First and Second Class Teachers
First Class: Ms. G. Rowan, Ms. E. Davis, Ms. M. Duignan/Mr. R. Davis, Ms. M. Hanrahan
Second Class: Ms. A. Cope, Ms. E. Hyland, Ms. E. Daly, Ms. A. Moriarty/Noonan
Ms. G. Rowan (First Class)
Sports Day 2025
First class construction toys are the best!
We enjoyed playing in the summer sun
In June our plants grew and we did a lot of running!
School Tour at Navan Adventure Centre
School Tour at Navan Adventure Centre
School Tour at Navan Adventure Centre
School Tour at Navan Adventure Centre
May award winners, wow, great work
March was so busy! We played Irish games.We dressed up for Lá Glas. We made St Patrick's Day Cards AND Mother's Day cards. We painted beautiful spring meadows, and much much more!
March was so busy! We played Irish games.We dressed up for Lá Glas. We made St Patrick's Day Cards AND Mother's Day cards. We painted beautiful spring meadows, and much much more!
We dressed up for World Book Day and enjoyed some Buddy Reading with Mr Byrne's 4th Class.
We dressed up for World Book Day and enjoyed some Buddy Reading with Mr Byrne's 4th Class.
In March, we céilí danced!
Pancake Tuesday
Our January award recipients. Well done!
In February, we played lots of money games.
In Maths lessons, we learned how long a minute is by doing different activities for exactly one minute. How many star jumps can YOU do in a minute?
We practised our ball control skills by dribbling around cones. We also took shots into goals with our hockey sticks.
Putting on our winter coats
In first class, we take turns to ask questions about the calendar.
Our seal art display
January: We learned all about seals. Then we drew our own seal and painted it too.
We finished off 2024 with marshmallow snowmen and Christmas songs
Irish games on the board
Musical instrument time!
Santa came!
Washi tape Christmas trees
Dictionary work in December
Wonderful Forest Art work
Hi-fives in the Gym
Very proud of everyone!
In November the children did paper weaving.
December: The children drew and painted beautiful winter trees.
December: The children wowed us with their wonderful performance of Wriggly Nativity. Bualadh bos go léir!
December: First Class put their artistic skills to work and helped decorate the school gym in time for the Christmas plays.
December 2024
Congratulations to our November award winners. We are proud of you.
Samhain 2024: Chleachtaigh na páistí frásaí nua i line cómhrá.
November 2024: 1st class enjoyed practising their miming skills.
The children created their own Magic Potions for Halloween. They used coloured tissue paper and water to create the swirling liquid. Next they added their individual ingredients using pom poms, sequins, googly eyes, etc.
D'fhoghlaim na páisti foclóir nua d'Oíche Shamhna i rith na ceachtanna Gaeilge. Chuaigh siad dul siar ar na réamhfhocail ag an am céanna. Bhain siad taitneamh ar na cluichí idirghníomhach ar an gclár bán.
The children learned new Halloween vocabulary during Irish lessons. They revised prepositions at the same time. They enjoyed the interactive games on the whiteboard.
The children played logic games with our buddy class Mr Byrne's Fourth Class.
Our lucky boys and girls were treated to a fantastically fun hip hop dance lesson from FKFT Fit Kids Fit Teens.
The children have been working hard on their doubles and learning about tens and units in Maths lessons this month.
Walterstown GFC promotional officer Damien Sheridan has been coaching First Class this month. The children have had fun while practising their athletic skills.
In October, the children learned about artist Paul Klee. They explored the process of making prints using paint and wooden blocks in a variety of shapes.
Congratulations to our first award recipients of the year. St Stephen's is proud of you.
The children were reminded about the importance of being kind while playing an anti-bullying board game.
The children did lots of work on houses and homes in Ireland and further afield. They all learned to identify which type of home they live in and named the rooms of a house and items of furniture that are typically found in each room.
They also learned about Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. They each drew a pumpkin and finger painted her signature polka dots. The curves of the dots contrast with the straight lines that the children drew in the background.
Don't they look wonderful?
After hearing the story 'The Day the Crayons Quit,' the children got creative with their crayons and used colour in unusual ways.
Ms Rowan's first class enjoyed being back together again after the summer break and had lots of fun at playtime.
Ms. E. Davis (First Class)
April 2025:
To celebrate the fantastic work the children completed this term they were all treated to some Easter treats. Happy Easter everyone.????
April 2025:
We hand painted some beautiful wooden Easter decorations. We did a fantastic job and they turned out so colourful. You might also notice some funky hairstyles to celebrate crazy hair day!
April 2025:
We created some funky bunnies for Easter. We focused on pattern and line and I think we'll all agree they look fabulous!
April 2025:
We completed some lovely stencil bunny art. We used our skills of printing and painting!
April 2025: We have been very busy learning about the life cycle of a frog in science. We completed some fantastic explanation writing and also did a drawing tutorial of our very own frogs. It made a beautiful display. We have also been learning about plants and their life cycle. We will be planting our very own plants after the Easter break now that we have learned all about what a plant needs to grow.
April 2025:
Congratulations to our latest assembly award winners. We are all working so hard in class and each month it gets more difficult to choose a winner!
March 2025:
On the 21st of March we celebrated 'World Down Syndrome Day' by wearing lots of socks to raise awareness.
March 2025:
We made some headbands to wear to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Don't we look fantastic! We also made some shamrock decorations for our classroom windows.
March 2025:
We had great sport is spraoi at our Céilí. The children had such fun and were excellent in keeping in time with our 'Damhsa Mór'.
March 2025:
We had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day. We dressed up as our favourite character from a book. We took part in lots of fun World Book Day activities. We visited our 'Buddy' 4th class and read with our partners.
March 2025:
A huge congratulations to our four fantastic footballers who won awards with Johnstown Football Club. I've no doubt they'll be representing the school in later years as part of our school team. Keep it up!
February 2025:
We celebrated St. Brigid's Day on the 1st of February by making a traditional St. Brigid's cross. We used rushes to create the perfect crosses.
February 2025:
We celebrated Shrove Tuesday by enjoying some pancakes before Lent begins tomorrow on Ash Wednesday. We used marshmallows, lemon, butter, sugar and chocolate spread to decorate our pancakes. As a class we have given up our Friday treat from teacher and we look forward to enjoying class treats again after Easter!
January 2025:
We started off the new year with some fantastic awards! Congratulations to our very deserved winners.
December 2024:
We had a very special visit today from Santa, Mrs. Claus and all their helpers.
They gave us sweets and some very special reindeer food for Christmas Eve.
December 2024:
We had a lovely time in school today making 'Marshmallow Snowmen'. The children had great fun making them and even better fun eating them!!
December 2024:
This month we were learning all about penguins. We made our very own crepe paper penguins. The children worked very hard to make the perfect penguins!
December 2024:
We had a very well deserved party to celebrate our amazing performance in our Christmas Play 'A Wriggly Nativity'. Everyone put on a terrific display and we were so proud of them all!
November 2024:
We got a beautiful class photo for the Christmas calendar. We were all present and correct and looking fantastic!
November 2024:
We had some very deserved winners of our November assembly awards. As always, it was very tough to choose as all the children worked so hard this month and showed such kindness. Congratulations to everyone and well done!!
November 2024:
November brought some cold weather with it. We composed amazing acrostic SNOW poems. We drew a snowman to accompany them. We also crafted some beautiful winter bears. Look at our terrific displays!
October 2024:
We had great fun crafting bats to decorate our classroom for Halloween. Each child did a fantastic job and they made the classroom look very spooky indeed! We also made some potions using crepe paper and water. The finished potion was amazing!
October 2024:
We had great fun making chocolate apples. The children did a fantastic job at decorating them and an even better job at eating them! They were a delicious, tasty treat!
October 2024:
The children all dressed up to celebrate Halloween and we had some very creative costumes. It was a frightful day!
September 2024:
We had some wonderful winners of our assembly awards this month. It was a very difficult decision to select the winners as everyone was so fantastic! Congratulations and well done!
September 2024
First class have settled very well into their new class. They have been very busy working and making the classroom look beautifully decorated.
We learned all about Autumn and created some beautiful Autumn trees. We wrote all about being in first class. We drew beautiful self-portraits and as you can see we are all very talented artists!
Ms. M. Duignan/Mr. R. Davis (First Class)
Mr. Davis' and Ms Duignan's class were getting festive and making colourful Christmas trees.
Mr. Davis's and Ms Duignan's class took part in an exciting class hosted by savage martial arts.
Mr Davis' and Ms Duignan's class learned all about autumn and the changing colours.
Our Colourful Names
Ms. M. Hanrahan (First Class)
The children have been having great fun with their 4th class buddies!
Ms. A. Cope (Second Class)
Drama
Ms. Copes' class has had a lot of fun between golden time and drama. We enjoyed working in small groups to come up with a short drama incorporating our new vocabulary we learned this week. We then got to watch each group perform and had a great laugh!!
Mindfulness
Ms. Copes class participates in mindfulness each morning. This month we are focusing on mindfulness colouring. We listen to relaxing music and colour very mindfully. This helps us feel calm and relaxed before our day of learning begins!
Autumn Art:
Ms. Copes' class collected many different shaped leaves that had fallen off the trees and enjoyed creating some autumn art. We used all the autumn colours to print our leaves onto paper!
Ms. E. Hyland (Second Class)
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Ms. E. Daly (Second Class)
Circle of Friends:
As 2nd class ends, we will remember that we are always a circle of friends!
Sports Day:
The children took part in so many activities on Sports Day. They did target throwing, dodgeball, a nature hunt, races, football match, javelin throws, penalty kicks and finished with a teddy bear picnic. 2nd class showed great team work skills, well done!
Relay Marathon:
As a school, we ran the distance of a marathon which was incredible. The children really enjoyed running their lap and they did a brilliant job!
Assembly Awards:
Congratulations to May’s winners of the monthly classroom awards! Fire and Jason won the awards for courage and perseverance. Layla won the award for always trying her best in school. Katie won the Gaeilgóir (Irish speaker) award. Well done everyone!
Sunny weather:
2nd class made the most of the lovely sunshine by having lunch outside. It was amazing eating and chatting under the sun!
First Holy Communion:
Nine children from the class made their First Holy Communion on the 10th of May. It was a beautiful sunny day. The children wore stunning Communion clothes and were very excited for their special day. Well done everyone!
March:
Assembly Awards: Congratulations to March’s winners of the monthly classroom awards! Denis and Davide won the awards for honesty. Ayra won the award for taking care of her school books and belongings. Anastasiia won the Gaeilgóir (Irish speaker) award. Well done everyone! Seachtain na Gaeilge: This week we celebrated the Irish language with lots of fun activities. On Monday we had our Ceolchoirm (concert) where all four groups of 2nd class performed songs and poems. On Tuesday we had Céilí dancing in the Pe hall and did the dance ‘An Damhsa Mór’. On Wednesday we had our ‘Maidin Gaelach’ (Irish morning). We played Biongó and spoke as much Irish as we could. On Thursday it was ‘Lá Glas’ (green day) and the children came to school dressed in green with lots of St. Patrick’s Day accessories. We had a great week this week.
February:
Assembly Awards: Congratulations to February’s winners of the monthly classroom awards! Max and Matei won the awards for curiousity. Kalerija won the award for always trying her best in school. Adriana won the Gaeilgóir (Irish speaker) award. Well done everyone! Spring Art: 2nd class created these fabulous paintings which really show that Spring is here. They used vibrant colours and added lovely details which help to brighten up the school hallway. Amazing work!
Hurdles: This week in PE, we used the hurdles which were at different heights. The children worked on their techniques and showed great team work skills to help their team. Following Instructions: We have been looking at procedural writing recently. Ms. Moriarty’s 2nd class wrote instructions about how to draw a heart. They came in to our class with their procedural writing work and stood/sat beside their partner from our class. We followed the instructions that Ms. Moriarty’s pupils gave us and everyone showed great team work skills.
January
Chinese New Year:
To celebrate Chinese New Year, 2nd class constructed lanterns using yellow and red card and also created dragon masks. The lanterns and dragon symbols are often used during Chinese New Year celebrations. We read about Chinese culture and learned many interesting facts about China.
December:
Santa Visit:
Santa and Mrs. Claus came to visit our class in school. They gave the children a treat and a bag of reindeer food. It was a lovely visit.
Happy Christmas:
Here are the children on the last day of school before the Christmas holidays. Happy Christmas from all of us!
Anti-Bullying Poster:
During Anti-Bullying Week, the whole class designed and coloured a pair of odd socks to show that everyone is special and unique. Ayra’s poster won First Place out of the whole class. She did an incredible job!
Northern Lights:
Using paint, the children blended lots of different colours together to create the Northern Lights. When the background had dried, they used brown and white paint to create trees and snow. They brighten up the hallway and classroom superbly!
Assembly Awards:
Congratulations to November’s winners of the monthly classroom awards! Katie and Davide won the awards for showing kindness to others. Ayra won the award for keeping her books, copies and school belongings neat and tidy. Elizabeth won the Gaeilgóir (Irish speaker) award. Well done everyone!
November
Winter Scenes:
The children used paint to create these amazing Winter scenes. They blended blue, white and black paint to create the sky and with a sharpie, they drew details such as trees, birds and stars. They have brilliant artistic skills!
Martial Arts:
Today we had a Martial Arts lesson which the children really enjoyed. They learned some of the skills involved in Martial Arts such as focus, discipline, and control. An experience to remember!
October 2024
Halloween Costumes:
Today was dress up day for Halloween and there were some amazing costumes in 2nd class. They all looked incredible! Happy Halloween!
Halloween Corner:
Over the month of October, the children decorated a corner of the classroom with drawings and artwork to make our ‘Halloween Corner’. It really brightened up our classroom!
Halloween Art:
The children created some fantastic Halloween art pieces over the last two weeks. We used clay to create little pumpkins and painted them to look lifelike. The children used cotton buds and glue to create spooky scary skeletons. Lastly, they used tissue paper to make these amazing ghosts. We have incredible art skills in this class!
Maths Week:
The children really enjoyed Maths Week this year. We played different card games and challenges on the interactive whiteboard looking at shapes, patterns, and addition. Maths is all around us!
October:
Autumn Art:
We incorporated the season of Autumn into our art lesson this week. The children created these stunning Autumn trees. They cut brown, red, orange, yellow, green and blue card and stuck them on white card to make the tree, the different colours of Autumn leaves, the grass, and the sky. Very creative work here!
Nature Walk:
In Geography, we were learning about minibeasts and where they might live. Our class went on a nature walk around our school grounds to see what minibeasts we could discover. We looked under plant pots, in hedges, at trees and among stones. The children found beetles, worms, earwigs, slugs, snails, spiders, flies and a ladybug. They recorded what they saw and where they saw each minibeast. It was lovely to explore nature and be out in the fresh air!
September:
PE with Damian:
The children have been really active during our PE sessions with Damian. They have been working on developing teamwork skills, throwing and catching tennis balls, and partaking in relay races. Everyone gave it their all!
Picasso:
We have been learning about Picasso in September and the way he created his amazing art pieces. The children used his techniques to create these ‘Picasso Portraits’. Lots of effort went into these and they turned out fantastic!
Assembly Awards:
Congratulations to September’s winners of the monthly classroom awards! Sara and Catherine won the awards for being a good friend to others. Alisa won the award for taking care of her school books and belongings. Imtisal won the Gaeilgóir (Irish speaker) award. Well done everyone!
Exploring with Paint
2nd class were asked to paint a picture that made them happy. They enjoyed mixing lots of different coloured paints together to create their own unique colours and pictures. Their artwork is fantastic! We definitely have lots of 'Amazing Artists' in this class!
Ms. A. Moriarty/Noonan (Second Class)
Bhí an-spraoi againn ag rinse agus ag imirt Biongó!
Our Group Work Bí Cineálta! - Be Kind!
We wrote about how to plant a sunflower seed. Then we planted some seeds to bring home.
We printed and brought home our stories! We really enjoyed using BookCreator to write our narratives.
Beannachtaí na Féile Pàdraig!
We enjoyed our reading stations outside in the fresh air and sunshine!
JANUARY
Happy New Year!
We made Chinese New Year lanterns!
We were amazing 'ag caint as Gaeilge' during our Maidin Gaelach!
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
We created a wonderful winter landscape for our Irish stories 'An Spideog'!
We read a lovely story about hibernation and drew beautiful pictures.
We had fun during literacy stations.
Maths Week
We had great fun during 'Maths Week'. We played lots of different math games.
We made 'Hula-Huts' during PE!
2nd Class have had a busy September!
We enjoyed using finger puppets during our Gaeilge lessons.
We have been learning about the months of the year and seasons. We are learning about autumn. We went on a nature walk and saw beautiful oak leaves and acorns. We also spotted some sycamore leaves.
Look at our amazing tree projects!
