Well done to all the boys in Rang a Sé who designed amazing posters and slogans for friendship week! A special congratulations to our three winners - maith sibh a bhuachaillí!

Rang a Dó are enjoying doing show and tell every Friday.

Rang a 2 really enjoyed making loom bands with their 6th class buddy!

Rang a 2 and a 3 had a very heated debate about uniforms in the halla. Both teams put up some excellent arguments! A draw was called in the end. Maith sibh!

Our Active School committee has been selected. We hope you enjoy your time as the active leaders for our school.

Rang a 2 loved the obstacle course rang a 6 set up for friendship week.

Rang a Sé had a ball today making loom band bracelets with their buddies in Rang a Dó. We can’t wait to watch out for our buddies around the school, help them settle in and to make them feel welcome in Harold Boys’ National School!

Rang a Sé finally got their turn to design and lay out a fantastic and challenging obstacle course for the younger classes to celebrate friendship week! Rang a Sé did a great job and everyone had lots of fun trying the obstacle course out.

On Wednesday, rang a sé took our first trip of the year to Kilmainham Gaol! We had a great time learning more about the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War and seeing the infamous jail for ourselves.

Rang a ceathair enjoyed their first trip to Dalkey Library last Friday. Some boys sat inside and some sat out in the lovely reading garden. Lots of books were borrowed for class D.E.A.R (drop everything and read) time!!

Rang a Dó have game time on Fridays as a treat for all the hard work they do every week.

Rang a Dó agus a Trí started basketball with Ed every Thursday. The boys are loving it!

On Wednesday Rang a 2 had their first trip to Dalkey library. Some of us got our first ever library card and learnt how to use the machine to take out books. We found our photos in the window of 'Our Lady's Hall' on way back to school. We are famous!

Primary School Survey Results

We are delighted to have our new students start Rang a Dó in Harold Boys' N.S. We hope you love your new school and enjoy your time here!

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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!!

Stop Motion Videos

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!