Congratulations to our First & Second Class Pupils on their First Holy Communion

Congratulations to Katie, Mia, Alice, Sam, Ruairí, Terrie & Brianna who received their First Holy Communion yesterday at Barranisky Church. The weather was glorious and our pupils & their families celebrated a beautiful mass with Fr. Murphy. Afterwards our families returned to the school to mark the celebration with a small party hosted by our wonderful parent reps before they went their separate ways. Thank you to our parent reps for decorating the school beforehand and serving refreshments on the day. Our pupils each received a gift to mark the occasion from the school and we would like to give a special mention and thank you to Bodhi’s Nan, Tess Kenny for her beautiful handmade knitted dolls & crosses for the children. Thank you also to Fr. Murphy and the choir for a beautiful mass ceremony. We hope all our pupils & their families had a lovely day

Junior room pupils - DEAR TIME

Some of our Junior room pupils enjoying DEAR time yesterday! The whole school took part in DEAR TIME on Thursday 10th April.

Ending Term 2 with an Easter Egg Hunt!!

Our pupils were treated to an Easter hunt to mark the end of Term 2 and to get ready for the Easter break. The weather was glorious and they all had so much fun trying to find the hidden eggs. There were lots of happy faces when the chocolate was located. This is one of the many benefits of fundraising efforts which pay for these treats for the children during the year.

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter, Enjoy the break and we will see you all back at school on the 28th April.

DEAR time for our Senior room pupils

Pupils from our senior room got to enjoy the glorious sunshine and complete their DEAR time outside today and really enjoyed it.

Food dudes Program complete for our Junior Room

Well done to our Junior Room pupils who received their certs yesterday for completing the Food dudes program last week in school.

Food Dudes Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of fruit and vegetables in a healthy lifestyle. The goal of Food Dudes Week is to reinforce the healthy habits that were introduced to the children during Food Dudes intervention stage also to introduce it to new pupils who previously haven’t taken part last year at Scoil San Eoin. 

 Food Dudes Week is an opportunity to celebrate our schools healthy eating culture and to get the wider community involved in the programme.

Parental engagement is an important component of Food Dudes Week and it is an opportunity for parents to get involved in the healthy eating celebrations. 

Please continue to encourage the children to try these foods at home!

Well done everyone!!

 

Confirmation celebrations at Scoil San Eoin

Our 5th and 6th class pupils celebrated the sacrament of Confirmation on Sat 29th March at Barranisky Church with Fr. Murphy. Each of our pupils done wonderfully and it was a beautiful mass, made even more special by the choir singing with the children. Afterwards, our pupils and families were treated to a small celebration hosted by our parent reps at the school to mark the occasion and were given a gift to remember their special day. Thank you to Fr. Murphy and the church choir for a beautiful ceremony and thank you to our fantastic parent reps for organising such a lovely party afterwards and for organising the pupils gifts as a keepsake! Congratulations to Suzie, Lilly, Callan, Oisin and Edward. We hope you all had a very special day!

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Park & Stride (Week 2)

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Some more photos of our pupils taking part in Park & Stride - week 2.

No weather was stopping our pupils & parents from taking part in the Big Travel Challenge.

Well done everyone!!

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Halloween Activity Day (Part 2 - Avoca Red Kite Walk & visit to Avoca Handweavers)

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Thursday the 24th of October 33 pupils from  both the Junior & Senior Room met at the Avoca Car park for our first Halloween Activity Day. The group was divided into two groups by staff.
Ms.Nuzum took her group to visit the Avoca Handweaver Mill and Ms.Fitzgerald took the other half and went on a lovely forest walk starting at the old Avoca Primary school. Both groups spent 35/40 minutes and swapped over once completed.  Our walk was part of our annual sponsored Halloween walk and the visit to the Handweaver Mill was part of the programme being covered in the Junior Room called Wool2Ewe. Each group was delighted to view the museum and touch all the different types of scarves on display. It was interesting to hear that the Mill was 300 years old last year.

Allen, our tour guide,brought each group into the factory area and the pupils got a talk on the history and the making of weaving. It was interesting to see and hear the difference between the wooden weave and the automatic machines.

It was a wonderful morning with lots of learning completed and also lots of fresh air and fun. Well done to everyone who took part and thank you to our parents who volunteered on the day and helped supervise the groups.

Spring tidy up for our outdoor spaces!!

Spring has arrived at Scoil San Eoin and our yard is a burst of beautiful yellow as all our lovely daffodils have appeared just in time for the sunshine Our vegetable garden and surrounding areas in the playground have gotten a much needed tidy and clear out and they all look great with some more works planned. Thank you to Mick & Stephen for digging out and clearing away and making space for exciting projects in our school garden. Our pupils have designed their very own DIY slide in the past few weeks and they have been having lots of fun trying it out! We are so blessed to have such a beautiful outdoor space for our pupils to play

St Patricks Day Art 2025

The children are celebrating St Patrick's Day early and the art work is well on its way here in Scoil San Eoin.

Our Junior room pupils are decorating & constructing St. Patricks Day hats to wear, & painting a rainbow from a pot of gold. Our Senior room pupils are constructing & designing 3D St. P hats from scratch.. More photos of the end results to follow!!

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy St. Patricks Day from all at Scoil San Eoin!!

Some examples of the feedback received on our recent Primary Maths Curriculum Evaluation

Some examples of the positive feedback received on our recent Primary Maths Curriculum which took place at the school. A full copy of the report is listed in the Dept of Education (Inspectorate) section on our website and also on the Dept of Education website.

A huge well done to all our pupils who took part in the focus group during the inspection visit.

SNG 2025 at Scoil San Eoin

We celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge at Scoil San Eoin last week and had Ashling in with our pupils to do some Sean Nós dancing classes. Everyone really enjoyed this and well done to all our pupils for taking part and engaging with the lessons, you were all brilliant! Our pupils from the Junior room decorated some fabulous artwork for our corridoors that can be viewed on entering the school. Finally all pupils learned a dance with our new student teachers, Ms Menton and Ms Doyle to celebrate SNG (Videos of our superstars are to follow in another post) and we completed it at the end of the week to mark the end of a great week of classes!

Overall a fantastic SNG 2025 at SSE. A huge thank you to Ashling (Harpers mum) for coming in and giving up her time.

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Soccer Coaching Complete!!

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Our 10 weeks of soccer have come to an end and the pupils all really enjoyed their coaching sessions. They all learned lots of skills about the game and tactics. There were lots of trials, drills and soccer games. Pupils got to learn how to control the ball and how to play as part of a team. By the end of the coaching sessions, we could all really see how much confidence they had gained over the 10 weeks.

Well done to all of our pupils and thank you to our coach for a really enjoyable 10 weeks.

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