Daily Archives: March 23, 2018

There was great fun in school today as our second term drew to a close! The Easter bunny is great friends with our Parents’ Association and together they delivered special treats to all our students!! We remember the true meaning of Easter as we enter into Holy Week. Thanks to Ms. Byrne for this display. We wish everyone a happy and holy Easter.

Our Mini 7s Camogie and Hurling campaign got off to a flying start on Tuesday when our girls team emerged victorious, followed by our boys team on Thursday. Both teams played an excellent Kilanerin side and they thank the teams for a great game. I would like to thank Ms. D’Arcy, Mr. Breen, Ms. Murphy, Carmel and Michael for all their dedication and support. We look forward to the next games after Easter!

We had a very successful enrolment night on Wednesday 21st March. It was wonderful to meet the parents of our incoming junior infants and to introduce them to life in our school community. I am very grateful to all our teachers and SNAs who came and supported this night. There were presentations by teachers and parents and I was immensely proud of students Sofia and Jake who endorsed the school from a student’s perspective. Sophie played a blinder as she greeted parents with beautiful tin whistle playing! We look forward to meeting the new junior infants at our sports day in June where they will take part in a special … Continue reading →

Junior Entrepreneur was a massive success! I would like to pay tribute to the Trojan work of Ms Byrne and her team. There was a wonderful atmosphere in school yesterday and practically all stock was sold out! The class raised a whopping €1400! I am very proud of their social consciences in that they have decided to donate €200 to the Jack and Jill foundation, €200 to the Laura Lynn foundation and €400  to the school! I hope they really enjoy spending the remainder on a well deserved treat!!

This talk for parents comes highly recommended and takes place next Thursday, 29th March.