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St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Dec 21, 2021
- 1 min
Wearing masks in school
When I heard that I had to wear a mask at school, I flipped out. I asked why? Why? Why do I have to wear a mask? I got a head-ache and...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Dec 21, 2021
- 1 min
4th Class Readers Theatre
Both 4th class’ literacy groups worked on Readers Theatre in the run up to Christmas. The main idea behind this kind of reading aloud is...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
Glittery emotions
Have you ever felt so full of emotion that you could not think clearly? We have been enjoying making glitter jars to explore this. Add...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Dec 10, 2021
- 1 min
Rang a Cúig
Rang a Cúig have been exploring their Rights and Responsibilities. We've been celebrating individuality alongside being part of a whole...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
1st class Larch are rolling forward
First Class Larch have been enjoying the use of our brand-new gymnastics' mats. We've been working on building our core strength through...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Dec 2, 2021
- 1 min
Getting into the Festive Spirit in Senior Infants
Senior Infants have just finished up their Aistear topic on outer space - this was a topic that the really enjoyed. They created...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Nov 25, 2021
- 1 min
History revisited
A major topic covered each year in 6th class is World War 2. We have recently read the novel Goodnight Mister Tom. This book deals with...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
5th class Geography
Rang a Cúig did fabulous poster projects in Rang a Ceathair inspired by the Olympics. They presented them recently during Geography...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
Dragons STEM
1st Class Elm started Dragons STEM this week. They made castles, lighthouses and farmhouses which Bernie and I would love to buy....


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
4th Class helping resettlement
Over the past few weeks, the two fourth classes have been learning about Syria and refugees in line with the class novel 'The Boy at the...

St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
4th class Literacy Group
We have been working on our reading fluency through the pleasure of poetry. We looked at a couple of different genres and even listened...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Reading Recovery
Reading Recovery is now up and running in our school! Reading Recovery is a school-based, short-term, early Literacy intervention. It is...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
Helping the community
With the guidance of Jennifer, the children of 4th class gathered donations together for asylum seekers. On Friday 29 Oct Bridging the...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
4th class Willow
4th Class have been reading the novel ‘The Boy at the back of the classroom’ by Onjali Q. Raúf. The novel is about a boy who has fled...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
Our Student Council
On Thursday 21st of October, the student council met for the first time with Miss. Bedell and Miss. Flynn. We are so excited to announce...




St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
Space Week Inspiration
6th Class have been inspired by the artist Peter Thorpe to make these pictures in celebration of Space Week!


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
A feast for the senses
Last week Senior Infants enjoyed a really lovely outing to the new sensory garden in Burnaby Park. We are very lucky to have such a...


St Patrick's NS Greystones
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
SPACE WEEK
The whole school celebrated Space Week (Oct 4th- 10th) with a variety of activities taking place in each class. We had space themed...
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