Month: November 2024

This month our assembly awards took place in our classrooms due to the busyness of the Friary Hall at this time of year. Well done to all our award winners from Golden Boot winners – Ms McElroy’s 4th class to our Handwriting and Strive for 5 winners. This rounds off a busy yet enjoyable November.…

This week we celebrated Friendship and Anti-Bullying Week in St Malachy’s Boys. A huge thanks to Ms Hughes and the student council members for organising such a great and fun week. We started the week by designing a leaf for our friendship tree on Monday, On Tuesday we each were tasked with picking and carrying…

Today our 6th class pupils all took a short stroll to what is known as the ‘Home of football’ in Dundalk – Oriel Park. This was on the back of an invite from Aoife Burns, community officer to take part in the ‘Not Around Us’ Campaign. This is a campaign to help young people ask…

In recent weeks we have had some fantastic initiatives from our parents association to help raise funds for our school. These included the church gate collect and the Bag 2 School. Thanks to all those who took time out to collect or donate clothes and well done to the boys who helped out. A big…

This science week we asked for pupils to carry out a project on the theme of this years Science Week – Regeneration! A big thanks to all the pupils and their families who produced fantastic pieces for display around our school. We were blown away by the response and we are very grateful for the…

A huge thanks to Norbrook pharmaceuticals for providing us with a fantastic science week workshop. Every class got to visit Norbrook and got first-hand knowledge of different chemical reactions that take place in our world. From static energy to lava lamps, to PH reactions with lemons and milk, the pupils and staff really enjoyed the…

On Monday our 6th class quiz teams took part in th Cumann na mBunscol quiz. The team was lead and prepared by Ms Halpenny and did themselves and our school very proud with both performance and behaviour. Well done to the boys and Ms Halpenny on another great quiz performance.

A huge thanks to the pupils and parents who made our shoe box appeal such a huge success. The response was overwhelming. As the Crosscause website states; “We collect shoeboxes filled with essentials, toys, and small gifts for orphans, children with disabilities, and those affected by conflict”. A fantastic cause and one that we are…

Congratulations to all our entries for the recent DNG Art Competition, the interest levels and standards were something to behold. We are delighted to announce that out of over 200 entries we had 5 prize winners from our school. Congratulations to the boys and we hope you enjoy your prizes.