The final theme for Aistear this year was ‘The campsite.’ The Children learnt all about the campsite in the classroom. Then we took to the school garden for a real camping trip! Including our very own campsite with tents, camping chairs and sleeping bags, a barbeque for lunch and finishing off the day with some yummy smores. The children loved their camping trip!

The wonderful Children’s Art was exhibited to the Parents and public during this week.  The children thoroughly enjoyed creating their Art work and bringing their parents to School to see it proudly displayed.  We definitely have some budding Artists among us!

Early Start

Junior Infants

Senior Infants

First Class and Room 7

Second Class

We are very lucky in St Bernadette’s to have had some amazing art lessons from our Creative Schools facilitator Maeve Kelly. The classes have been exploring the theme of under the sea and created amazing work! Thank you to Ms Cashin for organising.

Junior Infants

Senior Infants

1st Class

Second Class

We have been super active in St Bernadette’s for Active Schools Week. Please see below some of the activities we have been participating in! A big thank you to Ms Bowen for arranging so many wonderful activities!

Obstacle Course

Dance Classes

Playground Trips

Circuit Training

Sports Day

We had a very special visitor in assembly this week! Willis the dog came to visit to thank all of the boys and girls in St Bernadette’s for raising money on Lá Glas. Willis is a service puppy for Charlie in Room 7 . Willis is a puppy in training his job will be to help Charlie and his family.

The money raised on Lá Glas went to the Canine Companion charity. The charity offer canine support which can be life changing for children and families living with autism. Well done to everyone who donated and thank you Jenny and Willis for visiting!

The school has been given €500 from the Tesco Community Fund to upgrade our school playground! Thank you to everyone at Tesco!

St. Bernadette’s JNS is accepting applications for enrollment into our Early Start, Junior infants and Special class from Monday, February 12th – Thursday, March 14th.

The application form is available in the admissions section. Hard copies of the form can be collected from the school office from February 12th on.

Our school has been celebrating science week this November! The children have been taking part in captivating and educational experiences all week! These activities, experiments and events were specifically designed to spark curiosity and passion for science among our young learners. We made science fun whilst promoting a deeper understanding of STEM subjects and fostering a lifelong love for learning.

Science Project 2023
The theme for the science project this year was homes. The children were asked to design and create a sustainable home.

Sustainability is about small changes we can make to help look after the planet. Making these changes helps protect animals, plants and our natural resources so that future generations will be able to enjoy them. We all enjoyed looking at the science exhibition on Friday the 24th and all children who took part received a prize!

Thank you to Ms.Monahan for organising and well done to all the children and staff it was a great Science Week!

Maths week took place in all classes last week. There was lots of practical learning happening in all the rooms and the children really enjoyed all the activities set out. Every class took part in Maths games, puzzles and trails. Take a look at what some classes got up to throughout the week.

Senior Infants- Maths Trail

1st Class- Car Registration Hunt

Congratulations to all the children in St Bernadettes for taking part in our 2023 Art Competition. There were prints, paintings, portraits and everything in between. The children made it very difficult for our judges to choose a winner!

Well done to all our winners.