School Book Fair
Dear parents/guardians, We would love to invite parents, grandparents and guardians to attend our school Book Fair! The Book Fair will be held in our school hall, with hundreds of new children’s books to browse and buy. There are over 200 titles for you and your child to choose from, and with prices starting from only €3.70, there’s sure to be a book for everyone. Please check Aladdin for details [...]
3rd Class Swimming and SESE by Danas Kutko in Ms. Murphy’s Class
We started swimming this term with room 2 . We walk up on Tuesday afternoons with our teachers. There are 3 groups in swimming, the first group in swimming. The first group is in the shallow end and are all new to swimming. The second group is working on improving their skills. The 3rd group is in the deep end and are doing more advanced skills. My favourite part is [...]
Settling into Drimnagh Castle by Milo Brennan in Ms. Rodger’s 2nd Class
I know it might be scary in a new school but we, the 2nd class boys, moved to Drimnagh Castle in September . Our school is very big and we are learning lots of new things. Some of the work is hard but we are trying our best. SESE is cool and we have a lovely garden. We are lucky we have a great football coach from Crumlin GAA called [...]
5th Class Rugby by Divyam Gunoory in Ms. Keane’s class
This month we are learning to play rugby with Gareth, a coach from Leinster rugby. We played flush the toilet but you have to tap the rugby ball and cremate had cones and whenever the catcher tap you your back or any were and you are out. We have played some tag rugby matches and are really enjoying it!
6th Class Boxing and Cycling by Callum Egan in Mr. Briody’s Class
This month in 6th class we have started boxing with Ed. We have learned boxing skills such as sparing and we have been focusing on improving our fitness. We have also started cycling to improve our road safety skills. John brings in bikes for us to use and we cycle in the yard.We have really enjoyed our first month in 6th class!
Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP)
Junior Entrepreneur Showcase Over the past year the sixth class in room 15, with assistance from Ms Timbs and Ms Walsh, have participated in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme. We have been working hard on this project and here is what we’ve done so far. At the start we were split into four teams and each group they decided on an idea. After they did that the teachers brought [...]
Room 13’s Trip To Milano
Last month Mr O Connor’s Room 13 went on a trip to Milano’s on Dawson Street in the city centre. We got the 123 into the city center and walked to Dawson Street and eventually arrived at Milano’s. We first washed our hands and then got an apron and a hat with numbers on them. After that we practiced shaping out the dough into the pizza shape. After the practicing [...]
Goodbye Mr. Gillespie
Goodbye & Thank You. A very emotional day in the Castle as we said goodbye to our Deputy Principal, the legendary Mr.Gillespie, after over 30 years of service! After years of guiding generations of boys on the right path, the boys created their own path for him today.. Ní Bheidh A Leithéid Arís Ann!
Engineers Week
Future Engineers at Work. What a start to Engineers Week. All classes got stuck into some STEM activities and look forward to the rest of the weeks activities!
Daffodil Day
Fundraising in the Castle. Our Green School Ireland boys will be selling their produce for Irish Cancer Society Daffodil Day on Friday 10th before and after school. €2 a bundle!
New Gadgets
New Screen For School Hall. Ms. O’Mahony’s 5th class made great use of our new screen in the hall by doing dance for PE today!
Aldi Poster Success
Great Effort from our Students. We have filled our first Aldi Ireland poster thanks to an amazing response from all! Special mention to Carson and Ollie for collecting and looking after the poster! #AldiPlayRugby