by Seán Walsh March 2017 On 16th March, we all wore green into school for St. Patrick’s Day. We all gathered in the hall and paraded around the school. The leaders of the parade had a bodhrán and a tin whistle. We went around the school twice and then back inside. After that, we did Irish dancing in the hall with a woman named Natalie. She taught us dances such as the walls of Limerick. When we were finished we made little green leprechaun hats.  

by Evan Gilchrist and James Goulding February 2017 Over the last few years, Mr. O’Leary our teacher has entered our school into a quiz competition in Newbridge. To find out who would represent the school, Mr. O’Leary did a couple of general knowledge quizzes to see who would go to Newbridge for the quiz. The top four highest scoring children got picked out of the many participants to represent the school. The people who were picked were: Daniel Saunders, Evan Gilchrist, James Goulding and ...

by Patrick Brophy, Evan Gilchrist and James Goulding February 2017 At the start of this year, our chess teacher, Ms. Killeen entered us into a chess tournament in Kildare. We were put into a group which consisted of schools from Straffan, St. David’s and Staplestown. Our first match was against Straffan, who are known for their chess. Early in December, we travelled to Straffan to play them. When we arrived in their school hall they had their chess boards ready and were ready to play...

by Jack Caffrey, Anna Donohoe and Síofra Power December 2016 In late November our teacher Mr O’ Leary started discussing a Christmas play with us. We decided to base the play on the Christmas Truce during World War 1, 1914 and brainstormed some ideas. However, it was not easy to do and we are going go tell you how we produced the Christmas Truce play. We divided in groups to do various jobs such as creating the backdrop, making and getting props, finding costumes and writing the s...

by Thomas Finneran and Cathal Reeves November 2016 In November, we went to see a musical in Salesians called “Oh What a Night!” We spent the day watching the play. The play was about a band called “The Four Seasons.” They’re a band trying to find fame. It was split into two parts, one before lunch and one after lunch. The actors and actresses did all of the vocals and the songs were really good.     They started in the local pub and then they got recognition for their pe...

by Susanna Kelly November 2016 In November, we painted bird silhouettes. We painted them by choosing a colour of our choice for the background, for example red, yellow, blue, purple etc. First, we painted the background to look like a sunset affect. When the background was dry we painted on a bird, animal or object in black onto the page. Here are a few examples of our work:  

by Liam Dempsey and Cathal Reeves October 2016 Before Halloween we began to learn the dance to Michael Jackson’s song “Thriller”. We practised the dance for our P.E over the course of two weeks. On the last day before the Hallowe’en break Mr O’Leary recorded our final performance after our two weeks of hard work. It finally paid off resulting in a flawless performance! It only took one attempt. We all wore our Hallowe’en costumes on the day of the recording. Cue the video!

by Robyn Molloy & T.J. Knightly October 2016 In October, we planted tulip bulbs outside the gates of the school in the order of the Ardclough flag, red, yellow and black. All the classes including us planted bulbs. We were the second last class to plant our bulbs. They bought them from the Orchard. Many bulbs were planted.                   The bulbs have now flowered and look beautiful.              

by Liam Dempsey & James Goulding October 2016              This year, we decided to set up a Student Council for the first time. It was set up to give students a say in school issues.   To find people to be on the Student Council, we had an election in October. There was to be two councillors from each class from 2nd to 5th and 7 councillors from 6th class, making 15 altogether. Each child who wanted to be elected had to get two supporters to nominate and second him or he...

by Iona Finnerty and Síofra Power October 2016 In October, we did paintings in the style of Michelangelo like the ones he did in the Sistine Chapel. At the time, we were learning about the Renaissance and the changes in art in that time. We stuck paper to the underside of our desks and lay down on the ground.       We then painted over our heads to experience how hard it was for Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel while lying on his back painting upwards. We put n...