Monthly Archives: November 2021

The following information has been requested by the parish office for anyone making First Holy Communion or Confirmation in 2022. ‘ We are now taking registrations for Communions and Confirmations for 2022,  I would be grateful if you could let the parents of children who are due to make their Communion and  Confirmation to log onto www.arklowparish.ie and register their child’ Parents are asked to: Fill in all details asked for on the application form If their Child was baptised in the Parish of Arklow, Castletown or Johnstown to give exact date of baptism If their Child was baptised outside the Parish to make sure to send in copy of Baptism Cert … Continue reading →

`Here are the members of our new Green School Committee. They have a great plan of work for the year ahead including monthly talks with classes around specialist subjects, auditing energy use in school, reducing litter, increasing recycling and getting our wonderful parents involved in some green projects! Stay tuned…..

Pictured: We place huge importance on the importance of the student voice and with this in mind have a number of new councils up and running. Pictured are The Amber Council – prioritising mental health in school and The Active Council – prioritising fitness and wellness. These councils work very well hand in hand and will run a number of initiatives over the year. We also have our Student Council (pictured earlier in the week) and our Green Council (we will post their photo soon). Keep up the great work everyone! We are flag holders for Mental Health (Amber Flag), Active School and Green School. Scooter day will take place … Continue reading →

Pictured: We place huge importance on the importance of the student voice and with this in mind have a number of new councils up and running. Pictured are The Amber Council – prioritising mental health in school and The Active Council – prioritising fitness and wellness. These councils work very well hand in hand and will run a number of initiatives over the year. We also have our Student Council (pictured earlier in the week) and our Green Council (we will post their photo soon). Keep up the great work everyone! We are flag holders for Mental Health (Amber Flag), Active School and Green School. Scooter day will take place … Continue reading →

Ms. Walker’s class made a beautiful display to honour and remember those whom we have loved and lost. May they rest in peace.

* 3rd/4th class had a really interesting session for Science Week as they explored fish today. The class was really engaged and produced some super work afterwards! Huge thanks to WIT for supplying this great educational opportunity!

We are delighted to welcome applicants for places in our school for the coming academic year. Full details are in the link below (admissions notice 2022), including closing date. Please contact Siobhan on 0402 37596 for enrolment forms and any other information you require.

Station teaching in Ms. D’Arcy/Ms. McDevitt’s class – children love hands-on experiential learning and we have invested in more materials for this.

Congratulations to Maths Eyes Winners 2021! Thank you to Fiona and Sharon for adjudicating! We had some great entries!

Friday 05/11/2021 What a great way to finish ClimateandNatureSummit21! 5th/6th class presented their findings on sustainable farming, deforestation and climate change to 3rd/4th class in our outdoor classroom. Look at that sky!! Thanks to all who got stuck in for a school clean up last thing today – we are so lucky to have such beautiful grounds!