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On Tuesday, the 21st of March, the Scoil Bhríde Cailíní Soccer Team took part in the FAI 5-a-side soccer blitz in Malahide.   The team comprised of girls from 4th, 5th and 6th Classes: Holly, Julia, Molly, Shannon, Sifa, Erin, Crystal, Buky and Leen. They had been training hard for the past few weeks in preparation for this […]

Fourth class have completed their writer’s workshop on Narrative texts. They created story books that include a blurb, cover and illustrations. Once they published their final drafts, they teamed up with the Junior Infants to take part in paired reading. Both Fourth class and Junior Infants really enjoyed sharing and listening to the wonderful stories. […]

For the past two weeks, the girls in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní have been making an extra special effort to speak cúpla focal as Gaeilge (some words in Irish), as part of the school’s celebrations for Seachtain na Gaeilge. Seachtain na Gaeilge is the period before St. Patrick’s Day where we celebrate all the important things […]

Ms Shine’s 5th Class are continuing to take part in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme. We had a Business Visit from our very own entrepreneur, Mr Maguire. We had a Q&A session with Mr Maguire and discovered some of the opportunities and challenges in running a business. 

Girls in the Senior classes represented Scoil Bhríde Cailíní in a Cross Country event in Porterstown last week. All the girls were very enthusiastic which was fantastic to see. A Special mention to Julia who came second in her race and Maya who came fourth. Well done girls.

The girls in Ms.Lynam’s 4th class have been learning all about houses and homes. They learned about the different houses in History and also practiced how to talk about their houses as Gaeilge. They also got the chance to make different houses using recyclable materials in Art. Here are some pictures showing their great work.

The girls from 6th class took part on Phoenix FM’s school duel quiz in Blanchardstown Library. Not only did they have a great day out, they also won their first round match! They will now go on to the next round. The show was recorded and will be on Phoenix FM in the coming weeks and […]

Ms Shine’s 5th Class have been busy artists. They created animals of their choice using tangrams for Maths week. They were learning about Chinese New Year and the Willow pattern. They designed willow pattern inspired vases. Each different vase shape has a different meaning.

Fourth Class are very busy preparing for the ESB Science Blast in the RDS. Here are some photos of the girls in Ms. Gilroy’s class carrying out an experiment that they devised themselves to figure out ‘How Flasks Work.’

On Friday, Andreea stepped into the role as ‘Teacher’ for fifth class. She had accumulated 100 dojo points and as her reward, she was allowed to choose a lesson to teach the class. Andreea loves to bake and this made it easy for her to pick the lesson!   In the picture, you can see […]

You may have wondered why we were collecting bottle caps for so long. Well, here is the finished project. We used the bottlecaps to make a picture of a scene from ‘Under the Sea’. Each girl from Seoda to 6th Class each stuck one bottle cap on, making it a whole school collaboration. It was also […]

Last week the girls from Ms. Bohan’s and Ms. O’Connor’s 2nd Classes walked to Blanchardstown library. They had a fantastic time with Ciara the librarian. Ciara showed the girls the difference between fiction and non-fiction and taught them how to find books that interested them. After exploring the shelves, they all found a cosy spot […]

For the past few weeks, the girls in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní have been busy making Christmas trees for Mrs Dargan’s Christmas Tree competition. They used lots of different and imaginative materials including pasta, twigs, paper, playdough, lego and lots more. It is going to be a tough decision for the judging committee! Well done girls. […]

The girls in Scoil Bhríde (Cailíní) had great fun dressing up for Halloween. Each class paraded around the yard showing off their costumes! Ms Lynam’s 4th Class performed a song and a dance for us all.

The girls in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní are enjoying the ‘Book Fair’ this week. Thanks to Maeve for organising this for us!

Congratulations to the girls in Seoda who won a Gold Award for their ‘Incredible Edibles’ project. The girls worked so hard growing fruit and vegetables and making smoothies using them. They learned the names of fruit and vegetables and why they are good for us. The girls showed all the children in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní […]

Seoda had a brilliant time on their school tour to Ashtown Castle in Phoenix park. First, we went in the taxi. Next we went to the playground. We were on the swings and slides and did lots of climbing too! We walked through the maze. After that, we had a picnic in the park and […]

The girls in Seoda have been working hard since January doing the ‘Incredible Edibles’ project. Have a look at our video of all we have learned.

The girls in Seoda have been participating in the ‘Incredible Edibles’ project. The children have been growing strawberries, potatoes, chives, carrots and lots more vegetables in our class garden. We have been learning to make healthy recipes using fruit and vegetables. We made a strawberry smoothie. First, we cut the banana and strawberries. Next, we […]

The girls in Seoda have been busy baking Irish brown soda bread. They have been learning that bread is made from wheat. The girls have been reading ‘The Little Red Hen’. They followed the recipe and used the ingredients to make the bread. It was delicious! Well done Seoda

The girls in sixth class have been learning some Cantonese calligraphy with a brand new teacher! Ngo Yee Lam has been doing a great job teaching her friends how to write in Cantonese. She taught the girls the words sun, mountain, water and rain. We think you’ll agree the girls also did a great job. […]

We read Under the Hawthorn Tree. We wrote a summary of each chapter to retell the story. We completed projects on ‘The Great Irish Famine’. Some of the girls won prizes for their projects. Everyone did a great job. Well done 5th Class!

The girls in 6th class took park in the National Gallery of Ireland’s competition commemorating the famous Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats. We had to create art based on the theme “Memories of our Local Area”. We created six pieces inspired by this theme on canvas using paint. We all painted in the style of […]

The girls in Scoil Bhríde (Cailíní) have been creating beautiful Christmas and Winter Art. Have a look!

Thanks to your wonderful support for our school fundraising lotto, we were recently able to purchase wall games for the yard. In the photos, you can see girls from 4th, 5th and 6th classes enjoying these games during their break-time. They have been a massive success so far and we look forward to purchasing some […]

We are so proud of our student Ava from Ms. Meenagh’s first class. She received a “Certificate of Commendation” from the Texaco Children’s Art Competition. Maith thú Ava! Check out her artwork, it is out of this world!

The girls in Ms. Meenagh’s class have been learning about trees as part of Tree Day 2021. We learned about deciduous and evergreen trees, the lifecycle of an oak tree and learned a poem called Autumn Leaves. We were given a Wild Cherry tree as part of Tree Day and we planted this with Dónal […]

Mr. McCrudden’s Junior Infants were looking for signs of Autumn this week. We went on an Autumn walk! We collected Autumn leaves, we noticed that the leaves have changed different colours. We saw yellow, red, orange and brown leaves. It was so much fun! We had fantastic fun dressing up for Halloween! Happy Halloween everyone!

Over the last few weeks, Ms. Duffy’s Second Class have been practicing their Camogie skills. They have learned how to strike the ball on the ground, hand pass and some basic rules of the game. They have displayed great team work and thoroughly enjoyed themselves – Dublin Camogie is in safe hands with these girls!  

Internet Safety Week was held in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní on the 19th of April 2021. To mark this, classes engaged in lessons and participated in a poster competition to promote Internet Safety.  The girls were reminded about online safety messages. These will help them to use the internet in a safe and positive way. In […]

The students in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní have been working very hard for Engineers Week. The girls have been developing their problem solving skills by carrying out different engineering inspired challenges.  

Have a look at Mr Maguire’s 4th class performing:

The girls in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní have been working very hard at home. Have a look at some of their fantastic work.  Maith sibh cailíní!