As part of the Schools Photovoltaic Programme, the Department of Education funded the installation of 14 roof-mounted solar panels in Springdale NS. Despite the fact that they were only installed late in the summer, we have already been reaping the benefits of solar energy: During the month of September, 4 households’ worth of energy have […]
6th Class are delighted with their new ‘Cosy Corner’ where they can take time out to read, play games or have a chat. Thank you to Ms. Brooks for helping to design the space and for ordering their cosy couch, to Mr. Kirk, for painting the area and to Ms. Wendy Vincent for making the […]
6th Class were very lucky to get the opportunity to visit Sky Up Academy Studios last week. In a purpose-built pop-up TV studio, they took centre stage as media creators. In real-life media roles, they used cutting-edge digital technology to create a news report. They worked alongside the Sky Up team of experts who helped them to bring their ideas […]
Mrs. Cahill decided to take a piano from a freecycle site for our school. For years, we thought our old piano could not be tuned. When the new piano was delivered to the school, Ms. Cahill decided it could […]
5th Class took to their bikes in the sunshine earlier today as they began their first lesson from the ‘Cycle Right’ programme. This programme, which is funded by the Department of Transport, the Road Safety Authority and An Taisce Green Schools, consists of six lessons of 80 minutes each. Today’s lesson was mostly theory based […]
Despite the cold, wet weather in Morton Stadium, Santry, our athletes did us proud in this year’s Santry Sports athletic events. They competed in the high jump, the long jump, shot putt, relays and individual races. Their behaviour was exemplary and they all showed great sportsmanship, both on and off the track. You might catch […]
Thanks to Ciaráin, our GAA coach, for bringing the Sam Maguire Cup to Springdale yesterday. There was plenty of excitement as you can see below. Even Sam, our dog who loves reading, had a sniff of the cup! We hope to see the cup again next year.
We are delighted to see so many children cycling to school this week, Bike Week 2024. As you can see, our bike shelters are packed today. In total 64 children cycled or scooted to school this morning. To celebrate and promote cycling, 4th & 6th Class pupils enjoyed cycling training in St. Anne’s Park delivered […]
Thanks to the PTA, pupils from 1st upwards enjoyed a sensory cooking class with Deidre from the Cool Food School on Friday, 10th May. They had the opportunity to take each ingredient and examine it while preparing healthy apple donuts. If you would like to try their recipe, you will find it below. Thanks to […]
The Green-Schools Travel programme aims to encourage more students to regularly cycle. As a green school, we love to see our Springdalers cycling to school. We all know the many environmental and health benefits to cycling/scooting to school so it is great to see both our bike shelters packed with bikes and scooters, and not […]