It was World Book Day today and SNU was incredibly busy with lots of different activities taking place in all of the streams. We were lucky enough to be visited by Irish author Jackie Byrne, who spoke to us about her series of books 'The Secrets of Grindlewood'. She read the children an excerpt from the books, answered questions about being an author and writing and also brought gifts of posters and bookmarks for the children. She even passed on a secret discount code especially for the students of SNU who wanted to read more of the stories. 
As well as this in the morning we took part in a buddy reading scheme with the children from Ms. Burke's Senior Infant class. We read with the children from the class, talked about our favourite books and made little bookmarks to commemorate the day. A special thanks to all of the children in Ms. Burke's class for being such great reading buddies and we hope we can visit again before the end of the year. 
A special shout out to the members of the Oaks who fit in all of this while still managing to sing at the confirmation with the school choir. Well done all.
Check out some great pictures from the day below.

The three 4th classes enjoyed a wonderful day in the RDS on Tuesday last. An early start of 7am was not enough to discourage The Oaks as we went to display our class project 'Does listening to your favourite singer affect your productivity levels?' A lot of hard work had gone into testing in the weeks previous and also in preparing to present the project for the judges. Everyone did a great job on the day and the judges were very impressed with the work carried out. As well as presenting our project we also enjoyed all the rest the exhibition had to offer including 2 fun filled science shows 'Circus Science' and 'Invisible Worlds' and we also visited the many other stalls and exhibitors. 

Big congratulations to everyone involved in the school musical from all at the Oaks especially to our classmates who were involved. A huge effort was made by all of the children and staff and the result was an amazing evenings entertainment for all who attended. Well done all!! 

It has been a busy start to the new year in the Oaks.
Grandparents Day was a huge success last week and we again would like to thank all of the grandparents who visited us and entertained us with stories about their school days.
We have lots of our class involved in preparations for the school musical which takes place before the midterm. A huge amount of work has been put in by all the teachers and children involved and we wish them all the best next week.
4th classes have begun dance lessons as part of our work in PE and are really enjoying this at present. 
We are in the middle of testing for our Science Blast project at the moment also. Details for our visit to the RDS will follow shortly but we are really looking forward to displaying our project on the  day. A quick thank you also to all the parents/adults who have been willing participants in the testing stage!!
Finally we are also currently preparing for our music show which will take place in early March. Each of the 4th classes will be singing, playing tin whistle, guitar and dancing so a great morning's entertainment is in store.

There was big excitement in SNU on Wednesday as Santa paid a flying visit to check in with Ms. Duggan on all the boys and girls in our school. He stayed just long enough to let us know he was impressed by all of the hard work his messengers had seen in the classrooms and insisted the children received no homework as a result of all of this hard work. It was a great start to the busy Christmas season here in school. 

The class made a huge effort with their Halloween costumes and everyone really looked the part. Thanks for all the effort raising with the witch walk and cake sale. Everyone had a great time!

Congratulations to all of the girls on the Under 11 football team who won the Cumann na mBunscoil final in Moorefield yesterday. A special congratulations to the girls from 'The Oaks' who were part of the panel. Well done all!

The children in Room 30 all completed projects based on the countries competing in this years Rugby World Cup. After studying about the history of the competition they chose (individually or as a pair) a country at random to profile. The projects were all amazing and we learned so much about lots of different countries. Well done to all!

Welcome back to the all new Oaks class for 2019. Our tracksuit days are Monday and Thursday and we have library on Wednesdays this year. 

Congratulations to on winning medals for the Community Games Handwriting Competition. Both now go through to the Final. Best of luck!!

Santa came to visit us today. There was great excitement. While here he collected the money that we raised for Crumlin Children's Hospital.