MultiCultural Week
We had a fantastic Multicultural Week with class country projects on display throughout the school, cultural art competitions, visiting parents sharing their cultures, traditional dress day and a wonderful Food Fair with a huge variety of foods from around the world. A huge thank you…
Active May 2023
“May the Month of Healthy Choices” has begun and we will be kickstarting our mornings with dancing in the yard. The sessions will be from 8:30am to 8:40am and 8:45am to 8:55am. Please encourage all students to arrive on time for the sessions and to…
Engineers Week
We had a fantastic Engineers Week 2023 with guest engineers, Stillorgan Reservoir Visits, Workshops and our big Annual Engineers Week Expo with the theme this year ‘Building Communities.’ Students from all classes designed and constructed Dublin based building with Accessibility Features. We had 66 project…
Bricks4Kidz
Junior Infants to 2nd classes enjoyed their Bricks 4 Kidz workshops during Engineers Week. They built Big Rigs and Chameleons using Lego and Technics. They developed their problem solving skills and teamwork skills as they completed each challenge. To find out more about Bricks 4…
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Bhí ceolchoirm thar barr agus céilí iontach againn le gach rang ag canadh agus ag rince chun Seachtain na Gaeilge agus Lá Fhéile Padráig a cheiliúradh. ☘️ ☘️ ☘️
Literacy Week
It’s Literacy Week in St. Raphaela’s with a range of literacy activities throughout the school from book exchanges, reading buddies, storytime, book reviews and much more!!! We have our Scholastic BOOK FAIR open Monday-Friday’s for purchasing books from 8:30-9:15 am.
RTÉ News2day
There was great excitement in 6th classes this week with RTÉ News2day reporting a news broadcast on their fantastic work in their Junior Entrepreneur Projects. Keep an eye out for us on TV soon at RTÉ News2day. Ms.Crowley’s 6th class are developing their class company…
World Book Day
We had a whole school celebration of World Book Day with all classes dressing up as their favourite book characters. These were showcased in our World Book Day Parade. Senior classes also buddied up with infants to share their love of reading and enjoy reading…
Internet Safety 2023
Congratulations to our winning students in our Internet Safety Competition. All students created amazing posters and slogans to create awareness for internet safety and anti-cyberbullying. Our overall winner Aoibhínn from 6th class created the winning motto for 2023 ‘Don’t be mean behind the Screen.’ Well…
Intel Grand Final
Huge congratulations to our 6th class student Manasvini who came runner up in the Intel Mini Scientist Grand Final with her project SLABS, which took place yesterday in Maynooth University. What an achievement – well done Manasvini!
Dragon’s Den
6th classes were outstanding in their Junior Entrepreneur Programme Dragon’s Den Presentations. Over the past few weeks, 6th classes created teams and were market researching, designing, communicating, financing and producing their company prototypes. They each prepared their companies to be pitched to our Dragon’s Den….
Alice in Wonderland
Fantastic performances by our 5th classes this week with their productions of Alice in Wonderland. Fantastic singing and acting by our students. We hope all families and friends enjoy the shows. A big thank you to our wonderful drama teacher Ms. Mc Coy for all…