Monthly Archives: October 2021

Congratulations to all who made their First Confession, First Holy Communion and Confirmation over the last week! Many thanks to Fr. Pádraig and Fr. David for celebrating and to all the teachers for their work in preparing the children and providing such beautiful music.

Please click the link for an update from our Parents’ Association. We look forward to working together again to create some lovely experiences for our pupils! All updates will be posted in the Parents’ Association tab on the website

Thank you to Fiadh Russell who was the winner of a Heritage Ireland Expert visit for her drawing of a robin in lockdown. Dale Treadwell (who has worked on RTE) came to school today and treated all the children to a mini beast workshop. Dale loved our grounds and all the diversity here! We hope the children enjoyed this workshop and encourage them to tell you all about it at home! 

Yesterday, we met Stephen the stick insect and many children got to hold him! Stephen left some eggs with us and we look forward to breeding our own stick insects. What a fun way to examine life processes in such an interactive way! Here is a picture of Stephen on Ms. Russell’s arm!

How lucky were our junior classes today to access a Microsoft teams session with author Gerry Daly (Where are you puffling?) This was part of Wexford Library’s Children’s Book Festival 2021. We look forward to engaging in other such fun events!

We were delighted to welcome Doireann Cullen, Megan Cullen and Muireann Fitzpatrick with their All Ireland cup for camogie which they won a few weeks back. The girls spoke passionately about being involved in sport, about empowering females in sport and of the importance of water, good sleep and a healthy diet. They answered lots of questions from the students too! I would like to think that we will welcome lots of our pupils back in future with cups of their own! The girls reminded us that it is never too late to take up sport and the fun that they have being part of a team!* A great weekend … Continue reading →