As one of the highest schools in Ireland, we are always the lucky ones whenever a few white flutters come from the skies. This December we had a beautiful snowfall…
‘The Spirit Of Christmas’ Fair – Sunday 3rd December
A huge thank you to our PA and everyone involved in making our Christmas Fair a huge success. €6583 was raised for the school. Thank you to everyone who organised,…
Cumann na mBunscol Final, Croke Park
25th October saw St. Patrick’s NS Football team hit the hallowed ground of Croke Park for the Cumann na mBunscol final against Donabate/Portrane NS. After weeks of matches, our team…
Aoine Bheo
Bhí lá iontach againn inniu. Tá muid ag tnúth go mór le Daidí na Nollag ag teacht. Léigh rang Mr. Coughlan scéal na Nollag and bhí rang Ms. O Brien…
Barnardos Christmas Boxes
A sincere thank you to everyone for their generous donations to Barnardos this year. This year St. Patrick’s NS school community provided 110 children’s gifts, 16 hampers and a variety…
Dundrum Carol Singing for Laura Lynn
On December 11th our 6th class were supposed to sing some Christmas carols at Dundrum shopping centre to raise money for Laura Lynn hospice. Unfortunately the snow prevented us getting…
Science Experiments with 4th and 5th Class
4th and 5th Class have been exploring the world of Science. The class made balloon rockets. They also designed, created and tested two parachutes - one from a small plastic bag…
Fighting Words – 3rd Class
On 15th of November we went to a writers’ workshop called ‘Fighting Words’. We were the authors and we created a book choosing characters, settings and dilemmas. We had illustrators…
Science Week – 3rd class experiments
Science week was great fun: We made snake spirals and hung them over the radiators. When the heat is on the snakes twirl as the warm air rises. We also…
3rd Class – Maths Games
We’ve had another busy but exciting month in third class. After Halloween we started co-operative maths games on Friday mornings with Ms. Quigley and Ms. Casey. Our Favourite so far…
3rd Class Study The Book of Kells
We had a very interesting time learning about the Monks and their lives in the monasteries long ago. Ms. Quigley was very excited and so pleased with all our creative…
Art with 3rd class – Klimt
We were inspired by Klimt’s work- ‘Birch Forest’ and we created our own and we used newspaper to create birch trunks. We also made pictures with our pressed leaves and…