For their final school tour, the 6th class boys went to Emerald Park on Friday last. A great day was had by all with the freedom to roam the theme park. Thankfully the queues were not too bad. Unlike there teachers, there was no fear among the boys with the Viking Splash, Dino Dash and of course the Cú Chulainn …
The boys in 5th class headed off last Tuesday to the National Sports Campus to undertake a very active school tour. The tour gave the boys a number of opportunities to try all the sports of our Olympians. A great day was had by all and the boys were particularly tired on the way home.
Eileen Warren, our schools’ psychologist is retiring shortly from National Educational Psychological Service. Eileen has helped so many of our pupils and always arrives to St Pius X BNS with a smile. We will really miss her advice and support and wish her well in retirement.
For the month of June, the sun shines and our classes move outside to enjoy the fresh air and receive the rewards for all the hard work this year. One element of this is our GAA blitzes which are done in co-operation with our GPO’s Kevin from TSS and Tommy from Faugh’s. Instead of our normal sessions, the boys travel …
St. Pius X BNS is a hive of activity these weeks but one of the highlight weeks of the year has to be Well-Being Week which took place two weeks ago. The schools was buzzing from top to bottom, with activities, new games and plenty of guest speakers. Thanks to Mr. Reamonn who spearheaded the week and his team of …
Ms. O’ Dell’s 3rd class boys had an amazing time on their school tour last week! The boys went to Footee. They had 6 different activities throughout the day, including; laser tag, foot golf, bubble football, dodgeball, human foosball and foot darts, It was a great day as can be seen from the photos, the boys greatly enjoyed it.
The first classes were busy bees this week learning about biodiversity and the importance of trees in our environment. Thanks to Maurice for giving the talk!
James Scally in Ms. O’Dell’s 3rd class had a busy weekend with his karate grading. He has progressed from an orange belt to a red stripe belt. This is his fifth belt! He has been a part of his karate club ‘Kaizen Dojo’ for almost 2 years! Big congratulations to James!
Unfortunately it was not to be for our senior green team who were narrowly defeated in Croke Park by a strong St. Fiachra’s team. The boys gave a stellar performance and fought all the way to the final whistle. The school is very proud of the boys and got a great day out supporting them. Thanks to Mr. Faherty and …
