On Wednesday the 9th of April, 5th class visited Trinity College for their TAP Mini Med Day.
When we arrived at Trinity we were treated to a wonderful talk from Professor Luke O’Neill who spoke to us about Immunology and told the students loads of interesting facts about bacteria and viruses.
After a quick break for lunch, 5th class had the opportunity to become doctors themselves which they really enjoyed. They learned about first aid, took their blood pressure and listened to their heartbeat, looked at X-rays, performed CPR, scrubbed in for surgery, and looked for their reflexes. It’s fair to say we have a few aspiring doctors and nurses among us now.
After all the excitement we thought it was only right to chill out in the sun with some ice cream and talk about our highlights from the day ☀️
We’re wrapping up an amazing 6-week cycling programme with the brilliant Tomas and Ally — and what a ride it’s been! 🌟
A massive thank you to both of them for bringing such energy, encouragement, and fun to every session. The children have gained fantastic cycling skills, built confidence, and most importantly, had a brilliant time doing it! 💪🚲😄
From balance and control to road awareness and safety, the opportunities and experiences offered were second to none. It’s been a joy to watch the progress and smiles grow each week! 👏
Here’s to more pedals, progress, and positivity in the future! 🥳🚴♂️
We’re officially two weeks in and our students are absolutely smashing it in the Skipping Around Europe Challenge in the amazing weather! 🎉💪
From Dublin to Prague and Berlin to Budapest, our classes have been racking up their skips and making fantastic progress across the continent. 🗺️💥 It’s been incredible to see the energy, enthusiasm, and teamwork from all classes — skipping ropes flying, smiles beaming, and legs moving non-stop! 😄
A huge well done to all the students (and staff!) who’ve taken part so far — your effort and commitment are truly inspiring. Let’s keep up the great work and see just how far we can travel in the next few weeks! 🚀👟
Keep skipping, keep smiling, and keep moving!
Dia daoibh (Dee-ya yee uv)
We had a lovely week celebrating the Irish language and culture .The Irish language is certainly alive and well here in Our Lady of Lourdes ns.
We had some lovely performances at assembly and you can see them below .6th class expertly forecasted the weather for us, 1st class showed their fierceness by doing the Haka Gaelach, 2nd class made us very feel patriotic by singing "Irelands call", 3,Rd gave very dramatic performances of some lovely poems about a leprechaun and a pencil,4th class sang a song about emigration, Irish people leaving Ireland across the waves (Trasna na dtonnta), 5th class performed the Rathlin Bog and also a round of An Dreolin. The infants did brilliant poems about a lovely yellow teddy and if your happy and you know it as Gaeilge.
Some children also impressed us by performing a traditional Irish dance, Na Baliigh Luimnigh
Lá Féile Padraig daoibh.
What an incredible week of football for our school! Both the boys' and girls' teams competed in their blitz tournaments, showing amazing teamwork, determination, and skill.
We are so proud to share that both teams made it through the group stages and into the finals, playing their hearts out and doing absolutely fantastic! 🎉
Their hard work, sportsmanship, and team spirit were on full display, and every player should feel really proud of how well they did. They represented the school brilliantly and gave it their all right to the very end.
And this is just the beginning — more competitions are coming up in a few weeks, and we can't wait to see these amazing teams back in action!
Well done, everyone! 👏⚽
Seachtain na Gaeilge takes place next week.
We will celebrate our Irish culture by speaking our native language, explore Irish music and songs. Some classes will practice Irish dancing and we will have lots of craic agus Spraoi on Lá Glas. We will have our annual ceolchoirm on Friday where the children will all perform a song or poem they have learned.
Parents are welcome to come to the junior assembly on Friday where we will have some space set out for you. We can't do at senior assembly unfortunately but videos of performances will be up online.
There is a page on this website for Gaeilge and there are video and audio clips of some basic Irish phrases that you could learn and show your child that you can learn Gaeilge too ☘️🇮🇪
Well done everyone 🙌
