Happy Engineers’ Week! Rang a Cúig had a great time planning, constructing and testing their wind turbines. The boys showed exceptional creative problem-solving, teamwork and logical thinking skills as they worked in groups and went head-to-head to test their builds.

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

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!

Rang a Cúig have done great work this week by building on their understanding of decimals. We used concrete materials to represent various decimal numbers and checked each other’s work. Great collaborative learning - maith sibh, a bhuachaillí!

Rang a Cúig had a brilliant day out today at St Joseph of Cluny Secondary School. We watched their fabulous TY musical ‘Back to the 80s’!

Rang a Cúig have been exploring climate change and pollution and their effects on the environment and marine life. Today, we carried out an experiment simulating an oil spill in the ocean and the most effective materials to clean it up.

Rang a cúig have been having great fun practicing and perfecting their gymnastics skills!

This month Rang a Cúig worked on explanation writing with a focus on famine. The boys learned a lot and using the Chrome Books, they led their own research on how famines occur as well as looking into some of the most notorious famines in history. They then used their research to put together some impressive group projects!

Rang a cúig had a fab time designing and custom building rollercoasters using card and tape. After building, the boys tested their rollercoasters using a marble.

Nollaig Shona ó rang a cúig! We had a blast auditioning for our parts, learning our lines rehearsing and performing our Christmas play for our parents, extended family and friends. Our hard work over the past weeks really paid off. Maith sibh a bhuachaillí!

Rang a cúig got Science Week 2025 off to a flying start by creating eardrum replicas to explore how sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate. We have had lots of fun learning about the human ear and sound. Stay tuned to see what exciting experiments we explore next!

Rang a cúig had a blast planning and creating some fabulous bridges using only dry spaghetti and glue. The boys put on their STEM thinking caps and came up with some exciting designs before bringing their bridges to life and testing their durability using a bucket filled with sand! We definitely have some future engineers in our midst!

The boys had lots of fun making their scary cakes and showing off their creativity for our annual Scary Cake competition. Well done to everyone who entered the competition and a special comhghairdeas to our class winner and overall school winner. Maith sibh!

We had great fun during friendship week this year! On Friday, the boys in rang a cúig went head-to-head with the boys in rang a ceathar,...

Rang a cúig had a blast in their first week of the RSA ‘Cycle Right’ programme. The boys learned a lot about stopping safely, indicating and traffic awareness on the road.

This week the first group of boys in rang a cúig got their pen licences. The boys have been working very hard at their cursive writing....

Rang a 4 enjoyed a sandcastle building competition and a tour of the James Joyce Tower today. It was a great trip out for our second last...

Rang a 4 performed their play 'Alone it Stands' for their families and the school last week. It was a great success.

Rang a 4 learnt all about Picasso and created Picasso inspired faces. It was great fun and they turned out great!

On Wednesday rang a 4 played in a GAA Blitz against some other local schools. We had a great day out and the boys all played brilliantly.

Rang a 4 really enjoyed Sports Day on Friday.

Rang a 4 had a great time at Baltinglass Outdoor Education Centre on Tuesday. The boys enjoyed kayaking, orienteering, zip lining, rock...

Rang a 4 loved all well-being week activities. Yoga, Dave's jungle, Teddy's ice cream and the soccerthon were a real treat.

Rang a 4 really enjoyed going to see Shane Hegarty at the 'International Literature Festival' in Merrion Square.

Rang a 4 learnt all about gravity and forces. We had a competition to see which group could make the best parachute for a Lego man.

Rang a 4 love sewing! The boys learnt the running stitch, back stitch, hemming, sewing a button on and their initials. Maith sibh...

Rang a 4 starting sewing today. We learnt the running stitch and how to sew on a button. Maith sibh buachaillí!

4th class have been learning all about 3D shapes this week. We went on a 3D shape trail around the school and at home. We constructed the...

Rang a 4 explored how magnets work this week. We had a competition to see which group could attach the most magnetised staples to the...

Rang a 4 had a great time on their Easter egg hunt this morning!

Rang a 4 had great fun on their trip to Dalkey Castle yesterday. The actors were very convincing! We learnt so much about the medieval...

Rang a 4 had a great day up Killiney hill for active day!

The boys were amazing at the National Children's Choir concert last week! We are all very proud of you.

Rang a 4 enjoyed a trip out picking up litter around Dalkey. Maith sibh buachaillí!

We’re so excited for our performance with the National Children’s Choir tomorrow night. The boys from Rang a 4 and Rang a 5 will be...

As a Friday treat Rang a 4 went to the new Cuala playground.

Rang a 4 completed a rendition of Georges Seurat's 'A Sunday afternoon on the Island of La Gran de Jatte'. Each boy drew a section of the...

Rang a 4 enjoyed a day out today to the National Gallery of Ireland. Our two guides were excellent and showed us 'The Marriage of...

Rang a cúig and rang a ceathair have been hard at work preparing for the National Children’s Choir concert on the 26th of March. On...

Rang a 4 went to the National History Museum on Kildare Street on Friday, 14th February. We completed the Treasury trail. There we...

Rang a 4 learnt all about the Chinese New Year this week. The boys completed their China projects too.

Rang a 4 drew, moulded and painted terracotta soldiers over the last 2 weeks. Maith sibh!

Rang a 4 are learning all about China this month. In art we made individual parts of the wall of china. We will put them together to make...

Rang a 4 are learning all about the human body this month. This week we learnt about the skeletal system.

Rang a 4 loved performing their Christmas play 'Gold Frankincense and Mirth' for their parents and school.

Rang a 4 enjoyed creating Christmas jumpers and stockings in the lead up to Christmas!

4th class are loving the new maths curriculum with its focus on concrete materials.

We celebrated history week last week. The boys loved learning about the medieval times. In art we made shields and swords.

The boys on rang 4 are learning all about the medieval times. We made a swords last week and will make shields and helmets this week. We...

Rang 4 loved completing all the science experiments this week. We created a lava lamp, water chimes, bouncy egg and found out that metal...