The curtain draws on what was another fantastic sports day in the Friary field!! We opened proceedings with the heats of egg & spoon, sack and sprint races as well as our long throw and long jump competition. Everyone took part with the emphasis on participation and fun. After a short break, the finalists took…
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And just like that it was time for the Cumann na mbunscol summer competition. This got underway with a blitz style format against Realt na Mara and CBS in the Friary field just this week. Both games were a welcome challenge with some great football played and scores taken by each of the teams. Thankfully…
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This month, Ms Halpenny’s 4th class have been creating art piece using various materials. As you can see from the animals displayed below, they have used wooden pegs for ears, feathers for fur, diamonds for spots and many other materials. This gives a great variety of work and opportunities for pupils to expand their range…
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In the last two weeks our lunchtime league has been up and running with Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connacht all fighting it out in a round robin style league format. The teams will play each other once before taking part in two semi-finals to determine our finalists. Check out our senior teams below:
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The chess club tournament came down to the final two with Nerav and Jia Zhi having fought off brave opposition throughout the year. Jia Zhi and Nerav played a very competitive and nail biting final which saw Jia Zhi come out on top. Congratulations to Jia Zhi and Nerav on an eagerly contested final and…
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Our second class headed off on their first school tour in the boys school this week. They took a bus to the Crystal Maze Adventure park in Kilmainhamwood. The boys thoroughly enjoyed themselves and with such a lovely day weather wise why wouldn’t they. Thanks to the second class teachers for organising and the boys…
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We would like to say a big thanks to the pupils who cycled on our annual COW day. As a result of so many of them choosing to cycle to school we smashed our previous COW day record. It was fantastic to see the bike shed bursting with bikes. A huge thanks goes to Ms…
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This week is National Bike Week. Tomorrow, is our Cycle On Wednesday – COW Day! We encourage boys to cycle to school if it is safe to do so. Remember, cyclists must wear a helmet! This week we marked Bike Week 2024 with a number of very exciting line up of events. The first was the the…
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Congratulations to the boys who received their First Holy Communion on Saturday, 11th May. The sun was shining for a joyous ceremony in the Friary Church and reception afterwards in the hall. Many thanks to the school choir, band, altar servers, staff, parents association and Friary Dominicans who worked together to make this such a…
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On Friday 10th May, our school turned RED in support of Louth GAA team reaching their second consecutive Leinster Final. Boys wore their colours and cheered their support for the County team in their match against Dublin. An Lú Abú!
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Today the whole school got together for our May assembly. The assembly started as usual, with a religious piece about our Mother Mary for May. We then heard from our principal about all the things that have been happening in our school such as Chess Club semi finalists, GAA 7s, handwriting, Easter shows, and so…
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On Tuesday evening, our GAA 7s team took the trip to Stabannon Parnells GFC to compete in the 7s county final. Our first match in the blitz saw us play Lordship NS to which we came out on top. On the other pitch, St Mary’s of Drogheda had got the better of St Peter’s NS…
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