Gardiner Street Primary School

Welcome to our website.  On behalf of the three hundred children, thirty teachers, four Special Needs Assistants, six ancillary staff, parents, friends and the Board of Management, I am delighted to greet you.  My wish is that you will enjoy reading about our School.  

Sincerely

Eileen O’ Doherty
Principal

Junior Infants dressed to impress at our Open Day

On 1st February 1830, Gardiner Street Convent Primary School opened its doors for the first time.  Hundreds of children of all ages from the surrounding area turned up – most of whom had never been to school before.  The school was opened by Mary Aikenhead, foundress of the Religious Sisters of Charity.  Her cousin, Sister Mary Xavier Hennessy, was the first principal.  Since then, thousands of children have received their primary education in Gardiner Street.  As we celebrate our 180th anniversary, we are very proud to be part of this long tradition. 

This year’s Junior Infant classes of rooms 1,2, and 3 went on their school tour to Imaginosity in Sandyford! We had such fun in all the different levels of the centre. We had fun trying out lots of different careers such as builders, waitresses, rock stars, actors and actresses, TV presenters, and much much more! Some children had Hollywood in their sights! Others loved loading up their trolleys in the supermarket, and had great fun paying for their food! After the tour we sat outside on the green grass and had our well deserved lunch! The bus journey home was certainly a lot quieter than the journey in the morning! Some of us even had a little siesta before arriving back to Gardiner Street! It is safe to say that the Junior Infants of Gardiner Street used their ‘imagination’ in Imaginosity!

Miss Rice and three students from 1st class went on a trip to the park this week.

The mosaic in Mountjoy Square Park

They went to Mountjoy Square Park to play in the playground and while they were there they admired the beautiful mosaic sculpture there.

The sculpture is set around the trunk of a tree. It was made by the Traveller Heritage Cultural Centre in Pavee Point. It shows lots of pictures of the life of the travelling community like caravans, horses and the roads they travel.

The beautiful mosaic

We thought it was beautiful!

Thanks for taking us Miss Rice!

The school recently got new interactive whiteboards for every class!

These whiteboards are great for helping us with our work.

We love our magic whiteboard

Room 15 love their whiteboard. We can use them to write on, to look at pictures, to find information about things and even to play games!

We can’t wait to use our whiteboard more next year when we are in second class!

Goodbye from Room 15