Registration for Confirmation (Reminder)

Don't forget that registration forms for Confirmation have to be returned to the parish office (not the school) before the 11th of November. The forms were handed out to all relevant 6th class boys today at school.

Happy Halloween

Hopefully it will be a fun and safe Halloween mid-term break for Pupils, Parents and Staff.

See you all in November.

 Jack-O-Lanterns made by Ms. Kinnane

Board Game Playing Day

Today in Star of the Sea we had board game playing day. We usually do it as a fundraiser but this year we did it just for fun because we had already brought in money for The Missions earlier in the week. It was great fun and a lovely way to finish the half term.

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Football Semi-Final

The Corn Chlann na nGael semi-final that was postponed last week will now take place tomorrow, Thursday 24th, at 2.45pm in Pearse Park, Crumlin. The squad will leave the school at 1.50pm and return to the school at 4.30pm (approx).

 

G.S. Cluáin Dalgan will be a very good side but hopefully we can be better.

 

All support greatly appreciated.

 

 

Come on the Star.

Halloween Safety

Yesterday Garda Pat McDonagh from Ringsend Garda Station came in to speak to the boys in 5th and 6th classes about being safe over the Halloween Period. He gave a general talk about safety with a particular emphasis on being careful near bonfires and he said that it is important to stay away from fireworks.

 

Elev8 Sports Quiz Champions

Check out Brian, Ben, Oisín and Joshua and the rest of the class appearing on yesterday's Elev8 on RTÉ. We got the highest ever score in the Sports Quiz but unfortunately we did not win the night off homework.

Click link below to view....

http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10215175/

Phones Leader Board

Phones leader board for all classes organised by Daniel and Flinn from our class.

TEACHER	NO. OF PHONES
Ms. McCarthy	6
Ms. Mulhern	9
Ms. Lacey	14
Mr. Madden	7
Ms. Farrell	8
Ms. Conway	17
Ms. Finnerty	10
Ms. Russell	3
Mr. O’ Maonlaile	21
Mr. O’ Brolleacháin	6
Mr. Walsh	2
Mr. Collins	19
Mr. Munnelly	9
Mr. Foley	27
Total:	158

Elev8

Don't forget to tune into RTE 2 tomorrow (Tuesday 22nd) from 4pm onward to see our class on Elev8.

Holland Project Ideas (for general page)

Country Name:

Pupil Name:

 

 

 

 

Flag:

 

 

Population:	GDP:
Surface area:	Maritime/landlocked:
Currency:	Highest point
Head of government:	Any famous historical disaster:
National Sport:	Capital:
Languages . . .	Other large cities . . .
Bordering countries: . . . .	Native animals: . . . .
Famous man made landmarks . .	Famous natural features . .
Famous citizens . .	Music groups . .
National dress          :	Synonymous Cuisine:
Longest river:	Main source of employment:
Location of Capital Longitude: Latitude:	Exports . .
Climate type(s)	Crime figures (statistics)
Pastimes: . .	Main religions . .
Natural resources . .	Crops grown . . .

 

Aboriginal Pointillism

In History this week we were studying The Aborigines. They are a native race of people from Australia. In integration with these lessons we decided to do some Pointillism. This is a style of painting done by Aborigines using dots. We created all sorts of pictures based on things from nature like turtles, dolphins, jelly-fish, plants, paw prints, lizards, leaves, trees and rivers.

 

We hope you like them.

Maths Week

In school this week we had Maths week. It was interesting and we got to do fun maths games and activities. Anthony from our class won a share of the prize in "Guess how many sweets are in the jar."

For more info. see
http://www.mathsweek.ie/

Mobile Phone Collection

One of our big responsibilities in sixth class this year is to collect mobile phones from all the classes in the school. We give the phones to Irish Autism Action and they use them to generate funding for their charity. In return for every 120 phones we donate to them they give the school a brand new laptop to be used by the boys in the school. We sixth class boys are put in pairs and assigned one class in the school to motivate and collect phones from. The first class to bring in 50 phones gets a special treat from Ms.Condon and each class who brings in 50 phones after that gets a night off homework. Our class is currently in the lead with 27 phones closely followed by Mr. O'Maonlaile's class with 21 phones. In total the school has collected over 140 phones so that is one brand new laptop for the school already.

Well done boys.

Drum Nature Workshop

Yesterday in school we had the drum nature workshop. We had great fun and covered the important percussion part of the primary school music curriculum.


Check out the link below.


http://www.drumnature.com/schools.html#primary

Fire Safety

Check out new fire safety website for children designed by Dublin Fire Brigade. A great resource for families that includes a fun quiz.

www.firesafety4kids.ie

Football Semi-final. ALL SUPPORT WELCOME

Our school senior team will compete in the Corn Chlann na nGael semi final this Thursday at 2.45pm in Pearse Park, Crumlin. We will play G.S. Cluain Dalgan who provided very stiff competition to us at this stage last year. They will have a very good team.

Hopefully our boys will play to the best of their ability and really enjoy the game. Come on the Star.

ALL SUPPORT WELCOME.

Play Recommendation

For the children who enjoyed the play in the previous blog post there is another very good production coming up this weekend in The Ark Theatre. It is called "Lifeboat" and it was written by Nicola McCartney. It is a drama that is set in World War 2 (which we will be studying later this year).

Check out the link here....

http://ark.ie/events/view/lifeboat

A True Tall Tale

Last Friday 6th Class went to see "A True Tall Tale" by Gruppe 38 and Carte Blance. The play took place in the Smock Alley Theatre and was organised through the Ark Theatre as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.
We had a great  day out, the play was very entertaining and everyone loved the hammocks.
Thanks to Finn's Mum who recommended the play and came along to help out on the day.

Check out the link here
https://www.dublintheatrefestival.com/Online/A_True_Tall_Tale