June 2019
We went to the Botanic Gardens on the 17th of June. We met our tour guide Antonia, where she brought us to the Viking House, she explained to us what life was like for the Vikings in Ireland. We wandered around the hot house and saw the magnificent tropical plants. We also got to the smell the curry leaves for the “curry” tree. We each planted some Calendula seeds into our own compostable plant pots. We hope to see these flower in our school courtyard in the autumn.
The annual schools athletics took place this week in Morton Stadium, Santry. The Field Events were held on Monday and Track Event on Wednesday. The children had a superb day, there were smiles all round on their return to school. They represented the school, their parents, the community but most importantly themselves with impeccable behaviour and a positive mind set.
Congratulations to Cian Hanlon from 6th class, who won Gold for the under 14 high jump and Crystal Walsh, who won Gold for the under 11 high jump. Congratulations to everyone who participated in the events this week.
A special thanks to Ms Mc Grath, Ms Reape and Carol Murphy for their hard work and dedication in preparing the children for Santry this year.
We are thrilled to welcome Roisín, the yoga instructor to the school to teach the pupils yoga – as gaeilge! Roisin will be teaching yoga for six weeks. The children are really enjoying learning new yoga poses, from sun salutations to the cobra! We all particularly enjoy the meditation exercise with the singing bowl at the end of the class. Namaste!
Ms Mc Cormack and Ms Hamill’s 6th class made their confirmation 6th of April. The service was celebrated by our parish priest Fr Paddy.
A special thanks to Ms Mc Cormack, Ms Hamill, Yolande and Susan, Cissy, Sr Eileen, Ms O Malley, Ms Burke,the school choir and we cannot forget the hard work the children put into their confirmation preparation which made the day very special for everybody.
Ms Eustace’s 5th class were very lucky to be invited to a writing workshop called Fighting words. The class attended a workshop where they brainstormed a story together. They had a wonderful time coming up with the different characters for the story, as well the hilarious situations the characters found themselves in. They were presented with their own story book, along with fantastic illustrations from Rory the illustrator. When they returned to school, they finished their stories in class.
You can find their story on
https://www.fightingwords.ie/stories/john-joe%E2%80%99s-danger-dealz
Bhí craic agus spraoí galore sa scoil i rith coicís na Gaeilge. Bhí go leor rudaí ar súil sa scoil. Bhíomar ag imirt cluichí Gaeilge le Ms Burke agus ár múinteoir féin. Chan muid ” Wake Me Up” le Aviici as Gaeilge and chum muid an dán ” An maith leat faisean?” – lán de dramaíocht agus spraoí i gcomhair an tionól. Chomh maith le sin, rinneamar and comórtas ” Spelling Bee” as gaeilge, bhuaigh Killian an cheád duais Dé Déardaoin agus bhuaigh Adam an chéad duais Dé hAoine. Comhgairdeachais de na páistí go léir mar rinne siad iarracht an-mhaith Gaeilge a labhairt gach lá.
There was great craic and fun in the school during coicís na Gaeilge. There was a lot of things happening in the school. We played Irish games with Ms Burke and our own teachers. We sang ” Wake Me Up” by Aviici, we recited a poem, which was full or fun and drama. As well as that we had a spelling bee competition. Killian came first place on Thursday and Adam came first place on Friday. Congratulations to all the children because they all tried to speak Irish every day.
St Malachys were involved this week in planting trees in Tolka Valley Park. There are a million schoolchildren on the island of Ireland. The goal of Easy Treesie is to plant a million trees by 2023 to reach the “Plant-for-the-Planet” challenge. We were only to happy to be the first school involved in this initiative. St Malachys planted 1000 trees in our local park over the last two weeks! 
We were very busy in St Malachys this week for literacy week. Every class took 15 minutes every day to ” drop everything and read” ( D.E.A.R time) – including the teachers.
As well as this, two children from every class recited a poem or short story, as gaeilge or in English, over the intercom each day of literacy week.
We also had a junior and senior spelling bee competition, congratulations to Kyle Henderson from 4th class for winning the junior spelling bee and Alex Zgardan from 6th class for coming 1st place in the senior competition.
Each class took part in a handwriting competition, it was a very close competition as the standard of excellent handwriting in the school is very high. Congratulations to Michael Galka in 5th class for winning the senior competition and to Alan Nolan in 3rd class for winning the junior competition.
We were also honoured to welcome a local poet and grandfather to two of the pupils in the school, Liam Johnson to the school. He recited two of his poems and short story, as well as listening to some of room 12’s short stories. Liam and his grandchildren, Louise Shannon and Robert Sharkey recited Liam’s poem “Clickety Clack” over the intercom to the rest of the school.
Room 12 really enjoyed literacy week. We learned a poem from a local poet, and a grandfather to two of the children in the class, Liam Johnson. We were honoured to recite his poem and to listen to two of his poems and short story.
We were proud of Michael Galka for coming first in the handwriting competition. The standard of handwriting was very high and there were many finalists chosen from room 12.
Liam Johnson and his grandchildren Robert and Louise
D.E.A.R time in room 12
D.E.A.R time in room 12
We had great fun today creating electrical circuits. We are budding scientists in room
2!
