St. Francis of Assisi Primary School, Belmayne, Balgriffin, Dublin 13

Raising of the Green Flag

principal — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:44:32 +0000

Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Andrew Montague visited the school to raise our first Green Flag. The Lord Mayor then visited all the classes and the children had an opportunity to speak with him.

The Lord Mayor raising the flag

Lord Mayor of Dublin speaking to the children

Flying high

Up goes the Green Flag

Fighting Words

principal — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:20:06 +0000

The pupils in 3rd and 4th classes attended the Fighting Words creative writing workshop. They wrote a story and brought home their own book. They learned a lot about characters, settings and using them to write their stories.

Dublin City Neighbourhood Award

principal — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:43:20 +0000

Members of the Green School Committee attended the Dublin City Neighbourhood Award Ceremony in the Mansion House with the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Andrew Montague in December 2011. We were the runners up winners in the schools category.

Book Cover Competition

principal — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:12:06 +0000

Some of the children collecting their prizes in the design a book cover competition in Donaghmede library. They all did a fantastic job. Well done to all.

Book Cover winning entry

Receiving their prizes

Blessing of Pets 2011

principal — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:01:48 +0000

Classes for 2011 – 2012

principal — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:51:41 +0000

Junior Infants Room 1 – Ms. Edel Murray

Junior Infants Room 2 – Ms. Sarah Fields

Senior Infants Room 3 – Ms. Clodagh Small (formerly Ms. Duddy’s class)

Senior Infants Room 4 – Ms. Rachael Duddy (formerly Ms. Fields’ class)

1st Class Room 5 – Ms. Corinna Linehan

2nd Class Room 6 – Mr. Brian Hughes

3rd and 4th Classes Room 7 – Ms. Niamh Kelly

5th and 6th Classes Room 8 – Ms. Helen Fields

Life Cycle of the Butterfly

principal — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:30:29 +0000

In one of the Junior Infant classes the children watched the life cycle of five Painted Lady butterflies take place. On the 10th of May the caterpillars were delivered to our school. Over the following weeks the caterpillars got bigger and bigger and eventually they got stuck to the lid of the pot and began to form their chrysalis. They stayed like this for about another week and a half, as they continued to change inside the chrysalis. Then over the June bank holiday weekend they appeared out of their chrysalis as beautiful butterflies. Their teacher had put some flowers, grass and sugar water in their hatchery . The children watched as they continued to grow. They released them outside the school and watched them fly away. It was very interesting to see how they changed from Caterpillars into Butterflies.

St Francis now on Twitter

admin — Tue, 31 May 2011 07:12:44 +0000

Stay up to date with the latest news and announcements via twitter, now you can keep informed on the go.

http://twitter.com/#!/sfapsbelmayne

First Holy Communion

principal — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:51:58 +0000

We had First Holy Communion in Holy Trinity Church, Donaghmede on Sunday 22nd May 2011. Fr. Gary celebrated the mass with the boys and girls from 2nd class. It was a very special day in their lives and they all looked lovely. Some children from 1st and 3rd classes helped with the singing, which sounded beautiful. After the ceremony we had time together to have a little treat and of course take some photos.

First Holy Communion Display

Some more photos to follow!!

Easter Celebrations

principal — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:51:21 +0000