World Maths Day
Well done to our wonderful staff that dressed up as The Numberblocks ☺️ Junior Infants Birch also worked on 3D shapes. They constructed cubes using match sticks and playdough. The children were incredibly focused and patient!
World Autism Awareness Day
5th class Laurel took part in a “As I Am” online workshop. The workshop was part of As I Am’s broader initiatives for World Autism Month, which includes various events and resources aimed at fostering a greater understanding of the barriers that autistic people face every day. The session challenged the misconceptions, explored real-world solutions, and highlighted how to make our school environment more inclusive for all students. We learned that children communicate differently and that children who aren’t verbal, can communicate in other ways, such as through gestures, expressions, or assistive technology. This session highlighted how accessible coding can be for all children in expressing themselves. ces aimed at fostering a greater understanding of the barriers that autistic people face every day. The session challenged the misconceptions, explored real-world solutions, and highlighted how to make our school environment more inclusive for all students. We learned that children communicate differently and that children who aren’t verbal, can communicate in other ways, such as through gestures, expressions, or assistive technology. This session highlighted how accessible coding can be for all children in expressing themselves.
Fact or Foolish Quiz!
For April Fool’s Day, 5th class Laurel completed a “Fact or Foolish Quiz”. There were 6 rounds with different true or false questions that the children had to work out in their groups. It was great fun!
Engineers Week: 5th Class
5th class Laurel & Cedar had the pleasure of meeting four engineers David, Allison, Sinead and Adam. It was a really informative discussion, where they talked to us about their individual jobs and what it is they like about being an engineer and why they decided to become engineers. After the discussion, we then got to complete an engineering activity. In small groups we got to make cars powered by balloon air. We had lots of fun!
The Golden Book Awards
We are delighted to have so many students make it into the Golden Book this week – well done to everyone! 1st Class Aspen with their teacher Ms Petrassi. The reason they were in the Golden Book this week is everyone has been working really hard on being kind to each other. They’re using kind words and kind hands. Well done First Class Aspen! Students from classes throughout the school that were also in the Golden Book this week. From left to right back row:- Ritchie Warnock, Bogdan Mospan, Sarah Callan, Joshua Descanu, Makar Balashov. Front row:- Darcy Plunket, Sam Godsil Bent, Nicole Gusser, Sophia Keogh, Alice Costello.
Greystones Guide Article 13.06.25
Thank you to Paul Byrne for featuring our Ukrainian Culture Day Celebrations in the Greystones Guide! Huge thank you to all our Ukrainian Families for your enthusiasm and generosity in sharing your culture with us all. A joyful and educational day that brought our whole school community together. Please click on photo to read the full article
Official Opening of New Classrooms
Our new block of classrooms has been officially opened! Huge thank you An Tánaiste Simon Harris, Archbishop Michael Jackson, Canon David Mungavin, Board of Management, all of our staff, parents and the wider community for your incredible hard work and dedication to make this happen. Thank you to Alan Rowlette Media for the lovely photos and to Jamie Lyon for working with 5th class for their song and to Cllr. Louise Gaskin Fenelon for joining us. A very special day at St. Patrick’s NS celebrating all that we have achieved and very excited for what’s to come.
Wellbeing Tree
Our Wellbeing Tree grown full of Diversity and Inclusion by all the pupils of our lovely school. Well done to all the children!
Lá Fhéile Pádraig: 5th Class Laurel
5th class Laurel helped their buddies (Ms Glynn’s Senior Infants) with some beautiful arts and crafts for St Patrick’s Day celebrations☘️. The 5th class students helped draw the shamrock whilst the senior infants cut the shamrock out. Some great teamwork going on! Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh go léir!
Junior Infants Willow: Seachtain na Gaelige
Junior Infants Willow wrapped up Seachtain na Gaeilge in a fun and creative way by making Irish flags with their 6th class buddies. The children worked together to design and decorate their flags while also learning about “na dathanna” (the colours) in Irish.
Seachtain na Gaelige: 6th Class Holly with Junior Infants Birch
6th class Holly had a great time teaching new words and playing games as Gaeilge with Junior Infants Birch.
6th Class Hazel
In celebration of Seachtain na Gaeilge and Lá Fhéile Padraig, the 6th class students worked with their buddies to create the Irish flag. 6th class asked their buddies to name the 3 colours of the flag as gaelige and they did fabulously! They worked together to cut up the crepe paper and stick down the colours in the right place, cut out the flag and shamrock and attach a straw as the flag pole. When we finished we all got together for a whole class picture with our finished work! Well done everyone.
Rang a Trí: Seachtain na Gaelige
Bhí deis iontach ag Rang a Trí cuairt a thabhairt ar Leabharlann na gCloch Liath. Léigh Denise O’Leary Tráth Scéal Miotais agus Finscéalta i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. Léigh sí ‘An tOileán Thiar’ agus ansin chruthaigh na páistí a n-oileáin fantaisíochta féin. Míle buíochas do gach éinne ag Leabharlann na gCloch Liath! Bealach iontach le Seachtain na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh!
Action packed days in Senior Infants Chestnut!
The last two weeks in Senior Infants Chestnut have been action packed. We had such a lovely week during World book week which was full of lots of extra fun and learning. We celebrated St. Patrick’s day in style, and we created our salmon hats for the parade. We learned all about Irish instruments and enjoyed céilí too!!
Junior Infants Willow: Seachtain na Gaelige
Junior Infants Willow wrapped up Seachtain na Gaeilge in a fun and creative way by making Irish flags with their 6th class buddies. The children worked together to design and decorate their flags while also learning about “na dathanna” (the colours) in Irish.
International Women’s Day
Alongside special guests, local leaders in the community, alumni and student leaders Ms. Harper was delighted to attend a roundtable event at Temple Carrig School on Friday 7th March as they marked International Women’s Day. This event was so special and amazing to be part of. Thank you Temple Carrig.
1st Class Ivy planting seeds with SuperValue1st Class Ivy planting seeds with SuperValu Let’s GROW. The children had so fun much fun!
1st Class Ivy planting seeds with SuperValu Let’s GROW. The children had so fun much fun!
5th & 6th Class: Beauty & the Beast
5th & 6th classes were invited to St. David’s Secondary School to watch their musical ‘Beauty and the Beast’. An amazing production by their TY students. Our students were really impressed by the acting and the amount of work that went into this performance. It was really exciting also to see their secondary school and to get a taste of what life after primary school might look like.
Busy days in Juniper!
Children in Juniper class have been extremely busy: Ball Pit “enjoying the balls together is the best” Drawing Pictures “colouring is done in many different ways, come to Juniper we’ll show you” Reading “we’re going on a bear hunt” Turtle buggy “our outdoor adventures in the sunshine”
Celebrating Springtime
What is Neurodiversity and why does it matter?
5th Class Laurel have been learning about neurodiversity this week, in keeping with the theme of the month ‘Diversity and Inclusion’. What is “neurodiversity”? Neurodiversity means that we are all different in how we think, feel, and learn, because our brains process information differently. The word neurodiversity has two parts, which can help you to remember what it means. Neuro refers to your brain. Like “neuron”, a word for the cells in your brain. Diversity means differences. Your whole class is diverse, not just in the way you look or what you enjoy doing, but also in the way your brains work and how you think, feel, and learn. The class then completed an activity where they listened to the same teacher instructions but each student’s final picture turned out different and unique, showing how our minds interpret things in their own creative way!
6th Hazel World Book Day
3rd Class Pine World Book Day
DEAR (Drop Everything and Read)
6th Hazel students have been taking part in ‘DEAR’ every morning this week for 15 minutes. Along with this the students were involved in reading books made by another school. This is part of ‘Write a Book’ competition. The class have to read through the different books, rate them and a reason for that rating.
Inspiring Authors!
5th Laurel, 5th Cedar and 4th Larch were very lucky to be invited to the Whale Theatre for World Book Day. They got to meet two famous authors, Eoin Colfer and Patricia Forde (Laureate na nÓg). Both very inspiring and shared some great stories about their childhood and their journeys in becoming writers. They gave us their best advice for storytelling and writing stories. A really enjoyable experience for all three classes.
Write a Book Projects!
We swapped our “Write a book” projects with those from another school. We are enjoying reading their stories, it will be tough to chose the winning one! We can’t wait to hear what the other school thinks of our entries, we are super proud of ours. A lot of creative writing and imagination went into them. We can’t wait to hear what the other school thinks of our entries, we are super proud of ours. A lot of creative writing and imagination went into them.
3rd Class taking advantage of the sunshine!
3rd Class Beech and Pine took advantage of the sunshine today, combining Pancake Tuesday celebrations with World Book Week. The children decorated pancakes and enjoyed some DEAR time on our school’s fabulous new benches. They also made an exciting discovery – spotting frogspawn in the school pond!
2nd Class Oak Pancake Day!
Happy Pear Cooking Demonstration
Huge thank you to David & Stephen of the Happy Pear for such an informative and fun evening. They provided a wide range of healthier choices, helping us to feed our families with the healthiest of food! A fantastic event with all funds raised going toward the school. Thank you again Happy Pear!
Signs of Spring!
Junior Infants have been eagerly looking out for signs of spring, and they were thrilled to make a fantastic discovery! We took a walk to our school pond and were excited to find some frog spawn. The children were delighted by the discovery and are now keeping a close eye on it. We’ll be monitoring the process over the next little while and will keep everyone updated on any changes as we watch the frog spawn grow and develop.