Dear Parents,

We are thrilled to announce a major update to the way we run our school library! Our Junior Library is now live on our online system via Aladdin, making it easier than ever for students to check out and return books.

Here’s what’s new:

• All Junior Library books are now online: Every book has been added to our Aladdin system, giving students access to a vast collection of books at their fingertips.
• Easy check-in and check-out: Students can now check books in and out by simply scanning their new library cards, making the process quick and seamless.

We are very excited about this upgrade and believe it will enhance the reading experience for our young learners.

In addition, we’re beginning the same process for our Senior Library and hope to have all books uploaded to the system soon.

We look forward to continuing to support your child’s reading journey and are excited for them to explore the new features of our digital library system. If you have any questions or need assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Happy reading!

This week we’re celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge at St. Gabriel’s N.S. There are a variety of fun and educational activities are planned throughout the week! These activities include:

• Tráth na gceist (Quiz)
• Ceol agus Cultúr sa Leabharlann (Music and Culture in the Library)
• Leabhair as Gaeilge (Irish Books)
• Tionóil sa Halla (Assembly in the Hall)

The week will conclude with our annual Lá Glas (Green Day) on Friday.

This will be a non-uniform day, where students are invited to come to school wearing green/ green accessories to celebrate if they wish.

We encourage all students to participate and enjoy these wonderful experiences.

Coming soon to a P.E. Hall near you!

There is lots fun activities happening today in our school for World Book Day 2025.

There are visits to Cabra Library, our school library, book trails, distribution of the World Book Day books, storytime, author events and much more.

Wishing all the pupils and their families a very Happy Christmas and Happy Holidays!

From all the staff in St Gabriel’s NS

School reopens Monday January 6th

A very busy but very special visitor popped into school today with some lovely gifts for all the children. We know how busy he is this time of year getting ready for the big night, so we are delighted he found the time to drop in. The children received some lovely books from him in our magical Santa Grotto! We hope they enjoy reading them! Happy Christmas!