Author: Lesley Cahill

Kick Off!

Three Springdale teams took to the pitch in Irishtown Stadium as part of the Spar Primary 5 -a-sides Dublin Qualifiers last week. Competition was tough but we were delighted when one of the boys’ teams made it through to the next round. We wish them the very best of luck in the Dublin Finals on […]

Springdale’s Got Talent

3rd to 4th Class students took to the stage last week with two amazing shows, ‘Aladdin Trouble’ and ‘Bugsy Malone’. Congratulations to all our talented Springdalers and to all involved in producing such fantastic shows. Mr. Vincent captured some great shots throughout the evening:  

World Down Syndrome Day

World Down Syndrome day will be celebrated all over the world on the 21st of March. In Springdale we are going to fundraise on this day for Down Syndrome Dublin. We are asking everyone to wear colourful odd socks on this day and to bring a small donation to school. We will have students collecting […]

Northside Partnership Art Project

Together for our project we created a poster on the Santry river. The Santry river is on the north side of Dublin and flows past places like Coolock, Harmonstown, past our school, through Raheny and out into the sea at Dollymount. Some materials that we used include water colour paper for marbling, marbling paints, metallic […]

Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Bhí an spraoi againn ar an Aoine. Rinne a lán daoine iarracht bheith gléasta in éadaí glasa. Thosaigh an lá le gach duine ag damhsa an Dreoilín i dtionól. Ansin bhí seans ag gach duine bheith ag rince arís sa chéilí. Bain taitneamh as na grianghraif!

Noisy Springdalers!

Springdalers could be heard for miles around today as they had great fun with Neil from Drum Nature. Perhaps we have a few future drummers in our midst! Many thanks to the PTA for funding today’s workshops. Thank you also to Mr. Vincent for capturing some great photos of our musicians at work.    

Maidin Caife

Bhí maidin caife ag Rang a Sé ar an gCéadaoin seo caite. Rinneamar cácaí. Bhí  siad an bhlasta. Tháinig Father Jude ar chuairt agus d’inis sé agus a chara Alan Martin dúinn faoin obair atá á dhéanamh ag Zamda Ireland i Zambia. Bhailíomar ar son meanscoil nua i Zambia. Fuaireamar €250. Go raibh mile maith […]

Lá na Gaeilge 2

Bhí Lá na Gaeilge againn ar scoil inniu. Rinne na páistí go léir an iarracht Gaeilge a labhairt ar feadh an lae. Thosaigh an lá le tionól. Bhaineamar go léir an taitneamh as ‘Haka’ as Gaeilge le Rang 3. Is féidir libh féachaint ar an Haka anseo: Haka as Gaeilge le Rang 2 Beidh ár […]

Love Shone Down

Love shone down today during our beautiful Carol Service in All Saint’s Church. Many thanks to all involved in the service and to everyone who came along. For those of you who were not fortunate enough to join us, the brief audio clip below shows our Springdalers at their best. Wishing you all a very […]