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The children really enjoyed their visit to the Civic Theatre to watch an opera called Cautionary Tales.  

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Junior Infants had a fun filled first day at school!

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Junior and senior infants really enjoyed their tour yesterday. They loved the crazy golf and bouncy castles. They loved all the animals there.

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Senior Infants had great fun on sports day. They enjoyed all the activities, especially the obstacle courses.

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Junior and Senior infants had a great day on sport’s day. We had lots of fun!

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Today is strawberry day in St. Damian’s. 

We put straw around the strawberries.To protect them from slugs and other insects. Belle and Ruby found a ripe strawberry when helping and shared it.

It was the best strawberry ever in the world. It was nicer than the strawberries in the shops.

By Belle and Ruby, 3rd Class

On the 16th of May, 6th class went to visit Kilmainham gaol in Inchicore where they got to go inside and learn about the history of the jail. It started off by getting the bus from walkinstown road to Kilmainham.When we got there we were greeted by the tour guide who brought us into the jail and told us facts and stories about the jail like how Kilmainham gaol closed in 1924.

When we got in the jail all the walls and rooms looked old and dusty. We got to look into the rooms and they were a lot smaller than we expected, the rooms were about 9 feet long and 6 feet wide and some rooms had to fit up to 5 people! Some of the rooms had the peoples names that they held. We also got to look in the museum and have a look at some of the historical items like the lock that was broken when three people tried to escape and the uniform the guards were wearing and so much more.

It was really interesting and rich in history and if anyone has never gone I personally would recommend going. All and all the trip was one of the best tours we have gone on in 6th class. 

By:Harry G

On Tuesday the 20th of May, 6th class and some of 5th class went to Santry. We got on a bus and when we got there we put our bags down and got our singlets on and warmed up.

The first few events were field events like and shot put Jacob and Holly did shot put and Camillia did shot put – they all did good.

Then there was running. First up was sprints Taylor, Eimear, Jack Gray and Sean were running in that. Taylor qualified in her heat in u12 girls and went through to the final, then she got second in u12 girls finals and won her medal.

After sprints were the 600 meter run, Selena and Alex were participating in that, everyone that did were really good and tried their best. 

After that there was the u12 girls relay and u12 boys relay. It was a 4×100 relay. Everybody went to their spots on the track and waited till it was their turn to run. The u12 girls and u12 boys did great running and tried really hard. Then it was the u14 girls and u14 boys turn, this race was also a 4×100 relay. It took a while for the race to start but it was fun. Everybody tried their best.

It was a great day and everyone was really nice cheering on all their friends, it was very fun.

By Eimear O’Gorman 

On the 9th of May 6th class went to the spectacular Glasnevin cemetery. Where famous figures of Irish history were buried, such as Micheal Collins, Daniel O’Connell, Constance Countess Markievicz and numerous others. 

When we got there we were welcomed by amazing landscape and detailed graves. 6th class were then greeted by an exceptionally nice Tour Guide who showed us the grave of the founder of the cemetery, Daniel O’Connell. We learned a lot about Daniel O’Connell, like how he died while traveling to Rome! 

After the tour was over we had a bit of a bite to eat. We had time to look around the enormous graveyard, to find the rebellious Irish individuals who changed our future. 

Finally we toured around the museum, it was very artistic and cool. We learned a lot about Glasnevin’s history. 

Overall, the trip was mesmerizing and fun. We loved it and will remember all the fun facts and laughs. 

Written by Selena Cullen

The children in Junior infants loved visiting our Book Fair in our school hall today.  They chose lots of books they would like to purchase tomorrow.  

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