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Ms O’Leary’s Last Day in our School!

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Ms. O’Leary’s last day teaching in St. Gabriel’s was on the 19th June. We had a very special afternoon celebrating Ms. O’Leary and giving her a good send off.

A special assembly was held in her honour, where she was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a selection of gift vouchers which were bought with the very generous contributions from the parents in our school. She also received a large book filled with the beautiful notes and pictures that every child in the school made for her. The stage was decorated with posters for Ms. O’Leary with beautiful watercolour flowers painted by children in 5th and 6th class. Ms. O’Leary was truly surprised and overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of the parents and the children in our school.

At home time, the children lined the corridors and clapped Ms. O’Leary through the school to wish her all the very best for her retirement and to thank her for everything she has done over the years. This was a moment that we are sure will live on in the memories of Ms. O’Leary, the children and the staff of St. Gabriel’s!

Ms. O’Leary, we will all miss you so much. Thank you for your dedication, care, and the positive impact you have made on so many lives. We wish you a long, happy, and healthy retirement!

Shape and Symmetry

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Second class enjoyed exploring shape and symmetry recently. We loved identifying symmetrical shapes and wanted to create our own symmetrical pictures. Below are a selection of images we made using our attribute blocks.

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We also created our own symmetrical structures using Blue Blocks in our P.E. hall.

Second Class Show Preparations

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Second Class have been busy preparing for the school Christmas show by practising our song ‘Your Majesty’. We worked on perfecting our actions too. We were delighted to get to finally see the show for ourselves in a dress rehearsal on Monday. It was fantastic to see all the classes perform so well!

We’ve enjoyed getting our outfits on this week and performing for our families.

Just off the stage after a great performance!
Back in our classroom after our second performance.

We’re looking forward to some more festive fun next week!!

Fire Safety Week 2023

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We will all be learning about fire safety this week in St. Gabriel’s N.S. We hope to make sure that we all know how to be careful around fire and that we know what to do if there ever was a fire in school or at home. We’ll do this by practising our fire drill in school and we hope you will chat about what to do in the case of a fire at home.

We will remind ourselves and practice what to do if our clothes or Halloween costumes catch fire. STOP DROP ROLL!

Many classes will learn how Dublin Fire Brigade are always there to help us. We will look at the work they do, the uniforms they wear and the equipment they need to do their jobs. This year children can help spread awareness of fire safety by entering Dublin Fire Brigade’s monthly colouring / drawing competition. More information and tips can be found at https://firesafetyweek.ie/

Good Friends Week

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It’s September again and for our first full week back in school we celebrate Good Friends Week. Our theme for this year is ‘Share a Smile’. It is amazing the power a smile can have. Smiling can help us to feel positive and happy as well as brighten up someone’s day.

Our return to school is always a very special time as we reunite with classmates and also welcome new pupils to our school. Pupils in St. Gabriel’s always make every effort to welcome and include new pupils and staff to our school. A smile is one way to help everyone feel welcome and happy.

During Good Friends Week, classes will draw up their class charters. They will use these as important guides to help ensure that each classroom is a friendly, safe and productive place to be in this year.

Our sixth-class pupils will greet their new buddies in Junior Infants. They will share lots of friendly smiles and introduce Junior Infants to games and fun activities on the playground during the week.

We will award prizes to children in each class who make an extra effort to share a smile throughout the week.

How many smiles will you share?

Fire Safety Week 2022

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This week in St. Gabriel’s N.S. we are turning our focus to learn about fire safety. We will look at how we can be more mindful in our daily lives in order to prevent unwanted fires from beginning. We will see how we can best prepare ourselves and our families in the event of a fire. In school we will practice our fire drill and encourage each family to discuss an escape route at home.

Some things to remember are:

We’re also learning what to do if our clothes caught fire. STOP DROP ROLL

Many classes will learn about how Dublin Fire Brigade are always on call to help us. We will look at the work in which the fire brigade engage, the uniforms they wear and the equipment they need to do their jobs.

As we approach our midterm break we understand that Halloween is a time when we need to be extra mindful about fire. There may be occasions where we come across candles, fireworks and bonfires. Caution is required, especially when wearing costumes. We hope that learning about fire safety will ensure that we all keep extra safe this Halloween and in the future.

Good Friends Week

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Welcome back to a new school year. This year, the focus for Good Friends Week is on how we greet each other. One of the easiest ways that we can be friendly to others is by saying ‘Hello’ to those we meet each day. This week the children in St. Gabriel’s will make an extra effort to show how friendly they are by greeting the people they meet in our school and at home.

Each class will explore some of the many ways we can greet others such as by smiling, waving, saying ‘good morning’, ‘hi’, ‘hello’ etc. We are very lucky to have lots of children who have family from all corners of the world. These children will help us to learn how people greet each other and say hello in other languages all over the world. When greeting someone we will try to remember to look at the person, smile and use their name. We will also make sure that we can respond appropriately when somebody says ‘hello’ to us.

As usual, each class will draw up their class charter during Good Friends Week. They will use these as important guides to help ensure that each classroom is a friendly, safe and productive place to be this year.

Mr. Flanagan’s 5th and 6th class will greet their new buddies in Junior Infants this week. They will have a friendly ‘hello’ for Junior Infants and look forward to introducing them to lots of games and fun activities on the playground during the week.

As we have the freedom to open our doors and welcome parents and families back into the school, we look forward to using our greetings during assemblies, seasonal performances and other fun events in the school throughout the school year.