Rathgar Junior School – Weclome to Rathgar Junior School

KGA enjoying time with their friends.
KGB love spending time together in the Gym.
Form One created fabulous, spooky paper-craft pumpkins for Halloween.
Form Two illustrated their "school dangers" inspired by a visit from David O'Doherty.
Form Three enjoyed their outing to Marsh's Library inspired by author Amanda Bell's visit.
Form Four had a great trip to St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Form Five had great success with their Bake Sale in support of the homeless.
Form Six had a fun trip to the Croke Park Museum and tour.
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. Updated every Monday.

Monday 21st May - Friday 25th May

Tuesday 22nd May

Senior Sports Day. Forms 3 - 6 will take part in the Senior Sports Day taking place at Terenure Sports Club. The school will close at 1 pm and children are requested to be there for a 2 pm start. Please, could all children ensure that they wear their Clan colours; Gorm is blue, Dearg is red and Bui is yellow. Thank you.

Wednesday 23rd May

Form 4 Assembly

Friday 25th May

End of year trip for KGA and KGB to 'Go Kids Go'. Leaving at 9 am and returning at 12:30 pm.

Saturday 26th May

Coder Dojo.

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May

02
RJS Music Day
https://www.rathgarjuniorschool.ie/event/rjs-music-day/
All day
02-05-2018
No additional details for this event.
07
School closed for Public Holiday
https://www.rathgarjuniorschool.ie/event/school-closed-for-public-holiday-3/
All day
07-05-2018
No additional details for this event.
08
Form Six outing to Glasnevin Cemetery
https://www.rathgarjuniorschool.ie/event/form-six-outing-to-glasnevin-cemetery/
All day
08-05-2018
No additional details for this event.
09
Ice Cream Day for Down Syndrome Ireland
https://www.rathgarjuniorschool.ie/event/ice-cream-day-for-down-syndrome-ireland-2/
All day
09-05-2018
No additional details for this event.
12
CoderDojo meeting 2:30-4:00
https://www.rathgarjuniorschool.ie/event/coderdojo-meeting-230-400-13/
All day
12-05-2018
No additional details for this event.

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Mindful KGB
25th May 2018
Over the last month, KGB has been learning how to practice mindful colouring and have made some lovely work for our art exhibition. This week we learned how to do some mindful breathing. We looked at the ‘flow’ channel on Read More ...Read More »
Form 1 Have Green Fingers
17th May 2018
As part of our Science topic on Fruit and Vegetables, we planted runner beans. They stayed on our class windowsill for nearly three weeks, soaking up the sunlight and drinking water. Their leaves turned towards the sun every day. Each Read More ...Read More »
Butterfly Update from KGA
11th May 2018
Day 20 in the Butterfly House and our ‘Painted Lady’ butterflies started to emerge from their chrysalides. They decided that the heatwave and the peace and quiet over the bank holiday weekend would be a good time to break free! Read More ...Read More »
Poetry in Form Two
10th May 2018
Form Two have been working very hard on poetry. We have studied some famous poets and wrote our own poems too. We performed some poetry for the rest of the school for class assembly on Wednesday. We became poem detectives, Read More ...Read More »
Music Day
4th May 2018
The highlight of the week was Music Day which took place on Wednesday 2nd May. All the preparation and hard work paid off as it was a most enjoyable and entertaining morning. Our class sang two songs ‘A Million Dreams’ Read More ...Read More »
Monday 30th April
30th April 2018
Form 6 has been waiting patiently for the birth of our chicks. Our wait was rewarded this morning when Theo was born. Fluffy and gorgeous he will be attending assembly tomorrow.Read More »
Finally we get to run the Bake Sale!
27th April 2018
One of the events that Form Five looks forward to most each year is the annual cake sale which we hold in the library while Form Six are running their Sale of Work. On Wednesday morning a few of us Read More ...Read More »
Sale of Work and Bake Sale
25th April 2018
The whole school had such a wonderful day today with the annual Sale of Work and Bake Sale. The gym was overflowing with books, games, toys, and cakes. Thank you so much to all parents and pupils who baked, bought Read More ...Read More »