Month: December 2022

The staff at St Malachy’s BNS would like to wish all our pupils, parents and friends a very Merry Christmas and all the very best for 2023. We will close today, Wednesday December 21st and re-open Thursday, January 5th. We hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas break. Nollaig Shona daoibh!

Congratulation to one of our very own, Logan Lambert from 5th Class who was drawn as the winner of our Christmas Hamper for 2022. Well done Logan and a huge thanks to everyone who sold lines in our Christmas draw, your efforts are much appreciated. All line sellers received a prize for their efforts as…

Last Friday we held our annual Christmas assembly, however today we had another run through of the performances with the welcome addition of parents, friends and families of St Malachy’s BNS. A huge thanks to all those parents, friends and families who came to watch and enjoyed some refreshments. It was a real pleasure to…

Ms Ronan’s 4th Class tuned into the Christmas Art Workshop and produced some fantastic sketches. Check out the photos below!

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Mr. Thomas (Tom) Clarke, Chairperson of our school’s Board of Management.  Tom was a true gentleman, who gave his time and expertise selflessly for the benefit of our entire school community. We fully appreciate his kindness, generosity and dedication.  We extend our deepest sympathies…

The Friary World Cup kicked off with the round robin stage and now we are onto the knock out stages (quarter-final). The boys served up four fantastic games today and we look forward to more quarter finals tomorrow. Be sure to keep checking in to see how the World Cup is progressing and our photos.

As part of Friendship and Anti-Bullying week in the Friary, today we celebrate ‘odd sock day’. The boys were encouraged to wear odd socks to highlight our indiviuality and celebrate the fact that everyone is different. During Friendship and Anti-Bullying week we have been encouraging the boys to incluide everyone in games and not leave…

Friendship week is now in full swing in the Friary. The pupils have been working on a number of activities throughout the week so far. On Monday, the boys outlined the qualities they look for in a friend on leaves. These were then coloured and placed on the Friendship tree, as you can see they…

As part of the wide ranging work of our Deputy Principal Ms Hughes and the Student Council in the Friary, the ever popular chess club has resumed following a break due to Covid. The club is run on a Wednesday at lunchtime and allows pupils from beginners to chess enthusiasts the opportunity to compete against…

Our 4th Class have been very busy preparing for the season of advent, having created their wonderful advent wreaths this week. Well done to the boys, this will be a welcome decoration for their school and homes over the coming weeks.

A big thank you to everyone who sent in items for the Bag2School collection. These will now be forwarded to good causes while our school will receive a payment per kg.  Many thanks to our Parents Association for organising and assisting. Hopefully,  the clear out has also helped parents declutter before Christmas!! .