We had a busy day in the Gairdín na Scoile on Wednesday when we prepared our new raised beds. A huge thanks to our volunteers from 5th and 6th class who helped to shovel and prepare all the soil and more »
We had two narrow defeats this week for the Boys and Girls Teams who played Killenard and Ratheneska this week. Both teams played really well and their attitude was second to none. Both the Boys and the Girls Teams are more »
We had two lovely Confirmation Services on Saturday in St Clare’s Church. A massive thanks to Fr Dunphy, Cathríona, Suzanne and all the parish team for making it such a special day for our entire school community.
The Girls and Boys’ teams played their first games of the Cumann na mBunscol competitions this year and competed really well. It was great to be back playing GAA again and representing the school. The girls play Stradbally this week more »
6th Classes are exploring Minecraft Education as part of our Digital Framework for the school. Children are using Code to navigate their way through a series of tasks. We are looking forward to more fresh challenges in the coming weeks.
We are always really happy in St Fiacc’s to try out new sports so we are delighted that Leinster Cricket Coach, Jimmy Dooley, is coaching numerous classes as part of a 6 Week Cricket programme in school. Great fun was more »
6th Class on their sixth session of chess this afternoon, learning about how the Rook moves- we are all nearly there playing full rules!
We celebrated the start of Advent today at Assembly and the Advent Sacred Spaces are on full view in the main lobby. Pat is going to be busy over the next two weeks getting the Crib ready as we more »
Today we were working on an hour of Code as part of our STEM programme here in St Fiacc’s. Children were creating a dance party following on from the Minecraft experience last week!
We are using our IT Boards in classrooms throughout the school to access Assembly throughout the past two years. Today, Mr Brennan was joined by 6th class for an Advent service, our gardening correspondant along with Ms Fleming and we more »
We have really been enjoying ourselves in Junior Infants so far this year, with lots of Aistear Play and STEM activities to keep us busy!
Third class really enjoyed science week and took part in different activities and investigations. We built tin foil towers, came up with new uses for paper clips, made paper helicopters, measured shadows throughout the day on our sundials, and investigated more »
5th Class were working hard on figuring out how to create the tallest tower using just tin foil.
Ms Minnock’s Class battled against a strong wind (Hairdrier) and severe rain (A Spray Bottle) to keep their Spaghetti, Marshmallow and Paper structures standing tall while learning all about Global Climate Justice. It was a great STEM lesson that all more »
We have been learning about the life cycle of a spider! Some pupils enjoyed learning about spiders more than others! Getting into the Halloween spirit!!!!
Things are getting spooky in Rang 4! Watch out for some spooky creatures heading home on Friday!!!
