Three seagull chicks are taking shelter from the heat on the school roof. An amazing sight to see!

Farewell Rang a Dó. Have a great summer!

Today went went to visit the James Joyce tower and made sandcastles on the Sandycove beach. A lovely second last day for rang a 3!

Rang a 3 have been busy learning the cup song as Gaeilge. We even learnt how to move the cup in time to the music. Maith sibh rang a 3!

The talent show was a great success this year. The entries from rang a 3 were super!

Congratulations to all the boys from Rang a Cúig who entered the talent show this year! We certainly have a talented class and it’s not always easy to stand up in front of the whole school to show it off. A special congratulations to one of our boys from Rang a Cúig who came in joint third place!

A big well done to these boys for taking part in this year’s HBNS Talent Show. So brave to stand up and perform in front of the whole school!

With summer just around the corner, the boys brought their teddy bears to school for a picnic up Killiney Hill. The playground was great fun too!

The boys’ creativity was very impressive for the sandcastle competition at our local beach, Sandycove.

We had a great day at Sandycove Beach for our sandcastle competition☀️

Rang a 4 had a lovely day for the annual 4th class seashore study day to Sandycove. The boys found plants and animals in the sea and around the rocks to complete their worksheets, made sandcastles and went for a quick tour to the James Joyce tower. It was such a fun day with sunny weather!!

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We collected soil samples and examined its components this week.

We were so lucky to have a visit from 3 kittens this week.

We are learning all about cooperation. The boys loved working together to solve puzzles.

Active week is part of our annual school calendar. It is accessible to all pupils and invites suggestions from pupils and parents. Students can wear tracksuits for the week, physical activity replaces homework, active walkway, active day up Killiney hill, 6th class v staff basketball match and much more.

Our school likes to communicate all things active with parents and guardians. This year we met with our Local Sports Partnership and Sports Inclusion Officer to get their support and advice. We have a super committee and Active Slogan. Here is our notice board.

Our staff are always trying to increase physical activity across the school day. We have twice daily playground breaks, access to sports equipment, playground leaders, active school walkway, whole school active break challenges and much more.

Harold Boys' N.S. teaches all strands of PE including 6 weeks of aquatics.. This year we focused on improving our gymnastics strand and worked on the fundamental movement skills of walking, running, hopping and skipping. All pupils receive PE homework on Wednesdays.

Many Harold Boys' students were involved in the community games at Santry over the weekend. We are so proud of their achievements. Maith sibh buachaillí!

Using Roy Lichtenstein as our inspiration the boys designed Pop Art names.

The boys designed and made parachutes for their Legomen.

Lots of team work was needed for this game!

Rang a 3's Scríobh Leabhar winner was presented with a medal on Monday night at Killiney Castle.

Rang a 3 loved their design their own superhero workshop with Alan Nolan this week.

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!

Second class enjoyed their first ever Sports Day at Harold Boys’. Everyone had a great day at Cuala, we were very lucky with the weather.

We are lucky to have so much PE Equipment at HBNS. All clearly labelled ready for use!

Each class gets PE homework every Wednesday. One of the boys from second class was the first to complete this sheet and he was rewarded with a prize!

One of our students is a swimming champion. We are so proud of him.

Our committee has two representatives from every class. They meet once a month to discuss ways our school can be more active. They are playground leaders as well as communicators pf all things active in the school.

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.

We got great weather for this year’s Soccerthon☀️

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 boys really enjoyed the workshop with author, Aoife Dooley, in Merrion Square Park.