DCU/St Pat’s College
St Pat’s has close links with the PE team in St Pat’s College DCU and the school has facilitated students from the PE specialism on specific PE school placement. This is a fantastic opportunity for our students and teachers to see specialist trainee teachers delivering lessons under the supervision of their lecturer. Students and staff alike have learned lots from these school placements.
St Pat’s boys working with student teachers on the DCU astro
Na Fianna and Home Farm
Many of the students in the school are members of local GAA, soccer, rugby, tennis and running clubs. Over the years, St Pat’s has built strong bonds with two such clubs, CLG Na Fianna and Home Farm FC.
Coaches from these clubs visit the school throughout the year, doing skills work and fun games with boys from junior infants to sixth class. DCU/St Pat’s generously allows us to use its all-weather pitch which means the training sessions can usually take place outdoors.