At St. Raphaela's Primary we are a learning community & our purpose is to guide & support each child in all aspects of her education & development. ๐Stillorgan
We bring home the trophy ending in a draw
@CrokePark
in an unbeaten season ๐ Well done to our amazing camogie team โค๏ธ๐๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
@CnmbDublin
@cnambnaisiunta
We are delighted to announce we have been awarded our first Active School Flag
@ActiveFlag
which recognises schools that strive to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community. Well done to all ๐๐๐ผ
@HealthyIreland
@Education_Ire
#ActiveSchool
Raphaelaโs abรบ !!!๐๐โค๏ธ A tough game today against St Anneโs N.S but a great win
@cnambnaisiunta
- Croke Park finals here we come!!!
@CnmbDublin
@KCrokesGAAClub
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Congratulations to Shivya, aged 8, on winning โฌ1000 for her beautiful artwork in the art competition with
@Barnardos_IRL
@Aldi_Ireland
So talented! ๐จ๐๐ผ๐
We are so proud of our talented Camogie team and coaches playing in
@CrokePark
today in the final of
@cnambnaisiunta
๐ข๐ด๐๐ผ Congratulations
@MountAnvillePS
๐and thank you for a great game ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
May is our month of Healthy Choices and we have morning aerobics before school with thanks to our excellent P.E teacher and athletics coach Nathan
@ActiveFlag
May brings our Month of Healthy Choices with our morning aerobics daily from 8:30am before classes begin with thanks to our amazing P.E coach Mr. Fox ๐ซ
A big thank you to our Amazing teacher Mr Fox and all volunteers and staff today for organising and running such an amazing Sports Day 2024. Well done to all students for fantastic participation and effort ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ผ wishing all families a happy and safe June Bank holiday weekend โ๏ธ
Congratulations to 6th class on winning the Top Teams Award in the Ireland Junior Entrepreneur programme
@JEP_ie
for their class crochet company โHook Itโ ๐งถ They are featured today in the Irish Independent ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
Fun in the sun today with our students, families & staff enjoying our Back to School Celebration โ๏ธ๐ก๐ชโณ๏ธ๐ฆa big thank you to our wonderful Parents Association for organising such a family fun event ๐๐ผ
Happy Easter to all our students and families; we wish you all a safe and happy Easter break. ๐ฐ๐๐ We celebrated the return of singing together with โThank You for The Musicโ with Lรกmh sign
@Lamhsign
A great victory to end our Go Games season
@cnambnaisiunta
A very well done to our Junior camogie team on a wonderful performance. Wishing our Senior Team the best of luck in tomorrows game โค๏ธ๐
@DubGAAOfficial
Our entire school community are wishing the Kilmacud Crokes Senior Men Hurler's and Footballer's the very best of luck in their Championship Final. And the Kilmacud Crokes Ladies in their League Final! Best of luck
@KCrokesGAAClub
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Well done to our Senior Camogie team today who won their camogie blitz in Glenalbyn ๐ข๐ด
@KCrokesGAAClub
A huge thank you to parent Peter Walsh for kitting us out with new hoodies ๐๐ผ
A Great win today for our Socceer team in the final of the DLR cup
@DLRCup
3-1 finish ๐โฝ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ a great match
@MountAnvillePS
Well done to all students ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ and a big thank you to our amazing coaches for all their work with the team this year ๐
We had the privilege of bringing Sam Maguire (Menโs Gaelic Football All Ireland trophy) around to all the classes in St Raphaelaโs today. Dublin won the trophy 23 times!!๐ฉต๐๐
@DubGAAOfficial
@KCrokesGAAClub
@officialgaa
Congratulations to our 6th class student Manasvini who came runner-up in the INTEL Mini-Scientist Grand Final, which took place yesterday in Maynooth University. What an achievement!
@Intel_IRL
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
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Our 3rd-6th class girls were brilliant at The Big Sing
@NationalStad
last night! An evening packed with fun, friendship and music. Congratulations girls you were amazing! ๐ค๐๐ผโค๏ธ๐ Thank you to our amazing teachers also for their hard work in preparation!
#thebigsing
A big thank you to award winning childrenโs book author Sarah Webb for speaking with our students today and officially opening our new renovated school library ๐๐
@sarahwebbishere
#Trailblazing
#aspiringauthors
Beautiful new art mural on display in school with thanks to the Blast: arts in education programme working with our 5th classes ๐จ ๐ธ๐ผ๐๐ฆ๐ฟ๏ธ
Big Congratulations to our 6th Class student Manasvini who has made it all the way through to the Grand Final of the Intel Mini Scientist Competition which will take place in the New Year
@Intel_IRL
@PDSTPrimarySTEM
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What an amazing display in school for our Multi Cultural Food Fair - food from every corner of the world ๐ A fantastic treat for all to end a fabulous Multicultural Week - a huge thank you to all who cooked/helped/volunteered to make this possible ๐๐โค๏ธ
Huge Excitement for tomorrowโs First Holy Communion ๐๐ผ a big thank you to all who put a huge effort into getting the school & badminton hall ready to host our wonderful School Reception! All 2nd Class girls & families whether making their Communion or not are invited to attend๐ค
We are so proud of our school Intel Mini Scientist Competition winner Harshika who won at the Regional Level Competition yesterday
@Intel_IRL
๐. She now goes through to the National Finals with her amazing project "From Laptop to Ear' in the New Year!๐๐๐ผ
Thatโs the end to our Cumann na mBunscoil competition
@cnambnaisiunta
What a quarter final today, an incredible effort! We are so proud of our girls. Go n-รฉirรญ an t-รกdh libh
@scoilneasain
in the rest of the competition ๐๐โค๏ธ
Feliz Navidad Around the World ๐ beautiful performance by 4th classes today at our Christmas Concert singing in languages representing our school cultures ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ต๐ฑ ๐จ๐ณ ๐ญ๐บ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฎ๐ณ
@Lamhsign
Fantastic Day for our Sports Day 2022 โ๏ธ We hope all students and families had a great active day. ๐๐ฅ๐คธ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐คพ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฅ
@ActiveFlag
Celebrating World Book Day with some amazing Book Characters being seen in our World Book Day Parade and classrooms today ๐๐๐
@WorldBookDayIE
#WorldBookDay2023
Our Student Council have announced a fantastic โฌ650 has been raised from our school pyjama day fundraiser before Christmas for Dublin Zoo
@DublinZoo
Great news!
#Dublinzoo
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Mrs.Hehir planted her oak tree this morning to mark her retirement and years of service in our school. She aptly named her tree โDaraโ (oak as gaeilge). She is pictured here with two of our student council reps from 6th and 5th classes ๐ณ ๐๐โค๏ธ
Congratulations to our 6th class student Anna who achieved her Black Belt in Taekwondo recently with her local club South Dublin Taekwondo
@southdubtkd
- an amazing achievement! Well done Anna ๐๐๐ผ
Congratulations to our amazing 6th classes 2021 on their graduation today ๐๐ซ๐ Huge thank you to all parents and teachers involved in organising a special celebration post-ceremony ๐๐
Congratulations to our 6th classes on their Graduation Day ๐๐ We wish you all the very best of luck in your bright futures ahead ๐๐Always part of our Raphaela Family
#ClassOf2023
Our Multi Cultural Week is going great with fantastic parent volunteers in classes today to speak about their cultures and Wonderful Class Projects on display throughout the school ๐ ๐ต๐ฑ ๐จ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ง๐ท ๐ต๐น ๐ช๐ธ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ญ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Celebrating planes at our Engineers Week Expo: 207 students, 164 planes, 20 awards & 1 big thanks to Mayor Cathaoirleach Cllr Denis O'Callaghan
@dlrcc
@EngineerIreland
well done to all winners across the school for their problem solving & innovation ๐ท๐ปโ๏ธ๐๐ผ
#engineersweek
Lots of purple and gold in our school today to support
@KCrokesGAAClub
in their All Ireland Final this Sunday๐๐๐๐๐ผ Good Luck and Crokes Abรบ!!
Thank you to the TY students
@CollegeBenildus
and
@RaphaelasSt
for inviting us to their fantastic production of โAll Shook Upโ today ๐ญ you were all superb and our 6th classes loved the show ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
All students had a great active day today for our Annual Sports Day โฝ๏ธ๐๐๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
@ActiveFlag
A big thank you to all volunteers & teachers who helped make today possible and thank you to all families who attended in support โ๏ธ
#asw23
#SportsDay
Well done to our football team- they played with grit, determination and skill & lived up to our motto- "ad finem fideles". Despite the disappointment they supported each other- Raphaela's Abu! Thank you to the coaches & parents that made today possible.๐๐โค๏ธ
Well done to our fantastic basketball team who won their Match 42-14 today ๐๐ผ๐ฅ The 13 year winning streak unbroken for another year in their final of the primary school mini-basketball matches
@BballIrl
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We had an incredible display of projects from infants to 6th class for our
@EngineerIreland
Expo where students designed, constructed Dublin buildings with Accessibility features. We had the honour of welcoming Cathaoirleach
@MaryHanafin1
as guestspeaker & presenter of awards๐ท๐ปโโ๏ธ๐
Congratulations to our 2nd classes on their First Communion yesterday. We had great celebrations in school afterwards ๐๐ผ๐ค a big thank you to all parent volunteers for the beautiful set up ๐
Our Literacy Week has kicked off with thanks to local librarian Ailise O'Loughlin
@DLR_Libraries
reading stories and discussing the magic of a library with each class group today๐
#literacyweek
@PDSTLiteracy
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Congratulations to our 6th class students who celebrated their Confirmation yesterday. We hope all students and families had a great day๐๐ผ โช๏ธ ๐๐ผ
Happy Halloween from us all at St.Raphaelaโs ..some spooky sights in our school today ๐ป๐ Wishing all our students and families a happy, safe midterm break ๐งก๐ค
For the 7th consecutive year, we are delighted to be awarded the Discover Primary Science and Maths award for our work in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and STEM Showcasing, as part of Science Foundation Ireland Programme 2021-2022
@DPSM_Activities
@scienceirel
๐
Students excelled on their scientific inquiry, innovation and sustainability ideas at Day 2 of our Intel Mini Scientist Exhibition today
@Intel_IRL
@ScienceWeek
@DPSM_Activities
Well done to all students ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฌ๐
We had a great day today to end our Multi Cultural week with students dressing in their countryโs traditional clothing and all classes enjoying their Ma Samba Samba dance workshops ๐๐ป๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช
@masamba
Our school family sending best wishes to Harshika, who presented so well at Assembly today, as she prepares for the National Final of the Intel Mini Scientist Competition. We are proud of all our future STEM leaders
@Intel_IRL
Best of luck Kilmacud Crokes Senior Ladies playing their final tonight in Parnell Park ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
@KCrokesGAAClub
@DubGAAOfficial
We are delighted to have these beautiful books added to our school library. With thanks to
@Tesco
Stillorgan blue tokens we raised money to purchase an amazing array of books from
@HalfwayUpBooks
- Halfway Up the Stairs Childrenโs Book Shop in Greystones, Wicklow ๐๐
Middle Ages expert Professor Tadhg OโKeefe joined us from
@ucdarchaeology
to discuss life in Medieval towns. His own discovery of William de Mariscoโs pirateโs castle really caught the imagination, as did the Black Death and lack of โfacilitiesโ in houses as we know them today!๐๐ผ
Great win for our senior camogie team today at the senior blitz ๐๐โค๏ธ and well done to our amazing junior team also who played amazing! A Big thanks
@KCrokesGAAClub
for organising a great day for the girls ๐๐ผ