Well done to the Junior Gaelic team on winning the Fingal League in Parnell Park, their opponents were Loughshinny NS. Captain Cillian Hoare and his team put in a great performance to capture the cup.

 

This completed a historic double for the school as the Senior team also won the league.

Five sixth class pupils travelled to the Bloom Festival in the Phoenix Park on Wednesday 31st of May. They were invited by Trocaire to paint in their show garden which highlights its work with communities fighting for their land rights in Central America.

 

The children were there to start a mural on the same theme.

Many thanks to Johnny Woodlock and John Daly of the Irish Seal Sanctuary for visiting the school on Monday 29th of May. They gave two great talks on Marine Biodiversity to all the classes. It was greatly enjoyed by all the children.

Great news today. We have now progressed to tendering for the new building. We hope to commence building shortly after the tender process is complete. 

Best of luck to our Junior Gaelic team who play in the final of the Fingal League on Thursday in Parnell Park.  Their opponents are Loughshinny NS and throw in is 1:15 pm.  We will be bringing one supporters bus for children from 3rd-6th class. Any siblings of the team in Junior-2nd class that wish to come along may go with their parents.

Well done to all our second class pupils who made their First Communion on Sunday 28th May. Many thanks to the  Parent's Association for serving refreshments afterwards in the school. Huge thanks to Ms Smith for all her hard work in preparing the class for their big day and Ms Anna Butterly for her linking with the parish.

Ms Whitty's and Mr Tyndall's classes had a visit from the Abbey Theatre on Thursday 25th of May.  This is the fourth time that we have hosted the Abbey Theatre. 

 

Actress Juliet Crosby performed their adapted play 'Me Sara' written by Dylan Coburn-Grey. The play is based on Synge's The Playboy of the Western World. This initiative brings standalone plays based on the classics directly into schools.  There were also a pre and post show workshop conducted by actor Morgan Cooke.

 

On Wednesday 24th May the school had a very special visit from EU official Mr Jan Salko -who had travelled from Slovakia- and Miss Fionnuala Flynn of Global Schools. The visit was to evaluate the Global Schools exchange program which Principal Johnny Tyndall is taking part in. They were given a tour of the school and a brief history.  Mr Salko was also brought to see the mural the children had painted at SuperValu in Skerries.

 

Mr Tyndall and some of the children presented Mr Salko with a picture of Skerries to commemorate his visit.  

Next week five pupils from sixth class will be heading to the Bloom festival to paint a mural in Trocaire's garden space.  The garden highlights Trocaire's land and resource rights work overseas in countries like Guatemala and Nicaragua. Artist Ciaran Brennan is creating a mural to reflect this and our pupils will assist him.

 

All of this work will go towards achieving the schools seventh green flag on the theme 'Global Citizenship and Energy'.

 

 

Well done to our Sixth class pupils who were finalists in the ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards 2017 in the Mansion House, Dublin. Their project 'There is HOPE if we ACT together' was nominated in the Super Junior category.

 

Over 650 young people from across Ireland and Northern Ireland were honored at the 18th annual awards ceremony. The event is Ireland's largest celebration of youth ECO-action and is held to recognise and reward the hard work of young people island-wide for their hard work protecting and conserving their local environment.

 

The public was invited to visit the Showcase from 10 am to 1 pm for a colourful exhibition where the young environmentalists will displayed their ECO-Action projects.