Month: October 2022

Today, the boys and staff at St Malachy’s BNS bid a fond farewell to Ms. Joanne Farrell after 15 years service in our school. We thanks Ms. Farrell for her dedication and commitment and wish her all the very best in her new position.

Well done to our newly formed Student Council who ran our Halloween Art Competition. As you will see below, there was so many fantastic entries that it was an extremely tough decision. Well done to our 3 winners who received a goodie bag each and all entrants who received treats also. Winners: Alex (Ms Murphy),…

St Malachy’s was a scary place to be today. So many costumes and unrecognisable pupils. IA huge thanks to Ms Mullen and her 2nd Class who led the school in a Monster Mash dance with all classes getting a chance to show off their costumes. Check out our photos below, there are also more to…

We would like to wish Luca Whelan from 3rd Class all the very best as he takes to the stage in An Táin Theatre / Town Hall Dundalk for his debut role in ‘All my Sons’. The powerful drama is set during the second World War and Luca will not be the only member of…

Congratulations to our handwriting winners for October 2022. These awards are presented to pupils who show improvements in our cursive handwriting and also those with consistent excellent presentation of work. Keep up the good work, there will be many more opportunities to be a winner.

Congratulations to our 6th class pupil, Caolán Farrell, winner of the De La Salle College Open Day Library Quiz. 

Congratulations to our Maths Week 2022 award winners. Each class crowned a Maths Wizard, these pupils showed exceptional grá for maths throughout Maths Week. Each class also awarded a prize to their top Numbot (2nd Class) and Times Table Rockstar (3rd – 6th). These pupils put in a huge amount of effort into both applications…

Well done to our U-13 gaelic team who took part in the Cumann na Bunscoil competition this year. In all we had more than 40 pupils play this year, a testament to the appetite for GAA and sport in our school. Winning 4 out of our 5 group matches led us to today’s semi-final which…

Throughout this week in St Malachy’s we have been putting ourselves to the test….MATHS STYLE!! The week has been full of wonderful and fun activities for all classes. Our 2nd Class experienced their first Maths Week when they took to Numbots on the ipads. From 3rd to 6th we have been taking part in a…

Today marked an historic day in St Malachy’s BNS with our first assembly back in the hall and only the second full school gathering since Covid. As is now custom, we always kick off the first assembly of the year with a prayer service. A huge thanks to all who took part, especially our Prior…

Congratulations to Dundalk Gaels GFC on reaching the Minor Football Final which will be played this coming weekend. The Dundalk side will have stiff opposition against Ardee St Mary’s but with a number of past pupils from St Malachy’s BNS, we are confident they can contend with anything that comes their way. We would like…

Congratulations to our neighbours St Dominics whom unveiled their new dressing rooms over the weekend. The ribbon was cut by Dundalk FC player Brian Gartland while Fr David blessed the structure. Well done to all involved in the funding and building of the new facilities.