Coding in 4th, 5th and 6th Class

All of our 4th, 5th and 6th classes participated in a coding session with Microsoft Ireland volunteers last Thursday. Ten sessions in total took place with amazing volunteers guiding our students. Since then, students are keen to use their computer time to continue to learn more about coding as they are finding it so interesting. […]

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 […]

This is Healthy Lifestyle Week

Monday 11th to Friday 15th September is Healthy Lifestyle Week in Talbot. Thank you to Valerie and Dylan and all in Mr Coleman’s class for creating a lovely banner for the school reception to let everyone know what’s going on in our school this week. The focus of healthy lifestyle week this year is healthy […]

Talbot Celebrates Diversity

We are all different–look around, not one person in the whole world is the same as you. We are all different and we are all equal. In Talbot we celebrate that each of us is unique. And we very much want to recognise this diversity that makes our school the wonderful place that it is.  At […]

Grandparent’s Day

A big THANK YOU to all our Grandparents who visited our school today. We hope you enjoyed your lunch. A big THANK YOU also to Glanmore for providing lunch for our grandparents, and to our Parent’s Association for running the show today.  Thanks to Val for the pictures – pictures below. 

Spring work in the school garden

Work has started in our garden. Children in the 6th classes have planted early crop potatoes. The seed potatoes were first left to sprout in the classroom and then planted in the raised bed in the garden. They will be ready for harvesting in June. Also the plants in the butterfly patch are beginning to […]

Operation Transformation 10@10

Mr Gordon recently told us all about Operation Transformation and what we can do in school to improve our fitness, health and general well being. One idea for primary schools across the country is called ’10@10′, which encourages all primary school children to take part in 10 minutes of physical activity at 10.am each day. Here is […]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

School closes Thursday 22nd December at 12 noon for Christmas holidays and re-opens on Monday 9th January at 9am. We wish you a happy and peaceful holiday. It has been a busy run in to the Christmas with Christmas concert, basketball competitions, tests and carol singing, to name but a few activities. On Tuesday 20th […]

Have a Happy and Safe Halloween

Talbot Senior is closed on 28th October and will reopen on Monday 7th November. We hope you enjoy your mid-term break. South Dublin County Council is organizing many  fun events to celebrate Halloween. Check out their infographic at http://www.sdcc.ie/sites/default/files/publications//halloween-infographic-2016.pdf See all the amazing costumes on our Halloween Fancy Dress Page, https://talbotsns.com/halloween-fancy-dress-2016/