Bhaineamar an-taitneamh as an tseachtain seo! 

We had a great week of craic agus spraoi sa scoil as each of the classes made a huge effort for Seachtain na Gaeilge. Throughout the week the girls made an extra effort to speak as Gaeilge in their classes, in the corridors and in the school yard. 

There were lots of activities in the school to celebrate SnaG. A pupil from each class was chosen as a winner in our St.Patrick's Day Art competition. A 'Cainteoir na Seachtaine' was also selected from each of the classes and presented with a prize from Ms. Wickham. On Wednesday we had our 'Lá Glas' and 'Céilí Mor' sa halla.  All in all the children had a great week and learned lots of new phrases. 

'Míle Buíochas' to Ms.McDonald for coordinating the week and to all the teachers and pupils for making it an enjoyable week!

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There was great excitement in school this week with two very friendly community Gardaí visiting all the classes in St. Brigid's. The Gardaí talked to the girls about their job and what they do on a daily basis. The girls got the opportunity to ask lots of question and were really engaged during their visit. The highlight of the visit was getting to try on their special hat, hi vis jacket and using their walkie talkies and handcuffs. 

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On Thursday the 3rd of March, the girls in St. Brigid's celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as characters from their favourite books. There were some amazing costumes worn and many of the children even made their own costumes.  Some classes also brought in their favourite books to share with others. Other classes engaged in art activities and English lessons where they explored books further. It was a fun-filled day for all the classes.

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Love is in the air in St. Brigid's <3 

The girls made fabulous arts and crafts to send home to those they love for Valentine's Day

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The girls in Mrs. Delany’s Fifth Class have been engaging in the Junior Achievement Programme under the wonderful guidance of Ms. Megan Leonard from Expleo. Ltd.

Over the past five weeks they have engaged in various STEM activities and have thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Their favourite activity was to build a paper bridge that could hold a litre bottle of water and could fit an A4 book through it. Each group had a budget of €35,000 euro made up of 30 sheets of paper at €1,000 per sheet used and €5000 for each roll of sellotape used.

Many groups stayed well within budget, others overspent (using too much sellotape!) but most of the bridges passed the ultimate test. Well done, girls!

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On the 1st of February the girls celebrated St. Brigid's Day and the start of Spring. Some classes made St. Brigid's crosses, others listened to the story of St. Brigid, while others did fun activities based on the feast day. Girls from Ms. Kenny's third class sang 'We Sing a Song to Brigid' over the intercom and the whole school sang along. 

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