Author: Lesley Cahill

Springdale hits our Screens!

There was great excitement in Springdale today when RTÉ arrived to film a piece on chess for their latest episode of News2day. A group of chess players made us proud as they spoke so confidently and clearly about their hobby. As they were busy playing chess and being interviewed, our school photographer, April, did a […]

Springdale On Air

We had great fun making our Christmas Special Podcast. As you can see from our photos, there were lots of giggles along the way. Huge thanks to Steve Maher for offering to lead this fantastic project and for setting up our recording studio on site. We look forward to making class podcasts next term! Tune […]

What a Great Achievement- 42.6km!

Congratulations to 5th and 6th Class pupils who completed their 42.6km marathon on Friday 24th November. The sun shone as they ran their final 2km in the grounds of All Saint’s Church. Thank you to Helen Lowther who joined us to offer encouragement to our athletes and to present them with their well deserved Marathon […]

A Service in St. John’s

1st to 6th Class were delighted to visit St. John’s Church, Coolock, on Friday. Thank you to Reverend Kevin for leading our service to mark the start of the new school year. It was the first time many pupils and staff had been to St. John’s. Our singing sounded even more amazing than usual in […]

Another Mad Hair Day!

What another Mad Hair Day we had on Friday 29th October! There was great excitement in the air as everyone gathered in the yard before school admiring each other’s fantastic crazy hairdos. Thank you to all the parents who met us along our walk through Edenmore and huge thanks to the PTA for helping to […]

What a Hockey Blitz!

5th and 6th Class really enjoyed the hockey blitz organised by Robert & Hugh in Mount Temple on Thursday, 26th October. Thanks to all the TY students who gave a hand and cheered on our hockey players. It was great to see so many past Springdalers dropping by to say hello and helping out on […]

Checkmate

We were delighted to get our 4th – 6th Class chess tournament under way this week. We hope that all 38 competitors will enjoy the next few weeks and improve on their chess skills along the way. Thank you to Setanta and Colin for setting up our tournament and best of luck to all our […]

6th Class Give a Helping Hand

Since hosting their first coffee morning last Friday, 6th Class continued their journey to giving a helping hand today. Having raised €500 in aid of Helping Hands, Edenmore, 6th Class and Ms. Jacob went online and shopped for some nonperishable groceries. These were delivered to school yesterday afternoon and loaded up by 6th Class today […]

On Your Bike!

Things are already starting to get busy in Springdale. 5th Class have kicked off the year with the ‘Cycle Right’ programme with Colm & Tony. This great initiative is funded by the Department of Transport and the Road Safety Authority. During the course of 7 weeks, 5th Class will learn how to stay safe while […]

A Nail Biting Final!

  What an end to our first complete football season since 2020! Our 4th, 5th & 6th Class girls ended this year’s football season in style, winning the City League, Division 2 Final in AUL on Wednesday 7th June. Their opposition, Gaelscoil Sliabh Rua, scored an early goal to take the lead. However, their lead […]