St. Leonard's National School, Dunnamaggin

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.

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

3rd and 4th classhad their final session of 2025 with Philly Campion on Thursday. Thanks to Dunnamaggin GAA for allowing us to use the astro turf!

Witches, skeletons, zombies, Michael Jackson, Superheros, The Lorax and many more characters invaded St Leonard's on Thursday for Halloween dress up day. The Costume parade, followed by a spooky dance or two and the announcement of the "How many Spiders" made for a very special and scary day in school 🎃

4th and 5th Class visited 3rd class during Maths Week to "test" their Maths Eyes and check their maths skills!

3rd class are working on their Maths Eyes. They took a photo of someat home that showed Maths and made up 3 questions based on their photo. We are having great fun finding out the answers!

3rd & 4th class headed to Mullinavat GAA Pitch Thursday morning for a hurling and Gaelic Football Blitz with schools from Glenmore, ...

3rd class began their autumn tree paintings / collage. First the painted autumn colours for the leaves, mixing a variety of paint colours...

As part of our STEAM we had the task of creating the longest paper chain using only 1 piece of paper. The results were staggering!

As part of our Geography Field Trip to discover and identify the natural features around Dunnamaggin, we visited our local well. For...

3rd class investigated car registrations to practice their place value in maths.