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It’s maths week this week and we are trying so hard at memorising, ordering and writing his numbers! Well done! 🙂

Here are photos of the girls re-arranging words of sentences they composed. They are working so hard at ‘sounding out’ and having a go at writing! Well done girls 🙂

We got into the spirit of Halloween and made Rice Krispie pumpkins.

First we melted butter and marsh mallows.

Then we poured a small bit into a little bowl for the green mix. We added green food colouring to that.

Into the big bowl we added red and yellow food colouring to make orange.

We then added Rice Krispies to both bowls & moulded the pumpkins using spoons. We decorated them with raisins.

They were delicious! 🙂

An invitation to Parents, the Board of Management & members of the local community

Please click on the link below for details of the launch

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Well done to Kacper, Cayden and Amber who finger painted these fish with Ms. Heverin. We followed the procedural steps in the book and created some lovely fish!

Thanks to all pupils, parents and staff who contributed €2 for ‘Blue Day’ which was a school fundraiser! It was a huge success. Mr Finan (a Mayo man) even wore blue for the day!! 🙂 

Here are some of the pupils in the yard with their blue on! 

This Soccer Superstar won all these medals playing with Belvedere FC. When you’re a famous footballer call back to visit us in Rutland NS!

Here are some photos of Ms. Heverin’s groups working hard. We were writing narratives today and making words using magnetic letters and play doh! We also played an interactive word bingo game on the computer! We got the week off to a great start! 🙂 

Junior infants took ‘selfies’ on the school tablets to help them draw self portraits. They examined their face and looked for less obvious traits that they would usually forget about, like freckles and eyebrows. There was a lot of excitement when they got to play games on the tablets during golden time! 🙂

We are settling in well, making lots of new friends and having so much fun!

Well done to Helen, Jayden, Brody, Seán, Kyle, Ke Xin, Amia and Alex – our pupils of the week and most improved pupils! As a reward they got to make rice krispie buns- YUM!

Keep up the good behaviour!

Here are some photos of us busy at work!

The school will close for the summer holidays on Thursday June 30^th at 12.00pm.  Please make sure your children are collected at this time.

School will re-open on Thursday 1^st September.  

Tracksuits may also be purchased and school books paid for on:

Monday August 29^th and Tuesday August 30^th between 10.00am to 1.00pm. 

Please be advised that tracksuit, jackets and ties are now available for sale at the school.

Tracksuits cost €45.00.

Jackets cost €25.00

Ties cost €7.00

Navy sweatshirts are not part of the school uniform and should not be worn by children.  The school tracksuit is the only tracksuit that should be worn by the children.

Wishing you all a very happy and safe summer

6th class celebrated their Confirmation on the 16th of June! Everyone had a wonderful day!

Communion photographs will be available to buy from reception until Friday 24th June

1. Framed Photo
2. Card Mounts
3. Magnets & 2 Key Rings
4. Class photo €7.00

Option 1: Choose any one of the above (A, B or C) €25.00 each

Option 2: Choose any two of the above €40.00

Option 3: Choose all of the above €50.00 with class photo €55.00

Any queries regarding photographs should be made directly to Ladybird Studios at 01 8311003 or 086 122 9029.

It is very important that children continue to wear their school uniforms at all times.

The children have the option to wear navy shorts and a white t-shirt because of the warm weather. 

Thank you! 🙂 

The school Confirmation will take place on Thursday 17th June in Our Lady of Lourdes church at 12pm.

Doodle Den will be on Monday, TUESDAY and Wednesday next week because the school Confirmation is on Thursday. 🙂

Rutland National School will be closed on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th of June and will reopen on Wednesday 8th June 2016.

Enjoy the bank holiday weekend.

Congratulations to all the pupils who participated in the boxing programme this year! We went on a very enjoyable trip to the national boxing arena. Everyone did really well and had a wonderful time!

Isabelle & Armandas worked so hard out in the school garden today with Ms Heverin. We learned all about full/empty, more/less, nearly full/nearly empty. We then did a worksheet based on capacity! We also took advantage and did our sounds with two letters AND our reading out in the sun! Here are some photos of the fun we had!

Junior infants have been playing doctors all this week! They have been busy building hospitals from blocks, making body parts with play dough, creating their own X-rays from black paper and ear buds and learning all about what doctors have to check when someone is sick!

If anyone is sick in Rutland street get down to junior infants! We’ll look after you!!

The children in Doodle Den have based their work on the book ‘Handa’s Surprise’ for the past two weeks! 

It is a story about a girl who is taking lots of delicious fruits to her friend. Some animals cause a bit of mischief and Handa gets a surprise! 🙂 

Here are some photos of us tasting fruit from the story, playing a bingo game to learn the words from the story and modelling our animal masks that we made for art with Mr. Nolan. We had such a busy two weeks! 

Well done to Calvin for winning a medal representing Corinthians Boxing club. 

Congratulations to Katelyn who won this magnificent trophy for Irish Dancing. 

Well done to the pupils from 5th and 6th who took part in the boxing competition in the National Stadium.

Here are some photos of them in action! 🙂

School will be closed for May mid term break from Monday 2nd May and will re-open Monday 9th May.

Anne from the Heritage Council was in Rutland NS last Wednesday and she brought two hens (Bluebell and Primrose) and two lambs (Séamus and Seán) with her! 

Here are some photos of Junior Infants holding, petting and feeding the animals! 🙂

We had great fun in Doodle Den reading a story about a cat who had six dinners, six beds and six different owners! His name was Sid! Some of us thought he was naughty and some of us thought he was clever!

Here are some photos of our activities- responding to the story through art (clay cats) and writing!

We celebrated Lorena’s 6th birthday on Monday in Junior Infants. What a lovely treat to come back to after the Easter holidays!

Junior infants made leprechauns faces for Patrick’s day! They look like real leprechauns!

We attended an amazing take on of “The three little pigs” acted by 5th class.

We walked up to the GPO and posted letters to Kerry, Cork and Dublin.

We inspected the pillars outside and found bullet holes from 100 years ago!!

We snuck along Moore street, watching out for snipers and visited where James Connolly was shot in the leg. We waved our white flags like nurse O’farrell did, who helped us to surrender to the British.

Here are some of the photos relating to all of the above!!!

We held our Proclamation Day 2016 in the hall this morning. Thanks to all pupils, teachers and SNAs for all the fantastic work with art, songs, readings, and we even had a rap about 1916 in the line up! It was a memorable day. 

Here is a photo of Mr Cherry addressing the crowd and the teachers reading out the Proclamation.

Winners of Marbles in the Jar for this week are 3^rd Class with 12marbles!!

There were 76 students in the school with Full Stamps this week and 42 Senior Students with Full Credits. Well Done!!

This week is Book Week! There are lots of nice activities planned for each class. Happy reading!

 Winners of Marbles in the Jar this week are 1st & 5th Class with 8 marbles! Well done !!

To mark the 1916 Centenary Ms. O’Sullivan and her groups have created a model of the GPO from cardboard. It even has fairy lights! Fantastic work-well done to all! 

The children in Doodle Den are basing their literacy around the Gruffalo story this fortnight. 

Here they are with the fantastic masks they made! We used the masks for oral language development and for drama! 

We had great fun! 

Well done to Ms. Jordan’s groups who created this fantastic community board!

Well done to Mya in 4th Class who won these three huge trophies recently for dancing! Wow! We are all very proud of you! 🙂

Junior Infants made great posters to help to ‘stomp out’ bullying from Rutland NS!

Junior and Senior Infants attended a puppet show organised by Enda for ‘say no to bullying week’. There was great excitement!!

5th class created these fabulous posters for anti bullying week!

This week is ‘say no to bullying week’. The children are making an extra effort to be kind and watch out for each other. There will be a poster competition in school that Enda is organising.

This week is Catholic Schools week. During this time, we will explore with the children how they can be the face of God’s mercy in our classrooms, the playground, in school, with their families and in the community. 

Sunday 31st January is the feast day of St. Don Bosco. 

In Rutland NS, we follow the vision of Don Bosco by ‘being there’ for young people, – sharing time, education, fun, prayer and encouragement. We carry Don Bosco’s Christian message of gentleness and love.

There will be a family mass in the church this Sunday, 31st January at 11am. The children and their families are encouraged to attend. 

This week is Intercultural Week in school. We are celebrating the various nationalities that are represented in Rutland NS. Parents are welcome to call in to see the wonderful display in the hall on Wednesday 27th, Thursday 28th and Friday 29th. Well done to all the classes for carrying out great research! 🙂 

Here are the wonderful character portraits from ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’ by the children in Doodle Den! Well done!

The children from Doodle Den made their own jigsaws as part of their art activity last week.

Everyone was so proud of their work! 🙂

Here is the fantastic work done by Junior Infants on the topic ‘Space’.

Well done to everyone! 🙂

Winners of Marbles in the Jar for this week are 4^th Class with 14marbles!!

Junior infants are becoming astronauts and learning all about the solar system. They are working together to build a space rocket. The children are also designing their own rocket ships and making aliens using paint and glitter!!

5th Class started the Gymnastics strand on Friday in the PE hall. They worked so well at all of the stations. We were balancing with symmetrical poses and revising our rolls. Well done everyone! Here are a few photos of everyone in action…… I can definitely see a few ballerinas in the making……! 

Well done to Mya from 4th class who won overall star of the year in Francesca’s dance club! What an achievement! 🙂 We are all very proud of you Mya! Here she is with her lovely award!

Thank you so much to all the children and their families who sent in food for the St Vincent de Paul food hampers. We collected a huge amount of food and the staff in St. Vincent de Paul were very grateful.
As usual, the families in Rutland N.S. have shown themselves to be extremely generous!
We know that some less well off families will have a happier Christmas because of your kindness.
Thank you!

Winners of Marbles in the Jar for this week are 2^nd Class with whopping 15marbles!!

There were 78 students in the school with Full Stamps this week and 41 Senior Students with Full Credits. Well Done!!

The children in Doodle Den made these Gingerbread men in response to the story! We wish we could eat them! 🙂

Calvin and Mark had great fun making these Christmas minions yesterday! Leave comments to let us know if you like them! 🙂

Winners of Marbles in the Jar for this week are 2^nd & 6^th Class with 13marbles!!

There were 65 students in the school with Full Stamps this week and 41 Senior Students with Full Credits. Well Done!!

This morning there was a workshop in junior infants where they were all busy elves making presents & invitations for the school Christmas concert! Super work everyone!! I’ll call in later to see your pointy elf ears!! 🙂

5th class went to see the play ‘The Golden Goose’ in the Sean O’Casey theatre today. Five of the children even got to take part on stage! Well done to all!

Well done to Eva in Senior Infants who is excellent at writing! Here is a piece she did all on her own in Doodle Den & she is only 6 years old! She is using her phonics to sound out the words! Wow!

She wrote:

‘I have a dog. The dog has spots. The dog makes me happy. He is white.’

Dear Parents and Guardians,

There will be a school Christmas Concert on Thursday 17th of December in the school hall at 1pm. Each class will be performing a mix of drama, singing and dancing! Hope you can join us to support the children 🙂 🙂 

Well done to 4th class who drew and painted these reindeer! The corridor is looking very festive!

Winners of Marbles in the Jar for this week are 1^st Class with 14marbles!!

There were 73 students in the school with Full Stamps this week and 41 Senior Students with Full Credits. Well Done!!

It’s that time of year again when it is kind to think of others who are less fortunate and our school is participating in a Christmas food appeal. We are encouraging families to send in non-perishable/long shelf life goods. Please do not bring in food that will go stale or food that needs to be put in the fridge. We are collecting for St. Vincent de Paul. Here are some examples of what you could bring in…….

All of the children in Doodle Den made Goldilocks yesterday to link in with our story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. Well done everyone!

Well done to all the children who participated in this friendly match today in Rutland NS school yard!

This Sunday marks the first Sunday of Advent. This is what the candles on the Advent Wreath symbolise:

First Candle, Color: Purple
Theme: Hope
First Sunday in Advent

Second Candle, Color: Purple
Theme: Love
Second Sunday in Advent

Third Candle, Color: Purple or pink
Theme: Joy
Third Sunday in Advent

Fourth Candle, Color: Purple
Theme: Peace
Fourth Sunday in Advent

Centre Candle,Color: White
Theme: Christmas
Christmas Day

The children can come to school this Friday 27th November without their uniforms and with a contribution of €2 towards school fundraising. 

The book fair is in Rutland NS from today until next Tuesday 24th November. There are lots of fantastic books for the children to buy and we also have a bargain box with some books reduced to half price! We would encourage all children to buy a book! 

Every week the children’s work is displayed on the notice board in the canteen. One piece of work from a hard-working student is picked each week and shown at assembly. 

Winners of Marbles in the Jar for this week are 1^st Class with 13marbles!!

There were 65 students in the school with Full Stamps this week and 41 Senior Students with Full Credits. Well Done!!