Sixth Class enjoyed strength and conditioning after school on Thursdays with Ms. O'Donnell. They worked on upper body, lower body, core, and plyometric exercises, with a strong focus on proper technique and form.
Strength and conditioning is important as it helps build a strong foundation in fitness, improves overall health, and supports proper movement and injury prevention during physical activity.
Every Thursday, Sixth Class has been swapping the classroom for the court for a 45 minute tennis lesson—and what a smashing time we’re having! We’ve been incredibly lucky to enjoy tennis sessions at St. Mary’s Tennis Club, a fantastic local facility that we’re so fortunate to have right on our doorstep.
The fresh air, fun games, and friendly rallies have quickly become a highlight of our week. Whether it’s learning how to perfect a serve or simply running around with friends, everyone is getting stuck in and loving the chance to try something new.
A huge thank you goes to Laura Mooney, who has been leading our sessions with such energy, patience, and skill. Her encouraging coaching style, clear guidance, and genuine enthusiasm have made every Thursday something to look forward to.
Here’s to more aces, rallies, and good times ahead! 🎾👏
St. Mary’s was proud to host an exciting two day soccer blitz for 5th and 6th class students, welcoming teams from across the South Dublin area. With two astro pitches and one grass pitch in full use, over 100 enthusiastic participants took part in a festival of football.
The St. Mary's Soccer Blitz was electric from start to finish, with trophies, and medals up for grabs. Our boys’ team took the spotlight on Wednesday, bringing home the title in the boys’ competition. On Thursday, our girls’ teams gave a fantastic performance, narrowly missing out in the final. A special congratulations to our very own Caoilinn, who was named Player of the Tournament, a well deserved accolade!
A huge thank you to everyone who made this event possible: our amazing volunteer teachers, UCD FC for supplying referees, Sean our caretaker for expertly preparing the grass pitch, and Belmont FC for kindly providing football nets. Your support helped create a brilliant experience for all involved!
Congratulations to our 5th/6th class boys' Hurling team and 6th class girls' Camogie team on reaching the semi-finals of the primary schools competitions!
Both teams have shown fantastic dedication, up early before school for extra training sessions. Well done to all involved for your hard work!
We had so much fun during Active Week at school! It was such an exciting week and everyone got involved!
Highlights included the Teddy Bear Olympics, Sports Day, and the fun Pound class with Carla. We also loved dressing up in our favourite jerseys for Jersey Day!
A big thank you to Nikki and Mr. Murray for organising such a lovely week of activities. We’re also very grateful to the wonderful 6th class boys and girls who helped everything run so smoothly.
There were some unexpected moments too - Florence and Sadie both lost a tooth on Sports Day, just five minutes apart!
Our week was filled with creativity too. Margot, Alanna and Sadie proudly shared their beautiful artwork, and Logan brought in a medal he had won, well done, Logan!
We also celebrated Rachel’s birthday today, Happy Birthday Rachel!
What a wonderful week of running and being active we’ve had at Mt. Eden! Each morning during Active Week, our school grounds came alive with the sound of feet hitting the pavement and lots of happy chatter as families gathered for our Daily Mile.
From Junior Infants all the way up to 6th Class, the children showed great enthusiasm and energy. It was especially heart warming to see so many parents and guardians joining us each morning at 8:15, running (or walking!) alongside their children. The sense of community and support was truly special.
There was a real buzz around the place all week, it honestly felt like a mini Dublin Marathon! The children were so proud to take part and showed fantastic commitment and teamwork every day.
A huge thank you to everyone who came out and got involved. You really helped make it a fun and active start to each day – and a week we won’t forget any time soon.
A massive well done to our talented players: Lauren, Naomi, Izzie, Christina, Julia, Ruth, Luca, Eoin, Fionn, Tom, and David for a truly fantastic season.
Our girls’ team clinched the Division 2 title, and our boys’ team finished an impressive 2nd in Division 1, an outstanding achievement all around!
Here’s a great photo of the girls’ team, well done, everyone! 👏
