoyed listening to the different sounds and learning about the role of music in Irish culture.

There was also plenty of movement and fun as the children were ag damhsa (dancing). They practised traditional Irish dances such as “Shoe the Donkey” and brush dancing, giving everyone a chance to experience the energy and rhythm of Irish dancing.

It was wonderful to see the children engaging with Gaeilge and celebrating our culture together in such a lively way.

A big thank you to Ms Condron, Ms Fahey, and Ms Leonard for organising these fantastic activities and helping to make Seachtain na Gaeilge such an enjoyable experience for everyone.

“Kindness Heroes” Visit from the Lord Mayor of Dublin!

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Today we were delighted to welcome the Lord Mayor, representatives from Dublin City Council, and guests from Dublin Bus to our school to speak about the importance of Kindness Heroes in our community. Sixth Class had the opportunity to chat with the Lord Mayor and share a speech about their role as Wellbeing Ambassadors in the school. He was so impressed by their confidence and thoughtful ideas that he invited the class to visit the Mansion House. It was a very special visit and a proud moment for our students.

Ceilí le Rang a Sé agus Rang a Trí!

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As part of Seachtain na Gaeilge, Mr Cullen’s Third Class and Ms Teeling’s Sixth Class came together for a lively céilí in the school hall. The students learned and enjoyed traditional Irish dances, including the Walls of Limerick and the Siege of Ennis. It was a fantastic opportunity for the older and younger classes to work together, celebrate Irish culture, and have great fun through music and dance. ☘️

World Book Day 2026

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We love books in St Gabriel’s NS so everyone is always very excited when World Book Day comes around every year! This year the children had a great time dressing up as literary characters and bringing their favourite books to school to share with friends. The junior, autism and moderate classes enjoyed some interactive story telling in the library and Bernie even used the book theme for our dance classes. Some classes designed book covers and bookmarks while others took part in quizzes. We can’t wait for next year.

5th Class Gardening

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St Gabriel’s has a visiting horticulturist from Heritage Ireland coming to help us with our school garden. Today 5th class were learning about the different plants growing in our garden and how to maintain them. 5th class enjoyed “growing” their understanding of all the wonders in our garden.

Busy February in Mr Smyth’s 4th Class

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February was a busy month for the children in 4th Class with the children making Brigid’s crosses and Chinese Lanterns, surveying other classes for Maths activities on Data and Bar graphs and having Dance with Bernie and Tag Rugby with Leinster Rugby.

We had our STEM Try Five workshop number 3 with scientists from TUD Grangegorman. This one was on electricity learned about electrons, protons, flow of electricity and circuits. At the end the children made Star Projectors using a simple electrical circuit.

The class began their group History research project on Ancient Egypt where they began working in groups to research different aspects of Ancient Egyptian life from mummification, the Pharaohs and much more.

As part of learning about Chinese New Year and their zodiac animals, the class in Art created paper Chinese lanterns.