St. Leonard's National School, Dunnamaggin

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

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.

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.

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 🎃

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

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

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

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

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

Hallowe'en is coming and Senior Infants and First Class look like they are going to have fun!

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

We have a super clip of some students in our school, Dunnamaggin National School, Co. Kilkenny, who were busy learning zumba dances for...

To celebrate books and World Book Day we brought in our favourite books to tell the class why we chose the book and why we like it so...

Bhíomar an gnóthach i rith Seachtain na Gaeilge. Rinnemar comhrá le Iníon Ní Mheachair. Bhí Cic fada agus Puc fada againn. Ah deireadh na...

Sound Engineer Visit: During Engineer’s Week we had a visit from Sound Engineer; Fiadh’s Dad, Colm. Colm told us all about his work as a...

Whether you are making Easter eggs or looking for them, they are fun! We used forks to paint Easter chicks. We also entered the KCLR art...

We had our annual Easter History Walk taking in the Old School, Captain Pat Walsh statue, St Leonard’s Bush and Well and the Old Graveyard.

We constructed structures with the help of 5th & 6th class using matchsticks and marshmallows. We designed 2D and 3D shapes. It was...