St. Leonard's National School, Dunnamaggin

Cycle Right Stage 1 – Cycling Safety Programme for 5th & 6th Class Our 5th and 6th class pupils are taking part in the Cycle Right Stage 1 Cycling Safety Programme, delivered by South East Cycling Safety. This nationally recognised programme is aligned with Cycle Right, the national standard for cycling safety training in Ireland, and is supported by Cycling Ireland, the RSA and An Taisce. This initiative forms part of our Green-Schools Travel theme, encouraging active, susta

Cycle Right Stage 1 – Cycling Safety Programme for 5th & 6th Class Our 5th and 6th class pupils is taking part in the Cycle Right Stage 1 Cycling Safety Programme, delivered by South East Cycling Safety. This nationally recognised programme is aligned with Cycle Right, the national standard for cycling safety training in Ireland, and is supported by Cycling Ireland, the RSA and An Taisce. This initiative forms part of our Green-Schools Travel theme, encouraging active, sustai

The Green-Schools Committee met to finalise their environmental review. The researched marine animals and created a fact-file about their chosen animal. They then went to other classes to inform pupils about marine animals and the threats to their habitats and to their survival. The Green-Schools Committee will now identify goals and provide a structured timetable in their Action Plan.

Last Thursday, 3rd Class had a fantastic day at the Stripe Primary Young Scientist Exhibition in the RDS, Dublin, where they proudly presented their project titled “Food Detectives – What’s in Our Food?”. Through their project, the pupils explored what is really in the food we eat every day. They carried out a range of engaging experiments, including investigating which foods deteriorate fastest, examining grease spots to identify hidden fats, observing mould growth on differ

Congratulations to Dunnamaggin who captured the Roinn C Boys Football Final yesterday evening with a hard-fought victory over a gallant Kilmacow side in very challenging wet conditions in Piltown. It was a fine, competitive game played with great skill and determination by both teams. A special word of congratulations to team captain Cathal Lawton, who led the boys superbly on the night. Well done also to Tom and Pascal, whose commitment and dedication in training the team pl

Ms O'Keffee's class play Little Drummer Boy on the tin whistles. Enjoy!

Duck!! You could get hit! 3rd class have a snowball fight with their catapults!

Congratulations to all the children on a truly wonderful Christmas concert today. The pupils brought the Christmas Story to life beautifully in the church, creating a very special and memorable occasion for everyone present. Ms O’Keeffe’s class set the tone with lovely tin whistle music, while our 5th and 6th class pupils confidently narrated the story. 2nd class did a fantastic job acting out the Nativity, with wonderful performances from Mary, Joseph, the angels, shepherds

3rd Class designed and built catapults! They then tested their catapults by "throwing" pom poms and marshmallows. We tested their launching abilities in the hall, both on the ground (flat) and standing (tilted). We then had a "snowball fight".

Santa Claus arrived into school on Monday with his reindeer and elf on tow! The excitement was electric! Santa confirmed thst all the boys and girls in Dunnamaggin are on the 'Nice List" and just asked that they leave a carrot out for Rudolph. Merry Christmas Santa and safe travels next week. Many thanks to the Parents Association for providing selection boxes for all the children. All proceeds from the festive visit are going towards Crumlin Children's hospital.

3rd class enjoyed some hot chocolate and cookies last Friday. They wore their Christmas jumpers and some even brought in their slippers. A very festive feel to the Late Late Toy Show Friday.

3rd Class have been very busy learning about various foods and how to read food tables and nutritional information. They put labels/ foods into groups and then put the foods in each category into healthiest to unhealthiest. It was amazing what they discovered and they were shocked themselves as to what they considered healthy!!

Many thanks to Michelle Culloty for a wonderful, engaging and interesting Maths quiz. Lots of maths talk, estimation and fun was had.

On Thursday we had a very exciting visitor; local author TJ Reid came to talk to our classes about his books and how he became an author. He read a chapter from his book, "Demon Wars" and we brought his just published new book also. Lots of questions, lots of interest and lots of inspiration to start writing stories and books ensued. Many thanks to TJ for coming to talk to us.

It's a hive of activity in St Leonard's these days as work has began on our new agility playground!! We can't wait to use it.

Over the past few months, 3rd class have been busy thinking, questioning, sketching and building as part of the STEPS Engineering Project . Five enthusiastic teams took on the challenge of designing something that could make life easier, safer, or more fun. Their ideas were wonderfully creative — from Pet Entertainers  to keep animals active, a Bright Bin  to help with tidy classrooms, a Toasty Blanket  for cosy winter days, a Solar-Powered Car  for a greener future, and a cl

3rd class added some music to their poem "On the Ning Nang Nong" by Spike Milligan. The result was very noisy!

On Thursday, Mrs Langton and Mrs Croke's classes set off on an exciting Science Week adventure. Our first stop was Dunmore Caves , where we enjoyed a guided tour deep underground. We saw impressive stalagmites and stalactites, and learned about the 700 bats  that live there. We also discovered that Viking remains had once been found in the caves, adding a fascinating historical twist to the visit. Next, we travelled to Castlecomer Discovery Park  to take part in their Science