We were extremely excited to welcome Sam Maguire to our school on the 4th of December and who better to present it other than local GAA hero Jason Sherlock. Jason told us that he achieved his goals through hard work, focus and commitment. We appreciate the time Jason took out of his day to talk to us not only about sport, but about anti-bullying. We were extremely proud to greet “Jayo” with the biggest St. Malachy’s cheer!
We were delighted to welcome the crew from Ireland AM, Virgin Media One to our school this week as part of Science Week.
A number of children from 4th, 5th and 6th classes, representatives from our parents committee, Orla from Easy Treesie and our Lord Mayor – Paul Mc Auliffe planted tree saplings in our local park, Tolka Valley Park. Adam Sheehan and Sophia Lebedeva from 5th class were interviewed by Brianna from Ireland AM on the importance of trees for our environment and for the sustainability of our planet.
We were then joined by Phil Smyth, a physicist of Engineering, to carry out two experiments relating to climate change and global warming. The boys and girls really enjoyed helping Phil carry out his experiments and they learned about the harmful effects carbon dioxide and rising temperatures in our seas and oceans are having on our planet.
There was great excitement in St. Malachy’s on Tuesday and it was a great start of an fun week planned for Science Week.
You can view the tree planting by clicking the below link
https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/player/show/809/165802/0/Ireland-AM
This year’s theme for Science Week is Climate Action. Thanks to the effort of Ms. Hamill and Ms. Mc Nulty for putting together a wonderful selection of experiments for all classes. Our children are excited and looking forward to the week of fun experiments.
We will have representatives from 6th classes pupils informing the school of amazing scientific facts over the intercom each day.
A special thanks to Ms Hamill and her class for assisting 3rd and 4th class with their science experiments this week.
Science Week Display
Rain gauge experiment
Click on the links below to see different experiments we’ve been doing during the week.
Rising Sea Level Experiment 6th Class
17.10.19
Mr Bolger and Ms Gilchrist’s class has a fantastic day in the Botanic Gardens. They marveled at the magnificent display of pumpkins, as well as soaking up the beautiful autumnal colours of the plants and trees. The children were lucky enough to get a glimpse of a few grey squirrels! A great day was had by all.
9th October 2019
The 6th class boys and girls went to the Finglas Garda Open Day in the Finglas Garda Station. We were entertained by the Garda Band. We got to see one of the Garda horses, we even sat in an Garda car and turned on the VERY LOUD siren!!, some of us were lucky enough to sit on a Garda motorbike! There was a representative from Dublin Bus who informed us of the importance of this service in our community and how anti-social behaviour can harm the bus driver and the passengers on the bus.
We are very grateful for the services the Finglas Guards provide to our area to ensure we live a happy and peaceful life.
8th of October 2019
The pupils of St. Malachy’s have elected the new student council this school term. The student council is an important forum for the children to raise awareness and bring forward any new ideas or suggestions on how we can make improvements to our school and the community. The pupils are as follows:
5th/6th Class Room 1 6th Class Room 2 5th Class Room 3
Ruby Mc Grath Lacey Murphy Millie Hayes
Leon Mc Laren Clayton Concannon Rhys Boyd
4th Class Room 12 4th Class Room 11 3rd Class Room 13 3rd Class Room 14
Mia Doyle Freya Kearns Kian Franzoni Ryan Eva
Alex Kearns Bobby Morrisey Ella Groves Brooke Shannon
4th of October 2019
We are extremely proud to have received our second green flag for water conservation. Thanks to all the children and teachers for participating in this very important project and a special thanks to Ms. Carmichael and the green school committee for spreading the message throughout the school about the importance of water conversation.
We welcomed three special guests to our school to join in our celebration of raising our 2nd green flag, The Lord Mayor of Dublin – Mr. Paul Auliffe, a local Finglas man, Green Councellor – Caroline Conroy and Orla from Crann Ireland.
With the help of Orla and Mr. Mc Auliffe, we planted an oak tree to mark this special occasion. We named the tree “Deirdre” after a valued and local long serving member of our staff.
A special thanks to Niall from Glanmore for providing our hydro flasks – a sturdy long lasting water bottle which has replaced plastic bottles in our school.
Welcome back to all our children in St. Malachy’s we hope you had a wonderful summer. We are delighted to welcome four new staff members to our staff:
Ms Gunnigan is teaching 3rd class
Mr Bolger is teaching 4th class
Ms Mc Nulty is teaching 5th/6th class
Ms Mc Donnell is part of our Special Education Team.
As this school year comes to an end, sadly we say goodbye to Ms O’ Malley who has decided to retire. Ms O’ Malley has worked in the school for 39 years. She joined the school in September 1980 when Mr Mc Carthy was the Principal of the school. She became Deputy Principal of St Malachys under Mr Hamill and is now retiring with Mr Dolan as Principal.
Ms O’ Malley’s commitment to the school, the teachers and the community will be forever etched into the hearts of those who were lucky to have known her. Her love and care for the children was always at the fore front of everything she did. She will be greatly missed by the children, the parents and the staff. We wish Siobhán every happiness as she enters the next stage of her life.
Ms O Malley’s final DFL trip
28/06/19
We had our final mile a day run today. Our personal best time was recorded and we were presented with a certificate. Everybody did an incredible job in improving their stamina and general fitness. Artiom said that he came back to the class energized and ready for the day.
A special congratulations to the most athletic girls Crystal Walsh and Kasey Doyle, the most athletic boys Leon Mc Laren and Adam Barbour. Our best improvers are Robert Sharkey, Anthony Redmond, Taylor Roche and Robyn Mitchell.
