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November 2025
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Events
Maths Week - 13th to 17th October - activities planned during the week
Shoebox Appeal - school taking part this year. Shoeboxes to be returned to the school by Wednesday 5th November 2025.
Clothes Collection - PTA are organising a clothes collection to fund raise for the school. Clean clothes to be with the school by Friday 5th December 2025.
Acceptable in bags are adult and children's clothes, paired shoes, handbags, hats, scarves, belts, ties, bras, socks, jewellery.
Not acceptable in bags are bedding, curtains, towels, duvets, pillows, cushions, teddies, mobile phones / tablets, off cuts, crested uniforms.
Hallowe'en Dress Up Day - Friday 24th October 2025
The pupils dressed up for Hallowe'en on the last day before mid term. They had a walk around the campus in their costumes.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YVuvjj1T855c-coxA2jyRAYoOMPPFktw/view?usp=drive_link - copy link to web browser to open
Tesco Stronger Starts Cooks Programme - 7th and 14th October 2025
St. David's N.S. was selected as a Tesco Golden Token School and awarded participation in the Tesco Stronger Starts Cooks programme which creates a unique, hands-on, and fun educational experience designed to teach children cooking skills and develop their understanding of nutrition. One of the exciting elements of the programme was a Cooking Session. This was a guided hands-on cooking workshop, led by a professional Chef and all equipment and ingredients will be provided which happened on Tuesday 7th October.
As part of this programme, 5th and 6th class were invited to a behind-the-scenes visit to Tesco Extra Naas on 14th October. The pupils had a guided tour from the store manager where pupils learnt about different foods (e.g., Organic Fruit & Veg, and the seasonality of fresh produce), how the shop operates, and the chance to visit some behind-the-scenes areas that most customers don’t usually get to see! A fruit-tasting session to help them discover new flavours. An exciting ‘shopping experience’ where the children were given a €20 virtual budget, and then using their newfound knowledge, they were tasked with locating the ingredients for an imaginary meal.
Go Phone Free Week - 13th to 17th October 2025
In 2024, 11 schools in Naas and surrounding area, including St. David’s National School, implemented a voluntary charter inviting parents and guardians collectively to agree, in respect of their children, to the following code:
- No smart phones while in primary school.
-No social media while in primary school.
There is increasing evidence that access to smart phones and social media at a young age is harmful and experts now recommend that children shouldn’t have access to smart phones before secondary school and social media platforms until the age of 16. Schools should become phone free environments to improve the learning experience which is often disrupted by phone use. There is evidence that declining academic scores and increasing mental health issues have coincided with the increase in smart phone use since 2012.
The pupils took part in different activities during Go Phone Free Week. There was a colouring competition. Dress up day in blue/yellow/green.
