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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.

March Fun in 5th Class

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March was a busy month in St. Gabriel’s NS but one of the highlights was definitely Seachtain na Gaeilge. 5th Class had a fantastic time learning the Brush Dance and the Walls of Limerick céilí dance, listening to traditional Irish music as well as story reading as Gaeilge.

Autumn Fun in the Park

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Senior Infants and 5th Class enjoyed a lovely trip to the Phoenix Park on Thursday. 5th Class were very excited when Ms Buggy accepted their invitation to ‘buddy up’ and go on this adventure.

We collected some Autumn leaves that Senior Infants are going to use in an Art lesson. Then we followed a trail through some trees, past the flowers and down the hill. There was even time for a visit to the playground!

3rd Class Engineering Workshop

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3rd Class took part in an engineering workshop in TU Dublin recently. They looked at examples of engineering used by the Roman Empire for building bridges and arches. In groups they worked on building their own arches using a keystone. Finally everyone created catapults and competed to see who could launch their pompom the farthest.

Reading Fun with New Friends

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Junior Infants and 3rd Class recently came together for some Buddy Reading time. They shared some interesting, funny and exciting stories and made new friends along the way!

With World Book Day coming up on March 7th, the children in St. Gabriel’s NS will be looking forward to even more shared reading time together.

3rd Class in the Limelight!

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The children from 3rd Class were asked to be a part of a new project for the National Museum of Ireland in Collins Barracks.

This involved taking part in an interesting workshop called If Things Could Talk, where the children got to handle and examine different artefacts from days gone by. While doing this, they were filmed by a team of camera people. The museum are now using this footage to help inform schools around Ireland about the different workshops and tours that the museum has to offer.

To see 3rd Class making their movie debut, please click on the links below and enjoy!