Our Lady Queen of the Apostles NS (Clonburris NS) was founded in 1978. Large, mixed DEIS primary school located in Clondalkin, D22. Learn, believe, achieve.
On behalf of our board of management, our staff, parents and pupils we send our warmest appreciation and gratitude to Mr Murphy on his retirement tomorrow. He has been a huge part of our staff for the last 35 years and a wonderful principal for the last 3 years.
#thankyou
Such a lovely gesture from our parents. Past pupil Johnny Barr from East Village Café provided a super lunch for our extended staff today. First class food! Full and happy staff going home today!! 😊 A really thoughtful card too! Much appreciated by us all. Thank you!!!
Clonburris pupils and staff were delighted to welcome Jim Gavin and Evan Comerford to the school! A special photograph celebrating Jim's
@CnmbDublin
wins in Croke Park was presented to him. Jim was accompanied by past teachers, Frank Roebuck and Seán McNamara. A great day!
Last day for Mrs Sharkey! 42 years with
@ClonburrisNS
. We’ll miss you Margaret! Classes had a guard of honour as Mrs Sharkey left with her daughter and grandchildren.
We hope that all our pupils, parents and staff have a great summer! Best wishes to Mrs. Pauline Duffy as she retires from Clonburris NS. Thanks for all you've done over the years Mrs. Duffy! New beginnings!
#SummerHolidays
#Congratulations
A lovely visit from one of our past pupils to talk to the 6th class about safety on the streets and a career in An Garda Síochána . Thanks so much
@gardainfo
Looking forward to welcoming all our pupils back tomorrow. Thank you to all our wonderful staff who have been in all week preparing for your return. And to the parents association for helping out with our uniform sales.
#schoolcommunity
Goodbye and good luck to our principal, Mr Murphy, as he begins his retirement! A lovely ceremony in the hall with most classes joining in via Zoom. Thanks to all the staff who helped organise it.
#newchapter
#GoRaibhMaithAgat
@IPPN_Education
Thanks to all our staff who have organised lunch parcels, book collections, clearing classrooms etc, as well as working remotely and participating in our Health and Wellbeing Week. 👍🏼🤩Our deputy principal, Ciara Lanigan, set off earlier with school reports!
@PDST_Hwellbeing
Our Senior girls played really well in
@CrokePark
today but, unfortunately, lost out to a stronger team. We're so proud of our panel of 26 girls! Thanks to their four coaches and to all the supporters who travelled to cheer the girls on!
@CnmbDublin
@TheEchoOnline
@NewsgroupIRL
A huge thanks to all our pupils, staff, parents and community who worked so hard to re-open our school in August and who have consistently followed Covid19 guidelines. Your dedication and support is so appreciated. Go raibh maith agaibh go léir!!
#GRMA
@PDST_Hwellbeing
Well done to all who participated in
#DarknessintoLight2019
. Some of our staff were in The Phoenix Park early this morning. Others walked with families and friends in various parts of Dublin. Donations are still very welcome!
@PietaHouse
And that’s a wrap for
#Cinderella2022
! A wonderful week. Thanks to all the staff here who have given up lunch times, afternoons and evenings to work with classes. Thsnks also to all the parents who volunteered to supervise classes.
Mr Murphy with our Active School Committee as the flag was raised. Thanks to our co-ordinators, Ms Morley and Mr Murray and Ms Creed, and to the entire school who worked so hard to achieve the flag last year.
@ActiveFlag
@ippea
Congratulations to our boys and girls who celebrated the Sacrament of the Eucharist today! 4 Masses during the day with all Covid19 protocols followed. A huge team effort from the staff in preparing the children. Thanks to Fr Damian and Fr Shan. Very proud of our pupils! 🙏
And that’s a wrap on our first ever Clonburris Christmas Fair. Many thanks to all the pupils, parents and staff for all their help in making it such a great success. A special word of thanks to our 6th class teachers and pupils for all their hard work over the past week. 👏🏻🎄🎅🏼👍🏻
Congratulations to our girls soccer team who were presented with their trophy today for winning the 5-a-side soccer tournament before Christmas. Thanks to Alan from
@dublinbusnews
for organising the event and to Glanmore Foods for sponsoring the whole tournament ⚽️
@ActiveFlag
First show over and it was a great success! Well done to all involved and thanks so much to all the parents who volunteered to supervise classes and to all the staff who gave freely of their time.
#Cinderella2022
Our Clonburris Health and Wellbeing Week message for Wednesday comes from past pupil, Jason Joyce, physiotherapist and Health and Wellness Coach. Thanks
@JayoJoyce
!
#DitchTheScreenAndGoGreen
so no more tweets, re-tweets or likes from us after this for today!!!
@PDST_Hwellbeing
Well done to all our pupils, staff and parents who took part in
#DarknessIntoLight2022
in Corkagh Park,
@moylepark
and elsewhere. Lots of our parents involved in co-ordinating events and past pupils volunteering + providing entertainment.
@PietaHouse
Our final assembly of 23/24 with 3rd-6th classes. We also bade farewell to Mrs Galvin who is retiring this month and has been in
@ClonburrisNS
since 1999. We’ll miss her and her passion and energy.
@scorpionovasix
For all our pupils and families.. here’s our Health and Wellbeing Week video. Thanks so much to Mr Murray for gathering all the clips, to Ms Hilliard for her creativity and to our extended staff for getting involved. Enjoy!
@ActiveFlag
@IrishPrimaryPE
Great excitement this week as we are almost ready for our annual Christmas Concert. Congratulations to all of our pupils who have been working hard to bring the story of Little Red Riding hood to life. Looking forward to seeing all of our parents over the next three nights🎤💡🎬
Two of our 5th class pupils delighted with their new boots from Ireland Ladies Soccer Captain
@Katie_McCabe11
. Thank you Katie for kindly gifting your boots to them at last nights international match.
@ActiveFlag
Lovely to have some of our past pupils back from
@TYColaisteBride
today! A real ‘meitheal oibre’ as they helped us get ready for the Christmas Fair next week.Grma Ellen, Sadhbh, Emily, Maria agus Sinéad!!
@Colaistebride
Congratulations to our two 6th classes who sang beautifully at Córfhéile na Scoileanna today in the National Basketball Arena. 👏🏻🎶Thanks to Ms Ryan, who conducted the choir, Ms Tormey and Mr Leech and Ms Morley, who accompanied the classes.
#Sing
#MoGhileMear
#WhenIm64
Thanks very much to all our boys and girls who have donated the Christmas boxes to
@TeamHopeIreland
. Very generous! Thanks to Ms Kerins for organising the collections also!
Congrats to former pupil, Jim Gavin, former teacher, Frank Roebuck and all the team!
#5inarow
Wear Dublin colours on Monday to celebrate! C'mon the girls in blue! Make it a double!
@Dubs_gaa
@lgfa
@cnmb
Ms Tormey’s class of 2021 made their Confirmation today at 11:30 and 1:30. Congratulations to all the boys and girls and their families! Thanks very much to Fr Kieran, Fr Shan, Ms Tormey, Ms Lanigan and Ms Doherty for all their hard work.
@DublinDiocese
@ClondalkinP
That’s a wrap….Class of 2022 trip to the Burren. Great 3 days with all at the
@burrenoutdoors
, great to be back after a 2 year Covid Break.
#6thclasstour
Looking forward to welcoming back Jack Kelly, who will be talking about athletics, his successes there, and bringing one of our classes for a run! Very proud of our past pupil, who started his running with the
@sdublincoco
cross country races.
@ActiveFlag
@moylepark
#Athletics
Congratulations to our senior boys who are through to the semi final stage! Our girls lost their game yesterday but have made us very proud. Thanks to the teachers who give up their time to coach the children after school.
@CnmbDublin
@ActiveFlag
Ms O’Neill’s class were happy to help raise funds on
#DaffodilDay
. Thanks to all our parents who contributed. Over €500 is on its way to
@IrishCancerSoc
.
Congratulations to our past-pupil, Dr. Jim Gavin, conferred with the Doctor of Philosophy degree (Honoris Causa) in
@DublinCityUni
today. Also in attendance were proud former
@ClonburrisNS
teachers, Frankie Roebuck and Seán McNamara. Well done
#DrJim
!
A lovely First Communion ceremony this morning! Thanks to Fr. Damian, Fr. Shan, Ms. Donlon, Mrs. Galvin and Ms. Maher. Thanks also to the choir, altar servers and all the teachers, SNA's, staff and community members who helped make this such a special day.
@DublinDiocese
We are accompanying our colleague and friend Sinéad in doing the
@VhiWMM
tomorrow. It’s in memory of her beautiful son Aodhán. All proceeds go to
@alittlelifetime
. Please donate if you can. It would be greatly appreciated. ❤️
Thanks very much to our past pupils from
@sgsf_ysi
in
@Colaistebride
who delivered prizes to us today. Our pupils were delighted to participate in activities organised by the girls last year.
@ActiveFlag
Yesterday one of our 5th class pupils, Ruby Murphy, won the Art Competition for Clonburris at the 100 Year Anniversary of Clondalkin Garda Station, Presented by Assistant Commissioner Michael McElgunn. Congrats Ruby!!
@gardainfo
#Art
Best of luck to Evan Walsh who travelled to Birmingham today to play at Birmingham City club, West Brom and Solihull this weekend!! Evan plays for Cherry Orchard Red Level. He is a super soccer player and so dedicated to his sport and training.
@FAIreland
@ActiveFlag
Santa’s helpers from one of our 6th class bubbles were in great form today! A buzz of excitement as individual classes attended the Christmas Fair. Well done to all involved!!
#Christmas2020
#AllIWantForChristmas
@NewsgroupIRL
Congratulations to all the schools, teaching staff, SNAs, ancillary staff, parents and pupils for all their hard work and dedication over the past 8 weeks.
#weareallinthistogether
Well done to Ms Noonan’s 4th class. All getting ready for the Clonburris Christmas Fair next week! 🎄🎁💝Great raffle prizes coming in too. Thanks to our parents and community. 👍🏼
Our staff are looking forward to welcoming back all the boys and girls on Monday 30th August! Thanks to our teachers, SNAs, our secretary, caretaker, Margaret and cleaners who have been in school over the last two weeks getting everything ready!
#Dedication
#WelcomeBack
Congratulations everyone! A successful week using
@Seesaw
! 👏🏻👏🏻Thanks to the Parents Association members who gave feedback today. Such a connected school community!
#TogetherWeCan
Sending
#virtualhugs
❤️
It’s Friendship week in our school this week. Delighted to see our second classes designing artwork for Friends Giving with all the qualities of a good friend🖌✏️🎨
#maithsibh