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Last week was Maths Week. We did lots of fun maths activities. We made maths hats like we usually do and we did a parade on Thursday so everyone could see our creations. We mads MATHscotts to represent the maths we have been learning in our classes. We did a maths quiz in groups withContinue reading “Maths Week”

The Principal’s Prize last week went to the class with the best Harvest Door. Each class had to decorate their classroom door to celebrate Harvest. They could do whatever they liked and we have such an amazing mix of designs. Rev. Styles came in to decide the winner and he had a tough job! HaveContinue reading “Harvest doors”

Last week Brian came in to talk to everyone from 1st class to 6th class about the insects and wildlife we can find in our school grounds. He knew so much about everything we found. We were given trays to go out and collect insects in. We found things like slugs, snails, hover flies, bees,Continue reading “Bug Exploration”

5th and 6th class were lucky enough to get invited to go to the first ever European T20 Premier League Cricket Tournament in Malahide. We had to meet at Greystones Dart station very early and got the train all the way up to Malahide. We got to go to the park at Malahide Castle andContinue reading “HOWZAT?”

The time has come to say goodbye to our 6th class. We did a lot of preparation for our graduation and it all went fantastically. We prepared memories from our days at St Francis, made graduation caps, learnt an end of year song and much more. Our parents and families came to watch and thenContinue reading “Graduation”

As part of our new Willow Imagination Garden, we have created a quiet and creative Reading Hut. Ian, our caretaker made us the hut out of old palettes. It looks great. Then Ms Morris painted it to protect the wood from the rain. After that Ms Nicoll drew nature pictures on the side and 1stContinue reading “The Reading Hut”

3rd-6th class went on their school tour to Clara Lara last week. We left the school at 9:30am and got the bus down to Clara Lara. We were greeted by an instructor who showed us to our base camp for the day. We were then allowed to go and explore the park and all theContinue reading “Our Trip to Clara Lara”

Every year 6th class hold a carnival for the rest of the school to raise some money for their end of school trip. This year the weather was a bit unpredictable so we were constantly checking the weather. We ran activities like guess the name of the teddy, hang tough, face painting, obstacle course, footballContinue reading “6th Class Carnival”