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This week we celebrate SCIENCE WEEK 2023!! As can be seen from the photos so far, our 2nd and 3rd classes have been working on Lava Lamps while our 5th class visited Dundalk Library for some interesting science activities. With many more experiments and activities taking place throughout the week be sure to visit the…

Ms. Mc Dermott’s and Mr. Farrelly’s 2nd and 3rd class students have been very busy this week learning all about 3-D shapes. On Wednesday, students were tasked with using spaghetti and marshmallows to create a variety of polyhedra. They used these wonderful creations to determine and discuss the properties of cubes, cuboids, pyramids and tetrahedra,…

Just before the mid-term break, our green schools committee took to he garden to planbt some daffodils. In Ireland, daffodils are often the first sign of Spring and as we enter the winter montsh we look foward to seeing our daffodils ‘Spring’ out of the ground to mark the start of brighter days and better…

Congratulations to Ms McDermott’s 3rd Class on the winning of the Golden Boot for October 2023.

Well done to our handwriting winners for October 2023. Keep up the good work.

It was a day full of colour and fantastic costumes as we marked the mid-term break with a ‘Monster Mash’ Halloween disco. Well done to our winners of fancy dress and our handwriting winners for October. We hope evryone enjoys the mid-term and look forward to seeing you all return safely on Monday November 6th.

Scenes of pure joy filled Darver Centre of Excellence this evening as our U’13’s boys lifted the Corn Mhic Ardail Cup for the first time since 2014!! The Friary boys got off to the dream start, finding the net early in the game thanks to some fantastic interplay from the goalkeepers kick out, right until…

In the run up to our Final tomorrow evening, we wanted to allow everyone to meet our team. Check out the video below:

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Our Christmas card designs will go home with the boys today. This is an important annual fundraiser for the school and a really nice way to spread Christmas cheer with a personalised card to loved ones and friends. A pack of 10 cards costs just €10 which in itself is great value. Please support the…

Congratulations to out Maths Week Wizards for 2023. These boys were selected as they put an exceptional effort into activities during Maths Week 2023. Be sure to keep checking back for more photos of our Maths Week. A big thanks to Ms Ronan for organising all the fun and activities throughout the week.

Today was a big day for the Friary Boys as they played St Mary’s of Drogheda in the Corn Mhic Ardail Semi-Final in the Gaels GFC. The boys in black & white fought tooth and nail for every ball and played exceptional football throughout. Deservedly, at the final whistle of what was a brilliant display…

Welcome to MATHS WEEK 2023!! This week every year group will work across a number of maths activities from maths relays to Times Tables Rockstars, from Maths Eyes to Coding. Maths week is always a very engaging and enjoyable week with collaboration and teamwork the key to solving many of the maths problems we face…

To support our ‘Boys in Green’ tomorrow as they take on the ‘All Blacks’ in the World Cup quarter final, the Friary Boys dawned their green clothes and jerseys. Not only are we supporting them in colour but as a whole school we took part in the ‘Haka as Gaeilge’ in the yard this afternoon.…

A big thank you to our local stores who generously donated for our healthy lunch week – namely, Supervalu, Fyffes, Lidl and Dunnes Stores. We really appreciate your support. As you can see this made for plenty of refreshments and servings of our pupils 5-A-Day throughout the week.