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"The essence of education lies in drawing out
the very best that is in you." - Mahatma Gandhi

"If everyone started off the day singing,
just think how happy they'd be." - Lauren Myracle

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember,
involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin

"Education is the most powerful weapon which
you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

"Educating the mind without educating
the heart is no education at all." - Aristotle

"The best teachers are those who show you where to look,
but don't tell you what to see." - Alexandra K. Trenfor

"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood." - Fred Rogers

"Reading gives us some place to go when
we have to stay where we are." - Mason Cooley

"Every student can learn, just not on the
same day, or the same way." - George Evans

Halloween Break and Dress Up Day!

October 22, 2021

School closes at 2.30pm on Friday 22nd October 2020 for the Halloween midterm! Don’t forgot your Halloween costume! Happy Halloween everyone!

Maths Week!

October 24, 2021

Maths Week runs from Saturday 16th October 2021 – Sunday 24th October 2021. Check out www.mathsweek.ie to see how you can get involved!

EU Code Week!

October 24, 2021

EU Code Week runs from Saturday 9th October 2021 – Sunday 24th October 2021. Have a look at our Gamezone for some great coding games as well as www.codeweek.eu.

Recent Tweets

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RT @mselmesclass We are looking forward to Halloween here in 1st class!😊 The children painted spooky pictures 👻😈👽@followstannes pic.twitter.com/cvBd…

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Halloween Safety pic.twitter.com/Ia6s…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Congratulations to our past pupils, who received the Sacrament of Confirmation this weekend. May you be blessed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. @followstannes @StAnnesShankill

RT @Rang4Seomra14 The journey to Confirmation for the class of 2021 proved to be longer than we could have anticipated ... but tonight we celebrated their special sacrament. May they be blessed by the Spirit in their lives ahead. @followstannes @StAnnesShankill

RT @MsOlsonsClass A great end to #SpaceWeek! We did two experiments with rockets today with Ms. Aivalikli’s class and Ms. Woods’ class. 🚀🧨 @followstannes @aivalikli_ms pic.twitter.com/bKcd…

RT @MsOlsonsClass For our first experiment we made a balloon rocket! The balloon flew across a string which had a straw attached to it! 🎈 🚀 #Space #SpaceWeek @SpaceWeekIRL @followstannes @aivalikli_ms 1/2 pic.twitter.com/5TUr…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 We were able to zoom into a workshop in Tokyo this afternoon, and watched the work of Koji Yamamura, gaining an insight into the world of animation. A memorable afternoon. Arigato gozaimashita. @followstannes @jpflondon

RT @MsOlsonsClass A big Happy Birthday to S for tomorrow! We hope you have a lovely day! 🥳🎂🎁🎈🎉 pic.twitter.com/ydXs…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Things are getting very spooky in #JuniorInfants! We have a pumpkin door and we made some silly pumpkins, witches and hanging bats! #Halloween 🎃🎃🧙‍♀️🧙🦇🦇 @followstannes pic.twitter.com/YjjC…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Delighted to hear that many of my pupils are taking part in Gaelic with Shankill GAA @followstannes @ShankillGaa

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Listening to sound advice from our amazing coach, Steve. @followstannes @ShankillGaa pic.twitter.com/mIpm…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Another busy Friday morning coaching session with our excellent and inspiring coach, Steve. @followstannes @ShankillGaa pic.twitter.com/xNNb…

RT @aivalikli_ms Check out our air pressure pop 💥@followstannes pic.twitter.com/j32A…

RT @aivalikli_ms To conclude our investigation of Space Junior Infants examined how rockets work. We could see that when trapped air was released movement occurred, just like real rockets 🚀@followstannes pic.twitter.com/X3iY…

Well done! Everyone looking very engaged...👨‍💻👩‍💻 twitter.com/aivalikl…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Lots of fun on Wednesday with Coach Gráinne practising our bouncing skills, playing warm up games and finishing off with a game of skittles! @followstannes ⚽️ 🎳 pic.twitter.com/YLRV…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Enjoying the Jenga challenge at the end of Maths this morning @followstannes pic.twitter.com/QRtQ…

RT @mstreacy_5th Highlighting the importance of sleep this week as part of our well-being theme for the month -‘Taking Care of my Body’ - we made some lovely dreamcatchers and hung them from the ceiling of Room 17 @followstannes @WellBeingBuds pic.twitter.com/5Zi5…

RT @mstreacy_5th Not long to go until the Halloween spooks kick in - we made these haunted scene creations last week using colour mixing to create the unique background effect and black paper to cut out silhouette shapes @followstannes pic.twitter.com/R45F…

RT @mselmesclass The children enjoyed some team games outdoors today and also have been learning about how to protect the environment @followstannes pic.twitter.com/gDgL…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Happy Wednesday wishes from our class @followstannes pic.twitter.com/9Bwf…

Great start everyone! 👏 twitter.com/MsHughes…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 I had the honour and privilege of meeting The Chieftans long ago in Shiga, Japan. Their hauntingly beautiful music made me proud to be Irish. The news today about the passing of Paddy Maloney has saddened me. May his music live on and inspire future generations @followstannes

RT @MsOlsonsClass We are having so much fun in our Space Station Home Corner! This is our second week acting out this scenario and we’re really getting the hang of imaginative play. Here we are getting ready to blast off into Space! 1/2 🪐☄️🛸👽🛰🚀🧑‍🚀👩‍🚀 #SpaceWeek @SpaceWeekIRL @followstannes pic.twitter.com/Hbx9…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Exploring Space and busy doing our jobs in the Space Station Home Corner! We have different roles which we swap round - astronauts, the mission control manager, the data analyst and the satellite engineer! 2/2 🚀🪐👩‍🚀🧑‍🚀☄️🛸🛰👽 #SpaceWeek @followstannes @SpaceWeekIRL pic.twitter.com/6WA8…

RT @mstreacy_5th Amhrán iontach eile againn le canadh go hard - is aoibhinn linn ‘Shotgun’ le George Ezra agus cuimhní an tsamhraidh a mhúsclaíonn sé ionann @followstannes pic.twitter.com/GTWO…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Teaching is when I listen more than I speak.... take the time to listen and hear when someone confides in you. They have chosen to trust you to help them @followstannes @WellBeingBuds #WorldMentalHealthDay twitter.com/wellbein…

RT @aivalikli_ms Busy on our autumn trail today. It was a trail of the senses; where we took time to listen, look, feel and smell the signs of autumn. We recorded our findings back inside our classroom @followstannes pic.twitter.com/SEOH…

RT @aivalikli_ms We are continuing to enjoy and investigate space in SESE and Aistear. Check out our 2D shape rockets @followstannes pic.twitter.com/tZDE…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Thank you for sharing with me ... I really appreciated your kindness @followstannes @WellBeingBuds @mstreacy_5th twitter.com/mstreacy…

RT @msrigbysclass Busy morning with our Autumn cut and stick. It was very tricky to cut around some of the leaves and conkers. We made lovely Autumn scenes. @followstannes pic.twitter.com/p8Jo…

RT @mstreacy_5th We concluded our work on lines and angles last week with some fun with tangrams - we were making animals using the pieces and identifying different lines and angles within them @followstannes pic.twitter.com/ZifK…

RT @WellBeingBuds Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay everyone 💕✨ talk, talk, talk. We’re all in this together ☀️ pic.twitter.com/9PVH…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Our first blog of the year is out now! Find out what we got up to in September here 👉 blog.stannesshankill… @followstannes

RT @MsOlsonsClass This week in #Aistear we’ve been learning all about Space! We had a fantastic time exploring #Space at our Space Station Home Corner! We also enjoyed doing Solar System Jigsaws, sequencing ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’ and making rockets with polydron! #SpaceWeek 🚀@followstannes pic.twitter.com/VF8v…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Lots of fun learning our 2D shapes with our robot friend BeeBot! We programmed BeeBot to travel to specific shapes on the BeeBot mat. 🐝 #Coding @followstannes @PDST_TechinEd pic.twitter.com/wzR2…

Beautiful twitter.com/msmcmanu…

RT @WellBeingBuds Ms.Bourke’s 2nd class had fun designing a healthy lunchbox, and even treated themselves to a tasty fruit salad 🥗👍👏 @followstannes pic.twitter.com/zobN…

RT @rangmsmaguire Bhí na páistí ag obair go dian ag caint as Gaeilge ar maidin. @followstannes pic.twitter.com/nvQf…

RT @hinds_faulkner As part of Aistear, we went outside today to toast marshmallows. 😋 @followstannes pic.twitter.com/13VV…

RT @WellBeingBuds They tasted as good as they looked! 😍⭐️ twitter.com/mstreacy…

RT @RangMrsLennon Space Week design and make. Looking forward to the launch of our bottle rockets tomorrow. @SpaceWeekIRL @followstannes @PDSTPrimarySTEM pic.twitter.com/IOAd…

Important work, well done! twitter.com/mselmesc…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Planting the newest tree in our school grounds today. Thank you to the Tree Council of Ireland for sending us a wild Irish cherry tree @followstannes @NationalTreeDay pic.twitter.com/grHX…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 Admiring the trees we've planted in previous years today @followstannes @NationalTreeDay pic.twitter.com/5Av8…

RT @rangmsmaguire Our October display is up. We had a lot of fun making our autumn trees. @followstannes pic.twitter.com/WksI…

RT @mstreacy_5th We made rainbow fruit skewers for our ‘Healthy Eating’ week - yummy and colourful snacks @WellBeingBuds @followstannes pic.twitter.com/D0OJ…

RT @Rang4Seomra14 An enormous thank you to our super local community guard, Garda Denise, who visited us this afternoon to remind us about safety at Hallowe'en. @followstannes

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RT @Rang4Seomra14 Looking forward to planting our tree tomorrow for National Tree Day. It arrived safely in the post today @NationalTreeDay @followstannes

RT @MsOlsonsClass Part two of our trip to the opticians! #Aistear @followstannes pic.twitter.com/UcBW…

RT @aivalikli_ms Space week 🔭and Junior Infants have been enjoying space exploration. We’ve been learning about the planets, life and work in a space station! Through our Big Book ‘whatever Next’ we’ve been using our imagination to discuss what Space looks like @followstannes pic.twitter.com/PAkD…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Part one of our trip to the Optician! The children weren’t as familiar with this scenario as the Doctor’s Surgery so lots of learning went on at this station. #Aistear #Vocabulary #OralLanguage #SocialSkills #ModelledLearning @followstannes pic.twitter.com/Fy96…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Last week we were working hard on making patterns by shape and size in #Maths! #ReadySetGoMaths @PDSTie @followstannes pic.twitter.com/yyXI…

RT @MsOlsonsClass We read the story #OwlBabies by Martin Waddell and decided to make these lovely pictures in response to the story. We used a pom pom on a clothes peg to print the owls and added some card, chalk and googley eyes for some extra detail! @followstannes pic.twitter.com/shiE…

RT @MsOlsonsClass We love Wednesdays because we have P.E. with Coach Gráinne! Here we are doing relay races and playground games last week, practising our hopping and skipping skills! @followstannes pic.twitter.com/DGnE…

RT @MsOlsonsClass Last week we learnt about opticians in #Aistear. We visited the optician in the home corner, we sequenced the nursery rhyme - Hickory Dickory Dock, made lovely glasses and created faces with glasses using playdough! @followstannes pic.twitter.com/93Mk…

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