Gardiner Street Primary School

In the Heart of Dublin

Ethos

Extra-Curricular Activities

Enrolment

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We will be accepting applications for Junior Infants 2025 from the 4th-25th of November 2024. Please fill out the online pre-enrolment form that can be accessed here or on our dedicated enrolment webpage.

We couldn't be more proud of Gardiner Street Primary School's Advanced Orchestra made up of talented musicians and singers. A huge thank you to their dedicated teachers Ms.Caty Cleary and Ms. Maura Geraghty for the countless hours they have put in to help our students perform at their best.

They recently performed at Córfhéile na Scoileanna in Tallaght Stadium. Below is a video of one of their performances, Cielito Lindo. Click here to view more videos.

Fáilte

A warm welcome to the website of Gardiner Street Primary School. We hope it gives you a flavour of the many sides of life in our dynamic and nurturing school.

Our goal is to create life-long learners who show good judgement in their lives and are compassionate to themselves, each other and the planet.

Whether it's through our school orchestra, set dancing, film-making, sport or chess, we also make sure we cater for the many and varied interests of our children.

Founded in 1830, Gardiner Street Primary School is one of the oldest schools in Ireland and we continue to strive to make our school a safe and happy place for our children and a hub of the community.

We are proud of our Jesuit identity which puts prayer, social justice, environmentalism and multiculturalism at the heart of our school.

We are also proud to welcome families of other faiths and none to our inclusive school, where any child wearing the uniform is equal to any other.

Please enjoy the website of Gardiner Street Primary School, "In the Heart of Dublin."

Eoin Murphy

Principal

Now enrolling for September 2025! 😃🎒Download our application form from our website www.gardinerstreetschool.ie. #enrolment2025 #juniorinfants
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Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our recycled costume competition. What a creative bunch we have! Congratulations to our very worthy winners #greenschools
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We had a Fire Prevention, Harm Reduction and Animal Welfare visit as part of the Big Scream Festival this week. Thank you to DO Martin Carr, Garda Derek Gibney and Jade Dempsey from Animal Welfare for coming to speak to 3rd-6th class about such an important topic #bigscreamfestival #halloweensafety
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Congratulations to R9 and A2 who won the Green Schools Committee's Recycling bin competition. It was difficult for the judges because it came down to 8 finalists! #greenschools
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Congratulations to R9 and A2 who won the Green Schools Committee's Recycling bin competition. It was difficult for the judges because it came down to 8 finalists! #greenschools
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Ms Hannon’s 3rd class have started the Roots of Empathy Programme! 🌳The children learn to recognise and connect with the vulnerability and humanity of a baby who visits their classroom throughout the school year, along with a trained Roots of Empathy Instructor using a specialised curriculum 👶🍼The experiential learning with the parent and infant is biologically embedded in the student’s brains as they observe this secure attachment relationship 👩‍👧In Roots of Empathy, emotional literacy develops as children begin to identify and label the baby’s feelings, reflect on and understand their own feelings, then bridge to understand the feelings of others. This wonderful programme is facilitated by Odhran Lynch from @schoolcompletiondublin1and7 #extracurricularactivities #rootsofempathy #schoolcompletionprogramme #communitypartnerships
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Third class children and parents/guardians painted some very spooky pumpkins for Hallowe’en 🎃👻🦇 thank you to all who attended! #visualart #hsclactivities #parentalinvolvement #halloween
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‘Literacy for Fun’ in senior infants has been a great success! Thank you to all of the parents/guardians that are attending each week. Next Friday (18th October) is our last session✏️🤩 #literacyforfun #parentalinvolvement #hsclactivities
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4th class showcased their wonderful projects this morning to their parents/guardians. The projects are all about the Roman Empire. Well done to all the children - we are very proud of their efforts and creativity! 😃 #parentalinvolvement #sese #literacy
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Yesterday we had our first Rummikub practice in second class! The children are really enjoying learning to play this board game ♟️🔢 Thank you to the @earlylearninginitiative for teaching us 🤩 #rummikub #numeracy #parentalinvolvement #hsclactivities
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Yesterday our colleagues from the Education Welfare Service and School Completion Programme spoke to Junior and Senior Infants parents and guardians about the importance of school attendance. Thank you to all who came #attendanceinitiatives #educationwelfareservice #schoolcompletionprogramme #hsclactivities #parentalinvolvement
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The Green School Committee are up and running and working hard planning our 9th flag! Stayed tuned for exciting activities 😃 #greenschools #extracurricularactivities
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Room 2 have been enjoying Kickstart over the last few weeks! 😃🏃We’re jumping, balancing and listening so well. Thank you Sórcha for organizing this city Connects activity for us! 🤩 #physicaleducation #cityconnects #kickstartmovements
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Ms Murphy’s Senior Infants had a wonderful time visiting the Duck Pond (Blessington Street Basin) last week! 🍂🦆🍃 They created beautiful leaf rubbings back in school after their trip too 📄😃🍂✏️ #visualart #daytrip
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Senior Infants had a great afternoon at our first ‘Literacy for Fun’ session 🔡📚 they played games and practiced their cutting and pencil control skills ✂️✏️ a huge thank you to all of the parents/guardians who came! 🤩 Looking forward to next week’s session! (October 4th at 1pm-1.30pm) #parentalinvolvement #literacy #literacyforfun #hsclactivities
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The @earlylearninginitiative held their 0-6 years programme information morning in the NCI today 😃🍼👶🧸 The programmes on display were: - 0-2 (Community Families) - My Place to Play - Parent Child+/ Home From Home - Stretch Graduate - Parenting 365 If any parent/guardian is interested in finding out more information about the programmes, contact Maria HSCL in school or call/text/Whatsapp (087)6364351 😃 #communitypartnerships #hscl #earlylearninginitiative
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We had a wonderful time last week at our DEIS Literacy and Numeracy summer camp! 😃📚🔡🤩🔢 Thank you to all our community partners for participating. The children had such a brilliant week! 🥳 #deis #literacy #numeracy #communitypartnerships #summercamp #physicaleducation #mindfulness #wellbeing
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Yesterday we celebrated our 6th class graduation 🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓 We were very lucky to have a VIP guest appearance from @robbiegmusic! 🎧🎵 All of the children had a fantastic time 🥳 Thank you so much to Robbie for making the children’s day so special 😃 #graduation #6thclass
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Well done to our 3rd class pupils for taking part in the Monopoly Challenge in the NCI last week! 🎲 #monopoly #extracurricularactivities #numeracy #communitypartnerships @earlylearninginitiative
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2nd, 3rd and 6th classes did workshops last week with @thecoolfoodschool 🧑‍🍳 They made delicious bruschetta 🍅 🥖 Thank you to Deirdre for sharing her expertise, the children really enjoyed it! 😃 #cooking #extrcurricularactivities #creativeschools @creativeireland
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Junior infants went on a teddy bears picnic yesterday! 🐻 They had a great time 😃 #teddybearspicnic #extracurricularactivities
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Well done to all the children in fourth class who participated in the basketball tournaments in Trinity College this week! 🏀 #physicaleducation #basketball #communitypartnerships ⛹️🏆⛹️‍♀️
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4th classes had a wonderful time creating and writing songs and raps with Dafe this week! 🎶 🎧🎵 There are definitely some budding artists and song writers in our school! 🎹🎼🎤 #musiceducation #literacy #extracurricularactivities #creativeschools @creativeireland
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Yesterday we held our annual Skipathon Fundraiser! ☀️😃 This year, all proceeds went to the Shaheen family. We had wonderful music from the school orchestra as well as some very exciting skipping competitions🤩 children from junior infants to 6th class took part! 🤩🥳 well done to all the parents and teachers who participated too! It was a great day 😃 #skipathon #physicaleducation #extracurricularactivities #parentalinvolvement
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Today we had our school exhibition for Zoom Ahead with Books 📚 All of the children from Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class took part in this programme. This programme encourages parental involvement in literacy and aims to promote children’s enjoyment and motivation to read! 📕📖 We had a great turnout from parents, guardians and siblings. Thank you to everyone who attended 🤩🥳 #zoomaheadwithbooks #literacy #parentalinvolvement #hsclactivities #communitypartnerships @earlylearninginitiative
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Junior Infants had a great Sports Day at @belvederecollegesj on Tuesday! 😃⚽️ Thank you to all the students and faculty at Belvedere College for creating such a memorable and fun day for the children🏅🥎🏃 #physicaleducation #communitypartnerships #sportsday
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Ms Murphy and Ms Goulding’s first classes had a wonderful time visiting the Hugh Lane Gallery 🎨 they created wonderful artwork with help from the resident artists! 🖌️🖍️ #cityconnects #communitypartnerships #extracurricularactivities #visualart @thehughlane
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Gardiner Street Primary School inaugural Multi-Cultural Day was a huge success! Thank you so much to our international families for the enormous effort with the food and the outfits. An honourable mention too for the Chicken Fillet Roll stand, representing Irish cuisine, which proved to be very popular! #GardinerStreet #multicultural #International
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Ms Doyle’s class had a fantastic morning learning about our senses, tasting a variety of fruit and making smoothies at @tudublin 🍎🍌🍍🍓🍇 A huge thank you to @tudublinoutreach and @tudublinculinaryarts for creating such a wonderful experience for the children! 🥤🥝🍍🍒🍋‍🟩#communitypartnerships #creativeschools @creativeireland
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Ms Byrne and Mr Brady’s classes really enjoyed playing Monopoly last Friday! 🎲♟️ Thank you to all the parents and older siblings for attending 😃 See you tomorrow at 1.45pm for our next session! 📚🔢 @earlylearninginitiative #monopoly #ELI #communitypartnerships #parentalinvolvement #numeracy
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Last week the targeted afterschool project for marginalised communities attended TUD Grangegorman campus. This was a wonderful experience and they had a brilliant time! #afterschoolactivities #extracurricularactivities #inclusion #communityinvolvement #communitypartnerships @schoolcompletiondublin1and7
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3rd class participated in Creative Tales Workshops run by Coiscéim. It was a great experience! #extracurricularactivities #cityconnects
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2nd and 4th classes have really enjoyed doing boxing sessions with Paul Quinn! 🥊 #extracurricularactivities #boxing #physicaleducation #cityconnects
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5th class visited The Gate Theatre for a visit backstage and a drama workshop! 🎭 #dramaeducation #extracurricularactivities #cityconnects
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Today the targeted afterschool project for marginalised communities went to the National Wax Museum! It was a great experience 🤩#afterschoolactivities #extracurricularactivities #inclusion @schoolcompletiondublin1and7
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Today the targeted afterschool project for marginalised communities attended the Corinthians Boxing Club! 🥊 They had a brilliant time! Thank you to Gerry and Ms Byrne for organising this 😃 #afterschoolactivities #extracurricularactivities #inclusion #communityinvolvement #communitypartnerships @schoolcompletiondublin1and7
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4th class really enjoyed their scavenger hunt in the Ilac library! 📚 #scavengerhunt #literacy #communityinvolvement #communitypartnerships
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Well done to Ms Aherne, Ms O’Sullivan and Ms Byrne’s classes for winning the March attendance challenge! 🥳🍪☕️ 🥐 These classes had the highest levels of attendance for the month of March 🤩 Keep up the good work! 😃 #attendancechallenge #attendancechallengewinners #hsclactivities
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Second Class had a great time painting Easter eggs with their parents and guardians before the Easter holidays! 🐣🐰 a huge thank you to all who attended! 😀 #parentalinvolvement #visualart #hsclactivities #easterart
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Last week in our targeted afterschool project for marginalised communities, a buyer from Penneys and a scientist came to speak about their work! 👗🧬 it was a great opportunity for the children to learn about different career options after they finish school! 🏬 🧪 #extracurricularactivities #afterschoolactivities #inclusion #communityinvolvement #communitypartnerships @schoolcompletiondublin1and7
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What a day! 🤩🧁🍪 Thank you to all the parents, guardians and staff who contributed to our bake sale today 🍩🍰🥧 All proceeds will go towards Sheriff Youth Club’s trip to Barcelona in October! ⚽️ #communitypartnerships #parentalinvolvement #bakesale #baking @sheriff_yc
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Ms Doyle’s Class really enjoyed buddy reading with Room 3 in the school library today! 📖📚🤩 #literacy #buddyreading
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Spring snow at Gardiner Street Primary School #snowbusiness #GardinerStreet
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The children made delicious homemade chicken goujons and chips in our targeted afterschool project for marginalised communities today! 😃🍟🍽️ @schoolcompletiondublin1and7 #afterschoolactivities #inclusion #extracurricularactivities #cooking
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Our parents attending the arts and crafts class made some beautiful cards this morning 🎨 📑 Come and join us next week, Tuesday 5th March at 9am in the Parents Room 🎨 ✂️ 📄 All materials will be provided. All are welcome! 😊
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Our targeted afterschool project for marginalised communities has been a great success 😃 This week, the children were invited to Hubspot House and discovered what it is like to work in a tech company. A huge thank you to Sikemi Matthew and her colleagues for providing such a fantastic experience for the children! 😃 @hubspot @schoolcompletiondublin1and7 #afterschoolactivities #inclusion #extracurricularactivities #communityinvolvement
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Second class fun at Diamond Park! #Diamondpark #outdoorclassroom #NEIC #GardinerStreet
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1st Class had a great afternoon creating Valentine’s Day art with their parents, guardians and siblings 💌🎀💕 They made beautiful Valentine’s Day posters and cards for their loved ones 💖 Thank you to everyone for attending! 💌💓 #valentinesday #hsclactivities #parentalinvolvement #visualart #literacy #creativefebruary @artscouncilireland @creativeireland
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1st Class had a great afternoon creating Valentine’s Day art with their parents, guardians and siblings 💌🎀💕 They made beautiful Valentine’s Day posters and cards for their loved ones 💖 Thank you to everyone for attending! 💌💓 #valentinesday #hsclactivities #parentalinvolvement #visualart #literacy #creativefebruary @artscouncilireland @creativeireland
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1st Class had a great afternoon creating Valentine’s Day art with their parents, guardians and siblings 💌🎀💕 They made beautiful Valentine’s Day posters and cards for their loved ones 💖 Thank you to everyone for attending! 💌💓 #valentinesday #hsclactivities #parentalinvolvement #visualart #literacy #creativefebruary @artscouncilireland @creativeireland
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EX1 made and decorated some delicious pancakes for Pancake Tuesday! 🥞🍎🍇 #pancaketuesday #extracurricularactivities #creativeirl #creativefebruary @artscouncilireland @creativeireland
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EX1 made and decorated some delicious pancakes for Pancake Tuesday! 🥞🍎🍇 #pancaketuesday #extracurricularactivities #creativeirl #creativefebruary @artscouncilireland @creativeireland
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There is a free parents arts and crafts class starting in Gardiner Street Primary School on Tuesday 27th February at 9am 🎨 ✂️ 📄 This course will run for 4 weeks! Week one will focus on creating cards for different occasions 🎂👶🧑‍🎓🐰 All materials will be provided. Please contact Maria on (087)6364351 to secure your place 😊
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Baking in Gardiner Street Primary School is always a popular activity! 🍪🧑‍🍳🍰 #extracurricularactivities #baking #creativefebruary #creativeirl @artscouncilireland @creativeireland
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Ms Fowler’s Second Class made amazing clay sculptures today as part of #creativefebruary 🎨✍️#visualart #creativeirl @artscouncilireland @creativeireland
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Ms Fowler’s Second Class made amazing clay sculptures today as part of #creativefebruary 🎨✍️#visualart #creativeirl @artscouncilireland @creativeireland
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Ms Fowler’s Second Class made amazing clay sculptures today as part of #creativefebruary 🎨✍️#visualart #creativeirl @artscouncilireland @creativeireland
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Creating catapults in 4th class! 😃 #stemeducation #creativefebruary #creativeirl @creativeireland @artscouncilireland
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We were very lucky to have Nakai Mudiwa, the Young Judge from the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards visit Gardiner Street Primary School last week!📕 Here are some of our students pictured with Nakai and the shortlisted books for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2024! 📖📚😊 #childrensbooksireland #kpmgchildrensbooksirelandawards #literacy @kidsbooksirel
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We were very lucky to have Nakai Mudiwa, the Young Judge from the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards visit Gardiner Street Primary School last week!📕 Here are some of our students pictured with Nakai and the shortlisted books for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2024! 📖📚😊 #childrensbooksireland #kpmgchildrensbooksirelandawards #literacy @kidsbooksirel
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We were very lucky to have Nakai Mudiwa, the Young Judge from the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards visit Gardiner Street Primary School last week!📕 Here are some of our students pictured with Nakai and the shortlisted books for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2024! 📖📚😊 #childrensbooksireland #kpmgchildrensbooksirelandawards #literacy @kidsbooksirel
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We were very lucky to have Nakai Mudiwa, the Young Judge from the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards visit Gardiner Street Primary School last week!📕 Here are some of our students pictured with Nakai and the shortlisted books for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2024! 📖📚😊 #childrensbooksireland #kpmgchildrensbooksirelandawards #literacy @kidsbooksirel
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We were very lucky to have Nakai Mudiwa, the Young Judge from the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards visit Gardiner Street Primary School last week!📕 Here are some of our students pictured with Nakai and the shortlisted books for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2024! 📖📚😊 #childrensbooksireland #kpmgchildrensbooksirelandawards #literacy @kidsbooksirel
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Our final ‘Maths for Fun’ session took place today in Senior Infants! 🔢😊 A huge thank you to all of the parents, guardians and siblings who attended over the last four weeks 😃 Looking forward to inviting you all back for some more in-class activities in the future! #mathsforfun #numeracy #hsclactivities #parentalinvolvement
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Ms Doyle’s 4th class created wonderful artwork today in celebration of the Lunar New Year! 🏮 🐉 #lunarnewyear #visualart #yearofthedragon #creativeschools @hillstreetfrc @creativeireland
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Senior Infants had another great ‘Maths for Fun’ session today! 🔢📚 ✏️ as always, a huge thank you to all of the parents who came! 📖😊 Next week is our final session. Looking forward to seeing you all there!(February 7th at 12.45-1.30pm) #parentalinvolvement #numeracy #mathsforfun #hsclactivities
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Ms Cox’s 6th class have been taking part in the Roots of Empathy Programme since the beginning of the school year! 🌳The children learn to recognise and connect with the vulnerability and humanity of a baby who visits their classroom throughout the school year, along with a trained Roots of Empathy Instructor using a specialised curriculum 👶🍼The experiential learning with the parent and infant is biologically embedded in the student’s brains as they observe this secure attachment relationship 👩‍👧In Roots of Empathy, emotional literacy develops as children begin to identify and label the baby’s feelings, reflect on and understand their own feelings, then bridge to understand the feelings of others. This wonderful programme is facilitated by Odhran Lynch, project worker at @schoolcompletiondublin1and7. Thank you Odhran for all your hard work as always! #extracurricularactivities #rootsofempathy #schoolcompletionprogramme
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5th classes have been undertaking the Cycle Right Programme for 7 weeks with their instructor Colm 🚴 They have really enjoyed getting to practice their cycling skills every week! 😊🚲 They have also learned about cycle safety which is very important! 🚴‍♀️Thank you to Katie Culkin, our City Connects Coordinator for organising this activity! #extracurricularactivities #cityconnects #cyclerightprogramme
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Senior Infants had another brilliant afternoon at our second ‘Maths for Fun’ session 🔢📚✏️ thank you to all of the parents (and younger siblings) who came! 📖😊✨ Looking forward to welcoming you all at next week’s session! (January 31st at 12.45-1.30pm) #parentalinvolvement #numeracy #mathsforfun #hsclactivities
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An ‘action shot’ of Ms Fowler’s Second Class learning skills with Basketball Ireland 🏀 We are very lucky to have two coaches from Basketball Ireland. Thank you Shane and Hugh! ⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♀️ #extracurricularactivities #cityconnects #basketballireland
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Senior Infants had great fun during their 4-week gymnastics classes as part of the Communidade Programme! 🤸🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️#extracurricularactivities #cityconnects #gymnastics
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Third Class have really enjoyed learning and developing their rugby skills with Jack from Leinster Rugby 🏉 #extracurricularactivities #cityconnects #leinsterrugby
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The children have loved attending equine therapy sessions in the Child Vision campus 🐴 🥕 😊 Thank you to Katie Culkin, our City Connects Coordinator for organising this wonderful activity ⭐️ Also, a huge thank you to Conor Casby, coordinator of the School Completion Programme (Dublin 1&7) for providing transport 🚗 #equinetherapy #childvision #cityconnects
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The children have loved attending equine therapy sessions in the Child Vision campus 🐴 🥕 😊 Thank you to Katie Culkin, our City Connects Coordinator for organising this wonderful activity ⭐️ Also, a huge thank you to Conor Casby, coordinator of the School Completion Programme (Dublin 1&7) for providing transport 🚗 #equinetherapy #childvision #cityconnects
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The children have loved attending equine therapy sessions in the Child Vision campus 🐴 🥕 😊 Thank you to Katie Culkin, our City Connects Coordinator for organising this wonderful activity ⭐️ Also, a huge thank you to Conor Casby, coordinator of the School Completion Programme (Dublin 1&7) for providing transport 🚗 #equinetherapy #childvision #cityconnects
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Senior Infants had a great afternoon at our first ‘Maths for Fun’ session 🔢📚 they played games, built wooden structures and practiced counting and making patterns ✏️ a huge thank you to all of the parents who came! 📖😊 Looking forward to next week’s session! (January 24th at 12.45-1.30pm) #parentalinvolvement #numeracy #mathsforfun #hsclactivities
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Senior Infants had a great afternoon at our first ‘Maths for Fun’ session 🔢📚 they played games, built wooden structures and practiced counting and making patterns ✏️ a huge thank you to all of the parents who came! 📖😊 Looking forward to next week’s session! (January 24th at 12.45-1.30pm) #parentalinvolvement #numeracy #mathsforfun #hsclactivities
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Senior Infants had a great afternoon at our first ‘Maths for Fun’ session 🔢📚 they played games, built wooden structures and practiced counting and making patterns ✏️ a huge thank you to all of the parents who came! 📖😊 Looking forward to next week’s session! (January 24th at 12.45-1.30pm) #parentalinvolvement #numeracy #mathsforfun #hsclactivities
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Now enrolling for September 2024! 😃🎒Download our application form from our website gardinerstreetschool.ie or drop into the office. #enrolment2024 #juniorinfants
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Maths for Fun will be starting in senior infants next Wednesday (Room 6, E1 and E2). We would love to have parents and guardians come and take part! The children will play games and complete activities to help develop their problem solving and numeracy skills! ⏰🔢✏️ #numeracy #mathsforfun #parentalinvolvement
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Great fun was had in the lead up to Christmas here in Gardiner Street Primary School! 🌟 Our parents and guardians joined us for some lovely in-class activities. 5th class decorated and designed Christmas cookies and Junior Infants made Christmas collages. Thank you to all parents and guardians who attended! 🎅🏻🎄⛄️ #christmas #HSCLactivities #parentalinvolvement
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