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World Book Day took place on Thursday the 3rd of March. All children were invited to dress up as their favourite character on the day. The children also participated in literacy activities based on their favourite books. It was great to see so many children interested in reading! A total of €479.40 was raised for our school library. A huge thank you to all those involved.

Enterprise day was held in Scoil Bhríde on Friday the 11th of March. Classes from 3rd to 6th class took part. It was an outstanding success with many very different business ideas on the day. It was a very enjoyable day for all of the students and parent. The judges had a very difficult job picking winners from the junior and senior section!

 

Bhí Seachtain na Gaeilge ar súil ó 7ú – 11ú lá de mhí Márta. Bhí craic agus spraoi againn i rith na seactaine. Bhí ceolchoirm, tráth na gCeist, cluichí biongó, banna ceol agus a lán rudaí eile ar súil. Bhí an-chraic againn trí mheán na Ghaeilge.

Latest Newsletter Issue No. 22 March 2016

Scoil Bhríde held a Spelling Bee on Wednesday the 2nd of March. The event went every well and was a very enjoyable experience for the children involved. The winner of the competition was Holly in Sixth Class. Also, congratulations to Aisling who came in second place.

 

The Scholastic Book Fair took place in Scoil Bhríde from Monday the 29th of February until Wednesday the 2nd of March. It was fantastic to see so many children at the book fair with their parents. We thank you all so much for participating in our book fair as this has resulted in our school receiving a much needed supply of books for our library from Scholastic. We would also like to say a special word of thanks to the members of the Parents’ Association who helped out with the book fair, it would not have been possible to run it without the kind generosity of their time and skills.

Science week in Scoil Bhride ran from the 22-26 February. We were delighted to welcome teachers and students from St. Mary’s Secondary School and Oaklands Community College to our school. They demonstrated a range of experiments for our pupils and encouraged every class to get involved. We concluded Science week with our own Science Exhibition in the hall. This gave parents an opportunity to witness some of the experiments being carried out in their child’s class on a weekly basis. We wish to thank all the parents who attended the exhibition.

Science Exhibition

 

On Friday 12^th of February we held a ‘Low Energy Day’ as part of our Green-School programme. At the start of the day we took an ESB meter reading and did the same at the end of the day. During the day we did not use any equipment that uses electricity such as interactive whiteboards and computers. We also tried not to turn on any lights and kept the heat in the classrooms to a minimum. We found that we significantly reduced the amount of energy we used on a normal school day – only 1.8 Kwh! The Green Committee helped organise an active day including feeding birds, visiting classrooms, making wind turbines and energy quizzes. Second classes displayed energy projects in the hall for parents in the evening time.

Every year on the 22nd February, the joint birthday of founder Lord Baden Powell and his wife Olave Baden Powell, World Chief Guide, Girl Guides in 146 countries celebrate World Thinking Day. On this day we think of other Guides around the world with whom we are united through a similar ethos and educational programme.

We are asking all our members to wear all or part of their uniform to school or work on Monday the 22nd February to raise awareness of this campaign.

Our school choir performed at the Peace Proms concert in the RDS on Sunday 7th Feb at 2pm. We were accompanied by the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland. A great day was had by all. We are looking forward to next year’s concert already!