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.