St. Eithne's GNS Newsletter

We were so proud of everyone that was involved in this year's St Eithne's got Talent. All of the participants showed their talent, diversity and unique skills through their acts and were given an amazing level of support by the whole school community. The show would not have been as successful if it were not for the dedicated backstage crew who completed their duties with great skill. There was even a surprise interval act by the teachers who showed all of the girls their Tik-Tok moves.

The difficult task of choosing the winners fell to our 3 judges- James Hayden, Sharyn Ward and Ita Slattery. We also had the privilege of hearing Sharyn sing at the intermission.

After some very tough deliberations, the judges had made their decision.

In 3rd place were Alexa and Jessica who performed a dance (in shark suits), in 2nd place were Emily, Erin, Aoibheann, Izzy, Darcy, Sophie, Harper and Ella- Rose in 4th Class with a a combination of singing and dancing to the song 'Popular' from Wicked, and in 1st place was Holly from 2nd class, who sang 'We're all in this Together' from High School Musical.

We are all so proud of everyone. It was such a positive day that showed the wider community what a talented and happy school we are.

Well done everyone!

Congratulations to our wonderful 6th Class girls who graduated on Wednesday. The girls put on a fantastic celebration for the whole school, as well as their families and friends, marking the end of a very special chapter in their lives.

A huge well done to all those who received special awards on the day, including our Student of the Year, Sofia Guerra Meirelles Ferreira. The girls also received fabulous graduation packs from our HSCL Coordinator, Adrienne Nolan, which included professional photographs by Michael Edwards and useful Maths glance cards that will no doubt come in handy next year.

They were delighted to watch a special video showcasing their time in St. Monica’s and St. Eithne’s GNS, filled with treasured memories, photographs, and highlights from the many fun activities they have enjoyed throughout their years at school. A sincere thank you to Ms. O’Rourke for putting this wonderful tribute together and for all that she has done to make their final year in 6th Class such a memorable and special one.

We are incredibly proud of each and every one of them and wish them every success and happiness as they begin the next exciting stage of their journey in secondary school.

Well done to all our children and staff who put so much work into STEM in our school and for receiving yet another Curious Minds Awards. Well done to Ms. Nolan for putting the application together and for organising various initiatives throughout the year. Our feedback was as follows:

"Congratulations to everyone at St. Eithne’s Senior GNS on your award! Your submission clearly shows that there was a huge amount of STEM work done in the school this year. It’s clear that St. Eithne’s is full of budding Scientists. There were some very interesting investigations carried out, including testing how well materials conducted heat, investigating the life cycle of frogs, and designing fizzy planets. Keep up the fantastic work and well done on your award! It's a real credit to the pupils, teachers and whole school community."

On June 22nd, our Student Council had the opportunity to visit Leinster House. During their visit, they had a guided tour of the Houses of the Oireachtais and took part in a workshop all about citizenship and democracy. Afterwards, they enjoyed their lunch in the grounds of Trinity College. The girls were extremely well- behaved and really impressed the ushers and tour guides with their questions and commentary. They really did their school proud, well done girls!

Thank you to Ms. O'Donovan for all the great work that has been done with our Student Council throughout the year!

From 15th–19th June, St. Eithne’s GNS enjoyed a fantastic Wellbeing Week as part of our Amber Flag initiative. It was a wonderful opportunity for everyone to focus on kindness, gratitude, mindfulness and looking after our wellbeing.

Each morning started with Morning Toast, wellbeing check-ins and positive affirmations. Classes also came together in the yard to sing "Treat People With Kindness", helping to spread a positive message throughout the school and reminding us all of the importance of being kind to one another.

The week was filled with a variety of wellbeing activities. On Mindful Monday, pupils enjoyed mindful colouring and writing letters to their future selves. Thankful Tuesday encouraged children to think about the people who help and support them through activities such as creating gratitude cards. The week finished with Feel Good Friday, where pupils enjoyed a relaxing start to the day and celebrated all the kindness and positivity shown throughout the week at assembly.

Wellbeing Week was a great success and it was lovely to see so much enthusiasm from pupils across the school. A big thank you to our Amber Flag Committee and staff who helped organise the activities and make the week so enjoyable for everyone.

A huge thank you to Anto, our wonderful lollipop man, who kindly organised an ice cream van for all of the children on Friday, 19th June. It was a lovely way to end our fun and busy Wellbeing and Active Week, and a delicious summer treat that was thoroughly enjoyed by all of the girls.

Thank you, Anto, for your generosity and for all of the kindness and care you show to the pupils of St Eithne’s GNS throughout the year. Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated by our entire school community.

A huge thank you to everyone who supported our ReTurn Bottle and Can Collection this year. We are incredibly grateful to all of the parents, children and staff who donated bottles and cans throughout the last term and helped make this initiative such a success. A special mention also to Siobhán Andrews for her generous contributions and to Ann for her tremendous hard work coordinating the collection and organising treats for the girls with the proceeds.

Thanks to the generosity of our school community, an amazing €1,057.55 was raised. The funds were used to help cover the cost of buses for school tours and to provide treats for our Wellbeing and Active Week celebrations. Children enjoyed crisps and juice at St Eithne’s Got Talent, jellies and icepops after our Volleyball session, hot chocolates in Unity, and the collection also helped fund a pizza treat for the entire school.

Thank you once again to everyone who contributed. Your support helped create many wonderful experiences and happy memories for the children of St Eithne’s GNS. We look forward to continuing this fantastic initiative in the future.

We have had a wonderful past few weeks in 2nd Class! A very special highlight was celebrating our First Holy Communion. It was such a special day, the girls looked beautiful as they marked this important occasion. We also had great fun on our school tour to DCU Let’s Go with our friends in 3rd Class, where we enjoyed lots of amazing activities including inflatables, archery, VR and fun team challenges.

We have done some outdoor learning over the past month, including chalk art, rounders and participating in Active and Wellbeing Week where we loved moving our bodies, working together and showing kindness to one another. We also made clay medals in Art to remind us that everyone is a winner.

We began buddy reading with our friends in 6th Class. It has been lovely sharing stories, building confidence in reading and making new friendships.

Eithne’s Got Talent brought lots of excitement. We were so proud of our friends who performed. A special congratulations to Holly, who came 1st place with her lovely singing and dancing performance of We’re All in This Together!

We have had such a fun and memorable year in 2nd Class and have made so many happy memories together. We hope everyone has a wonderful summer filled with fun, sunshine and new adventures. We can’t wait to start our new journey in 3rd Class!

June has been a busy and exciting month in 3rd Class! We had a fantastic time taking part in Wellbeing and Active Week, enjoying lots of activities that helped us stay active, work together and look after our wellbeing. We especially loved spreading kindness each morning through our Wellbeing Anthem, Treat People With Kindness.

One of the highlights of the month was our school tour to Let's Go DCU, where everyone had great fun playing, exploring and spending time with friends. We also thoroughly enjoyed watching the amazing performances in Eithne's Got Talent and were so impressed by the talent on display in our class and throughout the school. Well done to all who took part, you were amazing

We have been busy ticking off lots of activities from our Summer Wishlist too. Some of our favourites included a trip to Edenmore Park, Show and Tell, outdoor games and activities, a fun class quiz, and a visit to Unity. It has been wonderful making memories together and enjoying our final weeks in 3rd Class.

We are very proud of all the hard work, kindness and enthusiasm shown by everyone this year and wish all our pupils and families a happy, safe and enjoyable summer break!

Fourth class have had a busy June starting with our school tour to Fort Lucan. We had an amazing time. Shout out to Ann and the girls and all their hard work collecting bottles to reduce the cost.

During Eithnes Got Talent, our class group came second with some great choreography and singing. We also had some talented presenters and back stage crew!

We really enjoyed our GAA blitz and Volleyball during Active Week and making our own medals was great fun. Big congratulations to all our medal winners. After all that work we had some well earned breaks with pizza and a visit from the ice cream van.

What a way to end the year !

We have had a very busy June this year in 5th class. We have been working very hard in Literacy and Gaeilge, creating our own short story accompanied by a book cover and blurb. We also took on the role of weather reporters in our Gaeilge Réamhaisnéis na hAimsire.

We were also learning all about teeth in science and conducted an egg experiment to learn how certain drinks can affect our teeth. We were so lucky to be invited to Chanel college to try out some secondary school subjects and the girls really enjoyed taking part in a woodwork class. They got to work with lots of different tools to create their own personalised phone holders!

We also got a visit from Cycling Ireland to celebrate National Bike Week, the girls were shown how to properly wear a helmet and took part in loads of fun games and activities. We were also so proud of some of our 5th class girls who represented our school in the Santry Cumann na mBunscol Athletics competition.

We also had a great day on our school tour at Fortlucan Adventureland, the girls loved the slides, go karting and water slides!

We have has a great June this year and we wish the girls a safe and enjoyable summer!

From all in St. Eithne's GNS, have a safe and happy summer break and see you on Thursday the 27th of August 2026.

To get in contact, please email steithnesgns@gmail.com or call 01-8480630.

Thank you for your continued support,

Cormac Henry

Principal