by Daisy, Danny, John and Amy December 2019 In December, we learned about the famous Italian renaissance artist and sculptor, Michelangelo. One of his most famous works was the ceiling on the Sistine Chapel. It took him three years to paint and he had to do it on his back. Mr. O’Leary let us try painting on our backs to see what it was like. We all went under our desks and we helped each other to tape paper onto our baskets. Once the paper was securely attached, we got all the colours w...

by Tessa, Isabella, Jamie and Jonathan December 2019 Mr O’Leary’s sixth class walked down to the Arthur Guinness Exhibit, in the Ardclough Village Centre on the 2nd December 2019. Inside there were many billboards with lots of facts about Arthur Guinness and the history of Ardclough. There is a full room about Arthur Guinness telling you where he is from and why he is famous. If you don’t know who Arthur Guinness is, and can’t make it to the Ardclough Village Centre, Arthur Guinness is ...

by Niamh, Darragh, Katie Langan and Luke November 2019 On the 11th November, Leon, who taught us hurling before, began to teach us again. Although some people already knew how to play, we learned how to strike and pick up the ball. We played games like Clear the Yard and Rob the Nest. We had lots of fun doing it. Over the course of the weeks we learned lots of things and we are grateful for Leon‘s help.

by Matthew Aherne, Lottie, Danielle and Conor November 2019 On the 8th November we did a charity walk from the school to the Lyons Estate. It was organised by the Parent’s Support Group to raise money for the school. It was meant to be on in October but the weather was too bad. This day was a beautiful day however with the sun shining brightly.       The 6th class led the way and the other classes followed behind. The Junior and Senior Infants went as far as...

by Holly, Andrew and Odhrán Power     October 2019 At Halloween the whole school dressed up in scary costumes. In the classroom we did a catwalk in groups of 2-4. We were supposed to go on a charity walk down the canal but unfortunately it was raining so we postponed it. At the end of the day, we watched a movie and Miss Cooke kindly brought in sweets for us. Overall, we had a great day!  

by Charlie, Ava and Odhran Loughman  October 2019 On the 21st October, 5th and 6th class went to Barnhall to play a tag rugby blitz against various other schools. Both classes were split into five different teams, each with twelve players. Each team put on their jerseys and headed out onto the pitch.   There were ten different pitches and each team headed towards a different one. Everyone strapped on their belts and stuck on their tags and started playing the first match. A...

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...