Magic Pepper, Microscopic Views & Dancing Raisins

The boys watched the reaction when they dipped a cotton bud with washing up liquid into milk & food dye.

The boys have been learning about light and how different items can be transparent, translucent or opaque. They tested some items in the classroom using torches.

The boys made rainbow spinners to show how the colours of the rainbow can merge together to make white light. Great job boys!

We placed cress seeds in two different cups, marked ‘A’ & ‘B’. Both cups had cotton wool and water. The only difference was light exposure; we put Cup A on the windowsill and Cup B in the cupboard. The results were very interesting!

A great experiment to show how plants drink water.

The boys made terrifying cakes this year for our annual scary cake competition. The judges had a tough decision choosing the winners!

Congratulations to this boy who won this year’s spooky poetry recital in Rang a Dó. The boys learnt a variety of poems - Witch Witch, It’s Halloween, Skeleton Parade & Happy Halloween .

There was a fantastic turn out, on 15th October, at our weekly WOW ( Walk on Wednesday ) from Cuala for National Walk to School Week. Well done boys!

Well done to everyone who took part in this year’s GOAL Jersey Day on Friday, 10th October. We managed to raise €200 for such a great cause!

The boys are enjoying using our schools’ new skipping ropes. Each week they are getting better and better!

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 are so lucky, at Harold Boys’ N.S., to have so many wonderful SNAs. It was nice to show them how much we appreciate their work on 25th September.

The 4th class had a fantastic day visiting the National History Museum, exploring exciting exhibits and discovering fascinating facts about the past. Everyone enjoyed the trip and came home full of stories and new knowledge.

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.

Every Friday we do Art. The boys have made some great pieces so far this year.

The boys did a great job making friendship bracelets with Rang a Sé, using loom bands.

We recently explored our local area - Dalkey.

We are lucky to have Dalkey Library right on our doorstep. We, in second class, go up every second week to borrow and return books.

We had a great debate with third class. The motion was Homework Should be Banned . Both classes made great arguments. Maith sibh!

Many thanks to the boys in Rang a Sé for creating such a fun obstacle course for all the other classes to try.

Welcome to all of our new boys in second class.

Well done to all the boys who participated in Walk to School Week 2025! The boys ditched their cars this week and opted to walk, cycle, scoot or park-and-stride to make the most of the dry Autumn weather and help the environment while they were at it. Our Green Schools committee kept a record of the boys who walked each day and compiled our data in a colourful bar chart. Maith sibh a bhuachaillí!