St. Leonard's National School, Dunnamaggin

2nd and 3rd class were investigating bridges and designed the strongest bridge they could with an A4 sheet of paper. They folded a sheet...

Many thanks to KRSP for the loan of 7 balance bikes and helmets. The Junior end of the school got great "mileage" from the bikes,...

What a day in 2nd & 3rd Class. World Book Day 2025. As a school we did one Book throughout the classes; After The Fall by Dan Santat. We...

2nd and 3rd class were practicing their engineering skills with the Lego Education Boxes on lian from Kilkenny Education Centre. They...

2nd and 3rd class used the ipads to revise fractions and Time in maths by completing a QR Code Scavenger Hint around the school.

2nd and 3rd class made beautiful 3D Valentine's Cards.

Well done to our Under 11 quiz team who participated in the St. Canice's Credit Union Quiz. The boys were brilliant and should be very...

Merry Christmas everyone from 2nd & 3rd Class.

We had six weeks of gymnastics with Caoimhe where children explored balance, rolling, stretch, hand stands and cartwheels.

3rd class have been developing their engineering skills and with the guidance of the STEPS Engineering project, they came up with an idea...

In art we worked with Fabric and Fibre to create some stunning haute couture for our doll templates. The results were stunning...

2nd and 3rd class to part in the Curious Minds Science Week webinar on Monday.

On Tuesday, our 2nd and 3rd class students enjoyed an exciting history trip to Kilkenny! They explored the magnificent Kilkenny Castle...

Welcome to 2nd & 3rd Class. Mrs Langton is our teacher and Ms Rodgers is our SNA. We have been very busy the past few weeks. We met the...

Juniors, Seniors, 1st & 2nd classes went down to the woods looking for signs of summer. We had a picnic and then they participated in...

Well done and Congratulations to the 17 children who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday, May 4th. It was a very special day for...

2nd & 3rd class combined their procedural writing and STEM as they planned, discussed, investigated, designed and tested traps to catch a...

2nd, 3rd & 4th class went on the annual Easter walk this afternoon. They started at the old cemetery, visiting the High Cross, the old...

Well done to the Greenschools Committee and 2nd & 3rd class who cleaned around the village this morning as part of national spring clean.

Well done to the 17 pupils who made their First Confession on Wednesday evening. Thanks to Fr Fearghus for making it such a special...

2nd and 3rd class were set the task of building a bridge (Civil Engineering) 14cm wide (A4 sheet) and when built was tested by adding...

Bhí an Poc agus Cic fada againn am trathnóna. Bhain an rang sult agus spraoi as an gcomórtas. Comhgairdeas do na buatóirí 👏 Míle...

We have been working on Determining Importance as a reading strategy. We read "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" and discussed,...

The Junior School opened Catholic Schools Week with a beautiful Prayer Service in the hall on Monday. They sang, read prayers and worked...

3rd class were delighted and excited to welcome their Grandparents to school today to celebrate Grandparents Day as part as Catholic...

We started gymnastics for PE this week. We stretched, jumped, balanced, crawled and had great fun on the mats.

Well done to the pupils and teachers who entertained the crowd gathered to watch the performances last Wednesday morning. Each class did...

We love Ipad time. This month we are doing Epic. Mrs Langton assigns books; some we read ourselves, some are audio and others read to us...

We did a Well Being Webinar with Athlone Education Centre and we really enjoyed reflecting on our year so far and discussing what we are...

2nd & 3rd class are drumming to Dance Monkey 🐒

We observed the reaction of dancing raisins in 7Up. The raisins first sank because they are dense, however the carbon dioxide bubbles in...

Well done to all our pupils from 3rd to 6th class who participated enthusiastically in our Science Week Quiz. A special congratulations...

2nd & 3rd class enjoyed a wonderful Science Show exploring bubbles; their properties, shapes and investigating lots of experiments on...

We investigated the chemical reaction that occurs when vinegar (acid) and an egg shell (calcium carbonate) mix. Not only did the egg...

We investigated the density of liquids. We made a rainbow jar.

We were busy investigating the rivers and lakes of Ireland. We were looking at the flora and fauna the lives near and depends on fresh...

We do love to dress up....even the teachers! Happy Hallowe'en everyone.

Whatever the weather we can always have fun in the schoolyard!

Second and Third Class got down into "the caves" to explore Stone Age Art!

Maths Week throughout the school was a huge success. Well done everyone!

Just take a look at all the great work going on in Ms. Langton's 2nd and 3rd Class.

We designed and created our own “extraterrestrial” aliens.

2nd class were learning about chromotography and the seperation of mixtures, in this case – colours.

In this workshop, 2nd class students explored the Polar regions, discovering some fascinating real life facts along the way and what it’s...

We designed and created our own “extra-terrestrial” aliens.