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:
Today, the pupils across the school from Junior Infants to 6th Class made their voices heard in St Gabriel’s NS Referendum Day. They gave their opinions on how they felt about school, spelling, maths and moving to secondary school. Their valuable feedback will help us as a school plan for the future.
Thank you & well done to all the pupils who took part!
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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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.
Last night, eight students from 4th, 5th and 6th Class attended the Credit Union Table Quiz in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown making up two teams of four. There were 52 teams taking part in the quiz. Our two wonderful teams finished 7th and 10th overall. They should be very proud of themselves for the hardwork they have put in. A massive thanks to Mr Delaney for all his hard work in organising the teams for the event!
St Gabriel’s National School is pleased to be participating in a pilot initiative led by the Department of Education and Youth, providing additional wellbeing supports in selected primary schools.
As part of this pilot, an Education Wellbeing Practitioner, working under the direction and supervision of a psychologist from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS), is supporting our school community. The practitioner has completed the Wellbeing Ambassadors Programme, which is being implemented with our 6th Class pupils.
All 6th Class pupils will act as Wellbeing Ambassadors, promoting kindness, inclusion, and positive wellbeing during yard time.
Their role includes:
Buddy Bench: A space for pupils who may be feeling lonely, upset, or who would like someone to talk to, supported by Wellbeing Ambassadors.
“Well Done” Cards: Cards given out during yard time to recognise and encourage kind and positive behaviour.
Games Corner: A games area at the benches beside the moderate class to support inclusive play and social interaction.
Posters displayed during yard time highlight the Buddy Bench and Games Corner.
A Wellbeing Ambassador display is located at the front entrance of the school, and ambassadors wear lanyards during yard time so they are easily identifiable and approachable.
This initiative helps develop leadership, empathy, and resilience while fostering a caring and inclusive school environment.
