Class News
June 2025
This June, some children in 4th class proudly earned their pen licences, a reflection of their hard work all year and neat cursive handwriting! Also, 4th class have done a great job with their violin lessons all year with Maria. They've shown real effort in learning new songs and performed with growing confidence. I’m proud of their progress and how well they worked together as a class.
Enjoy your Summer break :)
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May 2025
May was full of sunshine and smiles in 4th Class! We’ve been making great progress in the garden—our tomato plants are growing nicely, and the class has really enjoyed looking after them and watching them grow! One of the highlights of the month was taking part in St. Anne’s Annual Sponsored Walk. We had a beautiful day for it, strolling along the canal and enjoying some treats from Cliff at Lyons—a big thank you to everyone who supported the event!
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April 2025
April was a wonderful month full of activity, learning, and celebration in 4th Class! We kicked off the month by marking National Tree Week. Our class was delighted to get involved in a special project on the school grounds—planting new trees! April also brought with it the Easter holidays, and before the break, we gave our wonderful secretary Nora a lovely send-off as she begins her next chapter of reitirement.
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Trip to Kilmainham Gaol
Kilmainham Gaol
by Sam and Chris Reddy
We arrived at the school as normal at 9.00 am. When we got to the classroom we were told that the bus would be there at 10.00.. The journey was quick, and we arrived outside of the Gaol at around 11 o'clock. We waited outside the Gaol for around 10 minutes and then we went inside.
We were led inside by the tour guide who gave us a brief introduction to the Gaol’s history. After the introduction he gave us a safety briefing and told us not to stra...
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Artistic Expression.
During Term 2 and Term 3, 6th class focused on Clay and Construction for some lessons.
3D Model of a Head and Relief Sculpture in Clay
Creative February "Junk Art"
Abstract and Representative Construction
Painting like Michelangelo
Sculpting like the Renaissance Greats
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Science News!
This year, 6th class have been busy learning and experimenting.
Here are some examples of what we did:
The Digestive System:
Acidic and alkaline substances found in the kitchen:
Magnetism:
We investgated magnetic materials and magnetic fields
We made games using magnetic properties
And magnetised materials
The Heart
Propagating Spiderette...
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Class News March 2025
Hello from Fifth Class. We are now busy learning about The Great Famine in History, the EU in Geography and about plants in Science.
We have also just been learning about Photosynthesis in plants and came across new vocabulary such as chlorophyll, phloem, xylem, glucose, stomata and transpiration.
We have also been busy planting our Home guard potatoes in the school garden. Hopefully, we'll have a great crop during harvest time. Photos to follow:
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March 2025
March was a busy and exciting month for our 4th class students! We kicked things off with delicious pancakes before the children made all their Lenten promises. On March 14th, we celebrated Lá Glass, a special day filled with Irish pride! All the boys and girls dressed in green and performed An Haka Gaelach for our school ceolchoirm. Also a big congratulations to all our wonderful students who participated in Scór na bPáistí 2025!
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February 2025
A Fun-Filled February in St. Anne’s. This February we have been focused on creativity as part of the nationwide Arts Council Creative February initiative. This means that in school we engaged in lots of creative activities! Check out our fantastic Junk Art pieces!
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