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After-school service for 2024/25

The Board of Management of St Patrick’s NS, Drumcondra, is exploring the possibility of an after-school service for 2024-2025, from 1.20pm to 5.30pm, and is inviting expressions of interest from after-school providers.

In particular, we are interested in hearing from providers in the local catchment area.

Expressions of interest should be emailed to principal@saintpats.ie by 5pm on Friday, 3rd May 2024.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact principal@saintpats.ie for further information.

Major congratulations to Conor (Ms Baxter’s 5th class) and Dimitri (Mr Tubridy’s 5th class) who represented the school yesterday in the Eason Spelling Bee and the North Dublin Spelling Bee, respectively.

Both boys did extremely well, facing stiff competition.

We are delighted to announce that Conor and Dimitri both managed to get to the 4th round of their respective competitions – an amazing achievement!

Well done to Conor and Dimitri, and thanks so much to them both for representing St Pat’s!

Thanks also to Ms Duffy and Mr Duffy who organised the qualifying Spelling Bee event in the school.

Please see more information by clicking on the link below:

Autism Awareness Month

Bhí ceol agus craic againn ar scoil an tseachtain seo caite le haghaidh Seachtain na Gaeilge 2024!

There was lots of action around the school – from Tráth na gCeist in Ms Gallagaher’s 4th class, to a little parade in the Junior School.

We all took part in the Ceolchoirm last Friday. There were some wonderful performances from the lads in Junior Infants all the way up to 6th class – maith na buachaillí!

The Trad Soc. from DCU, St Patrick’s Campus, held a lovely session for the Junior and Senior infants, while the rest of the pupils headed to the pitch to watch the Noblesville, Indiana marching band prepare for their appearance in Sunday’s Dublin parade.

You can check out some of the festivities here!

Ms Duffy’s 1st class have been busy recently!

The boys loved demonstrating their creativity and engineering skills using Jenga blocks, Super Structs and Lego!

They also loved bringing in various personal items for Show & Tell. This was a great activity that helped to develop vital listening and communication skills.

After, they enjoyed a well-deserved hot chocolate with marshmallows as a reward for working so hard!

Check out all the action here…

Today the boys and girls of St Pat’s celebrated World Book Day. It is an annual event that we all look forward to. Many of the children wore pyjamas to ‘cuddle up with a book’, while others took inspiration from their favourite book characters!

Yesterday the 4th, 5th, and 6th class pupils were enthralled by a talk by Irish children’s author and illustrator Alan Nolan. He kept the boys and girls entertained for ninety minutes with illustrating tips, extracts from his new novel, and a Q&A session.

Next week the pupils of 1st, 2nd and 3rd class will hear a talk from another Irish author; Brianóg Brady Dawson.

Today also included ‘Book Buddies’, opportunities for DEAR time (Drop Everything And Read), and lots more reading-related fun!

Well done to all involved, and hopefully the pupils will have a chance to spend their World Book Day tokens in the coming weeks!

Ms Baxter and Mr Tubridy’s classes have enjoyed a fabulous five week engineering initiative utilising the ‘STEAM – Engineering in a box’ programme.

Massive thanks to Mark (Nathan’s dad), and his colleague, Eoin, from KLAS, who facilitated the programme.

The boys learned so much; from building bridges and bird houses, to creating prosthetic hands, windmills and electrical circuits, and lots more besides!

Check out some of the action in Ms Duffy’s 1st class as part of Science Week in November!