St. Eithne's GNS Newsletter

The Christmas spirit has already begun in St. Eithne's with 6th class decorating different doors around the school. Our caretaker Arthur, who is a massive Manchester United fan, was delighted that the elves on his door were wearing the Man United kit. He will be over the moon if they manage to gather a few wins over the Christmas period!

We are delighted to have received the Túsla Child and Youth Participation award today in the Lighthouse Cinema. Aleesha, Sophia, Caoimhe, Ms. O’ Donovan and Ms. Nolan went to collect the award on behalf of our Student Council. Well done to all the girls who have been on our Student Council over the past two years and to Ms. O'Donovan for all the amazing work she does with leading, coordinating and supporting.

Have a look at the fantastic photos from the awards ceremony today in Smithfield:

We have a new Green Schools Committee in the school this year. We have representatives from all classes and our current themes are Global Citizenship, Litter and Waste. Our Green School representatives are:

2nd Class- Maddison Byrne and Sophie Mc Donald

3rd Class- Darcy Gaynor and Ellie Roche

4th Class- Mia Lennon and Emma Brady Evans

5th Class- Madison Madden and Kyrah Harbinson

6th Class-Faye Mc Quaid Mullane and Emily Annan.

We are working towards earning yet another Green Flag for our school. We hope to organise a Spring Clean Day in March and we will be inviting parents and grandparents in to help us out on the day!

Thank you so much to all the parents who came in to 3rd class this month to participate in Science 4 Fun. The girls really enjoyed building models with gears, learning about the skeleton and parts of the plant. Big thank you to Ms Bleheen who finished off the session with an explosive experiment - a Coca Cola Volcano!

A reminder that we will be launching our online school Lotto next week. Parents and community members can sign up for €2.50 per week and be in with the chance of winning the Jackpot! This will be a great fundraiser for the schools. Thanks to those who have signed up already.

Put your phone camera on the following QR Code to get the link to sign up, it's quick and easy!

Our Christmas Raffle will also be taking place on the 12th of December. Tickets have been sent home and the prices are as follows:

€1 each/ Book of 6 for €5

In Ms. Glavin's class we have been learning about light and shadows. We used a Halloween theme and the girls made silhouette art of their favourite Halloween creature and also took turns putting on puppet shows with a shadow puppet theatre. We played with torches and worked on making shadows get bigger and smaller and move across a screen by moving the light source.

Ms Reede's class had a lovely visit to Unity this week to look at the Christmas decorations.

November was a busy and exciting month in 2nd Class! We celebrated our enrollment Mass, marking the start of our preparation for First Confession and First Holy Communion. A highlight of the month was joining a nationwide Zoom call, Dare to Believe, where we had the privilege of hearing from Irish Olympic medalists Kellie Harrington, Daire Lynch, and Philip Doyle.

Science Week brought lots of energy to our classroom, with engaging experiments and hands-on activities that sparked curiosity and a love for discovery. In Maths, we’ve been diving into the topic of Money, enjoying plenty of interactive and practical learning experiences along the way!

In English, we finished our Novel Sleepovers and started into our Procedural writing. In Maths, we have been working really hard on our multiplication. We have had great fun practising our facts by playing games and Hit the Button for homework. In SPHE we have been completely Random Acts of Kindness. Thanks to Lovisa for treating us to cookies as her random act of kindness. In PE, we have been exploring our Athletics strand and learning our javelin and shot putt throws. We may have some future medal winners among us!

We are all ready to get into the Festive Spirit and have a fun filled December.

What a wonderful month it’s been. We have been busy exploring our scientific minds here in 4th Class throughout November. We carried out our Science Blast experiment during Science Week to investigate why/how Diet Coke reacts to different flavours of Mentos. We also loved participating in another chemical reaction experiment using baking soda and vinegar to inflate some balloons.

We have also been working hard on our procedural writing skills. We worked as a team to make a recipe book including all of our favourite meals. We also put Ms Clack to work and guided her through the procedure of making the perfect Ham and Cheese Sandwich.

We are looking forward to making some festive memories next month in December.

November has been another great month for 5th class. We have been learning all about procedural writing and created a recipe book with all of our favourite recipes.

We have been working really hard on our Gaeilge and created pictures of our houses and wrote some detailed pieces to accompany them with all of our new phrases.

Our class also demonstrated a science experiment for assembly for Science Week. We learned all about friction and tested how different surfaces create friction by designing a ramp with different materials. We used a toy car to rest which material slowed it down the most. We had great fun!!

As December approaches, we are getting ready for the festive season as we decorate classroom doors & practice Christmas Carols. We are looking forward to all the festivities happening over the coming weeks!

Please email steithnesgns@gmail.com or call 01-8480630 if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you for your continued support,

Cormac Henry

Principal