Toy Swap Shop

October 27, 2017 Written by Holmpatrick Teachers

The latest initiative from our Green Schools Committee was a Toy Swap Shop. This worked on a ticket system. Pupils were invited to bring in used or unwanted toys and were allocated tickets corresponding to their approximate value – during which pupils traded toys in for tickets. All pupils enjoyed participating- swapping their unwanted [...]

Spooky Chromatography in 5th and 6th ...

October 27, 2017 Written by Holmpatrick Teachers

5th and 6th class have been learning about chromatography. Paper chromatography is a method of separating mixtures, particularly water-soluble markers, food colouring on sweets, paints or pigments in plants. Chromatography separates out the colours and we can find out which ones are present in ink or dye. After our experiment, we made spooky [...]

Hedgehog Rescue visit

October 27, 2017 Written by Holmpatrick Teachers

On Thursday, 26th of October, Yvonne from the Hedgehog Rescue center based in Rush came to visit our school. She cares for over 250 hedgehogs! Yvonne brought along two hedgehogs, the smaller one was called Sonic whilst the larger one was called Leon. We were told that she has 47 hedgehogs called Sonic! But now the hedgehogs are given the sur [...]

6th class attend Christ Church Servic...

October 27, 2017 Written by Holmpatrick Teachers

On Thursday, the 19th of October, 6th class went to Christ Church. Before the service, we explored the vaults underneath. We saw a dead cat and a dead rat who got stuck in the organ pipe, costumes from a TV series “The Tudors” which part was filmed in Christ Church. After we ate lunch in the crypt we went upstairs to the service. [...]

World Mental Health Day 2017

October 11, 2017 Written by Holmpatrick Teachers

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. In 5th and 6th class we were learning that our mental health matters in our Friends for Life programme. We talked about how we have lots of different feelings and that we should talk to an adult we trust about them. We also discussed how we should be kind and friendly to others, to help to look [...]

Lyndsey Davey visits with the cup

October 11, 2017 Written by Holmpatrick Teachers

Lyndsey Davey visited Holmpatrick school on Wednesday 4th October with the All Ireland Champions Brendan Martin cup. Congratulations to Lyndsey, Sinéad and the Dublin team on their great win against Mayo. Lyndsey and Sinéad are both active members of our local club Skerries Harps and are great advocates for sport and having fun!