A Computer Science club will be starting on Monday 16th April for 4th and 5th class pupils. Children will create and complete coding tasks and activities using Scratch in the school computer room. Mr Bannon and Mr Byrne are organising the club and look forward to meeting all our future computer scientists!
Christmas Message
Yard Points League
Ms. Cahill has started a yard points league to see which classes score most points on the lines during the school year 2017-18. Here are the standings for the top six classes after three months worth of points. See if your class can make it into the top six for after Christmas! 1st Place: Ms. […]
MarathonKids – Visit by David Gillick (Irish Olympic Athlete)
Our 5th and 6th classes are participating in the MarathonKids Programme. It is an 8 week programme where the children learn about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and complete running tasks in school. The children will run their final mile of their “Marathon” at the National Cross Country Track in November. David Gillick, an […]
5th Class Visit to Clondalkin Library
On Thursday 26th October, Mr. Byrne’s 5th class visited Clondalkin Library as part of South Dublin County Council Book festival. We listened to and chatted to children’s author, Tom Palmer. Tom is from Yorkshire in England and he flew over specially to talk to schools in South Dublin libraries. During the talk, children from our […]
Summer Reading Project 2017
The children in 3rd to 5th class have received a book to read over the summer. The 3rd classes are reading the 2nd book in the Milo Adventures by Mary Arrigan. The 4th classes are reading Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (Maybe!) by Siobhan Parkinson. The 5th classes are reading the Parent […]
NEW School Record–Lennon Berrigan!
Wow! Lennon Berrigan in 5th class has broken the school record! Never before has anyone at Talbot typed so fast. Yesterday, the 22nd June 2017, Lennon typed at a speed of 74 words per minute (wpm). He showed me and his teacher Ms Ward the certificate from typing.com,which he got when practicing here in school. […]
Talbot’s Top Typists–Can YOU beat these speeds?
Congrats to everyone who took part in this year’s Top TEN-FINGER Typing competition. Special congratulations to three of you who got over 50 words per minute (wpm)!!! Emily Maher in 5th with 52wpm, Kadie Johnston in 6th with 57wpm, and this year’s overall winner Lennon Berigan in 5thwith 58wpm. The school record is 72wpm (Andrew […]
Talbot Computer Science Club
Today at assembly Mr. Bannon and Mr. Byrne showcased two projects created at Talbot’s CS club. Well done to the children involved in their creation. They were super cool, with great dialogue, visuals, action and sound effects. Looking forward to seeing more. The CS club runs for two more weeks before we break for summer […]