(01) 825 7246 office@stpaulsratoath.ie

News from our Classes & School

Biodiversity Visit for Third Class

Biodiversity Visit for Third Class

On Tuesday the 14th of May, Ms Begley’s Third Class were delighted to welcome a special visitor! Liz Tiernan, from Biodiversity Ireland, came to chat with the class and she helped us to explore all things to do with nature in a very hands on and interactive way. Liz...

Farm to Fork Visit for Third Class

Farm to Fork Visit for Third Class

On Thursday the 25 th of April, Ms Begley’s class took a trip to the Lidl Distribution Centre in Newbridge, Co. Kildare. They were not going shopping for a bargain air fryer or a new ski jacket though! They were taking part in Agri Aware’s initiative called ‘Farm to...

A Roald Dahl Themed Book Week

A Roald Dahl Themed Book Week

We had a fantastic Roald Dahl themed Book Week this year where the children were exposed to many Roald Dahl books and they learnt lots of interesting facts about the famous author. There were plenty of activities over the week including book browsing at the Book Fair;...

A visit from Bord na Móna

A visit from Bord na Móna

On Wednesday the 10th of April, we had Shane Arnold, a guest speaker from Bord na Móna, who came to speak with the Green School Committee, as well as our three 3rd classes. Shane gave such an interesting presentation to the children about why we recycle and how we...

Odd Socks Day!

Odd Socks Day!

On the 29th of February, our school celebrated Odd Socks Day to help raise money for Down Syndrome Ireland. On that day, all of the students and teachers wore odd socks and were encouraged to bring in 2 euro each as a donation. On Odd Socks Day, our school managed to...

Our New Orchard

Our New Orchard

The end of 2023 was a very busy year for the St. Paul’s Garden and our Garden Committee! Following on from the success of our Hazel tree planting to mark Tree Day, we planted our very own orchard right here in the grounds of St. Paul’s! We planted 5 fruits trees – 3...

Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day took place recently on the 6th February. Our IT committee were working very hard that day to promote internet safety in our school. They visited classrooms to share their top Internet Safety tips and produced the wonderful display that you can see...

Quiz Team Success

Quiz Team Success

Congratulations to our Junior and Senior Quiz Teams who had a successful night recently at the Credit Union Quiz in Ashbourne. Have a read of their reports below... The night started off by getting to the Ashbourne House Hotel at 6.45pm as the quiz was starting at 7...