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Kindergarten A enjoying time with their new friends.
Kindergarten B love spending time together.
Form One enjoying themselves in the hall
Form Two having fun in the garden.
Form Three enjoying time in the garden.
Form Four on the front steps.
Form Five in the front garden.
Form Six at the front of the school.
Our daily Assembly is a special time to join together and share special times.
Thinking of others and supporting numerous charities is at the core of life in RJS.
Chess Club is always popular. Each year we host the AIJS Tournament.
Our School Choir perform for the school, at Christmas, on Music Day and in the AIJS Music Festival.

Weekly News - Monday 10th February - Friday 14th February 2020

Normal Chess Club resumes this week in Form 6 after the great success of the AIJS Chess Tournament. On Wednesday, in the gym, we will be holding the Rathgar Junior School Centenary Exhibition. Everyone is welcome to attend and have a look at all of the wonderful class projects that all the children have been working hard on. Midterm break starts on Friday after school and normal hours will resume on Monday 24th February. We hope that you all have a relaxing break.

Monday 10th

Normal Chess Club resumes.

Tuesday 11th

Hockey at Three Rock. Return to school at 3:30pm.

Wednesday 12th

Bricks 4 Kidz 1pm - 2pm.

Rathgar Junior School Centenary Exhibition 6pm - 8pm.

Thursday 13th

Form 4 Assembly.

Forms 3 and 4 Hockey Match against Whitechurch 2 - 3 pm at Three Rock.

Friday 14th

Midterm break.

Bricks 4 Kidz 1pm - 2pm.

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14
14.February.Friday
Last day before Midterm Break - all classes end at 12:30pm
https://www.rathgarjuniorschool.ie/event/last-day-before-midterm-break-all-classes-end-at-1230pm-2/
All day
14-02-2020
No additional detail for this event.
24
24.February.Monday
School re-opens after Midterm Break - normal hours
https://www.rathgarjuniorschool.ie/event/school-re-opens-after-midterm-break-normal-hours-2/
All day
24-02-2020
No additional detail for this event.
29
29.February.Saturday
Coder Dojo
https://www.rathgarjuniorschool.ie/event/coder-dojo-18/
14:30 -16:00
29-02-2020
No additional detail for this event.

Form Six Elections 2020
14th February 2020
This week Form Six decided to have a class election. We had five different parties all with the same goal, to be number one. On Thursday, we held a debate in class, where we presented our plans for some future Read More ...Read More »
Centenary Exhibition and Stained Glass Window Presentation
13th February 2020
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THE STORY BEHIND THE RJS CENTENARY STAINED GLASS WINDOW
12th February 2020
To celebrate Rathgar Junior School’s centenary, the Parents’ Committee, on behalf of all the families attending RJS, commissioned a stained glass window, which has recently been installed outside the School office on the first floor. This was financed by fundraising Read More ...Read More »
Toys From Long Ago
10th February 2020
This week in Kindergarten A we have been looking at toys from long ago, we saw lots of differences between the toys that we play with and toys that children played with 100 years ago! There were a few toys Read More ...Read More »
KGB Grandparents Day
3rd February 2020
Grandparents Day took place on Friday, January 31st and it was a fantastic success. KGB prepared lots of fabulous artwork to show their Grandparents, recited a poem and sand a song to welcome their special guests. We all had such Read More ...Read More »
Form 1 Chinese New Year
23rd January 2020
This week in Form 1 we have been learning all about Chinese New Year. In Art, we have made dragons and lucky packets with good luck wishes inside. On Friday we did our Class Assembly on the story of the Read More ...Read More »
Form 2 Library Trip and Art Zone
23rd January 2020
On Tuesday the 17th of December Form 2 went to Rathmines Library. First, we met Amy the librarian and she explained that we were going to do a quiz. We got paired up in twos or threes and had to find Read More ...Read More »
First Week Back for Form 3
13th January 2020
We had a fantastic first week back in school! We enjoyed catching up with friends and telling everyone about our exciting Christmas holidays. This week, we reflected on everything we are grateful for from last year and made new year Read More ...Read More »