The boys and girls in 6th class with the help of Tonia, did a very important job on Friday last. For Daffodil day, for the Irish Cancer society, the boys and girls sold daffodils to parents and guardians in the morning and after school. As always, the generosity of our school community was huge. Over the course of the day, …
The boys from St. Pius X are always a STEP above all others! For March’s mind-bending monthly challenge, Mr. Réamonn tasked the boys with a Wordsmiths Challenge – three word-ladders. The aim was to change just one letter on each line to go from the top word to the bottom word. This month we had 142 entries! The winners selected from the …
ST PIUS X BNS & GNS ST PIUS PARENTS ASSOCIATION FUNDRAISER FITTEST CLASS ACTIVITY CHALLENGE APRIL 1st-3rd 2022 WE ARE LOOKING FOR ST. PIUS FITTEST CLASS! GET READY TO COUNT YOUR KILOMETERS TO SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL. ANY ACTIVITY COUNTS! THE PRIZE – “CLASS FUN DAY™ How to take part: Over the first weekend in April (Fri 1st – Sun 3rd …
Ms. Crosbie’s class were so lucky to be visited by Conor Hewitt’s mum today who works as a scientist. The boys got to carry out two experiments, testing the reaction of different chemicals and materials. They first made ‘jetpacks’ out in the yard. Hopefully they didn’t disturb the rest of the school with all of the popping and explosions! They …
Cormac in Mr. Faherty’s class has been very busy the last few weeks writing, illustrating and publishing his own hardback novel. With the help of Ms. O Dell, Cormac even bound his book using string. Well done Cormac, we look forward to your next masterpiece.
St. Pius X is a hive of colour at the moment thanks to the boys in a number of classes. Mr Dillon’s boys have the sunwells full of daffodils and Crocuses while Ms Pleamonn’s boys are reaping the rewards for all their work before Christmas. And even the potatoes that were sown in February are sprouting. We look forward to …
Ms. Gallagher’s boys took advantage of the glorious weather and went on a Spring Walk to Bushy Park! After we spotted lots of signs of Spring, we had great fun in the playground! Harry even met his little brother on route.
The boys in Ms. Redmond’s 6th class are trialing out the new Virtual Reality headsets that were recently purchased by the school using our ICT grants. This new educational platform will allow the boys to travel through time and space and immerse themselves in new environments. We look forward to exploring with our new headsets.
The boys in Ms. Devenney’s Senior Infants went on a Spring Nature Walk in Bushy today .The boys looked out for signs of Spring and saw some Spring flowers. (and loads of the daffodils). The buds on the horse Chestnut tree were opening up and new leaves growing. Afterwards we had great fun in the playground .Hopefully this will be …
Robert in Mr. Geraghty’s 6th class was busy in maths collecting data. He did a tally of the most popular boys’ names and the most common surnames in St Pius X this year. This is what he discovered. The ten most popular boys’ names are: Harry Jack Seán Conor James/Daniel Cian/Luke Cillian Matthew The ten most common surnames this year …
