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Ray Langan – 6th Class Talk

On Wednesday, 4th June, 6th Class had an in-class session with study skills coach and teen mentor, Ray Langan, who talked about the transition to secondary school, establishing healthy routines and learning to study effectively.  The students really enjoyed the high-energy, engaging activities and found the session beneficial as they prepare for next year!

A Visit to the Stables of Ado McGuinness

Some 6th class students from Mr. McGinty’s class were treated to a fantastic tour of Ado McGuinness’ stables recently. They were given the tour by Ado himself, who was incredibly kind and generous with his time to the girls. The students got to witness the horses on the gallops, being washed and even got to …

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Music in Rush National School

All our pupils have been enjoying music lessons this year with our music teacher, Karen. Our senior classes have been learning to play the ukulele, and our younger classes have loved participating in ‘Music in the Classroom’ workshops. This initiative has been sponsored through funding from Fingal County Council.

School Trip to Ireland v Greece at Tallaght Stadium

On Tuesday, 8th April, 45 girls from the school boarded a bus bound for Tallaght Stadium to watch the Nations League Women’s International between Ireland and Greece. On a glorious evening, we got to see Ireland defeat their opponents 2-1 in front of nearly 6000 spectators. Amber Barrett and Anna Patten were the Ireland goalscorers. …

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Girls Soccer Team – New Sponsorship

A huge well done to the Girls Soccer Team who recently won their match against Holywell Educate Together with the final score of 5-0.   The team looked the part in their new jerseys with a huge thanks to the sponsors of our new jerseys: The Brass Monkey Restaurant.    A great day was had …

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Room 13 Fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society

On the 27th March, Ms Donnelly’s 1st class in room 13 along with SNA Emma Nixon, ran a fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society. The boys and girls sold orange squash and biscuits to all the children in the school. It was an amazing day from start to finish.They raised a whopping €1162.10 cent, a …

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Fingal Athletics League

Our Athletics Team had a fantastic day out at the Fingal Cross Country League in Newbridge on Thursday. Both our Junior and Senior Team showed great team spirit, cheering each other on and we are very proud of all of our athletes. They have trained and prepared very well.   Thanks to all the teachers, …

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FAI Primary 5’s School Soccer Blitz

The senior boys and girls futsal team took part in a Fingal wide soccer blitz this week and performed incredibly well throughout. The blitz took place in Huntstown Hartstown all weather facility in Dublin 15.  Two boys teams were selected for the blitz on Tuesday 4th March and along with Mr. Byrne and Ms. Walsh, …

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Gradam Tomás Mac Giolla Phádraig

Rush National School were invited to enter into a new initiative; Gradam Tom Fitz. This is a project based competition in which schools are asked to complete a digital/hardcopy project on how they promote Gaelic Games and athletics in their school.  The competition is in honour of former Cumann na mBunscol secretary Tom Fitzpatrick. Tom promoted Gaelic Games …

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Friendship Week Competition Winners

These are the Friendship week winners for 2024.  There was a super quality of entries to our annual Friendship week competition this year. Well done to all our winners, and to all of the children who took part! See our 6 winning entries below.