Jun 17th, 2010 by h27486
Harold Boys’ N.S. had a brilliant day this year at the Cumann na mBunscoil track events at Morton Stadium, Santry. Our boys were in four finals! Eoin Molloy was in the final of his sprint. And the Under 11s, 12s and 13s went through into their finals. Fantastic!
Jun 17th, 2010 by h27486
The boys had a fantastic day at the Cuala Blitz in Thomastown Football pitches on Tuesday 1st June. We had two teams, green and blue for Fifth class, and Fourth class were in maroon. Fourth class made it to the semi final, well played boys! The Fifth class Blue team won silver medals. Well done!!
Jun 14th, 2010 by h27486
The boys had an amazing day at the Cuala Blitz in Thomastown Football pitches on Monday 31st May. They had two teams for Second class and Third class made another team. The Blue team won gold medals! The Maroon team won silver! Well done Rang II!
Our Man of the Match for Rang II Blues was Cal Doran. Well done! For Rang II Maroon was Gerard Jones. Well done! And for the Green team Rang III was Harry Wall. Well played!
May 21st, 2010 by h27486
Voluntary Contributions – we are hugely dependant on this contribution. Again thanks to all who have paid recently. Contributions are welcome at any time.
First Communion was celebrated on May 8th. We are very proud of the pupils in Rang 2 and congratulate them on this special occasion. Many thanks to the Parents’ Association who organised the party in the school afterwards – particular thanks to the parents in Rang 3, Clare Cunningham, Noelle Kouadri, Niamh & Dave Cullen, to Geraldine McKeown and to Simone Stephenson for arranging the flowers.
Soccerthon 2010. This is the biggest (and last) fundraiser of the year. The Parents’ Association appreciate your support.
Congratulations to the boys who were highly commended in the Write A Book/Scríobh Leabhar competition. The budding authors are listed below:
Rang 2 Brian Bueno Rang 3 Daniel Bailey
Mekael Balili Darragh Cunningham Conroy
Padraig Casey Óran Long
Rang 4/5 Jason Chambers Rang 6 Ferdia Fagan
Ruairí MacCumascaigh Oisín O’Hagan Ploug
Lorcán MacCraith Peter Lyons
Annraí Ó Súard
Diarmuid Ó Fionnáin Dylan Laher Conchúir MacGiollallin
Seán Nuinseann Seán Ó Raghallaigh Dean Ó hUiginn
Eoghan Fay Dean Ó hUiginn
Déaglán Ó Tóráin Marc Ó Laighin
Pádraig Ó Faolain Joel Mac Fhuíbhuí
Déaglán Ó Tóráin Dónal Mac Fhionnlaoich
Tomás Marsh
Tennis: Our school tennis team played St. Brigid’s N.S. in the Leinster Tennis Primary School Spring League Quarter Finals on Wednesday 12th May at 2p.m. Unfortunately they lost to St. Brigid’s. Hard luck boys and well done for getting so far in the league!
Seán Ó Gorman Cup This began on Wednesday 12th May at 12.50p.m. and will be played on the following two Wednesdays in Cuala Football grounds. The sixth class boys will be playing against the Harold Glasthule, in a best of five league for the Seán Ó Gorman Cup. James Bailey is our captain. Best of luck boys!
Cumann Na Mbunscoil Athletics – Santry. Thanks to Ms. O’Carroll and Ms. Mossop for training pupils for this event. The date is June 10th. Pupils will participate in relay and sprint track events. We would welcome the assistance of parents who would be free to help on the day. Please contact the school.
Cuala Blitz. This is an opportunity for the boys to practice their Gaelic skills and enjoy playing with pupils from other schools. Parental support is crucial to the smooth running of the day with various teams playing simultaneously on different pitches. Please help if you can!
Basketball. Sixth class played against Johnstown N.S. on Thursday 13th May in Scoil Haróid, Dalkey. Our team lost by just two points 26-24. well played boys! Man of the Match was Paul O’Rourke.
May 31st Cuala Blitz – 2nd/3rd Class
June 1st Staff Meeting – School closes 1.45p.m.
June 1st Cuala Blitz – 4th/5th Class
June 2nd Cuala Blitz – 6th Class
June 7th School closed – Bank Holiday
June 10th Santry – Athletics
June 14th Table Quiz 6th Class – (tbc)
June 16th Soccerthon
June 17th 6th Class Graduation Mass
June 18th Sports Day
June 23rd School Tour.
Le gach dea ghuí
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Teresa Buckley
Principal
May 13th, 2010 by h27486
Fourth and Fifth class took part in the Creative Classrooms Programme organised by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and Blackrock Education Centre. This was a fantastic opportunity for the boys to work with an artist Claire Halpin, for twelve sessions. Many thanks to Claire who really inspired the boys and allowed them to gain confidence in their own artwork.
The boys incorporated Dalkey local history into their work. They completed several projects based on the Viking visits to Ireland and did an indepth study of Castle Street, Dalkey. They also went into Dublin to visit the Royal Hibernian Academy where they viewed the exhibitions of Gary Coyle and Oliver Comerford.
The boys completed the programme by having an art exhibition of their own, to which they invited their parents. Well done boys!
May 6th, 2010 by h27486
The Fourth class boys did great work planting in Eurospar car park in Dalkey village on Thursday 6th May. They worked with dalkey Tidy Towns and the Killiney Hll Park Ranger Mick Kingston to plant a flower bed, which included Lavender, Dill, Rosemary and Curry plants. Good work boys!
May 6th, 2010 by h27486
Our chess team played in the Leinster Schools Chess Association League Final on Saturday 24th April in Gonzaga College. The boys played brilliantly and managed to come in second place. Great result!
Apr 29th, 2010 by h27486
Congratulations to the Harold Boys’ Tennis Team who have won the first round of the Leinster Spring League. The score was 3-1. The team members were Brian Kirwan, Darragh Spillane, Tom Wall, Joel McEvoy, Jason Chambers, Lorcan McGrath, Conor Thorne, Declan Thorne and Mark Lyons (Captain).
Monday 22nd March – Harold Boys’ V St. Mary’s College 0-3. Home: played in Glenageary
Friday 16th April – St. Mary’s, Booterstown V, Harold Boys’ 1-2. Away: played in Elm Park.
Monday 19th April – Star of the Sea V Harold Boys’ 1-2. Away: played in Clairemount Railway Tennis Club, Sandymount.
Wednesday 21st April – Harold Boys’ V St. Mary’s, Donnybrook, 3-0. Home: played in Glenageary. Well done boys!
Brian Kirwan represented Harold Boys’ National School at the Holy Thursday ceremony. Well done for giving up your free time Brian!
History Week will take place from April 26th to 30th. Please send in any old artefacts you think may be of interest. A Historical Fancy Dress will take place on Friday April 30th.
Frank Fitzgerald, the Health & Safety Officer on the Board of Management has been working hard with our wonderful caretaker Ronan Maguire on the refurbishment of furniture in the hall. Ronan spent the Easter holidays sanding and varnishing all the furniture and now it looks as good as new! Please remind your son to treat the furniture with respect.
National Spring Clean took place on April 20th. Rang 2 & 3 went litter picking to Dillon’s Park. Rang 4 & 5 went to Hyde Park and Rang 6 went to Sorrento Park. June Barnett from Dalkey Tidy Towns helped us by providing gloves, litter pickers etc. This was a very worthwhile learning experience and we hope that it will encourage the boys to keep their environment clean.
Congratulations to Rang 6 who were confirmed on March 18th.
First Communion will take place on May 8th. The fantastic Harold Boys’ Choir are busy practising. Please ensure that your son returns his permission slip to Mrs. Costello.
Poetry Competition – Well done to all the budding poets who are listed below:-
Rang 2 Padraig Casey Rang 3 Harry Wall
Jason Bourke Eoghan Fay
Cillian O’Donnell Dylan Laher
Rang 4 Conor O’Sullivan Rang 5 Rua McGlone &
Eoin Molloy Celt Stephenson-Li
Caylam Gamble Brian Barry
Rang 6 Peter Lyons Jason Chambers &
Oisín O’Hagan-Ploug Kenzi Kouadri
Joel McEvoy
Rang 2,3 & 4 have completed their swimming lessons.
Most Improved Swimmers:- Daniel Bailey, Harry Clarke & Oisín Cullen.
Highly Commended Swimmers:- Sam Roberts, Cian Meghan, Jason Bourke, Benjamin More O’Farrell, Cillian O’Donnell, Jack Nugent, Séan O’Reilly, & Ryan de Leeuw.
Best Overall Swimmer:- Dean O’Higgins.
Many thanks to all the parents who helped to supervise the boys on their way to and from the pool. Without your help, we would not be able to provide a P.E. module on swimming for the boys. Go raibh maith agaibh – Cora O’Donnell, Ann Marie Nugent, Lisa Tighe, Conor Molloy, Jennifer Doran, Teresa Bailey, Niamh Cullen, Siobhán Bardon, Deirdre Wall, Kristi O’Sullivan, Helena de Leeuw, Maria Roberts.
Rang 4 & 5 took part in the Steps-K’Nex Engineering Challenge. We completed our own street survey on St. Patrick’s road to decide whether it should become one way. We concluded that St. Patrick’s Road should remain a two way street. Good work boys!
Goal – Karen O’Shea of Goal visited the school on Thursday 22nd April to accept a cheque for €1,000 raised by 5th & 6th classes. Fantastic! Well done boys!
April 29th 7.30p.m. Meeting for parents of Rang 2 re: Preparation for 1st Communion
May 3rd & 4th School closed
May 8th 11a.m. 1st Communion – Rang 2
May 17th Accord. Rang 6
May 20th School Closed. School planning for teachers.
June 1st School closes 1.40p.m. – Staff Meeting
June 7th School Closed. Bank Holiday
Apr 26th, 2010 by h27486
The Harold Boys’ N.S. tennis team from Fifth and Sixth class have won three out of their four matches. They won against St. Mary’s Donnybrook, Star of the Sea and St. Mary’s Booterstown. Losing only to St. Mary’s College. Well done boys!
The Fifth and Sixth class boys took part in our annual sponsored Swim For GOAL on Wednesday 24th March in Marion College Swimming Pool. The boys swam an amazing 679 lengths which is 16.98km! Many thanks to Marie Kellehan who was our swimming instructor for the event.
The boys raised a massive 1,000 euro for GOAL which was presented to Karen O’Shea of GOAL on Thursday 22nd April. Fantastic!
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