Rang a 3 had fun collecting eggs on their Easter egg hunt on the last day before the holidays.

Rinneamar "Walkway' as Gaeilge. Ag gach stáisiún chaitheamar rudaí gníomhach a dhéanamh.

For rang a 3's Friday minutes we went to Cuala! It was such a treat in the sun!

3rd class loved reading George's Marvellous Medicine. The boys completed all their work on the novel in their own mini books.

3rd class created faces inspired by Picasso!

The boys loved creating their world book day covers. Here are the winners. Maith sibh buachaillí.

The boys really enjoyed entering the school's seanfhocail and World Book Day poster competitions. Math sibh buachaillí!

The boys are loving playing Cé Mise!

Rang a 3 agus a 2 loved this tráth na gceist on Monday: Bhain said alán trial as. Go raibh maith agaibh rang a sé!

On Friday rang a 3 went to the National Art Gallery. We saw Caravaggio, Jack B. Yeats, The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, Monet and much more. We finished with some sketching of Military Manoeuvres. A great day out.

Rang a 3 loved World Book Day. Some of us dressed up as our favourite characters and others dressed up a potato as their favourite characters.

Rang a 3 have been learning all about the weather. We made weather instruments and went out to record the weather.

Rang a 2 agus a 3 were very lucky to go to the young Einstein show at the Lexicon in Dun Laoghaire. The experiments were very interesting and the boys learnt about electricity, animation, non-Newtonian fluids and much more.

The boys made super hot air balloon Valentine's Day cards. Who is going to be lucky enough to receive one???

The boys practiced the pencil roll, egg roll, James Bond roll, forwards roll and backwards roll this week.

Rang a 3 agus a 5 had a great time reading their Scríobh Leabhar to each other. Maith sibh buachaillí.

Congratulations to these two boys, who both won awards for their short-films at the Arclight Film Awards. We are so proud!

Inniu, léigh Rang a Cúig a gcuid leabhar Gaeilge le Rang a Trí. Bhí áthas orainn ar fad am a chaitheamh le chéile agus ár gcuid léitheoireachta agus scríobhnóireachta a thaispeáint. Maith sibh a bhuachaillí! Today, Rang a Cúig read their books as Gaeilge with Rang a Trí. We loved spending time together and showing off our reading and writing. Maith sibh a bhuachaillí!

This week rang a 3 have been learning all about 3D shapes. The boys enjoyed a 3D shape maths trail and making prisms and pyramids with match sticks and blue tack.

Rang a 3 made printing stamps last week. Each stamp had and abogiginal symbol on it. This week we used them to make group and whole class aboriginal stories.

The whole school are really enjoying the active breaks challenge. Every day we are being active and doing the Croke Park movement break videos.

Rang a 3 enjoyed practicing balancing in pairs this week.

Rang a 3 had a bring in a teddy day. It was lovely meeting all their furry friends!

Rang a 3 are loving gymnastics. We also had our bimonthly trip to the library.

3rd class did a great job on their Aboriginal art work. Maith sibh buachaillí.

On Wednesday the whole school celebrated our school's 125th anniversary. We had a wonderful celebration with songs, speeches, poems, planting of a tree and raising of our new flag.

3rd class enjoyed experimenting with aboriginal dot painting this week.

On Fridays rang a 3 have game time as a treat. We now have a pool table and table tennis in our classroom!

Rang a 3 enjoyed exploring print this week through free play. They worked in pairs to make print patterns.

This week the boys enjoyed using the Active School Walkway. At each of the 14 stations around the school grounds there was a Dingbats puzzle to solve. The winner was the pair that solved the most correctly. It was a fun activity and got everyone moving! The boys are looking forward to doing it again soon.

3rd class loved performing in their Christmas play this year. We hope you all enjoyed it. Maith sibh buachaillí.

3rd class loved completing their group projects on the Vikings. They are on display in the hall. Maith sibh buachaillí.

We are enjoying rehearsing for our upcoming Christmas Carol Concert.

Rang a 3 really enjoyed history week. Lots of the boys brought in artefacts and joined the whole school history timeline in the yard.

We have started playing hockey this year. Our coach Ben from Avoca hockey club taught us lots of new skills and we really enjoyed playing a new sport.

3rd class earned 3000 Dojo points so they were rewarded with a class Disco. It was great fun!

Rang a 3 loved their drumming workshop this Monday.

We had a great debate about uniforms with second class on Thursday. Maith sibh buachaillí!

Last week we drew our school and this week we made clay models of our school. We will paint them next week.

We have been learning all about animals. We went on a mini beast hunt around the school. We found many invertebrates including spiders, earthworms, snails and wood lice. We examined, identified and drew them back in the classroom.

This week we learnt all about 2D shapes. We went on a 2D shape trail around the school and at home.

The school are taking part in the Active School, 'Skip Around the World' Challenge with month. They are enjoying getting out and skipping as much as we can.

This month rang a 3 have been learning all about our school. We learned all about its history by looking at old roll books and photographs. We went outside for art and drew the school. Next week we will make models of the school out of clay.

Rang a 3 went to the Lexicon today to see 'Dr Brain Fun-believable Science'. He was brilliant! The boys had great fun learning about gravity, balancing and friction.

Rang a 3 are budding artists. We have been learning to draw from observation. The boys drew each other and created a self portrait.

Rang a 3 had their first trip to the library this week. The boys enjoyed picking new books and having some quiet reading time there.

Rang a 3 really enjoyed Friendship week. We had an obstacle course, debate against 2nd class, wrote a friendship poem, made friendship...

Rang a 3 have had a great start to the year. We have set up our class rules, tables names and jobs. We have GAA on Tuesdays, Soccer on...

School’s out for summer, enjoy boys!

A huge well done to our three acts, from Rang a Dó, who performed in this year’s HBNS Talent Show. One of the acts from Rang a Dó came...