Gardiner Street Primary School

School and Parish Celebrations in Gardiner Street

eileenodoherty — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:03:30 +0000

The parish of Gardiner Street joined with the school to celebrate the sacraments of Confirmation and Communion. The weather was ever so kind to the children on both occasions. The Parent’s Association presented bouquets of flowers to all teachers involved in acknowledgement of their hard work.

The Sticky Doll Trap!

lorraine.kelly — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:36:11 +0000

What fun we’ve had reading in Room 1 with our reader in residence Sarah, our HSLT Sharon and all the parents that came in to help out!

We’ve enjoyed all the stories that we’ve read together and have loved the activities we did with the help of everyone.

One of our favourite stories has been ‘The Sticky Doll Trap.’ In this story the hare is a very sly and clever animal who tricks all the other animals so that they have to do all the work and he gets to enjoy the water that they worked hard for. In the end the animals have had enough and decided to play a trick on the hare. They create a ‘sticky doll trap’ that the hare gets stuck to.

We deicded to make our very own sticky doll trap using lots of beautiful materials! Take a look at the lovely sticky doll traps that we made!

Thanks to all who helped make our reading sessions so much fun! We can’t wait to go to the ILAC library on Wednesday May 23rd and we hope as many parents as possible can come too!

Olympic Torch coming to Dublin!

marie.mcevoy — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:01:29 +0000

History of the Olympic Flame
The tradition of the Olympic flame began during the ancient Olympic Games, over 2700 years ago in Greece. A flame was lit for each Olympics, every four years, and it burned throughout the games. The flame symbolized the death and rebirth of Greek heroes. There was no torch relay in the ancient Olympics. The first torch relay took place at the 1936 games in Berlin, Germany.

For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun. This flame begins its Olympic Torch Relay by touring Greece. The flame is normally taken to the country where the games will be held (usually by airplane). Following that, the flame is then carried around the country where the games are to be held, using a series of torches carried by people running, walking, riding horses and camels, scuba diving, and using other means of human conveyance. The last runner uses a torch to light the large Olympic torch which burns throughout the games. The flame is extinguished during the closing ceremony. A new Olympic torch is designed for each of the games.

As the Olympic games are in London this year the Olympic Flame will take a trip around Northern Ireland and Ireland between the 3rd and 7th June 2012. It will arrive in Dublin on the morning of June 6th having crossed the border. From the start point in Dublin, Torchbearers will carry the Olympic Flame through the city. Keep a watch out to spot the Olympic torch, over 35 Irish athletes, students and business people have been chosen to carry the torch.