Hannah was the well-deserved winner of the Intel Mini Scientist Competition 2015 in St. Pius X, G.N.S. with her project “What are Holograms?”. She spent the last few weeks further developing her project and did lots of practice presenting her projects to both teachers and students alike. Hannah is very knowledgeable about her topic as [...]
On Thursday 12th November 2015, the Intel Mini Scientist competition took place in St. Pius X G.N.S. The tension was palpable as the girls set up and eagerly awaited the arrival of the judges. Niall, Raja and Claire were the visiting judges. They spent time at each project, questioning the girls on their research, investigations, [...]
This morning at 10:30 am the whole school community assembled in the PE hall to be presented with Our National Flag. Firstly two representatives from the Defence Forces were welcomed and greeted by the student Council at the school reception. Oghlaigh na hEireann then marched through a Guard of Honour, formed by the 5th classes, [...]
Best Tour Ever On the 22nd of October we ventured across Dublin to Meath to go to the World War 1 and World War 2 museum. We travelled by bus and we had great fun singing songs and playing games. When we arrived we were greeted by two lovely men who brought us to the playground and the lunch [...]
We were riveted from the start as Eric asked us “What makes a bird a bird?” After some very astute answers such as, “It has a beak” or “It can fly”, Eric informed us that only birds have feathers.. hence the title of his presentation “A World of Feathers”. We were shown a real swan [...]
Maths Week 2015 got off to a great start with our Maths quiz for pupils from 3rd to 6th class. Lots of other Maths activities also took place in school during that week... More to follow!
On a beautiful, sunny, autumnal day in October 2015, the two 5th classes of St. Pius X G.N.S. headed off on a Tree Trail to Bushy Park. We were so excited! Ms. Smith and Ms. Judge had organised clipboards, maps, paper bags, cameras and A4 sheets of paper for each group. Six captains were chosen [...]
Our class designed and launched our very own rockets. We began by decorating the card and rolling it up around a pipe. Then we chose a top for our rockets. After that we embellished them with glitter, stickers and streamers. Next we put together the launcher which consists of L-shaped piping with a two litre [...]
On 28th and 29th September 2015, Declan Holmes (Science Ireland) paid his annual visit to St. Pius X G.N.S. Each year, through his show and workshops, Declan has encouraged the girls to embrace Science, to always question, always wonder and to help them to realise that Science is worth exploring! There was great excitement as [...]
St. Pius X GNS was delighted to welcome Denis Bastik, Dublin All-Ireland winning player, to the school with the Sam Maguire cup on Friday. We were honoured to be the first school in Dublin to receive a visit since Dublin won the All-Ireland football final. All of the children were very excited, dressed in their [...]