GOAL Jersey Day

Like many other organisations and schools, we are registered to take part in GOAL Jersey day 2026 to raise some much needed funds for the charity GOAL. On Friday 2nd October 2026, Pupils are invited to wear their favourite jersey, club top or team colours to school and make a donation to support GOAL’s humanitarian work.

 Parents can choose to donate via our school fundraising page through GOAL (link below), on the QR Code attached or on the day and bring cash into the school office. We are asking families to donate whatever they can afford as every little helps!

See below our Link for our school fundraising page: https://jerseyday.org/scoilsaneoinredcrosscowicklow

We are looking forward to celebrating GOAL Jersey days and seeing all the wonderful colours/jerseys!!

Many Thanks,

Mary Fluskey

School Secretary 

Our bike shelter..Full to capacity!!

Our new bike shelter is being well used this week as we began bike skills with Cycling Ireland. It's wonderful to see the shelter at full capacity and being utilised. Pupils from 1st-6th class began week 1 of their bike skills course with tutor Hugh Arthur. We are hoping that this will give pupils the confidence and skills to cycle to school or cycle when they can.

Bike Safety Skills - Week 1

On Wednesday 23rd Sept, our bike skills course funded by Cycling Ireland commenced for our pupils in 1st to sixth class. Day 1 was a beautiful day weatherwise and our pupils learned all about bike safety and how important wearing a helmet while cycling is. The pupils really enjoyed the session and are looking forward to next week already. Thank you to instructor Hugh.

Well done everyone!

SNA Appreciation Day

Today we celebrate SNA Appreciation Day at Scoil San Eoin and thank our wonderful SNA Ingi who gives so much support to our wonderful pupils.

Thank you for providing all our pupils with your support, care & patience each day at our school. Our pupils are very lucky to have you!

We are very grateful for all you do.

Happy SNA Appreciation Day Ingi from all the pupils, staff & parents at Scoil San Eoin

Thank You!

We received a beautiful creative donation from Tess Arthur for the upcoming Harvest mass on Sunday. The detail, time & hard work that has went into this is fantastic. Thank you so much to Tess, the children will absolutely love seeing this in the school grounds after the mass has taken place.

Harvest creations by our Junior room!

Our pupils from the Junior room were given the task from Ms Nuzum to collect and create displays of natural autumnal items found outside for the Harvest Mass. Our pupils were all very creative and we had some beautiful pieces to display in the church.

Well done to all our pupils and parents for collecting all the important materials needed!! They all look wonderful.

Harvest Art from our Senior room pupils

Our pupils were asked by the parish council to design some artwork for the Harvest mass in Barranisky Church on Sunday 20th Sept.

Our pupils got straight to work and these are some examples of the wonderful creations designed. We had lots of different colour tractors bailing hay in preparation for the harvest with a beautiful sunset in the background!

They all turned out beautiful. Well done everyone!!

Opening of the school year service

On Wednesday 9th Sept, we began our school year with an opening prayer service with the theme ‘Happiness’ led by Fr Murphy & Elaine from Avoca Parish.

Our pupils got to think of all the things that we are thankful for. Fr Michael blessed & lit a special candle for our school which was presented to our Principal Ms Greene at the end of the service.

Some of our pupils presented items that represented faith, learning, art, sport & nature during the service and completed prayers of the faithful and readings which were all done beautifully.

It was a very special service to celebrate the start of a new school year. Thank you to all the pupils who participated in the service and well done.

Thank you also to Fr. Murphy & Elaine for coming to the school to visit and for delivering a beautiful service.

Scoil San Eoin - Annual Halloween Fundraiser 2026

Our annual first fundraiser of the year is taking place the week of 19th October (weather dependant) Our pupils are very excited and some are already training for the long cycle!!! Pupils now have their sponsor cards and they would love if their friends, family and neighbours would support them.

Thank you in advance!!

Welcome back!

A huge welcome back to all our pupils, families and staff. We are so looking forward to a great year ahead. We hope you all had a lovely and restful summer! 

We would like to welcome our new Junior Infants to Scoil San Eoin and we hope they enjoy their time here. We would also like to extend a warm welcome to our new teacher Mr. Lacey.

Summer Fair - Raffle Sponsors

A huge thank you to all the local businesses who sponsored our recent Summer fair raffle prizes. Without your support it would not be possible to hold this fundraising raffle each year.

IT/Coding Classes

Pupils from 1st - 6th class have just finished their 6 week block of IT/Coding classes with tutor Ciaran Coughlan. They have all thoroughly enjoyed their weekly classes and have learning lots of different elements in IT & coding. To finish off the block of lessons pupils got to design their own coding game. The added bonus was pupils got to play the games after designing them.

A great end to our block of IT Classes.

Well done everyone!

Musical Instruments designed by our senior room

Our senior room pupils designed their own musical instruments this month through recycled materials. The effort & creativity that went into this project was fantastic. A huge well done to all our pupils.

Sports Day 2026

We had our annual sports day on Tuesday 23rd June at the school. Our pupils were divided into different colour teams lead by our senior room pupils. Everyone had a fantastic day. It was an extremely warm one but our pupils powered through it and participated in all the stations. The sunshine helped make it into a brilliant day and of course with sunshine comes water fights and everyone had lots of fun at the end of the day with water!! Pupils were treated to fruit (Thanks to Kim Hughes - Corey Hughes mum), treats and ice cream.

The winners on the day were as follows:

Winner of overall obstacle course: Ryan Lacey

Winner of sack races: Milana Maksymenko (1st) Corey Hughes (2nd) & Neasa Jones Kavanagh (3rd)

Well Done!

Well done also to everyone who participated. A special sports day medal was issued to all pupils for their part on the day.

A fantastic sports day 2026 and another example of our wonderful active school!

Summer Fair 2026

On Saturday 20th June, we had our annual Summer Fair in the school grounds after a very successful day last year. There had been lots of learning from our last one and some changes made for this year which we hope made the day even more enjoyable for all who visited!

Thankfully again this year, the sun came out to play and it was a glorious day! The whole day from start to finish was a massive success. There was a brilliant atmosphere and buzz around the school and it was such a brilliant opportunity to show off the school in its best light and for people to see the resources and facilities we have here. We had lots of familiar faces visit and lots of new faces also which we love to see!

All the children and adults alike had great fun on the stalls, sampled tasty burgers and treats and let their competitive streak out with all her target games. There was huge excitement for our games designed by Thomas and the children and adults all enjoyed playing the waiting game to see who had won the categories & trophies for the games !

The day would not have been possible if it wasn’t for the fantastic volunteers led by our Parent Reps and the amazing staff and community members who all pitched in and gave their time and energy. A huge thank you also to Thomas who as always went above and beyond to help out preparing for the fair and on the day.

As always our local businesses/sponsors were so generous in donating prizes for our raffle and we are so grateful to them all for always stepping up when asked each year.

Finally, to all our parents, pupils, family and community members, thank you for coming to our Summer Fair and being part of our final school fundraiser for the year.

A special mention to Sophie Rumgay who entertained the crowd with a wonderful fire show at the end of the day! Thank you Sophie

Thank you to each and everyone for ending our school year on an amazing positive note!!

We will see you all hopefully next year for our Summer Fair 2026!!!

Have a safe and enjoyable Summer break and enjoy the sunshine!!

Reward Day for attendance/wellness & participation in active flag 2026

On Monday 22nd June we had our rewards day for the whole school for great overall school attendance, active flag and wellness. A planned trip to River Valley holiday park took place and our pupils got to play a round of mini golf and attend the various playgrounds on site. The weather was glorious on the day and our pupils had a fantastic morning.

Payment for the activities was covered by the school under our wellness/attendance grant.

It was a brilliant morning and a great incentive for our pupils to keep up the great work with their school attendance and participation in active flag.

We hope all the children enjoyed their day!

Senior room school tour - Stables Gorey

Our senior room pupils headed to the Stables Gorey on Friday 20th June for our annual school tour.

The weather wasn’t on our side but this didn’t stop our wonderful pupils from getting stuck in to the activities from the get go!

Pupils completed an obstacle course which was at times demanding and every single pupil showed so much courage and determination. They got lots of splash time in the water which provided some much needed cooling after all their work on the obstacle course!

Everyone really enjoyed it and it was wonderful to see the children enjoying themselves after all their hard work this year

Overall a brilliant day was had by everyone and always our pupils were so well behaved! We are sure the children slept well on the night from all the activity!

A very successful school tour 2026!

Come join us for our Summer Fair!

Our annual Summer Fair is fast approaching. Come join us on the 20th June from 2-4pm for a day of family fun with bouncy castles, face painting, family fun games & activities & lots more. We would love to see you there!!

Crazy Hair Day for Múinteoir Eímear Byrne

Our recent Crazy hair day fundraiser for local teacher Eímear Byrne raised €200 which has been donated on behalf of our parents and pupils of Scoil San Eoin Redcross via the go fund me page!  

A huge thank you to our parents & pupils for the effort on the day and for the support with your generous donations. Our pupils all looked fantastic and really enjoyed being creative with their styles.

On behalf of the staff & pupils of Scoil San Eoin Redcross, We wish Eímear the very best of luck on her medical journey and We hope that the fundraising campaign continues to grow momentum and  reaches its goal very soon!

Free Event for Parents & Carers

‍ Dear Parents,

Please see below information on a FREE Event that is suitable for parents, carers and teachers of children and young adults who would like more information when it comes to selective eaters or lack of interest in food. No Pre-Booking required. 

There will be plenty of opportunity for questions, answers and peer support.

Who are all Kinds of Amazing?

All Kinds of Amazing are an Arklow based Community Group who support parents and carers of children with additional needs. 

We meet on the last Wednesday of every month 10am - 12pm at Arklow Library. All are welcome and no diagnosis is required to attend. 

 For anyone who is looking for professional support, expert guidance and peer support, this is the ideal for group for you to attend. No fee, No pressure, No diagnosis required.