Each class took part in either a colouring completion or a slogan competition recently. There were some colourful entries from the junior classes and some excellent slogans from the senior classes. It was tough to choose a winner. However, one winner was chosen from each class and an overall winning slogan was chosen to be…
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It’s that time of the year again….just before the ‘Spring Clean’ gets underway, our Parents Council want to remind you of the Bag 2 School collection in St Malachy’s BNS in association with LauraLynn House and Children’s Sunshine Home. Your child will have received their Bag 2 School pack this week and as instructed, the bags…
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You know it’s Christmas in the Friary Boys when we all gather in the hall with Christmas hats and jumpers (even Mr Stanley had one….with lights!!) to sing Christmas songs and get prizes. The Christmas assembly is a special one and it certainly was a particularly joyous one this year. All classes performed individual songs…
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Below are some important dates for your diary: 21 Dec 2018: School Christmas Holidays 7 Jan 2019: School Re-opens 27 Jan 2019: Commitment Ceremony (2nd Class) 6 Feb 2019: Bag2School Collection 7 Feb 2019: Memory Lane School Photographs 18-22 Feb 2019: School closed. Mid-term break. 13 Mar 2019: First Confession (2nd Class) 14 Mar 2019:…
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Ms Halpenny’s class have been busy practising their building skills before the big man in the red suit arrives. Today they constructed moveable objects such as fans, whisks and ferris wheels using Knex. This improves the children’s fine motor skills and is also a lot of fun. Well done to Ms Halpenny’s class and thank…
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Many thanks to Dundalk Young Irelands GFC who came in to show us the Louth league, Louth championship and Leinster championship that they won last weekend. Some of the squad arrived and were welcomed by a hall that was packed with children from the boys, girls and infants school. We wish them the very best…
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In Ms Halpenny’s class today, as part of their SPHE programme and in conjunction with our Green flag initiative on travel in which they learned all about road safety. The RSA endorse a road safety campaign for 2nd class on the importance of wearing high visibility clothing when out walking, cycling or playing. As such, all…
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Thank you to Dundalk Fire Brigade who visited our 3rd classes (Ms Ronan & Mr Farrell) on Tuesday to demonstrate the importance of fire safety at Christmas time. This is a wonderful time of year for lights, trees and singing decorations, however we must also be so careful and ensure we plug out lights before…
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Originally part of a fundraising initiative set up in the 50’s. The Wheel of Fortune at the Friary is as popular now as ever. Recognised by many local people as a significant date on the Christmas calendar, the wheel has generated significant funds for the Friary schools over the years. Friends of the Friary get…
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A huge thanks to West Midlands Drama who put on a fantastic show for our boys on Friday. West Midlands Drama performed the tale of ‘Old King Cole’ and the boys enjoyed it a lot and we look forward to seeing you in St Malachy’s BNS again in the near future.
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Congratulations once again to Mr Conlon’s 5th Class who picked up the Golden Boot for the second week in a row. 41% of the class walked, cycled or car pooled in the first week and this week they increased this to 49%. We would engage all parents and children to consider their journey to school…
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A huge Thank You to Paul from DKIT who visited our school as part of our Science week. Paul introduced all classes to wind energy and allowed the boys to build their own wind powered turbine. Also a big thanks to our very own scientists throughout the school who helped to set up the science…
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We are so honoured to have not one but two fantastic pupils in Liam Mc Cabe and Jack Mackin representing our country in kickboxing. Not only are they representing us but they’ve come back into school with a Gold, Silver and a Bronze medal from the 2018 World Championships that were held in the Citywest,…
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Ms Ronan’s 3rd class completing their ‘Hour of Code’ as part of Code Week 2018. Check out our photos.
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Our very hard working Student Council taught up of a really exciting competition in the run up to Halloween whereby they would fill two Jars with a secret number of sweets and allow our students to guess the exact number. It was somewhat of a lucky dip some might say but not our two winners!…
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