This week in St Malachy’s we celebrated ‘Walk to School Week 2022’. On Wednesday September 21st which was National WOW Day (Walk on Wednesday) , the boys made a conscious decision to walk to school. A huge thanks to the boys and their parents for all their efforts. Check out our photos below:
Read MoreA huge thanks to Paul and Ray from DKIT facilitated our fantastic Wind and Energy workshop on Friday last. This was a hands on workshop with active learning and problem solving skills put into practice. The main obbjective was to build and alter your work to create the most energy efficient wind turbine!
Read MoreThroughout May and June you may well seen our pupils in high-vis vests cleaning our school yards and surrounding areas. This is our Spring Clean, organised by the fantastic Green Schools Committee, led by the one and only Ms Ronan. Our Green Schools Committee put a huge amount of time into activities all throughout the…
Read MorePlease see iInformation on a free Cycle Skills & Safety Workshop for 8-12 yr olds. If interested please contact Karl from Cu Chulainn.
Read MoreKarl Dolan of the Bike Station visited the school to give all of our COW day cyclists to a bike safety talk and demonstrate some bike skills. The boys all learned how to fit their helmets correctly, adjust their brakes, inflate their bicycle tyres and had great fun demonstrating their bike skills during the slow…
Read MoreOur school Bike Week kicks off this coming Monday, May 16th. Make sure you check back to see photos of our activities throughout the week.
Read MoreOur Green Schools Committee are delighted to announce the recommencement of our Spring Clean for 2022!! Over the next number of weeks you will see our classes out picking up litter, clearing weeds and generally cleaning around the school yard, walkways and our Friary field. A huge thanks to our fantastic Green Schools Committee under…
Read MoreCongratulations to Ms Ronan’s 4th Class on winning the Golden Boot Award for November. This award is given to the class with the most pupils travelling to school in an environmentally friendly manner such as Walking, Cycling and Park ‘n’ Stride. Remember guys there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing!!
Read MoreMs Ronan’s 4th class kicked off this years Golden Boot award by becoming the winning class for September. The boys were absolutely thrilled with themselves, and rightly so! Mr Wynne’s 5th class earned the Golden Boot for the month of October. Although 4th class were sad to see it leave we were all delighted to…
Read MoreLast week as part of National Bike Week boys from 2nd -6th classes made a fantastic effort to cycle their bikes to school. Well done to all. It was fantastic to see each and every one of them wearing a helmet too! There were great cycling prizes up for grabs, including helmets, lights and bells.…
Read MoreA huge thank you to Ms Ronan and our Green Schools Committee who have worked tirelessly all year. The Green Schools Awards were held online on November 11th this year where Ms Ronan and the Green Schools committee were delighted to be presented with the schools 4th flag for the ‘Travel’ theme. All pupils, families…
Read MoreToday we celebrated our first WOW (Walk on Wednesday / Walk Once a Week) since returning to school. A big Thank You to all the boys and their parents for all the efforts this week. The weather is to be good for the rest of the week so let’s hope we can keep up those…
Read MoreThis week is officially Walk To School Week. Wednesday is a national WOW day. With the weather picking up Ms Ronan is asking that you make the extra effort to walk to school as much as possible this week. If you can’t walk the whole way maybe you could consider ‘Park n Stride’. We are now in the 4th week…
Read MoreWhile this school year has been very different for everyone, our Green Schools Committee led by Ms Ronan have still been hard at work figuring how to ensure our annual school Spring Clean can take place. As a result, this years Spring Clean is taking place from this week until we finish up at the…
Read MoreOnce again we held a very enjoyable and successful Whole-SchooL Assembly. This assembly commenced with Mrs Mc Cann’s 5th Class leading us in prayer as well as the addition of the advent wreath and advent promises. We then had a speaker from Ms Ronan’s class who talked about our journey to gaining our 4TH GREEN…
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