Well done to the boys on our schools’ chess team. They represented our school so well at a recent chess tournament at St. Michael’s. Maith sibh a bhuachaillí!

Rang a 3 loved Sports day this year. We were very lucky with the weather. We had a great mixture of races; flat race, potato and spoon race, wheel barrow race, three legged race, chin race, weekend race and lots more. There was a medal ceremony and ice pops for everyone at the end.

We had a fantastic time at our sports day today! We won lots of medals, had lots of fun and we were blessed with sunshine!

Rang a 3 had a super school trip in Baltinglass yesterday. The boys did archery, kayaking, rock climbing. zip lining and orienteering.

Everyone enjoyed all of the activities on offer at Baltinglass Outdoor Education Centre - kayaking, archery, orienteering, climbing, abseiling & zip-lining.

Second & third class went on their school tour to Baltinglass. The boys had such fun kayaking in the river!

What a way to end Wellbeing Week - a visit from the famous Teddy’s ice-cream van.

An annual highlight in the HBNS calendar! Second class really enjoyed their first show with Dave & his animals.

We were delighted to see the Teddy's Ice Cream truck pull up outside our school on sunny Friday afternoon. What a treat!

We loved having our Soccerthon this Wednesday. Thanks to Ms. Breen for reffing and to Ms. Fry for the refreshments afterwards.

We loved having Dave's Jungle come into visit our school this week.

Last Wednesday 3rd class went to the literature festival in Merrion Square. We attended a highlly engaging talk/workshop with Aoife Dooley author of Squid Squad.

Rang a ceathair had a superb day at their school tour in Baltinglass! We had perfect weather and enjoyed all the activities which included archery, kayaking, zip lining, rock climbing and orienteering.

Rang a ceathair are enjoying all the activities for wellbeing week! We are so lucky to experience Dave’s Jungle again this year … in our school hall! From frogs to a snapping turtle, it was amazing!

Rang a 4 boys enjoyed their annual trip to the International Literature Festival in Merrion Square Park. We loved listening to the author, Shane Hegarty, talking about the process of writing his new book. We enjoyed eating food and having play time afterwards on the grass!

Rang a 4 boys have been working so hard lately and deserved a trip to the cinema as a reward! We went to Dun Laoghaire IMC to see the new Super Mario Galaxy movie!

On Tuesday, some representatives of our Green Schools Committee travelled to The Helix to attend the National Green Flag awards ceremony. Here, the boys were presented with our 8th Green Flag for Global Citizenship: Marine Environment. Our committee have worked very hard for the last two years for this flag and their work certainly paid off! Well done boys!

The Sixth Class boys are currently learning the skill of knitting. Not easy!!

Rang a Cúig had a brilliant time playing tennis with the Vex Robots, using their problem solving and critical thinking skills to beat their opponents.

Rang a 3 learnt all about Andy Warhol and Pop Art this week.