On May 24th Rockshinny played their first gig at St Maur’s G.A.A. club. Our school rock band had been practicing all year and performing at various assemblies throughout the year, but this was their first official gig as a band. The whole school community got behind this fantastic project led by Mr Rory Keary . …
The choir had a very busy lead up to the Christmas holidays.They sang in St. Maurs Church with the other schools and choirs of the parish. A great community occasion. Fourteen members of the choir sang at Rush nursing home and Hamilton Park nursing home in Balbriggan. The children sang beautifully under the guidance of …
Sam Maguire came to visit the school. Vinny Whelan GPO, who coaches the kids every week brought along the cup and St. Maurs mascot Ros. Ciaran Reddin, Dublin star from St. Maurs spoke to the children about being on the Dublin panel. There was great excitement in the school. The boys and girls school teams …
Santa kindly came to visit all of us here today at St. Brendan’s N.S. He arrived in style on big bright red fire engine waving happily to all the children and teachers. We were wrapped up warm in our winter clothes in the yard awaiting his arrival. It had snowed last night so there was …
The children has an absolute BLAST for Science week. We finished off today with our annual display in the hall where all the children get to show off their work and teach others what they have learned and discovered throughout the week! They also get to go around and look at all the other children’s …
We had a great time at Futsal in ALSAA. The boys played against Rush first and lost 4-2. The next game we had was a draw. Then we won against Balscadden and we got into the semi-finals of the tournament. Unfortunately we lost against Holy Family. But we loved it and had a fantastic day. …
The entire school got into the spirit of Halloween today! There was such a great atmosphere with all of the children going to such huge efforts to dress up and strut their stuff on the catwalk. Everyone was in great form and there was a lovely sense of belonging as the children cheered each other …
A fantastic Sport’s Day was had by all in St. Brendan’s this year. The children competed with such enthusiasm but most importantly the children displayed their support for each other and their sense of fun by congratulating each other and saying ‘hard luck’ to others. They certainly showed great athletic abilities as well as their …
