We had an exciting November in Ciara’s junior infants learning all about space. We loved playing in our space station, and particularly enjoyed exploring outer space in our “space capsule”. We worked together, printing and painting different tints and shades to create beautiful planet pictures. We made great strides with our sounds and numbers too. […]
Read More 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Blast Off!On Wednesday 4th December 2019, 12 pupils from 6th class took part in a Boxing Showcase, where they had the opportunity to display their newly acquired skills in the ring having completed the Bronze, Silver and Gold stages of the StartBox programme. Their classmates were ringside to cheer them on and they did a fantastic […]
Read More 6th class boxing showcase in the National StadiumOn Monday 2nd of December, D7ET had its (now annual!!) visit from the Sam Maguire, accompanied this year by school GAA coach Mark from local club St. Brendan’s and the talented up and coming Dublin goalkeeper Evan Comerford. Pupils gathered on the yard, with 6th class forming a guard of honour to welcome the Sam […]
Read More Visit from SamRuth’s 6th class are currently participating in the cookery programme – Cooking Allstars. During each session they learn about new ingredients, explore facts and information about food and nutrition and conduct research on different aspects of cookery and recipes. This is all in addition to prepping for cooking, cooking with a new skill in each […]
Read More Cooking up a storm!Both the Boys’ and the Girls’ basketball teams played their league finals in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght on Friday 22nd November. First up were the boys, who faced the much improved Hansfield Educate Together. Despite a stellar performance and an outstanding display of skill and determination, they were beaten by the highly impressive […]
Read More Basketball Finals in the NBACheck out some photos of the amazingly athletic 6th classes of D7ET running the final mile of the Marathon Kids programme in Morton Stadium, Santry, where they joined 87 other schools and over 5,000 children from all over Dublin. What a fantastic achievement!
Read More Marathon Kids – The Final MileOn Wednesday 6th of November, 14 pupils from the 6th classes made their way to the National Boxing Arena to participate in the first of the four sessions of the Gold Programme. These pupils have all completed the Bronze and Silver programmes and showed the enthusiasm, determination and talent necessary to move on to the […]
Read More Boxing Gold programme in the National ArenaRuth’s 6th class had some amazing Hallowe’en costumes this year. From graves to headless and upside-down men, and from Joker to Boris Johnson, there was boundless creativity on show. I think we can all agree that the washing machine was the scariest! The class had fun creating dramas in role as their frightening characters. This […]
Read More Spooky 6th classWe started the month learning all about autumn. We brought in some conkers, acorns and beautiful autumn leaves to create a woodland in our small world area. Romey helped us to make clay hedgehogs. We really enjoyed our Maths Week, when we did maths activities in the GP room, went on a maths trail around […]
Read More October in Room 2The three junior infants classes went on an autumnal walk in Grangegorman. They even got to go to the playground afterwards!
Read More An Autumnal Walk for Junior Infants
