Active Week in Scoil Chaitríona
What a week is has been in Scoil Chaitríona. This week was Active Week in our school and boy have we been busy. Every morning, the senior classes partnered up with the junior classes and went on our 'Mile with a Smile'..

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Sports Day 2023
Rain didn't damped our spirits on Sports Day this year. Children, staff and families alike all turned out for some friendly competition. From egg and spoon race to team challenges, family race to beanbag balance, a fun day for all!

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Intercultural Day 2023
This year Scoil Chaitríona Baggot Street celebrated it's first ever Intercultural day. We are extremely lucky to have a huge variety of different cultures and nationalities in our school community. What a day it was!

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Ark Projects in Senior Infants
This month Senior Infants have been doing a lot of work with The Ark Cultural Centre. We went to watch a preview performance of their new dance show The Race inspired by Aesop's Fables. Read more about it on our website..

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Teddy Bear's Picnic in Infants
Junior and Senior Infants were joined in Merrion Square by their parents and their favourite teddies for a picnic in the sun. After having a delicious lunch they read stories to their teddies and completed a fact file!

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Our school's girls football team were extremely lucky to be invited to the FAI Women's World Cup Tour Blitz in Irishtown Stadium last week. Thank you for the great day FIFA Women's World Cup

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EU 50 School Performance
For the last number of weeks, every single class in our school has been working extremely hard with our wonderful music teacher Ms. Ryan on the song 'Ode to Joy' for the EU50 project. Here is our performance! #OurAnthemEU50

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Gaeilge i Rang a hAon
Bhí Rang a hAon ag foghlaim faoin teach i ranganna Gaeilge. Rinne siad gníomhaíochtaí spraíúil i ngrúpaí chun cleachtadh a dhéanamh.scoilchaitrionabaggotstreet.ie/wp-content/upl….

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Ukulele Lessons in 2nd and 3rd Class
Ms Carolin's class have been learning how to play the ukulele with the wonderful Sheila. Every Tuesday they get the ukuleles out and play along with Sheila. Atthe start, it was difficult to get used to a new

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Boys 5-aside Tournament
Our 5th class and 6th class boys put in a real tough shift at the FAI 5s tournament in Irishtown today. We played 4 matches in total against other Dublin schools. The team was led by captain Brody.

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Visit to the Botanical Gardens
5th Class were out and about in the Botanical Gardens for a food growing workshop this week. We took the number 4 bus across town on a beautiful morning.

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Some of our boys and girls helped Minister Foley launch the new free schoolbook scheme this week!

The Ark in Schools Initiative

We are delighted to welcome back The Ark in Schools Initiative. Being part of this initiative means that five different pieces of art will be displayed in our school this year for the children to view and be inspired by.

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Lego Spike
Our new Lego Spike kits got their first outing today. The children learned about circuits before they put their knowledge to the test by making Ferris wheels that could change direction, play music and make animal noises!

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The Bookmarks Programme
This week, 5th class visited Trinity College to begin The Bookmarks Programme. This a collaborative project between the Trinity Access Programme, the Library of Trinity College and the School of English in Trinity College.

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Visit to the National Gallery of Ireland

3rd and 4th Class recently visited the National Gallery of Ireland. They went to see 'The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife' as part of their learning about Norman Ireland.

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Girls' Football Tournament

Today was the beginning of the Girls' Football Tournament. Mr. Maher was impressed with the excellent sportsmanship shown on the pitch. A special mention to Caitlin, who scored her first ever goal!

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Persuasive Writing

Fifth Class has been learning about the persuasive writing genre during First Steps writing lessons. They examined the persuasive language and techniques used in advertisements.

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Printing in 6th Class
Sixth class has been working hard designing and creating their own stamps. Recently they used these to print pictures. We look forward to seeing their artwork decorating the walls of our school soon. 

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Pumpkins with Parents

Junior Infants, Senior Infants and 1st Class were joined by their families today to carve Hallowe'en pumpkins in the garden. Now the garden looks spooktacular!

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