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News from our Classes & School

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...

Boys’ Meath Handball Tournament

Boys’ Meath Handball Tournament

The day started off very early arriving at the school at 8:20am as the bus was leaving at 8:30am. When both Under 13 teams arrived we got on the bus and headed to Gormanstown College. As soon as we got to the sports hall in Gormanstown we got warmed up as our first...

Girls’ Meath Handball Tournament

Girls’ Meath Handball Tournament

On the 6th of February the girl’s handball team travelled to Gormanstown for the Meath Handball Tournament. The first match they played was against Yellow Furze. It was avery physical and close match but after a good fight our girls came out on top with a score of 5-3...

Thank You Maeve!

Thank You Maeve!

As a new Board of Management formed in December, we very sadly said goodbye to our former chairperson Mrs. Maeve Gallagher. Maeve worked diligently behind the scenes for the past 14 years. We would like to thank her for her warmth and wisdom throughout these years and...

Visits to Ratoath Nursing Home

Visits to Ratoath Nursing Home

The children in Junior Infants were busy last week making Christmas cards for the residents of Ratoath Nursing Home. They walked up to the Nursing Home to hand deliver the cards and wish all the residents and staff a very Merry Christmas. Our senior choir also made a...

Surprise Visit from Santa!

Surprise Visit from Santa!

There was great excitement in school this week when Santa made a surprise visit. He arrived into the yard on his sleigh with Rudolph guiding the way! We were delighted to hear he just has a few more presents to pack and then he'll load up the sleigh, feed the reindeer...

Big Win for St. Paul’s Girls!

Big Win for St. Paul’s Girls!

We couldn't be prouder of our girls' team and their coaches for retaining the title of the Meath Cumann na mBunscol Division 1 final for the Third year in a row! The girls were up against St. Paul's from Navan in the final and won by an impressive eight points! A...