First Aid/Defib Training - Junior room pupils
Our Junior room pupils completed training today with Polly on basic first aid and defib training.
They learned all about the number 999 or 112 to call in an emergency and the importance of knowing our Eircode.
Pupils were given a demonstration on how to correctly position our hands before putting them down on a person who needs CPR and then the pupils themselves got to practice individually CPR on dummies in the class room.
Our pupils then got to explore what steps to do if someone was choking, Polly brought a special device where pupils got to practice the Heimlich maneuver.
Towards the end of the sessions pupils got to practice putting bandages on each other.
Everyone received a First Aid badge and a little First aid themed gift.
This was an extremely important workshop for the children to participate in. Please ask the children some questions later today about the workshop and also let them learn their house eircode.
Well done to everyone and a huge thank you to ‘Polly’ Pauline Nolan for coming in to see and giving up her free time to teach the children.
Scoil San Eoin in the sunshine!
Our school grounds are looking beautiful after a winter tidy up and our grounds have all been strimmed and cut back. Everywhere is looking fabulous and the children are really enjoying the outdoors this week with all the glorious sunshine!
Long may it last!
A busy month for our classrooms!
Our Junior room pupils have been very busy learning about all things Space and our senior room pupils have completed some beautiful artwork for our hallways recently too. Well done everyone!
Heritage Ireland Workshop
On Monday 27th April, we had a full day workshop from writer and Heritage Ireland specialist Sheila Forsey. Pupils from all classes took part.
The theme of the workshop was Bealtaine. Pupils learned about the different farming seasons and they took part in activities throughout the day. One of the activities was an old children's game where pupils had to work as 3 parts/individuals and then work together to make their machine work/move. Sheila also brought an old mug which had been found many years ago after digging on a farm and explained how research and letters were written and completed to try to find out history about the discovery. There was lots of singing and dancing through the day which everyone enjoyed
Sheila has also written her own books on historical fiction and showed the children these and spoke about historical writing.
All of our pupils absolutely loved the workshop and had lots of fun and learned so much . Thank you to Sheila for a great day !
Winner of our Thermomix Raffle!!
We had our live raffle for our thermomix fundraiser this afternoon. A copy of the recording is linked on our school social media accounts @ scoilsaneoin on facebook and instagram.
Our very lucky winner of the Thermomix machine valued at €1200 was Oscar Iginochi with ticket number 046.
Congratulations Oscar!! Our sellers were Theo and Alfie Fleming and Well done to them also.
Thank you to everyone for supporting our fundraiser and buying tickets. Its is hugely appreciated!
Well done again to Oscar and we hope you enjoy the Thermomix machine!
Celebrating 5 Years participation in the SYTL programme
Our senior room received a certificate this week for 5 years participation in the SYTL (Say Yes to languages) programme. Our school is one of 206 schools in Ireland who have taken part in the SYTL every year since 2021. This is a great achievement for our pupils and reflects our schools strong commitment to broadening pupils language learning experiences.
Thank you also to our language tutor Sophie Imarzouk who completes the programme each year with us.
Well done to all our pupils!
First Prize for Aifric in Seanfhocail Competition
We received wonderful news on Thursday 16th April that one of our pupils won a competition being ran for Seachtain na Gaeilge by Wicklow County Library Services. The competition was a Seanfhocail Competition where pupils had to design an A4 sized poster to illustrate a Seanfhocail that they liked, and use the poster to illustrate it’s meaning to them.
Our Junior Infant pupil Aifric won first prize in her category and received a lovey Art & Hobby gift card.
Comhghairdeas, a Aifric agus maith thú!
We are all very proud of you!!
A wonderful way to end Term 2 and hop into Easter!
After a wonderful term 2 at Scoil San Eoin on Friday 27th March, our pupils completed Easter art activities in the classrooms & then had a fun festive Easter egg hunt.. Our staff & student teachers even joined in with all the fun Pupils received a lovely gift from out student teachers on the their last day at SSE and again were spoiled with a beautiful decorative Easter gift from Tess (Bodhis Nan). A huge thank you to Tess for such a thoughtful gift. The children all had a great day and it was a lovely way to start the Easter holidays. We hope you all had a safe and fun break and a wonderful Easter.
New IT Laptops for our classrooms!
We've received our delivery of new laptops for the pupils to use during school. These will be very beneficial to our pupils and we are thrilled to have updated our IT trolley. We hope to add more laptops added over the next while! Our pupils are delighted with the update!
A very fun Music Generation session for our Senior room!
Pupils from our senior room took out our drums ukuleles and bodhráns with Leslie yesterday for our music generation session. It was fantastic to hear the different sounds of the instruments and our pupils really enjoyed it. They are all enjoying the different classes and variance each week for their music generation lessons
Scoil San Eoin - Thermomix Fundraising Raffle
Dear Parents,
Our thermomix fundraising raffle will take place on 27th April.
Here are just a few of the amazing things this machine can do… All proceeds go to Scoil San Eoin.
Tickets are 10 euro each or 6 tickets for 50 euro. Available from our pupils, Redcross Shop, Barndarrig PO and Rathdrum Stores. Tickets also available if needed from the school office.
Thank You
Upcoming Fundraiser - Thermomix Raffle
Dear Parent/Guardian,
We will be holding a fundraising raffle in the coming weeks which gives one lucky person the chance to win an amazing Thermomix machine. This machine is valued at €1200 and it is a much wanted piece of technology in everyone’s kitchen! We held a demonstration night at the school a few months ago and everyone in attendance was very impressed by it. With this in mind, we are giving one person the chance to win the Thermomix machine which also comes with a recipe book with lots of ideas for using this machine in your home.
The tickets will be €10 each or 6 tickets for €50. We will be sending each pupil home with a book of tickets and we are hoping that family, friends and neighbours get behind this fundraiser and support it. The prize will we worth it for one lucky winner!!
We have linked a youtube video below on what this amazing machine does. We would really appreciate it if you could share this fundraiser on social media to try to reach as many people as possible. Note: Promotional poster and vision board images are attached to this message post.
Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd3qnlnM2UA
The draw will be held on 27th of April live at the school and will be recorded.
We have lots of plans for any funds raised and we have included some in our vision board that is attached to this message. We would love to be in a position to update all of our outside yard equipment such as nets, hoops etc as they have all been badly damaged in the storms. We also love to purchase some new outdoor games for our pupils to use when the sunshine comes back and also to add new additions to our quiet room which is being used on a more frequent basis by our pupils.
Our school community have always supported our fundraisers, and we are hoping that this one is our biggest yet.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Linda Greene
Principal
Maith Thú!
Well done to our pupils Katie Lacey in second class and Oisin Finn in sixth class who won an art competition that was ran recently by Easons bookshop in Enniscorthy. Pupils had to design and decorate a bookmark. Both pupils were invited on Friday 20th March to Enniscorthy to be presented with prizes and a certificate.
Well done to you both!! We are so proud of you and we hope you enjoyed your prizes.
La Glás/World Book Day Dress Up
To finish off celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge and our Scholastic Book fair our pupils dressed up in green or as their favourite book character on Friday 20th March. Our pupils made a fantastic effort and there were lots of colourful outfits for World Book Day and the traditional green for La Glás!!
Our student teachers Ms Mullett and Ms Kenny have been very busy practising and learning Amhrán na bhFiann with our pupils and also the Walls of Limerick dance. On Friday our pupils performed their song and dance together as a whole school. Everyone done such a great job and the enthusiasm was fantastic.
A copy of the performance has been sent to parents via aladdin connect!
Maith Thú!!!
Installation of New Defibrillator at Scoil San Eoin
Dear Parents/Guardians & Community members,
We are delighted to announce that a new defibrillator (AED) has been installed on our tower wall in the school (Located to the left of the front door as you walk into the school yard) This is a vital piece of life-saving equipment and it will be a valuable new asset for the community giving peace of mind to families, local residents and visitors.
This has been made possible thanks to the efforts of Helen Browne, Jill Power and the local AED committee who have donated the AED for use. A special mention of thanks also to Thomas Browne who worked so hard to organise fitting and source the pads and required equipment etc for the set up of the system. A final thank you to Richie from Goodship Electrical who donated his time and fitted the system free of charge.
A huge thank you to you all for working tirelessly to keep our community members safe.
Please help spread the word locally on the location of the new defibrillator.
EIRCODE: A67 VY99
Location: Scoil San Eoin, Redcross
Demo of the Thermomix machine! Fundraiser Raffle
A demo example of how the Thermomix works!! This amazing prize is up for grabs in our upcoming raffle - See below all details.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd3qnlnM2UA
Senior Room - Engineering Week
Our pupils in the senior room paired together for engineering week to design a structure that would could possibly withstand an earthquake. There were lots of interesting drawings and designed and we are very impressed with the finished structures.
Well done everyone!
