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We celebrated Maths Week during October.  All boys took part in fun maths activities during which they measured, solved, hypothesised, reasoned, searched, connected, improvised, communicated, estimated and guessed their way through special activities organised by the teachers.  At our school assembly, the boys took turns to solve problems on the big screen that had been posed and illustrated by fellow pupils.  Some very young pupils spoke in front of the entire school as to their answers and the thought processes behind them.  These were among the best instances of maths talk during maths week! Classes took part in maths trails, shape hunts, maths quizzes,  paper aeroplane distance measuring competitions, and other enjoyable pursuits.  Two star boys shared the contents of the sweet jar, having each come within one of estimating the exact number of sweets!  We pay particular credit to the boys in our senior school who were paired with younger pupils for some activities.  They were kind and helpful to their fellow star boys!

After several big wins during September and October, our senior football team topped their group and progressed to the quarter final of the Corn Frank Cahill competition.  We welcomed Scoil Naithi to Sean Moore Park.  The Star team played with skill, composure and great commitment against strong opponents.  It was not to be our day, however, with the result only decided in the final minute.  The boys were very disappointed but gracious in defeat.  Several boys had their best ever match in the Star jersey and everyobe believed this would be a ‘Croke Park’ year.  Following the mid term break, we have commenced hurling training each Tuesday and Thursday.  Cross country training is ongoing each Monday and Wednesday.

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Our fifth and sixth classes were very fortunate to receive a block of boxing lessons from Olympic gold mesallist, Michael Carruth.  These sessions were unlike anything the boys had experienced before from a fitness-building point of view.  We are so grateful to Michael for giving us his time and sharing his knowledge with us.

Jamie and Alex from Wanderers FC coached Rugby in the astro yard during September and October.  The boys very much enjoyed their sessions and the standard of running, catching and throwing improved throughout the duration of the block.  Kenny Carroll has commenced hockey coaching during November.  Pupils with PE on Mondays are receiving gymnastics coach in the hall for an 8 week block.  After Christmas, pupils who have PA on Thursdays will start gymnastics.  Fourth class is currently enjoying a block of swimming lessons in SportsCo, with third class having enjoyed the first set of lessons this school year.

We celebrated Science Week 2025 in Star of the Sea this October!  Every class particupated in fun science investigations, experiments and projects.  Later this year, our sixth class star boys will represent the school at the RDS Science Fair.

The boys on our senior and junior football squads have been training two and sometimes three times a week since the start of the new term.  We are improving every day and the enthusiasm of the boys is infectious.  The senior team enjoyed useful friendly matches against St. Mary’s Booterstown and St. Michael’s junior school before starting their Cumann na mBunscol (Corn Frank Cahill) campaign with a home win against St. Anne’s of Shankhill.  The next two matches are away to Our Lady’s Grove Goatsatown and St. Mary’s Donnybrook.

Our junior team played the first match of the season away to St. Brigid’s, Foxrock.  The boys performed well against a strong St. Brigid’s side, with the home team coming out on top.  The junior team’s next game is at home to St. Cristopher’s.

As always, we thank our teachers who volunteer their time to coach and manage our football squads.  We are grateful to Clanna Gael Fontenoys: we are so fortunate to have such great facilities right beside our school, allowing us to train all year round.

Congratulations to our senior debating team for reaching the final of the Dublin round of the Concern Primary Schools Debating Competition.  After a successful run of online debates, the final was held in person at Dublin West Education Centre.  Star of the Sea performed strongly against a talented team from St. Colmcille’s SNS.  After a nail-bitingly close encounter, the boys were gracious in defeat and wished St. Colmcille’s well as they progressed to represent Dublin.  Everyone in the school is so proud of the boys and their mentor, Mr Meenan for progressing further in this great competition than any Star team in the past.  Debating is an important element of our school’s approach to oral language, SPHE and anti-bullying.  Debating promotes critical thinking and collaboration.  Practising debating builds confidence and models the art of respectful disagreement.  All of the competitive debates our senior team participated in this year were broadcast in all senior classrooms, setting a positive example for future debaters.

Ms Kavanagh’s Third Class did a fantastic job of hosting a crew from RTE as they filmed a report about the work of Community Gardaí.  The boys are all fans of the News2Day programme and they were delighted to take part.  A few days after the report was made, we had the opportunity to watch it during a whole school assembly.  All of the boys who took part were simply excellent!  We thank Garda Anthony Kelly and all in Irishtown Garda Station for giving our boys this enjoyable insight into how TV reports are made!