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Chess Tournament

Two chess teams from our school recently took part in Féile Ficheall. Féile Fichille is a one-day, fun and friendly, meet-and-greet style chess tournament. Our teams of 8 students “Promoting Pawns” and “Kings and Queens” had a great day out. They played amongst 12 other schools on the day. Having ranked in the top three ...

Superstan

The scene is set, the costumes are on, dress rehearsals are in full flow. Come along and join us in what is going to be another fantastic show this Thursday, Friday & Saturday. Tickets are available at the school office.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Bhí an craic againn sa chlós ar an Déardaoin – Lá Glas 2023. The cast of Superstan also enjoyed a visit from Dancing with the Stars judge Brian Redmond ahead of their performances next week.

Leinster house

Ms. Hutchinson & Ms D Burke took their 5th classes on a virtual tour of Leinster house this week. We were shown where the Dail sit and who sits where. We saw where the Upper House (Seanad) meet and learned the role they play in creating legislation. Hopefully some of our children, especially the girls, ...

A look back on the week 3/3/23

A busy week was had this week with our annual Scholastic Book Fair and World Book Day. Some classes engaged in buddy reading and book walks. We had author visits and zoom calls. Love letters were written. Some classes explored the school garden and examined and planted spring flowers. More engaged in procedural writing and ...

Peace Proms 23

Some of our 2nd 3rd and 4th Class pupils took part in Peace Proms 23. After lots of preparations and hard work we attended the Peace Proms in the RDS on Sunday 5th February along with our teachers Mr. Dunne, Ms. O’ Neill, Ms. Henry, Ms. Flynn and Mr. Fleming . It was an amazing ...

The Amazing Adventures of Superstan Poster Competition

While the cast are busy getting ready to present this years musical “The Amazing Adventures of Superstan” we put the rest of the school to work designing the poster for the show. The standard was very high and it was a difficult decision to pick out just one winner. Well done to Alesandra in Ms. ...

Credit Union Quiz

We’d like to congratulate the children of 5th and 6th class who represented the school in the Kildare Credit Union quiz this week, under Mr. Whelan’s tutelage. They did themselves and the school proud.

St. Brigid’s Crosses

The pupils in Ms. Berry’s (2nd) and Ms. Daly’s (6th) class came together today to make some St. Brigid Day crosses. They were very grateful for the help of Martin aswell. While making the crosses they shared stories about the life of St. Brigid.

St. Brigid’s Primary School Band

Our school band gave many wonderful performances on the lead up to Christmas. Click on the links to have a listen.

Christmas at the Friary

The pupils of 6th class got everyone in the Christmas spirit with a lovely performance along side the adult choir in the Friary this week.

Credit Union Art Competition

Pictured below are some of the winners of the Credit Union art Competition some of whom went on to chapter level.

Halloween walk 2023

Thank you to the parents and community for once again supporting our Halloween walks this year.

Spooky Halloween Spectacle

Come along to the Presentation hall over the next few days to witness all kinds of ghoulish and wickedly delightful displays of art. The children have been very busy cooking up all kinds of paintings & potions and will spellbind you with their brilliance. Thank you to Ms. Hogan, Ms. Page and Ms. Ryan for ...

National Tree Day Planting

Ms. Merrin’s 1st class and Ms. Whittle’s Junior Infants planned a holly tree in the school garden with the help of Martin last week for National Tree day. They also had a visit from Harvey the hedgehog during the week.

Intergenerational project

Ms. Nugent’s 6th class engaged in an intergenerational project in association with the local arts and crafts group at Kildare Library. Local poet and illustrator Tessie Barret aged 90 was star of the show. Some participants pictured below.

Green Schools

We won our 6th Green Flag this year.  This flag is a renewal flag.   It is called Global Citizenship/Litter and Waste.  Our work focused around raising awareness on how looking after our environment aids people all over the world.  We helped the children to see the connection between our actions in Ireland and how they affect people in ...

Cumann na mBunscoil Champions

On the 1st of June the SBPS camogie team were crowned Cumann na mBunscoil champions after a triumphant team performance against Patrician Primary school, Newbridge. The girls started the match at a blistering pace and early scores from Isabelle Kelly, Sarah Finn and Eva Donlon settled us right into the game. The girls worked very ...

Challenge to Change

Ms. Nugent’s 6th class took part in the Challenge to Change project this year. Click the link to see their journey. https://www.canva.com/design/DAFDIFbvRTw/iJ9z4EYDl8l7h8k-HViK_A/watch?utm_content=DAFDIFbvRTw&utm_campaign=celebratory_first_publish&utm_medium=link&utm_source=celebratory_first_publishhttps://www.canva.com/design/DAFDIFbvRTw/watch

Easter Chicks

The computer room in DLS was taken over by very strange visitors for the past couple of weeks. These fluffy creatures made a very welcome appearance and were well cared for by Ms. Everard’s class. Ms. Hutchinson/ Ms Heffernan’s class were delighted to welcome them in to their room as well during the week.

Community Spirit

Jenny from Mr. O Carroll’s class was busy baking this week in order to raise money for a hospital in Dublin. She brought in some delicious baked goods today and raised over €75. It is lovely to see the children being so proactive and civic minded.

Lá Glas

Pancake Tuesday Celebrations in Ms. D. Burke’s 5th Class and Ms. Phelan’s 3rd Class

Fun Run returns

The sun shone today as we enjoyed our first whole school fun run since 2020. The boys and girls were delighted to run, jog and walk the route. Thank you to all parents who came out to help as stewards and ensure the safety of all the children. Thanks also to Brian McGowan for leading ...

Cash4Clothes Parent’s Association Fundraiser

St. Brigid

Some of Ms. Daly’s 6th class helped @intokildare make a tiktok to celebrate St. Brigid’s day this week.

Traditional Irish Music

Listen to the members of the Traditional Music group who meet and practice each Wednesday in the Presentation PE hall. New members are always welcome. https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ht6p6ueieoc?playlist=Ht6p6ueieoc&autoplay=1&iv_load_policy=3&loop=1&modestbranding=1&start=

Christmas Greetings from Student Council

http://www.sbps.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Student-council.mp4

School Band

The school band has been busy raising Christmas spirits over the past week visiting Daycare centres and playing in the square in Kildare Town. The band is made up of children from 3rd to 6th class and includes a wide variety of instruments from tin whistle and accordions to drums and bell ayres. The band ...

War Horse

Ms. D. Burke’s 5th class have been reading the novel War Horse this month. Mr. Fleming talked them through the different elements of tack that a horse needs and brought in his own to show the class. The class also explored the book through drama creating a still image/ tableau of a miserable, wounded group ...

Back to school 2021

We are all delighted to be settling back in to school life. The infants are settling in and the older classes are welcoming new members to their class and getting to know their new teachers. Classroom walls are slowly being adorned with children’s art and project work, a small selection of which can be seen ...

Summer term 3rd class

It was a super busy last few weeks in school. Well done to all the children. We had great fun participating in all the various activities- Escape rooms, where the children have to solve various cryptic clues to escape each room and progress to the next level. We had our last fun run, Sports Day, ...

Live Music Day/ End of year mass

The sun split the rocks for our end of year mass and Live Music Celebration this year. The morning began with a beautifully solemn and celebratory whole school mass. Many thanks to Fr. Adrian for his wondrous ways with the children and his thoughtful words. In the afternoon we continued our celebration with Live Music ...

6th Class STEAMing ahead

Ms. Nugent’s 6th class created some very colourful and innovative models with the aid of ‘Make, Create, Innovate’.

Biodiversity

John Paul Construction sponsored and delivered top soil for our school garden where it is planned to plant wildflower seeds in the coming days to coincide with International Biodiversity Day. The photo shows some children from Ms. D. Burke’s class having received Biodiversity Posters and packs of wildflower seeds for the school.

Thank you

We would like to thank Lambert Surveyors for sponsoring 115 junior hurls for our school. The children will get great use out of these down the field now that the weather is improving.

Lá Glas 2021- St. Patrick’s Celebrations

Comóradh ar an Lá Glas Bhí ceoilchoirm iontach againn i gclós na scoile le haghaidh Lá Glas. Bhí céilí mór againn ina theanta leis an Haka Gaelach. Bhí an-áthas orainn fáilte a chur roimh Fr. Andy, ambasadoir na Gaeilge, Sheachtain na Gaeilge agus ceoltóir, Nicky Brennan ar an stáitse chomh maith! Go raibh míle maith ...

Remote Learning

Mr. Killeen’s class haven’t stopped learning just because they are at home. In fact they look busier than ever. Have a look at the wonderful work they have been doing on capacity. They had lots of fun measuring and comparing different containers and finding household items to measure a litre. You can tell they have ...

Leinster Leader spread

Ms. Pearson’s 6th class had a 2 page spread in the Leinster Leader on December 29th featuring their creative writing and artwork.