As it is Oscar season, we too in Drimnagh Castle have been putting on quite the performances!.It was the last week of school before the Christmas holidays so the school did what we do every year, The Christmas Concert! We do this every year on the last Tuesday and Wednesday before holidays. Every class did…
On January 24th, the 2nd class boys in Room 3 decided to launch their book called ‘Our Superhero Chronicle’. The book had a large variety of stories and each boy drew a picture to go with their story they had written. For the launch, parents and guardians were invited to come and were given some…
On Friday the 6th of December, some of our boys went to the National Boxing Stadium to box against other schools as part of the Gold Boxing Program which we do every year in our school. Every 6th class boy completes the bronze program as part of their PE. Some continue on and complete the…
For The Green School Committee, our school hosts a competition where students can recreate the part of the bible where Jesus Christ was born in a stable and people came and gave gifts to them. These cribs must be made out of recyclable materials. The school encourages boys to spend time making the cribs as…
For over 20 years our school has been holding Coffee Mornings to raise funds for our school’s behaviour draw and the school in general. This year was no different and everybody enjoyed it just as much as previous years. Sheila helped organise it and put a lot effort into it including two days’ preparation to…
It was College Awareness Week, a week to make sure children in school are clear on how college works. On each day of the week, the teachers did a different activity with the students in the class. Starting off on Monday, the activity was to make…
A few days ago, it was climate action week and our school did a lot for it. The teachers talked to the students about how we affect the environment and ways we affect it and more importantly, can prevent it from getting worse. There was a quiz…
On Friday 8th November, three former Drimnagh Castle boys came into our school. It wasn’t just anybody, it was three Shamrock Rovers players Joey’ O ’Brien, Roberto Lopez and Brandon Kavanagh along with the The FAI Cup. As you probably know Shamrock Rovers beat Dundalk in the FAI…
On Friday our school hosted Jersey Day for Goal which is held annually around Ireland in many different schools. Pupils in our school like Goal Jersey Day because it is a day out of their uniform, while also raising funds for Goal which is a charity which helps people by bringing food and aid to…
It is a new year in sixth class and that means we start a lot of new things including, big projects, new teachers and for PE, boxing. Every Friday two boxing coaches come in and show us a few new boxing skills. Our PE coaches are called Ed and Mick from Esker BC, they…