Category Archives: Home School
St. Gabriel’s NS give cards to local Nursing Homes
Pupils from all classes at St Gabriel’s NS were busy before Christmas making personalised cards to some of the older people in our local nursing homes. We made and gave out over 100 cards to residents at Curam Care Navan rd., Nephin Nursing Home, and Santa Sabina House. Thanks very much to all staff who helped the children. As you can see above, the residents really loved them!
Have a look at some of them here below.
Recording of the Christmas show performances today!
There was huge excitment today as the children took to the stage to record their parts for the Christmas show. Check out the photos below!
Absences from school
Please read current advice from the HSE in regards to Covid-19 in schools, isolation and antigen testing.
Any child who has symptoms of Covid-19 should self-isolate at home. Contact your GP for advice. You can request antigen tests for your child if there are cases of COVID-19 in their class.
Please remember to explain any child absence from school by emailing your child’s class teacher. Here is a list of class teacher email addresses:
Ms Leonard (Junior Infants) msleonard@stgabrielsns.ie
Ms Flahive (Junior Infants) msflahive@stgabrielsns.ie
Ms O’Dowd (Senior Infants) msodowd@stgabrielsns.ie
Ms Hanlon / Ms Bartley (1st Class) mshanlon@stgabrielsns.ie
Ms Fitzpatrick (2nd/3rd Class) msfitzpatrick@stgabrielsns.ie
Mr Smyth (3rd/4th Class) mrsmyth@stgabrielsns.ie
Ms Sweetman (5th/6th Class) mssweetman@stgabrielsns.ie
Ms Delaney (Sunshine Room) msdelaney@stgabrielsns.ie
After-school club timetable
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Please find below a timetable of after-school activities happening at St. Gabriel’s N.S. Children whose parents have consented to their participation can collect their children after these activities.
| Activity | Date/time |
| Senior Infants: Art with Ms Flahive | Thursday 18th and Thursday 25th November, 1:30-2:20 |
| 1st class: Science with Ms Bartley | Tuesday 16th and Tuesday 23rd November, 2:30-3:25 |
| 3rd/4th class: Art with Mr Crosbie | Wednesday 17th and Wednesday 24th November, 2:30-3:25 |
| 5th/6th class: Variety with Mr Flanagan | Wednesday 17th and Wednesday 24th November, 2:30-3:25 |
The school would like to say a big thank you to teachers and staff involved in making these wonderful clubs happen!
Additionally, until Christmas, GAA will take place on Tuesdays for both Junior Infants classes, Senior infants and 1st class only. All other classes can wear regular uniform on this day unless otherwise stated.
We hope this clears up some questions, and if you have any further queries, please contact secretary@stgabrielsns.ie or hsclstgabriels@gmail.com. Thank you!
Pupils from St Gabriel’s NS feature in exciting National Museum project “Little Houses”
We are very excited and proud of our current and past pupils who took part in the “Little Houses” project in the National Museum of Ireland.
‘Little Houses’ is an exhibition of artworks created during the Covid 19 pandemic, in a collaborative partnership between the Stoneybatter Youth Service and the National Museum of Ireland.
Check out the project’s website, where you can explore the houses and watch a video interviewing some of the participants. The exhibition is now open in the National Museum in Collins Barracks. It’s well worth a visit!
Celebrating Maths with a Maths Carnival!
This year for Maths Week we held a Maths Carnival for all the children in the PE Hall. Junior Infants to 6th Class got to take part in the different games and activities and the excitement levels around the school were huge!
Some of the games included adding and duck catching at Quack and Count, shapes and spatial awareness at Shape Race, number work in Higher or Lower, finding
numbers in the ball pit in Find the Ball and more.