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School Life 2023-2024

5th Class learn all about Water Safety

The girls in 5th Class completed the PAWS (Primary Aquatics Water Safety) programme, perfectly timed with the Summer break upon us. Summer, of course, is when most of us head to the beach and spend time swimming and playing in the sea, rivers and lakes. However, it is always important to remind ourselves of the potential […]

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5th Class test out activities at the NSC

On Monday, June the 24th, the girls in 5th Class walked from Scoil Bhríde to the National Sports Campus. This is a wonderful facility, that is right on our doorstep and would be the envy of others who live elsewhere in Ireland. On the site where our Olympians train, there are free facilities available for anyone […]

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Town Planning in 5th Class

The girls in 5th Class were learning all about how towns are planned – from what buildings should be built, what services should be provided, where traffic lights should go and sometimes, what cuts need to be made when sufficient money isn’t there! Following this, the girls then got to actually construct the town, as you […]

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Junior Infant School Tour

Junior Infants had great fun on their first school tour to Clonfert Pet Farm. They got to see lots of lovely animals, bounce on a bouncy castle, practice their football skills and had lots of fun in the playgrounds. Everyone had great fun and was very tired after a busy day. When the girls got […]

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End of Year Blitz For Camogie Team

On Thursday, June the 6th, the Scoil Bhríde Cailíní Camogie Team took part in an end of year blitz in Scoil Ghráinne in Ongar. The other schools taking part were St. Patrick’s, Diswellstown, and Mary Mother of Hope, Clonee. As the girls from 6th Class were away on their school tour, it was just the 5th Class […]

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SCOIL BHRÍDE CAILÍNÍ CELEBRATE INTERCULTURAL DAY

On Friday, May the 24th, Scoil Bhríde Cailíní celebrate Intercultural Day. Our school is blessed with so many wonderful languages and cultures and all of these were on show on the day. The girls dressed up in their traditional clothes and the whole school were treated to singing from Ms. Armstrong’s class, the school choir […]

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Intercultural Day! Ms Dudgeon’s class in traditional dress.

Traditional Vyshyvanka from Ukraine, Half Saree, Chunder, Lehenga from India, Traditional Saya and Maria Clara gown from the Philippines and Tang suit from China.

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Planting Sunflowers in Seoda

The girls in Seoda had great fun planting sunflower seeds today. We are very excited to watch them grow!  

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The Solar System in Third Class

We learned all about the solar system through our report writing. We created some mixed-media paintings of astronauts to accompany our work.

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Friendship Week in Third Class

Meryl was presented with the Friendship Award as she always displays the traits of good friendship.   We created friendship recipes outlining the traits of being a ‘good friend’.   

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BIG WIN FOR SCOIL BHRÍDE CAILÍNÍ CAMOGIE TEAM!

SBC’s Camogie team enjoyed a massive win against their local rivals, Scoil Gráinne, on Thursday, April the 18th. The contest was tight all the way to the end, with a goal from Faye Nulty separating the two teams. Every player was wonderful, blocking, tackling and working hard for each other all the way to the […]

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Friendship Week

6th class made compliment boxes. 3D Origami boxes made with colourful paper and each child wrote a nice compliment for their classmate. By the end of the activity, each girl had a box full of compliments from her whole class 😊  

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Rhys Mc Clenaghan visits Scoil Bhríde

We had a very special visitor in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní today. Rhys Mc Clenaghan, an Olympic gymnast, spoke to the girls and also showed us some of his skills and talents. RTE News2Day filmed the event. Click on the link below to watch it on the RTE Player (April 10th) Watch: news2day Wednesday, 10 April […]

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Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní

The girls in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní were busy practicing and using as much Irish as they could during Seachtain na Gaeilge, which ran from the 11th to the 29th of March. Seachtain na Gaeilge is an annual celebration of Irish language, music, dance, songs, games and poetry. During the two weeks, the girls had lots of fun […]

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Six Nations Poster Competition

The girls from 3rd to 6th class were closely following the men’s Six Nations rugby championship this year. They guessed the score each week and got more familiar with the sport. As part of this, there was a poster competition. There were so many fantastic entries. Vyga from 5th class was a very worthy winner. You can see […]

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Pet Shop Visit

Some girls from Seoda walked to the pet shop in Roselawn. They got to see lots of animals. There were lots of birds and everyone enjoyed looking at the turtle!

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PARKRUN TAKEOVER

Scoil Bhríde Cailíní pupils, parents, siblings and staff took part in the’ Parkrun Takeover’ in Beechpark , Clonsilla on Sunday 24th March at the end of the 4 week Run Around Europe Challenge. It was a fantastic morning enjoyed by all. 

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Brigid 1500

The girls in Ms Tyrell’s class designed and created this beautiful painting of St Brigid. The painting was displayed in the church to celebrate Brigid 1500, a nationwide event that marked the 1,500 th anniversary of the death of St Brigid, one of the patron Saints of Ireland and the patron saint of our school. […]

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SCOIL BHRÍDE CAILÍNÍ SOCCER TEAM IN ACTION

On Thursday, February the 28th, the Scoil Bhríde Cailíní soccer team took part in the FAI 5-a-side soccer blitz in Swords. The girls representing the school on the day were all from 5th Class. For some of the girls, this was their first time to play a competitive soccer match, but you wouldn’t have thought it […]

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SLIME TIME IN 5TH CLASS

The girls in Mr. Maguire’s 5th Class have been busy for the past few months setting up their own business, as part of the Junior Entrepreneur Project. They have been researching, working out cost prices, designing labels, advertising – all in the name of slime! Their product is called ‘Slime Time’, which of course, is slime […]

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Ceremony of Light

Congratulations and well done to the girls in 6th Class who had their Ceremony of Light on Thursday night. A big thank you to Ms. McKay and Ms. Dudgeon for all their hard work in preparing the girls. A huge well done and thank you to the 5th Class girls who were members of the […]

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‘Starry Night’ by Vincent Van Gogh

Third Class created a collaborative collage based on the Van Gogh painting.

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SBC girls sing their hearts out at Peace Proms!

On Sunday, February 4th, the girls in both 5th Classes made their way to the RDS to take part in the Peace Proms concert. There were 2000 other children from different schools singing and dancing on the night and our SBC girls did the school proud! Take a look at the video to see a […]

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Teddy Bear Hospital

Junior Infants enjoyed a visit from the Teddy Bear Hospital. The student doctors from RCSI Paediatric Society taught us about healthcare and the role of healthcare professionals. We used a stethoscope to listen to our heart beat, we learned how to feel our pulse and we looked at lots of other instruments that doctors use to help people […]

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4th Class Trip to Trinity College and Seamus Heaney Exhibition

In January, Ms. Meenagh’s Fourth Class went on a walking tour of Trinity College Dublin and had a tour of the Seamus Heaney exhibit “Listen Now Again.” He is an Irish poet and we studied his poem The Forge in class. We enjoyed listening to our guide and having a chance to write something inspirational on […]

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Aistear in Junior Infants

Junior Infants have been very busy working on the theme of houses and homes during Aistear over the last few weeks. They have been doing lots of different activities such as building houses during construction, playing with the dolls houses in the small world, playing in the home corner in the role play area and […]

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‘Houses of Seven’ in Senior Infants

Senior Infants have been exploring the number seven in maths. We built “Houses of Seven”. Everything put into the house had to link to the number seven. The girls used lollipop sticks, links, pom poms, counters, straws, bears and more to create beautiful Houses of Seven. Some girls even used dice to make the number […]

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FESTIVE BAKING IN 5TH CLASS

The girls in 5th Class enjoyed some festive baking during the week leading up to the Christmas holidays. You can see some of the steps involved in making their gingerbread cookies, as well as the finished product! If you would like to try this easy recipe at home with your daughter, you can check it out […]

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Snowman Competition

Well done to everyone who entered the Snowman competition. As you can see, the standard was fantastic. It is a real demonstration of the levels of creativity that exist in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní. Maith sibh agus Nollaig shona daoibh go léir.

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Santa Dash

On Friday the 15th of December, the whole school took part in our annual Santa Dash. It is a key part of our Active Advent and helps to encourage physical activity in a fun way. Everyone dressed up in their Christmas jumpers and did some laps of the yard. We were also treated to an excellent […]

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Mini Leagues

Girls from 4th , 5th , and 6th took part in the annual Scoil Bhríde Cailíní mini leagues. There were four teams taking part this year. Dublin, Meath, Mayo and Roscommon. We had two very competitive finals with lots of great examples of the skills the girls have been working on in training. In the shield final,Meath […]

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World War I animations by 6th Class

Ms. Dudgeon’s 6th class were learning all about World War I. They were very creative and made some amazing animations based on the war. You can see some of them he Animation 1 Animation 2

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A Song Project for Primary Schools

SBC was delighted to be chosen to take part in this project run by Draíocht. Choirmaster Dave McGauran and singer Susan Mc Fadden have been singing with the girls in 2nd,3rd and 4th classes for the past few weeks. The girls performed in Draíocht on 30th of November. It was fabulous! Maith sibh! You can […]

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News2Day visit SBC!

News 2Day filmed Ms Golden’s 3rd Class for their STEPS Engineering projects. 3rd Class were fantastic and did the school proud. You can watch here: https://www.rte.ie/player/series/news2day/SI0000001210?epguid=IH10000965-23-0167 Well done to Ms. Golden, Houley and all of 3rd class!    

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Open Evening

On Monday the 13th of November, Scoil Bhríde Cailíni held an open evening for prospective parents of junior infants. It was a wonderful evening with the school looking a million dollars. Everybody who came was blown away by the lovely atmosphere in the school and by the wonderful artwork decorating the corridors and classrooms. Our visitors […]

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Wake Up Shake Up

On Fridays, the whole school takes part in Wake Up Shake up. Ms. McKays 6th Class led us this week and they did a fantastic job! On Fridays, the whole school takes part in Wake Up Shake up. Ms. McKays 6th Class led us this week and they did a fantastic job!

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Bake Sale

Parents’ Association Bake Sale The Parents’ Association held a Bake Sale on Tuesday 24th of October and raised €440. Members of our PA and the 6th Class girls did a fabulous job. Thank you to all parents and guardians who donated all the fabulous cakes and treats! What a lovely treat on the final week before midterm!

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SCOIL BHRÍDE CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE DAY

International Sign Language Day takes place this year on Saturday, September 23rd. As this is a Saturday, the girls in Scoil Bhríde Cailíní have been learning all about Lámh, the Irish Sign Language. It has been wonderful to see girls around the school saying ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ using Lámh signs. Here you can see the […]

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