Senior Infant Sporst

​All Senior Infant classes had a fantastic day in Shelbourne Park on the 21st June where we enjoyed our Sports Day. The day was split into three sections (playground, football and races) and every class enjoyed time at each station. For small lunch, ...
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Salesian Primary School Summer Newsletter June 2023

​ Welcome to our Summer Newsletter. We can't  believe that Term 3 has almost come to an end. It has been a busy third term here in Salesians. We hope you enjoy reading about some of the things that we have been involved with this term....
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Salesian Primary School Easter Newsletter 2023

Message from the Principal: Spring is finally in the air. The days are stretching, nature is coming alive again and happily the weather is beginning to warm up. It is the perfect time for us all to dust ourselves off and begin everything from a fresh...
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World Book Day

There was great fun today throughout the school, as our creative girls and boys, dressed up as their favourite characters and enjoyed lots of book-related activities. High credit due to the children and all who helped prepare them for today! Imaginat...
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Spring All Around Us

How lucky are we to have Westfields on our doorstep? Check out some of our Senior Infant students out and about spotting signs of Spring. We saw lots of buds on the trees and beautiful daffodils, we fed the ducks, heard the birds chirping and ev...
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RTÉ Emma O’Kelly’s Visit

Today, 6th class were thrilled to welcome, Emma O’Kelly, RTÉ Education Correspondent and Salesian Primary School past pupil, to our class to chat about her life. The girls were riveted by Emma’s stories and gained a vivid insight into her j...
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Salesian Primary School December Newsletter 2022

Message from the Principal ​ A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chairde, Ba mhaith le múinteoirí agus foireann uillig i mBunscoil na Salíseach ár mbuíochas a ghabháil díbh ar fad as ucht an cabhair agus an tacaíocht a fuaireamar uaibh ó thús na scoil bliana go ...
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'Ho Ho Ho' from a special visitor

A very special visitor came to the Salesians today!! 🎅🎅🎅 Santa came around to all the classes to visit the boys and girls. He checked his list twice and knew everyone's name! He even knew the teacher's names. We sang lovely Christmas songs for Santa ...
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The Planetarium ‍

1st class students have had a very busy month learning all about Space. Today they had a visit from the Planetarium, a mobile exploration dome where they learned so much about stars and planets. They even got to see astronauts in Space 🧑‍🚀👩🏼‍🚀  ...
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Junior Scientists in 4th Class

Look who's back!! This week we had a visit from the 'Nutty Professor' aka Ms. Burke. Ms Burke and Ms. Connors 4th class pupils participated in a fun hands on workshop extracting DNA from a banana!! How cool is that? They are a real 'bunch' of Ju...
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Albert Nolan: The Bat Man

Junior Infants, Senior Infants and 1st Classes had a visit from Albert Nolan today, or as some were calling him 'Bat Man' 🦇  He gave an excellent presentation and the children learned so much about bats. Did you know that Bats that liv...
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'Shocking Science' 5th Class Workshop

Ms. O' Reilly's 5th Class had some hair-raising fun with Electricity. They were busy building circuits, adding switches, testing insulators and conductors and learning about all the Energy and Forces that contribute to it. Magnetism was explored...
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More Chemistry Kids ‍‍

Ms. Connors 4th Class also did the Chemistry Kids Workshop this week, learning all about Acids, Bases and pH scales. Check out their happy faces as they used stinky red cabbage juice and litmus paper as an indicator to determine the pH of everyday th...
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'Classroom CSI': 6th Class CSI Agents

Suspect everyone!!! 6th class has great fun as Forensic Scientists today in the Science Workshop. The class had to investigate a murder in groups. There was a crime scene and each group had a list of suspects.  They had to examine the evide...
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Chemistry Kids: 4th Class Science Workshop ‍‍

Ms. Burke's 4th Class had a great time today learning about Acids, Bases and the pH scales in an interactive workshop mobile Science Workshop . They explored materials and how they change, heating and cooling and chemical uses in everyday life. They ...
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2nd Class Science Workshop on Space

We learned all about space in second class. We tracked the position of the planets and drew our own maps. We observed how the different planets orbit the sun. We finished with a rocket launch experiment using balloons, a straw, sellotape and a piece ...
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Science Week in First Class

 The first classes had an amazing science week. They explored static electricity and constructed their own parachutes and rockets. Great fun was had! 
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Last orders Tuesday 22nd

​Last chance to order. Check out this amazing poster designed by 5th Class Student Council Pupil Alice 👏👏Amazing 🤩
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Blasting off in 4th Class

​4th Class took on the Salesian Rocket STEM Challenge this week and had great fun blasting their rockets in the yard today. Nasa may even have reported some sightings 🌙🌌🚀 Check out their cool creations in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.......🚀🚀
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1st Class Astronomers ‍‍

1st Class are having great fun learning all about Space and the planets. Ms. Glennon's class showed their astronaut pictures at Cruinniu today and recited a brilliant poem about the planets. They are really looking forward to a visit from the Planeta...
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