Well done to these two boys for solving our subtraction dominoes.

Our school’s active walkway is a fantastic resource. The boys really enjoyed solving the word puzzles.

The boys have been using Dienes Blocks to help them understand how to rename when adding and subtracting numbers.

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!

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.

The Sixth Class explored games and pastimes from the past in History class. They had fun trying out the games for themselves!

During Friendship Week Sixth Class organised an obstacle course for all of the classes out in the yard. But they had time to have a practice run themselves!

Sixth Class had a wonderful tour of Kilmainham GAOL in September. They learned a lot about prison life in the early 1900s.

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 ceathair had all of the boys beautiful work on display for everyone to see. We are so proud of all the work and effort the boys put in everyday and it was wonderful to get a chance to show it off!

Rang a ceathair enjoyed the amazing tour of Dalkey Castle with lots of historical facts, brilliant actors, props, viewpoints of Dalkey and so much more!

Rang a ceathair have been super busy in January carrying out lots of fun science experiments. Top favourites: marshmallow catapults, walking water and floating fish.

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.

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.

Well done to our second class pupil who represented our school at the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council recycled Christmas decoration competition! His decoration was a creative use of recycled materials including paper and a tin can to create a delicious-looking cup of cocoa!

Despite the cold weather, our after school sports club have been out making the most of our brand new basketball hoops!

Our Green Schools committee have been hard at work so far this year, promoting our events and keeping our school tidy and green. Maith sibh a bhuachaillí!