Trip to Leinster House

Last week our class went on a trip to Leinster House which is where  all the important decisions of the country are made by the government. We were given a special guided tour by a nice usher called Padraig, he told us how Michael Collins bought the house for 10000 euro. We got to visit the Dail chamber and the beautiful Seanad room. We were hoping to meet a local minister but unfortunately she was too busy. Our tour ended with a look at an original proclamation . We would recommend this tour to all classes but unfortunately it is closing soon for a two year renovation project.

Trip to Teagasc in County Meath with TAP

Six lucky children got the chance recently to visit the Teagasc research center in County Meath as part of the Trinity Access Program. The children got to learn about food science and genetics, they visited some real scientists at work in their labs and even got to visit the cows on the farm. 

Halloween Pictures

Happy Halloween

Recent certificate winners at assembly, Well done !!! Blathnaid managed to win student of the term for the whole school , great achievement !

Emma in our class prepared well for the big semi final in the gaa league recently by having a nice cup of tea!  The class had a good laugh at her colour coordinated irish flag outfit. The tea must have worked because the girls won their match and are looking forward to a final next week.

Roots of Empathy

We recently started our 'Roots of Empathy' classes with Margit. These pictures show baby Lottie's first visit , we are really looking forward to watching her grow up over the coming year. Lottie loves to laugh and wiggle, just like her big brother in our class , Bobby.

Back at school !

We are now back at school for nearly a whole half term . Here are some nice pictures that we took in September in our patio. Thanks to Mr Breatnach for planting the lovely sunflowers in June , Kyle in our class says that they are 'Coola boola '

Jade beats the bleep test record !

Jade Kendrick in our class was both delighted and exhausted after he set a new school record of endurance in the bleep test .His record score was 19.3 and he is hoping to maybe even beat this in a month or so when we redo the test.  He was closely followed by Chloe Matthews and Blathnaid Grant, well done to all who took part.

Bookmarks Project

Our class is back to work with a bang after Christmas with our exciting 'Bookmarks'project.. Last week we attended the launch at Trinity College . We got to see the famous 'Pollard' collection of children's book and we got a guided tour of the Book of Kells and the Long Room library. It is incredible to think that in about 6 weeks time, our own books will be on display in the library for everyone to see! Our project work kicks off for real this Wednesday when Catherine and Hannah come into school to help us write and illustrate our books .