Maths Week Trip

Maths Week Trip to City Hall Yesterday was Monday the 14/10/19. We went on the Dart and we walked to City Hall through town.  We went on the coolest lift ever. Then we played some maths games and did some puzzles.  Some of our favourite ones were the ‘Skyscraper’ and ‘Boats in Trouble’.    We had […]

Two Visits in One Day!

Springdalers had a very busy day on Tuesday. Early in the day we were extremely lucky to be joined by author, Ger Siggins. 4th to 6th Class were entertained by his stories of growing up next to Lansdowne Road and were interested to learn how he was inspired to become a writer. We were treated […]

A Day in the life of a Scientist

On Tuesday 8th October some children went on a science trip to Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute. We had a brilliant day. Before we left, we made some predictions for our experiment. When we got there, we were shown into the lab. We felt like VIPs. They told us we were the first children who got […]

Halloween…..Spooktacular 2019!!

Another year of children’s (or adults!!) creative genius springs from the wardrobes and minds of Springdalers. Despite the mixed weather, we experienced another triumph of fashion with a brilliant display of imagination shining from all quarters. It was simply a super day out for all, young and old alike. A huge thank you to all […]

Anyone for Coffee?

Members of 6th class hosted two fantastic coffee mornings last Wednesday in aid of Irish Guide Dogs. As the Mulcahy family have become the proud foster family for a puppy in training, 6th Class decided to choose this worthy cause. Both coffee mornings were busy and thoroughly enjoyable with the added bonus of live music […]

New Digital Calendar

Many thanks to Abigail Mahon and her dad, Stephen, who recently installed a digital calendar in our entrance hallway. Using Raspberry Pi, the monitor will help to keep you up to date on activities and events planned. It also displays snippets of news from our school website and photographs of our busy Springdalers. The Raspberry […]

Thank you

Thank you to all who helped fundraise last year towards sensory equipment for our school. We made a few purchases during the summer holidays and we hope everyone enjoys putting them to use over the next few weeks. Our Junior Infants were certainly having fun in their yard today. Many thanks to our wonderful caretaker, […]

Game on!

Huge congratulations to our 6th Class students who defeated the staff in an end of year basketball match by a score of 8-6. The staff jumped out to an early lead on a basket by Ms Cahill and continued to build on this as they reached 6-2 with good passing and aggressive play. However, with […]

Fire Brigade Fun

Thanks to the firemen from Kilbarrack Fire Station who visited Springdale today. Past Springdaler and fireman, Derek Singleton, was joined by the Station Officer, Dave Connolly, and fellow firemen, Glen Ellis and Paul. As you can see below, Mr. Vincent managed to capture the great excitement and fun had by pupils from Junior Infants to […]