November 2024 - Scratch Competition Entries

Thank you to all the students who entered game ideas for this year’s Scratch coding competition.

Sandra has chosen the games that will go into production starting next week…

Kick the Football in the Donut by Harley O’Dowd, Mason Murray and Bella McGrane from Mr Farrell’s class
Sea Creatures by Lucy Devlin, Elise McGlynn and Paige Sullivan from Mr McGreevy’s class
The Fashion Show by Libby and Liza in Mr Deering’s class
The Mad Cat Dash by Pauls Savelis and Laurence Kenny in Mr Deering’s class
Racing Pets by Anna O’Shea, Olivia Leung and Ellie Hanway in Mr Farrell’s class
Super Bears Adventure by Melissa in Mr Farrell’s class
Where Are They? by Ruby O’Neill, Anna Mills Gallager and Christopher Boylan in Ms Kearney’s class
Mr Wolf by Emily Kelly, Alannah Fagan and Sofia Wilson in Dillon/O’Brien’s class
Rainbow Run by Lilly Fitzgerald and Hannah Conroy in Ms Carroll’s class
Music Madnessby by Amelia and Aimee in Ms Carroll’s class
Super Mario Kittys by Annija Savele and Beth Howard in Dillon/O’Brien’s class
Clue Crew by Aoife Liew, Emily Andrews and Emily McMurray in Ms Carroll’s class
Super Fishie by Bella McManus and Pauline Podoba in Ms Heffernan’s class
Virtual Paws by Elizabeth Mellon, Jessica Fleming and Ines Antolin Rodriguez in Ms Heffernan’s class
Fly Guy by Noah De La Vega, Benjamin Talbot and Mikey Gallagher in Ms Heffernan’s class
Grandma’s Birthday by Neda Dervinyte, Faye Lynch and Erica McLaren in Ms Heffernan’s class
Decoding Disaster by Cillian and Connor Fitzgerald in Ms Kearney’s and Ms Murray’s classes
Spy or Die by Lily Howard and Eimear Fleming in Ms Hickey’s class
Billy Goes Pop by Zara Collins, Molly Brennan and Kayla Hui in Mr Mulvany’s class
Time Travel Trivia Quest by Paul Keller-Hand, Joe Jordan and Timur Bakirov in Mr Mulvany’s class
Flip a Human by Emma Jacques in Ms Courtney’s class
Game with no name by Aishu Sivakumar in Ms Hickey’s class

November 2024 - Harry Potter Launch

Sandra visited all the 3rd and 4th classes this week to launch this year’s Harry Potter Party.

The Harry Potter Party, or Hogsmeade Fair, takes place in June. Honeydukes will be there selling sweets like chocolate frogs and bertie botts every flavour beans. The three broomsticks will be selling potion drinks

To get an invitation to the fair all you have to do is prove that you have read one Harry Potter book.

The stalls will not be accepting muggle money so you will have to earn some wizard money to buy treats and you can do that at the fair by doing Harry Potter activities like being sorted into your house or making your own wand.

However, there is a way to show up at the fair with wizard money already in your pocket! Read the books! For every Harry Potter book you can prove you read, Sandra will put a sticker in your homework journal which will be worth wizard money for the fair. The bigger books will be worth more money than the smaller ones.

Now this is not homework. It’s not a school project. It’s just for fun. So you have three options.

1. If you hate Harry Potter then just ignore the whole thing and you can stay in class while the fair is on next summer.
2. If you want to go to the fair but don’t want to do a lot of reading, just read the first book and get your invitation, you will still be able to earn money and get some treats.
3. If you love Harry Potter or just love chocolate! Read as many books as you can and make extra money to get extra treats for yourself or your friends. If you manage to read all 7 you get a special badge.

You can come in to the office anytime with your homework journal to get a sticker.

This is the best party in the school. Really! Some of you who don’t go this year will be begging Sandra in fifth and sixth class for a chance to come to the Harry Potter party. Well you can’t. This year is your only chance so make the most of it!

November 2024 - Re-turn Rivalry

The Re-turn Rivalry competition got off to a great start today with the classes collecting three huge bags of cans and plastic bottles. Congratulations to Ms Heffernan’s class who managed to collect over 100 units on the first day! They win a homework pass for the class. The Parents Association are also offering a homework pass to the first class to get to 500 units!

The first day, we collected 426 units and made 71 euros!

The class rivalry runs all month and the class that brings in the most cans and bottles for the month wins a pizza party in December so get recycling!

October 2024 - Halloween

The school went a bit mad today with ghosts and dinosaurs stalking the halls and invisible men sitting in class! Ms Courtney’s class organised the annual dress up competition which was won by Timur Bakirov! The homemade costumes were fabulous and obviously took a lot of time, effort and imagination! Well done everyone!

October 2024 - Credit Union Art

The theme for this year’s Credit Union art competition was ‘The Joys of Life’. Over 60 artists in the school entered their interpretations of the theme. Below is a selection of entries. Emma Jacques wrote a poem to go with her entry!

Chloe Igoe Robert Byrne Ruby O’Neill Christopher Boylan Mark Cruz Aimee Thompson Emma Jacques:

October 2024 - Heritage in Schools Visit

Ross Cochrane from The Heritage Council is visiting the school to bring all the classes around the grounds to explore our wonderful nature walk. The children gained a lot of information about our natural environment here in RSNS and had a great time despite the rain!

Did you know that there are 135 types of blackberry? Well, we do now!

13th September 2024 - Quiz Try Outs

Thank you to everyone who tried out for this year’s quiz squads. The squad competitions will start next week.

The Junior Squad are :

Abby Canavan, Áíne McMahon, Anna O’Shea, April Bradley, Brodie Crowley, Chloe O’Reilly, Clodagh Goggin, Cooper O’Neill, Daisy Owens, Ellie Guyatt, Emily Andrews, Eva Malone, Fionn Walsh, Hannah Conroy, Laurence Kenny, Leila Fitzroy, Lilly Fitzgerald, Luke Cheevers, Lydia Frost, Olivia Leung, and Paige Sullivan.

The Senior Squad are :

Bella McManus, Benjamin Talbot, Bobby Allen Whelan, Brian Curran, Chloe Igoe, Christopher Boylan, Cillian Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Mellon, Emilio McGurk, Emma Jacques, Erica McLaren, Finn Friswell, Grace Coady, Grace Dingle, Hannah Hickey Doherty, Jessica Fleming, Liam Curran, Oisín Curran, Rachel Gallagher, Ruby O’Neill and Tadhg McGlynn.