Author: Lesley Cahill

Have you got Odd Socks?

Many thanks to everyone who wore odd socks today to mark World Down Syndrome Day. There was a great variety of odd socks on display around the school. Well done to Second Class who presented a fantastic assembly all about  the importance of  being unique! €390 raised will go to the Northside Down Syndrome Centre.

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2023

Bhí an chraic againn ar scoil i rith Seachtain na Gaeilge. Bhí Cluiche Ciaróg ag Rang 1 & Rang 2 agus bhí an spraoi acu. San iarnóin, bhí tráth ns gceist ag na ranganna sinsearachacha agus bhain siad an taitneamh as! Chríochnaigh Seachtain na Gaeilge le céilí. Bhí áthas orainn fáilte a chur roimh na […]

The Grand Opening

On Friday, 3rd March , we celebrated the opening of our new library space. We began with a whole school assembly where we were joined by Revd. Lesley Robinson and Ms. Stella Downes. The students’ Council entertained us with a poem about reading and a quiz based on well known characters. Revd. Lesley Robinson led […]

World Book Day 2023

On the eve to the opening of our new library space, we celebrated World Book Day in Springdale today. There were all sorts of activities around the school from hunts for Wally to designing book covers. Everywhere I went today, there were Springdalers with books in their hands. The photos below capture a snippet from […]

Spring is Here!

Now that spring has arrived, pupils from 5th Class have taken to the garden. Over the last number of days the 5th Class gardening team have been busy tidying and planting in the school garden. They are doing amazing work and the school yard looks fantastic!

Drum Nature 2023

Junior Infants to 6th Class had great fun on Friday 10th February working with Neil from Drum Nature. Many thanks to the PTA for funding this fantastic workshop. Thank you to all our photographers who managed to capture the fun on camera- well done! Take a look at their collection of photos in the following […]

More News on our School Library

Earlier in the year we posted news of the work being started in our school library. Since then we have made great progress and our project is almost complete. Beautiful new shelves have been installed by DB Office Supplies and amazing images by the Image Depot have been added to the walls. Thanks to help […]

Internet Safety Week 2022

This week we celebrated Internet Safety Day in Springdale. We kicked off the week with a guest speaker on online safety from Barnardos for 3rd-6th Class (Stay safe online with Barnardos).Throughout the week children in each class learnt about how to stay safe online. They shared what they learnt in our outdoor assembly this morning […]

Use of National Recovery and Resilience Plan Funding

Springdale National School acknowledges receipt of €8,000 Digital Funding in December 2021 from the EU National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). The Recovery and Resilience Facility is the largest component of NextGenerationEU which is the European Union’s response to the global pandemic. It aims to help repair the immediate economic and social damage brought about […]

Perfect Paper

Here at Springdale, our new eco-natural paper towels and toilet rolls are helping our environment in so many ways! We hope to help save 27 million cartons from the sea and landfill! We hope to help save over 10 thousand trees from being cut down! We hope to help avoid emitting over 700 thousand kilogrammes […]