St. Andrew's National School

On Tuesday, the 10th of February it was Safer Internet Day! Here in St. Andrews we had a day full of activities promoting safety online, AI awareness and being in control while online!  The internet is a massive worldwide network that connects millions of devices. It can be a fun, educational place but should also be used carefully and responsibly.  This year our main focus was being AI aware, safe, smart and in control online! In each class, there was a lesson on internet sa

On Friday 30 th  January, 6 th  class went on a trip to Microsoft, to participate in their Dream Space workshop. We were dropped off at Bride’s Glen Luas stop and took the Luas to Central Park, before walking up to the Microsoft building. We dropped our bags, got nametags and were divided into different groups. The focus of the workshop was learning how to code. We solved some puzzles with our group, before heading over to the colour identifying robots. We had to figure out w

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported and took part in this year's Christmas Shoebox Appeal. Thanks to the generosity and kindness of our school community, 85 amazing boxes were donated. They are currently on their way to bring smiles, joy and happiness to children this Christmas. A big thank you to First Class and their buddies in Fourth Class for all the help carrying the boxes to the car. We could not have done it without you!

Over the last few weeks Senior Infants and Sixth class buddies have gotten up to a lot of fun! Here are some of the things we have done: We started the year back with a bang with lots of colouring, reading and games on the yard! During Maths Week, 6th Class created some maths based playground games for Senior Infants to play! There was lots of running, jumping, adding and subtracting happening at once. We finished off the term by making conker comets. We collected conkers and