Today began the first ever chess club in Scoil Talbot, run and organised by students. Everyone really enjoyed playing their friends or making new friends. Well done to Danny Connell and Samuel Despet! They had the idea for this club, they went around and promoted it, and they organised all the players. If YOU would […]
Mr O’Donnell’s Class complete their Junior Achievement Programme
Mr O’Donnell’s class completed their Junior Achievement programme today. Thank you to Kat from Junior Achievement and well done to our budding entrepreneurs!
5th Class and 2nd Class Faith Friends
Congratulations to our 2nd class friends in Nano Nagle who made their Communion on Saturday. In advance of their Communion our 5th class pupils acted as Faith Friends. We came together to talk about our faith and work together on a little prayer booklet. The 5th class pupils also made Rosary Beads for each of […]
Computer Science Club for 4th and 5th class
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!
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 […]
Enrichment Club – Trip to Google
On Tuesday 10th of May, students from our Enrichment Club with Sr Catherine, Mr. Byrne and Mr. Stuart went to Google offices on Barrow street in Dublin city centre. In Google, we were accompanied by Georgina and Andrew who work there. We were first given proper name tags so we wouldn’t get lost! Next, we headed to a […]
Talbot’s Kids Demand Action!
I want to say well done and thanks to the: 76 children from 3rd class (wow!) 84 children from 4th class (my God!) 81 children from 5th class, (amazing!) and 74 children from 6th class (fair play to ya!) who chose to sign a letter to all the leaders of all the political parties. You […]
Friendship Fortnight Poetry Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following poets on their creative and original poems. Friendship: Friendship is being nice, Friendship is helping others, Friendship is caring, Friendship is about inviting kids to play when they are all alone, Friendship is about helping kids when they are in a situation like bullying, Friendship is about letting people use your […]
Enrichment Club
Our 6th class Enrichment Club had their last group meeting on Thursday 26th March. Over the past few weeks we; designed shock absorbers, completed brain challenges, created Scratch computer coding, made super aerodynamic paper airplanes and did lots of other cool and interesting activities! Ms Walsh and Mr Byrne would like to thank all those […]
Junior Achievement – Mr Coleman’s 5th Class
Our Class participated in Junior Achievement during the months of November and December. Alan McClean from Fidelity Investments spoke to the class about entrepreneurship, technology, job skills, interview techniques, cv’s and the global needs of businesses.