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 and start his journey around the world to deliver all the presents.  

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 massive congratulations and thanks to everyone involved.

Ms. Preston’s First Class were very busy learning all about money this week. They’ll be buying and selling us in no time! 

Last week was Maths Week in the school and the children had great fun doing lots of extra fun maths activities. Have a look below at some photographs from the week. We put in a maths puzzle at the end to get your brains working!

Huge congratulations to all of the children in Fifth and Sixth Class who were involved in the School Student Council Elections. The walls of the school were covered in a sea of election posters and manifestos, while the children were busy canvassing anyone they met! Each class nominated four of their peers to run for election. On Election Day each of the children then presented to the Fifth and Sixth Classes on why they should be voted for. We were incredibly proud of how well all of the children spoke and we can safely say there are definitely some future politicians in St. Paul’s! We look forward to seeing the Student Council in action over the year.

We are very lucky in St. Paul’s to have sets of iPads and Chromebooks in the school. These are used regularly by the children for various different purposes. In these photos we see Ms. McGeough’s class using the iPads to do a Kahoot quiz on Irish vocabulary and Ms. Cogrove’s class are using the Chromebooks to do project work. They are a fantastic resource to make learning more fun and of course to make sure our children are Tech Savvy. 

There was great excitement when the children returned to school in September to see our new wooden playgrounds. There is a new playground in the sensory garden at the front of the school and also a wooden obstacle course at the back of the school. Lots of fun has already been had on them, with plenty more to come for many more years! 

June Joy brings even more fun to St. Paul’s with school tours and Active Week. Have a look at some photos below of our school tours. Junior Infants went to Newgrange Farm, Senior Infants to Dublin Zoo, First Class to Causey Farm, Second Class to Fort Lucan, Third Class to Clara Lara, Fourth Class to Funtasia and Bettystown Beach, Fifth Class to W5 and Sixth Class up to Tanagh Adventure Centre. As you can see in the photos great fun was had!!

The children in 4th and 5th classes have been participating in the the Lego Explore Superpowered Programme over the last few months. This programme aims to inspire learners to experiment and to develop their critical thinking and design skills through hands-on STEM learning activities. The children were tasked with identifying issues and designing solutions to create a better energy journey for their community with regard to energy sources, energy distribution and energy usage.

We had a very successful and enjoyable day out at the showcase event in DCU. The children did an amazing job demonstrating and presenting their projects and we were extremely proud of them. It was great to see everyone’s hard work come to fruition. The children then hosted their own showcase back at the school for all our students to see their amazing work.

A special thank you must go to all the staff in 4th and 5th classes who put in a huge effort with their groups over the last few weeks and months.