top of page



Biodiversity in Our School
We have been very busy over the past two years as we are working towards achieving our Biodiversity Green Schools Flag. Have a look at...
Miriam
Mar 181 min read


Biodiversity Week 2025
Biodiversity Week 2025 - we had a fantastic week. We made windowsill boxes and planted herbs and pollinator shrubs in them. We went on a...
Miriam
Mar 181 min read


Greenfingers 🪴
We loved getting stuck into some digging and planting this week. The children lined the window box with stones for drainage before adding...
Emma
Mar 131 min read
Building Nests 🐦🐦⬛🪶
Our little foragers brought in lots of supplies to build nests in school. They found leaves, grass, sticks, moss and feathers to build...
amy5
Mar 71 min read
Biodiversity Walk 🌿🦋🐝
We went for a walk to explore all the things the children have done to encourage biodiversity in the Junior School 🌿
amy5
Mar 61 min read
Encouraging Biodiversity - The Gardening Committee
The children at Convent Junior School play a vital role in encouraging biodiversity through their dedicated gardening efforts. By...
ellen2567
Mar 31 min read
Our New Bird Houses
We have been very busy in our school working towards our Biodiversity Green Schools Flag. A huge thank you to Lucia, Shea, Eilís and...
Miriam
Feb 241 min read
Spring Bulbs
The boys and girls are learning all about spring. We are learning about the life cycle of a plant in school, we loved looking at the...
Miriam
Feb 211 min read
Painting with rushes
In Room 11 we celebrated the beginning of Spring and St Brigid by using some rushes to do some painting. The children created some...
Emma
Feb 101 min read


Making Bird Feeders
They boys and girls were very busy during the month of November as our whole school made bird feeders. We know the winter months can be...
Miriam
Feb 11 min read
The Water Cycle- 1st Class
1st Class have been learning all about water. Where it comes from, it's uses and the different states of water. They made their own Water...
ellen2567
Jan 271 min read
Picker Pals 🌏
The boys and girls in Room 6 are participating in the Picker Pals Programme this year. 🚮 They are learning all about how we can look...
amy5
Dec 18, 20241 min read
Bird Feeders
The children in Room 11 had lots of fun decorating milk cartons in order to make bird feeders as we draw closer to Winter. We hung the...
Emma
Nov 21, 20241 min read
Winter Bird Feeders 🐦🌳
We have been learning all about biodiversity as part of the Green School Initiative. We all made bird feeders full of delicious seeds for...
amy5
Nov 12, 20241 min read


Walk to School Week 2024
This week was walk to school week where the boys and girls made a special effort to walk to school each morning. We had some other fun...
Miriam
Oct 13, 20241 min read
Gardening Club Tidy Up
The Gardening Club have been so busy all this week planting flowers throughout the school to make Convent Junior School a beautiful,...
ellen2567
Oct 10, 20241 min read
Nature Scavenger Hunt 🌳🍁🐝
Our Senior Infants took the classroom outside for Climate Action Week. They went on a nature scavenger walk, exploring all the plants and...
amy5
Oct 9, 20241 min read


Climate Action Week 2024
We celebrated Climate Action Week in our school From the 30th of September until the 4th of October. The boys and girls really enjoyed...
Miriam
Oct 9, 20241 min read
Nature Table
Our Senior Infants in Room 6 have been filling our nature table with beautiful Autumn leaves, nuts and fruit. Today, they were very busy...
amy5
Oct 9, 20241 min read
Autumn Walk
As the sun shone we went for a lovely walk and found beautiful autumnal leaves, pine cones, feathers and conkers. We built an Autumn Tuff...
aileen970
Sep 11, 20241 min read
Enrolment for Sept 2026 is now OPEN!!
View our Admissions Notice for September 2026 by clicking here:
bottom of page