by Anna, James, Harry and Róisín October 2019  On the 15th October Maths Week began in St Anne’s. Sixth Class were tasked with creating fun maths games for other classes to play and enjoy. All the classes were split into three groups. Group 1 was for Junior and Senior infants, Group 2 was for 1st and 2nd class and Group 3 was for 3rd 4th 5th and 6th class. Everyone in the class had to choose which they wanted to make games for. There was 5 boys and 5 girls in every group.  ...

by Lyle Dempsey, Jack Dunne and Lucas Dunne June 2019 We went on our school tour to Redhills Adventure Centre in Kildare on 6th June. It was great fun. We went with third class. We were split into groups and then we went to different areas.  We did an obstacle course and raced each other.  We did problem solving activities. After lunch we did archery tag where we got to shoot at each other! Finally we got to do paintball.        &nbs...

by Orlaith Lynam, Cade Lyons and Nathan Reeves 2018/2019 Our class did various sporting activities during the year. Before Christmas we went swimming in K Leisure in Naas for a few weeks. It was great fun and we learned a lot. After Christmas we did hurling training with Leon in the school. We trained for an hour once a week. Leon showed us how to play. We loved playing our tackle game because it is like bulldog but we had to dribble the sliotars with our hurleys but the people that are...

by Fourth Class May 2019 We recently joined forces with a school in Bawnogue, Clondalkin to work on ICT projects. We have got lots of new equipment like Chromebooks and Lego WeDo packs. As part of our work, we had to complete a project together to show off at an exhibition in Athlone Institute of Technology on 29th May. Our teachers decided that as our schools are linked by the Grand Canal, we would design and build a bridge and the other school would design and build a boat tha...

by Gavin Graham, Max Smartt and Layla Wiseman  February, March & April 2019     The St. Anne’s 2019 Basketball League started in February.           There were 16 teams in the basketball league called after the NBA teams and divided into four divisions.      After the group part, the teams played off until they got to the final. The winners were the Suns, 2nd place were the Pacers and 3rd p...

by Emma Buggy, Aoibhín Foley and Olivia McKenna December 2018 We are going to tell you about our Christmas play. Our teacher Mr. O’Leary printed out scripts for everyone in our class. Everybody got a part. We practised it for a week over and over again. Mr O’ Leary helped us make costumes but some people brought in their own. On the day we were really nervous going onto the stage but we did great! Our teacher said he was proud of us.

by Dylan Hegarty,Luke Kelly, Leon van Cauwenberge November & December 2018 We are writing about the photostories that we did in November and December 2018.The photostories are about Celtic myths and legends in Ireland many, many years ago.These are some of the Celtic Myths and Legends we made into Photostories: Fionn & the Giant, Diarmuid and Gráinne,  Oisín in Tír na nÓg, How Cú Chulainn got his Name and The Brown Bull of Cooley. We really liked these photostories because it ...

by Maeve Heraghty, Kate Mc Nulty and Katie O’Brien November 2018 Tomi Riechental came to visit our school on the 23rd of November 2018. Tomi told us about his life. He lived in Merašice  in Slovakia with his family; his mother Judith, his father Arnold and his brother Miki. Tomi had a very happy and fun life until he was six and that was when World War 2 started. Tomi’s father escaped from a train on the way to a concentration camp in Bergen Belsen because he was Jewish. Two yea...

by Ryan Chinnery Newsome, Cathal Deegan, Ailbhe Moloney October 2018 In October we went to Castletown House on a maths trail. We went on a bus with 5th and 6th class .When we got there we had to walk to the house. Then we got into groups of four. We got a sheet with questions on it that we had to answer.We went for a tour around the house. We had to answer a question and solve a problem about maths in each room. In the Ballroom we saw a servants' secret passage. Also in the Dinin...

by Alexandra Butler, Caoimhe Davis and Amy Martin September and October 2018 In September and October two people came to teach us cycling. Their names were Ruth and Graham. We did it for eight weeks on Wednesdays. They brought bikes and helmets for us but you could bring your own if you wanted. They told us that the right clothes to wear were a helmet, a high vis jacket and bright clothes. Most weeks we had sun but one week it rained. On that week we watched a video on how to cycle. We lea...