The three sixth classes went to Leinster House and the National History Museum on Wednesday the 24th of January. We left the school early in the morning at around 9:30, it was a long bus ride to Dublin city centre and we arrived at around 10:30. We walked into Leinster House and left our bags in lockers and we went into a large gallery. Beneath us was the Dail where the Ministers were discussing Brexit and how it would affect Ireland. We watched for a while and then we were split into groups to go around the building

We were brought into a hallway and we were told the story of the Duke of Leinster who lived in the house first. We then went into was another room, the Seanad where we listened to more discussion. We moved on and we saw an original copy of the proclamation and we were told about the men who had signed it. After that we headed out to a large room where Thomas Byrne came in to answer some questions that some of us had. He was kind and answered all the questions we had. After that we went to the steps of the National History Museum and we ate our lunch.

After we finished our lunch we split into groups and we headed into the National Museum of Ireland. We received a booklet each to fill in as we went along. The booklet told us to find certain items in the Museum. Most of them were in the same room. Some of the items we had to find and write about were a Bronze Horn, the Ardagh Chalice, an arm-shaped shrine and the Tara Brooch. The booklet asked us questions about each item and we had to examine the items. Most of the items were in the Treasury exhibition. Each one looked old and they looked like they had a lot of history. We all really enjoyed both the Leinster House and the National History Museum. It was a great day out.
By Erin Leeson

On Friday 21^st December, the children of St. Paul’s took part in a Santa Run on the school grounds. All children wore their school tracksuits and something festive. The children turned up very excited wearing Christmas Jumpers, Christmas Hairbands, Santa Hats and all looked very festive.

The Active Committee co-ordinated a fantastic Santa Run. They called two year groups to the yard and then paired a Senior Class child with a Junior Class child prior to taking on the run and each pair were to complete two laps of the yard together chatting, singing Christmas Carols and Songs.

The class pairing were as follows: Sixth Class with Second Class, Fifth Class with First Class and Room 26, Fourth Class with Senior Infants and Room 25 and Third Class with Junior Infants. Have a look at some of our pictures from the day thanks to Ms O’Toole.

Have a look below of some of the photographs from Santa’s visit to school on Thursday.

As always, our wonderful Parents’ Association organised another fantastic Christmas Fair in the school on the 2nd of December. There were lots of things to do there including our selfie mirror, face painting and a visit to Santa’s Grotto. There were a range of stalls with various items to buy which included the White Elephant stall, cake stall, book stall, flower stall, sweet stall, jewelry and accessories stall and a toy stall. We ended the day with our bumper raffle with over 50 prizes! The following week the students were given the opportunity to buy tickets for the children’s raffle. There was great excitement in the lead up to the raffle and at the fair! It helped get everyone into the Christmas spirit!
Many thanks to everyone who helped make our Fair so successful. Have a look here for a full list of sponsors to the school who donated very generously to our Christmas Raffle.

Following the fantastic win  by the boys’ Gaelic Football Team in Páirc Tailteann a few weeks ago, we were delighted to hear that one of our players was chosen by the reporters of the Meath Chronicle for a special award. This award is called ‘The Spirit of the Final’ Award and Seán Twyford-our captain, was chosen. As part of this award Seán and some of teammates, James Kelly, Gerard Leavy and Oscar Glynn were invited to attend an awards ceremony at the Dunganny G.A.A. Centre today, Wednesday 12th December. The ‘Spirit of the Final’ Award was presented to each player by Meath Captain Mickey Burke. In total, 14 players were awarded this award following the finals.

September

Junior Infants had a wonderful first few weeks in school. We made lots of new friends and really enjoyed our play time topic “At School”. We worked with Lego, built schools, cut out shapes and got to play lots of different people in our school! We became little scientists when we were learning all about how our eyes work. Grandparents Day was a very special day in Junior Infants and we all loved showing our grandparents around our classroom. Well done Junior Infants!

October

We had a busy month in Room 2 as it was harvest season.  We collected leaves, brought in conkers and made some very prickly hedgehogs during art. We were introduced to the colourful characters of Numicon and we enjoyed exploring how the shapes work together to make different number stories. Yoga is something we all enjoy in Room 2. It’s a lovely way to relax after a busy week in school. We set up our own Fancy Dress Shop during play time and loved making castles and cauldrons and learning about Hallowe’en around the world. We also performed at our very first assembly – it was a spooktacular day!

November

We were very busy this month as we took on the role of doctors and nurses. We built hospitals, made healthy food, wrote cards and helped lots of patients get better. We really enjoyed a visit from a real doctor who told us all about the fantastic work she does at her surgery.  Book Week was lots of fun, especially when the very talented author, Benji Bennett came to talk and read to us. We have been doing an amazing job at learning all of our new sounds each week – we love blending them together to make new words. We also like the challenge of finding “tricky words” in our library books!

December

‘Tis the Season to be Jolly….. Our classroom has been transformed into the magical North Pole! We have set up Santa’s workshop where we are busy writing lists (and checking twice!!), making toys, wrapping gifts and delivering presents. We even built Santa’s sleigh using big lego and made Christmas puddings and glittery candles! Advent is a special time of year and we’re doing lots of things to get ready to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We are busy practicing for our Christmas Nativity Play and we can’t wait to perform it next week! Oh and not forgetting the special visitor that arrived in Room 2… Jingles our school elf!!

Keep an eye on our Junior Infant blog – we’ll be back with more updates soon!

From all the boys and girls in Room 2 🙂