St Thomas Senior School recently received a generous donation for musical resources for the school. This money has been used to purchase a class set […]
Spelling Bee
Each 5th and 6th class held a Spelling Bee competition in their classroom. The winner from each class then went forward to the school final. […]
Fighting Words!
Room 16 went on a lovely trip into town to take part in a Fighting Words workshop. Together we created a very imaginative story called […]
Well Done Dancers!!!
Congratulations to the many children from our school who danced at the ‘Dance Supreme Hip Hop Competition’ during the break. They represented Jobstown in a […]
Bouncing Ball Experiment
Yesterday, we completed an experiment to make a bouncing polymer ball. We used glue, borax, water and corn flour. We wrote procedures about our experiment. […]
FRIENDS For Life!
Our class and Ms McKenna’s Reading Unit are doing the ‘FRIENDS For Life’ programme together every week. Each letter of the word FRIENDS stands for […]
It’s Electric!
We got to make Electric Quizzes using an electrical circuit. It was so much fun. Firstly, we worked in groups and came up with our […]
1916 Rising
Professional actors came to our school and depicted what life was like during the 1916 Rising. As we watched this amazing historical re-enactment we felt […]
Valentine Love Cookies – They’re delicious!!
Happy Valentines Day Everyone! We have been studying the topic of “weight” in Maths. We decided that this was the perfect opportunity to go cooking because you usually […]
Nice Ice Icing
We made sugar icing last week and we put them on digestive biscuits. We added chocolate chips too. It was yummy! – Mary We added […]
Student of the Month (January)
Well done to those students selected by their teachers!
Our Trip to ‘The Natural History Museum’
Today our class went to ‘The Natural History Museum’. It was really fun. I liked the animals from the different countries that I’ve never heard […]
Credit Union Quiz 2014
On Friday the 31st January our school took part in the local Credit Union table quiz. We had four teams taking part – Lauren, T.J., […]
Our Trip to the D.S.P.C.A.
Two weeks ago our class (Room 20) went on a trip to the D.S.P.C.A. animal shelter in Rathfarnham. Joanne was kind enough to arrange it […]
The Grand Opening!
Monday 20th January 2014 marked a very special day in our school because we finally got to open our new library. It has taken us […]
Maths Time!
We had great fun in maths today. We are learning about length. We estimated and measured different things in our classroom such as the teachers […]
We made Strawberry Jelly!
Today we used our Procedural Writing to make Strawberry Jelly. Have a look at our recipe and our photos! How to make Strawberry Jelly What […]
Grandparents visit Room 4
Yesterday some of our grandparents came to our school for tea, biscuits and a prayer service. My Nanny came to our school, after the prayers […]
Maths for Fun!
Room 5 are having a great time doing maths for fun with the Parents. Have a look at our photos!
Fabric and Fibre Characters (Room 13)
Our class created some characters in art using fabric and fibre. We used character profiles before we designed them to think about the traits and […]
Ryan’s Boxing Trip to England
My Boxing Trip To England! On Saturday the 18th I went to Newcastle to box for the Dublin squad. I had to wake up at […]
Clay Heads
We made clay heads in room 11 today. For this we needed terracotta clay, clay boards and pencils. We made the clay into a fall […]
Yoga Club
Our yoga club meets every Wednesday in room 11 after school. We get to practice different yoga poses, create yoga stories, play games, create balances […]
Exploring Science
This month we have been looking at solids liquids and gases. We are focusing on what happens when these things are heated or cooled. This […]
New Library!
We visited our new library this week. We really enjoyed exploring the wide range of books that were there. We were really excited to use […]
Colourful Creations
We learned how to weave using a frame we made from lolly pop sticks. Saskia thought us how to do it. (Aaron) I helped make […]