Ms.O'Donovan's 5th class showcased their Hogwarts castles in a fabulous exhibition in our school hall on Wed 24th October. The girls worked on this project in the weeks leading up to Halloween, constructing the castles from recyclable materials , decorating the interiors and even adding lights and magic spells! The hall was in darkness while the theme tune from Harry Potter played in the background as classes got the opportunity to see the creations and ask lots of questions about the castles. Well done to the girls for their creativity and skill in creating their masterpieces!

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October 10th 2018 marks World Mental Health Day. As part of celebrating this day,. lots of our classes practiced Mindfulness activities. Our 2nd and 3rd classes continued their sessions of meditation with Sr.Sally today too. 

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Maths week runs from October 13th-21st 2018.

Each of the classes participated in lots of fun activities this week including playing larger sized Maths based games (Connect 4, Quoits, Noughts and Crosses, TinCan Alley, Snakes and Ladders, Jenga and Dominoes), Lego, puzzles, Maths trails, Scratch challenges, Maths themed Art lessons as well as online Maths games and activities.

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All of the classes got very active this week, Mon 24th-28th, as part of European Week of Sport. On Sunday last, many of our pupils parents and teachers took part in the Junior fun run in St.Anne's park. On Monday and Friday mornings pupils, parents and teachers all gathered in the yard for our 'Wake Up, Shake up'. Everyone danced along to songs including 'Gummy Bear' and 'Baby Shark'. On Friday the student teacher penalty shootout took place. There was lots of excitement as a representative from each class took on our teachers. Ms.Delany was the overall winner! All of our classes also ran laps of the yard as part of the Tour of Europe Challenge. The classes reached lots of different destinations.  Well done to all involved in this active week!

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On Tues 22th May, Kate and Rachel travelled to the Helix, DCU for the Green Schools awards ceremony. Our school was awarded our 5th Green Flag for Biodiversity. 

The meaning of ‘Biodiversity’ is easy to understand when we break the word down; “bio” refers to life and ‘living things’ and “Diversity” means just that; range or variety. The word refers to the huge variety and variation of life that surrounds us on planet earth. Maintaining a high level of diversity among plants, animals and all living things all around us is essential in keeping the environment healthy and fit for human life. This includes diversity within species, between species and diversity of ecosystems.

Over the past two years our school community has worked together on the theme of Biodiversity. We installed bird feeding stations, planted lots of trees and developed our school garden to include an insect hotel, planters with vegetables and herbs and planters made from recyclable materials. A fantastic effort from everyone!

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