Author Archives: Ms O'Donoghue

Debating

We recently tried our hand at some debating here in Holy Trinity. Debating helps children to develop essential critical thinking skills – the ability to create reasoned and well-thought-out arguments in addition to questioning the evidence behind a particular viewpoint. It’s also a great way to work on oral language skills such as public speaking,… Read More »

Girl’s Mini-leagues

During the last number of weeks over fifty girls from  3rd and 4th class took part in Gaelic football mini-leagues. The girls were placed into teams representing some of the finest counties of Ireland; Limerick, Mayo, Clare, Meath, Galway and Sligo. The girls were very well looked after by some of our 5th and 6th class pupils who excelled in… Read More »

Active Week 2018

Active week 2018- What an exciting week where champions were crowned, memories were created laughter was witnessed and a few rain showers kept Ms Monaghan on her toes organising the week’s events! Active week kicked off on April 23rd with our day been jam packed! The day started with 2 of the 6th classes partaking… Read More »

International Week & Seachtain na Gaeilge 2018

In Holy Trinity we are proud of who we are and where we come from. We have just spent two amazing weeks celebrating the backgrounds of each and every one of our pupils. Here is a glimpse of some of the amazing work our students engaged in over the last few weeks.

Funky Sock Day

In November 2017, we began using our new ASD building. This building is connected to the mainstream school and it is called ‘Le Chéile’. Mr Henry, chose this name to reinforce the importance of integration and inclusion in our school. The boys and girls from ‘Le Chéile’ attend their mainstream classes on a daily basis,… Read More »

Le Chéile Grand Opening

We thought this day would never come. On Friday the 26th of January, Holy Trinity held the inauguration of its long-awaited Le Chéile building. Le Chéile, the Irish for ‘Together’ is a new addition to our school that has been carefully designed to cater for children with special educational needs. Minister of State for Disability… Read More »

Christmas Shoebox Appeal 2017 – Team Hope

Big thank you to the children and parents of Donaghmede. A total of 171 shoeboxes were collected this year! Team Hope arrived today and were very impressed with our school (rightly so) and were very gratetful for our hard work. Well done everyone… There will be some very happy children receiving those gifts this Christmas! … Read More »

Holy Trinity Cup Final 2017 – 6th Class vs. Teachers

It was a wintery mid-November and huge crowds descended upon Dublin for one of the biggest games in Irish soccer history. The game in question featured some of the finest footballers in the country at present. This match was of course the Holy Trinity SNS students vs. teachers game. Anticipation was building high all week… Read More »