Hallowe’en Fun in St. Gabriel’s NS


Everyone had a great time at our Hallowe’en Parade in the playground this year.  There were ghosts, werewolves, vampires, soldiers and even a rollercoaster!

Maths Week 2021!

Next week in St. Gabriel’s NS we will be celebrating Maths Week (Monday 18th – Friday 22nd October).  All the children from Junior Infants to 6th Class will be taking part in lots of fun Maths activities throughout the week including Maths Trails, Mental Maths Competitions and fun and games at a Maths Carnival.

For more information about Maths Week Ireland 2021 visit https://www.mathsweek.ie/2021/

Junior Infants Working Creatively

Junior Infants have been having such a wonderful time in school. During the past week they have been using their imaginations to build and create amazing things with our Imagination Playground blue blocks.

 

Sometimes the children make things on their own. Other times they work in pairs or together in larger groups. This involves lots of planning, discussing and collaborating! It can be a challenge to select the most suitable blocks needed to complete a design!

   

In the photographs you will see some of their fantastic creations. So far Junior Infants have constructed an aeroplane, a factory, a burger shop, seesaws, slides, ball chutes, a variety of houses, robots and rockets! Every day brings new ideas!

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Birthday Celebrations

 

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Over the last year and a half, we have had to make a number of changes in St. Gabriel’s NS to deal with the challenging times.  One part of these changes that the children and staff have really enjoyed has been the chance to celebrate each child’s birthday in school, as birthday parties have been unable to take place as normal.  This year we have some new plans for how these school celebrations will work!

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Teddy Bear Picnic with the Principal!

Junior Infants and Senior Infants were kindly invited by our principal, Ms. Comerford, to a very special Teddy Bear Picnic in our courtyard today. Everybody brought a bear or a cuddly toy to school to join us on our picnic. As you can see from the photos we had a wonderful time. We found out the names of and some stories about each and every bear.

St. Gabriel’s FUN-draising Day!

We had an amazing Fun Day in St. Gabriel’s NS this year as part of our fundraising initiatives.  All the children could wear their own clothes for the No Uniform Day and this started off the party atmosphere!  Throughout the day everyone got to take part in Party Games, Playground Games and an Outdoor Disco where DJ (Mr) Donnelly had the whole school up and dancing.  All of these activities were topped off with a visit from the Ice-Cream Van.  What a fantastic day we all had!

Thank you to everyone who has returned their donation envelopes already and there is still time to send it back for anyone who has not had the chance yet.