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We held our annual STEM Showcase this week to celebrate and share all of the learning that has taken place across the school in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths this year. So many parents/carers joined us for the afternoon and everyone had lots of fun. 

We created a one-minute video for Global Citizenship Schools to highlight all of the learning taking place across our school in relation to Global Citizenship. Check it out!

Bhí Seachtain na Gaeilge á cheiliúradh againn an tseachtain seo chaite. I rith na seachtaine, bhí na páistí ag foghlaim Gaeilge, ag canadh amhráin Ghaeilge agus ag damhsa le chéile. Ar an Aoine, bhí céilí mór agus ceol againn sa halla. Míle buíochas le Seán agus Michelle as an gceol álainn, le Claire as an rince iontach agus le Ali as an seachtain a phleanáil.

We celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge this week. Throughout the week, the children were learning Irish, singing Irish songs and dancing together. On Friday, we had a big céilí and music in the hall. Thank you very much to Seán and Michelle for the beautiful music, to Claire for the great dancing and to Ali for planning the week.

What a great World Book Day we had! The children had lots of opportunities to choose the books they like to read and lots of time to read them. We had book cafés, sharing stories from home, curling up in cosy spaces, making bookmarks and writing book reviews, visiting our favourite book shop, Chapters on Parnell Street with our vouchers – so much fun and so much reading!

Thank you to Derek who coordinated and to our class teachers to provide the children so many opportunities to read every day.

We are very proud of the five classes who presented their projects at Science Blast in the RDS this week. The children came up with some brilliant questions to investigate and the judges were very impressed with the confidence they showed explaining their results.

Huge thanks, as always, to our brilliant class teachers – James, Shauna, Andy, Greg and Ali who prepared the children so well and to all the team who supported the children on the day.

We welcomed the new Minister for Education, Helen McEntee, and the new Minister for Special Education, Michael Moynihan, to our school this week. We were asked to host the Ministers to launch this year’s Summer Programme. This is the Government-funded summer camps that take place in schools across Ireland during the summer period.

The Ministers were greeted by Nadine and Abdi from the Student Council and then met a group of children who took part in our summer programme last year who talked about their positive experiences. They were excellent ambassadors for our school – well done children!

Take a look at some of the footage taken on the day by clicking on the photos below:

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We had a super Children’s Mental Health Week last week. Organised by our Wellbeing and Ubuntu teams, the children had lots of opportunities to build connections and relationships, explore the things they enjoy doing and practise their skills of relaxation and mindfulness.

The week started with an assembly where we came together to think about how we might support a friend who was feeling sad and lonely. We talked about doing more of the things we enjoy and knowing what makes us feel good. During the week, the children met up with partner classes for shared reading and games, had special circles to share compliments and ‘sparkles’ with one another, tried sound wellness with Catherine, had ‘Wake and Shake’ with Rosalia in the mornings and a really fun ‘Big Doodle’ in the Hall on Friday.

Thanks to all who took part and especially to all the staff who organised the different activities. Have a look at our video to see the highlights of the week!

Thank you so much to all of the families who joined us for our family Winter Art sessions last week. We had so much fun and it was lovely to see so many smiling faces 🙂 Have a look at our highlights video: