What a fabulous Active Week we have had! The children have been so busy and had their bodies moving in lots of different ways and through lots of different activities. Thank you to everyone who has engaged with the different activities this week - and a special word of thanks to all of the adults who contributed by leading the children through special activities for this week. Thanks also to James who coordinated the entire week so expertly!

Each day, classes have teamed up to run laps of Blessington Street Basin. We have adding together all of the metres they have run across the school with the aim of running the length of Ireland - from Malin Head in County Donegal to Mizen Head in County Cork - a total of 644km.

And we did it! Congratulations to everyone who took part.

Well done to everyone who did their Active Homework this week and posted their videos and photos on Seesaw. It was great to see everyone having fun at home getting active.

Thanks to Rosalia and the PlayLeaders for leading fitness sessions for classes throughout the week. Great to get our bodies moving early in the day so our brains are ready for learning!

All of our classes were invited to lovely yoga sessions with Lorna and Katie and the children loved practising their different yoga poses, stretching their bodies and having some quiet, calm moments in the midst of a very busy week.

Andy led sessions for our senior classes in hockey this week, while Neasa introduced hurling to 1st and 2nd and Carla got our Infant children practising football. A new set of skills for many. Well done everyone for taking part.

A team of coaches from Bohemians Football Club came on Wednesday to run football sessions - the children were thrilled to practise their skills and show the coaches what they could do!

Unfortunately, our Sports Day couldn't take place on Thursday as planned as the weather was so poor. We have postponed to Monday 23rd and have our fingers crossed for some sunshine!

On Monday, you will be able to view your child's end of year report on Aladdin. These reports have been written by your child's class teacher to give you an overview of how your child has managed in school this year. They include really important things like your child listens in class, how they work with others and how they

For children from 1st - 6th Class, you will see the results of the standardised tests your child completed this year. Standardised tests measure how well your child is doing in reading and maths, compared to other children in Irish schools. Please remember that this is ONE way to measure your child's progress - there are many other ways too. Read the teacher's comments carefully - they will let you know how you can support your child at home.

What are Standardised Tests used for?

• Keep track of your child’s progress and plan teaching – teachers use the test results to see how each child is doing and to spot any areas where they might need extra help.
• Keep parents/carers informed – The scores give you a picture of how your child is doing compared to other children in the class and across the country.
• Improve the school – we use the results to review how well we are doing and find ways to make teaching even better.

What a wonderful afternoon we had today at our International Food Fair. As always - you did not disappoint. Huge thanks to everyone who brought food and helped to create such a fabulous event for everyone to enjoy. There was so much delicious food and we are so grateful to all the families who went to such effort to share so much food for all of us. Thanks to Patricia, Kate and the Diversity team for coordinating!

We are delighted to announce that we have won a Curious Minds Gold Award for our dedication to hands-on, curiosity-driven learning in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering. Maths). Our children have learned about lots of fascinating topics this year by conducting a range of practical STEM challenges. These engaging activities include design and make projects, math trails, rocket launches, Try5 STEM project, talking to astronauts, robotics and coding, and much more.

Special well done to Sile's Senior Infants and Greg's 3rd Class who took part in a special video to showcase our STEM learning, to teacher Catherine who spoke about our commitment to STEM learning and to Jawahir in 3rd Class who stole the show with a superb turn as a TV presenter! Thanks as always to Greg who has coordinated this work in our school for so many years.

On Wednesday, the children from Lorna's class, Sile's Senior Infants, Molly and Neasa's 2nd Classes and Sean and Andy's 4th Classes were invited to DCU to celebrate International Day of Play. The children were treated to a whole range of play activities by the lecturers in DCU - everything from building huts, to jewellery-making, woodwork, music, drama, creative writing, Lego robotics, and more! It was a wonderful day and the children were excellent ambassadors for our school. Huge thanks to the team at DCU for inviting us to take part - it was so much fun!

3rd, 4th and 5th Classes had some in-class workshops this week from the 'Quavers to Quadratics' team. The workshops are designed to support children to make links between music and science. The children will all be going to the National Concert Hall next week for the second part of the workshop.

5th Class visited the Hugh Lane Gallery for a fantastic art workshop this morning.

Our aim is for every child to have attendance of 95%+.

Well done to all of the classes who are meeting - and exceeding our 95% target:

Lorna's Class - 100%

Shauna's 5th Class - 97.1%

Alannah's 1st Class - 95%

23rd June - Sports Day

24th and 25th - End of Year Performances - 1.00 p.m

26th June - 6th Class Graduation - 1.00 p.m

27th June - School closes at 12 noon

Dublin City Council are hosting 'Funtropolis' this weekend - Saturday AND Sunday in Mountjoy Square Park. It is FREE and there are so many brilliant activities for families and children - from toddlers to much older children, there's something for everyone.

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