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.

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

Rang a cúig have been having great fun practicing and perfecting their gymnastics skills!

This month Rang a Cúig worked on explanation writing with a focus on famine. The boys learned a lot and using the Chrome Books, they led their own research on how famines occur as well as looking into some of the most notorious famines in history. They then used their research to put together some impressive group projects!

Rang a cúig had a fab time designing and custom building rollercoasters using card and tape. After building, the boys tested their rollercoasters using a marble.

3rd class enjoyed experimenting with aboriginal dot painting this week.

Our Active School Flag committee are the school's playground leaders every Wednesday. They are in charge of checking everyone is following the yard rules and running our active lines.

On Fridays rang a 3 have game time as a treat. We now have a pool table and table tennis in our classroom!

This week the boys enjoyed using the Active School Walkway. At each of the 14 stations around the school grounds there was a Dingbats puzzle to solve. The winner was the pair that solved the most correctly. It was a fun activity and got everyone moving! The boys are looking forward to doing it again soon.

3rd class loved performing in their Christmas play this year. We hope you all enjoyed it. Maith sibh buachaillí.

3rd class loved completing their group projects on the Vikings. They are on display in the hall. Maith sibh buachaillí.

The active commitee were busy this month promoting our Active Advent calendar. They went around to each class in the school to announce and demonstrate the active movement for the day. It was a great success.

Nollaig Shona ó rang a cúig! We had a blast auditioning for our parts, learning our lines rehearsing and performing our Christmas play for our parents, extended family and friends. Our hard work over the past weeks really paid off. Maith sibh a bhuachaillí!

Congratulations to our two Rang a Ceathair boys who proudly earned the very first pen licenses in the class! Their excellent handwriting, neat work and consistent effort have truly paid off. Well done - keep up the great work!