News from our Classes & School
Pentel Winners
Every year, the children in St. Paul's enter the Pentel International Children's Art Competition. We submit the entries at the end of October and it takes almost a full year for entries to be judged and decided upon. A huge congratulations to last year's winners who...
SNA Appreciation Day
Thursday was a very special day in St. Paul's as we celebrated SNA Appreciation Day. The SNAs in St. Paul's are integral to our school. They support and guide our children and cater to all their needs, while all the time showing patience, love and dedication. Thank...
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
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
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
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...
Seachtain na Gaeilge
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Girls’ Handball Team through to the All Ireland Final!
Our day started off early because we had to meet at the school for 8:15am and our bus was supposed to come at 8:30am. The build up was great because we were all so excited for the tournament. We were waiting for about 20 minutes at the gates of the school, but it...
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
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...