Reflection- Gratitude
6th class Holly started the new year off by making gratitude mugs. The marshmallows represent some of the things we are grateful for. Happy new year to all.
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Christmas Card giving and Bingo
6th class students were delighted to have an opportunity to present a beautifully crafted Chrsitmas card to their JI buddies today. A fun game of Christmas Bingo completed the celebration with laughter and cheer.
JEP
6th class Holly and Hazel spent the month of December making Chocolates and decorating their celebration jars. The junior Entrepreneur Programme is gradually coming to an end and their earnings and profits are being collated.
Buddy Scavenger Hunt
6th Holly class joined in with their JI Birch buddy class to complete a fun and exciting scavenger hunt, bringing an end to the school term.
Cookie Decorating with Buddies
5th Class enjoyed helping their SI buddies decorate Christmas cookies with marshmallows and sprinkles..
It Takes A Village- Fire Station Visit
Junior Infants have been learning about the people who play an important role in keeping us safe in our community. They had a fantastic time during their visit to the local fire station, where they learned all about the work of firefighters and how they help protect us. It was a a very engaging experience.
Christmas Cookie Decoration
Tis the season to be jolly!. There is not better way to prepare for Christmas that decorate Christmas cookies with your buddies. 6th class came together with their JI, Willow buddies to decorate christmas cookies with icing, marshmallows and sprinkles. The 6th class added to the festivities with some facepainting for their buddies.
Christmas 2024
Cookie Decorating In Elder
“There was great excitement in Elder today decorating Christmas cookies. We had lots of fun making the icing sugar and putting on all the sprinkles and marshmallows!”
Boys Hockey Team 1st Match!
Amazing win this week as the boys hockey team triumphed in their first Leinster match v’s Kildare Place School with a score of 1-0. Well done to all players and coaches and thank you as always to our supporters. Boys Hockey Team 2024/2025
Learning Through Art
‘Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in maths, English, critical thinking and verbal skills’. Over the past fortnight, students have been displaying their learning through art, to visually communicate their understanding and depth of Key Learning Areas. 6th Class Hazel have been exploring the Natural Features of Ireland and the world through research, comparing and contrasting.
Learning Through Art
‘Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in maths, English, critical thinking and verbal skills’. Over the past fortnight, students have been displaying their learning through art, to visually communicate their understanding and depth of Key Learning Areas. Laurel class have been exploring modern art techniques
Learning Through Art
‘Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in maths, English, critical thinking and verbal skills’. Over the past fortnight, students have been displaying their learning through art, to visually communicate their understanding and depth of Key Learning Areas. 4th Class Elm have been busy recreating contemporary art focusing on colour shading, movement and showing emotion
Learning Through Art
‘Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in Maths, English, Critical Thinking and Verbal Skills’. Over the past fortnight, students have been displaying their learning through art, to visually communicate their understanding and depth of Key Learning Areas. 4th Class Larch class have been combining shape with colour shading
Learning Through Art
‘Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in maths, English, critical thinking and verbal skills’. Over the past fortnight, students have been displaying their learning through art, to visually communicate their understanding and depth of Key Learning Areas. Junior Infants have been displaying their knowledge of representing the number 3 through stories- The 3 Little. Pigs.
Learning Through Art
‘Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in maths, English, critical thinking and verbal skills’. Over the past fortnight, students have been displaying their learning through art, to visually communicate their understanding and depth of Key Learning Areas. Birch class have been creating rockets while learning fine motor skills through cutting, gluing and colouring.
Learning Through Art
‘Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in maths, English, critical thinking and verbal skills’. Over the past fortnight, students have been displaying their learning through art, to visually communicate their understanding and depth of Key Learning Areas. Ivy class created an art display to show their understanding of how our we use our hands to help others. The circular movement around our hand shows how our kindness and generosity spreads wider and wider.
Learning Through Art
‘Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in maths, English, critical thinking and verbal skills’. Over the past fortnight, students have been displaying their learning through art, to visually communicate their understanding and depth of Key Learning Areas. Chestnut class have been exploring the world around us through location on a map and representing flags.
Learning Through Art
‘Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in maths, English, critical thinking and verbal skills’. Over the past fortnight, students have been displaying their learning through art, to visually communicate their understanding and depth of Key Learning Areas. Maple class have been busy learning about our community and those around us who help keep us safe.
Learning Through Art
‘Schools that integrate arts into their curriculum show improved student performance in maths, English, critical thinking and verbal skills’. Over the past fortnight, students have been displaying their learning through art, to visually communicate their understanding and depth of Key Learning Areas. Beech class have been exploring the Galaxy around us.Beer
Adam Harris visit from AsIAm
Adam Harris, founder and CEO of AsIAm.ie, visited the school last Tuesday during Diversity Week to raise awareness of Autism. Accompanied by Matilda in 6th Class, Adam met the children in our Early Intervention class, An Cuan. He then spoke to both Senior Infants and First Classes, followed by a presentation to 2nd to 6th Classes. Adam, a past pupil of St Patrick’s – whose former SNA, Jennifer, is still with us – spoke about how his Autism diagnosis helped him to understand how he might see the world differently. Both pupils and staff alike were riveted as he told us about how 1 in 27 children are on the spectrum, dispelled many myths, outlined Autistic strengths and answered numerous insightful questions. His message was clear – be kind, be inclusive, be understanding, be supportive. Autism is just another way we might differ from each other, but underneath we have more in common than you might think. Thank you Adam, you’re inspirational! Please find Adam’s presentation to 2nd-6th Class below as well as some additional material that AsIAm shared with us.
Senior Infant’s Culture Day
As part of Diversity Week, Senior Infants Aspen and Ivy invited the parents in and presented projects they had made about culture from all the countries around the world that are represented in our classes. We then tasted traditional dishes from all these places. It was such a fun day and we thank Ms. Padron and her student helpers for organising it!
St Patrick’s on the airwaves
It’s fantastic to hear that our local It Takes A Village Smartphone initiative has reached a wider audience through the BBC World Service and the UK’s BBC Radio 4. The documentary has been shared widely on the Smartphone Free Childhood WhatsApp groups and has provoked lots of feedback and discussion among the 40,000 contributors. A huge thank you to Beth McLeod and the BBC for coming over and highlighting our initiative. Here’s hoping it can create a positive change for our children. You can listen to the documentary here.
NCH Music Workshops
Over the last month there has been a wonderful sound of music around the school. A huge thanks to the PTA, and in particular Caroline Sweeney, who organised for all classes to enjoy workshops ranging from song writing through singing to percussion.
Fabulous Fashion Event
Huge thanks to Kim Harris who organised and hosted a fun and memorable evening in the school hall with a dedicated team of helpers. On display were the creative and thought-provoking posters created by the children on the theme of Fast Fashion. Huge congratulations to everyone who took part! The evening raised a fabulous €1,600.
Searching for the Queen!
Beekeepers and enthusiasts Yvonne and Colm kickstarted some bee workshops for the kids of St Patricks today. Pupils got to learn some interesting facts about bees in Ireland, and even got to taste some of their delicious honey!
Tesselating shapes
3rd Class Elm have been having fun exploring 2D shapes. They made irregular hexagons using lollipop sticks. They also investigated which shapes could tesselate and made some very creative and impressive patterns.
Getting Active!
2nd Class Pine have been having lots of fun each Tuesday with Tommy. He has kindly been giving GAA lessons to the classes in St. Patrick’s. 2nd Class had a blast in this Tug of War warm-up. A huge thank you to Tommy!
Making data fun!
First class Ash were really enjoying learning about data and creating bar charts, especially when there were skittles involved!