Coding and IT Classes

Coding and IT classes finished today with Ciaran having spent 6 weeks teaching the pupils some great new skills.  The classes have been a fantastic success, giving the pupils a great grounding in general IT skills, coding and building games.  We would like to say a very big thank you to the Parents Association who funded the classes through fundraising, avoiding any further costs on parents. 

Confirmation

Fr. Martin Cosgrove, PP, will officiate at the Confirmation Ceremony on May 5th.

Service of Light

The time for the Service of Light is now confirmed for 7.30pm in Avoca Church on April 5th. 

New Videos

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Spring Time has arrived in SSE.....

Scoil San Eoin children have been very busy planting for this season with flowering plants, sowing onions, garlic and much much more in our garden beds. We look forward to seeing the growth and development. We will observe,  document, record and enjoy the beautiful growth in our school garden.  

Seachtain na Gaeilge:

Comhghairdeas (Congratulations) to the paiste ( children ) in the junior room for making a massive effort to "ag spreagagh as Gaeilge i rith an lae".............this year we decided to hold a competition to entice paiste to speak Gaeilge through out the day for a week , so here is a pictiúr of the paiste who received a certicate (Teastas na Gaeilge) for their best efforts! Also, Rang a Dó sung the Amhran na bhfiann with the Senior Room, video to follow soon. This year our class learnt Seanfhocal mar shampla; There is no place like no home (Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin) and A good start is half the work (Tús maith leath na hoibre) Equally all the children in Scoil San Eoin learnt the words and actions to the Haka Gaeilge a dance similar to the All Blacks. Watch this space for a videoto follow.

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Literacy: The Ginger Bread Man

Infants have been listening, exploring, learning character profile, sequencing of events of the Ginger Bread Man story. The infants thoroughly enjoyed in colouring, cutting & gluing their characters of the Ginger Bread Man onto Lollipop sticks so they can reenact the story by using the characters from the story. The children took time out of their break to finish this lesson because they had the determination and stamina to fulfill this but equally the end product gave a personal satisfaction to all pupils.  Similarly the pupils took great enjoyment in bringing them home to share with all.     

Art work in the Junior Room Celebrating Saint Patrick

Secretary Position Available

SCHOOL SECRETARY WANTED

Scoil San Eoin, Redcross, requires a secretary for 12 hours per week, term-time only, with the possibility of further hours at a later date.  Applicants must agree to be Garda Vetted. CV and references are essential.  Applicants must have secretarial experience and good level of computer skills.  Position will commence on 3rd April with one previous week of training.  If you are interested in this position, please apply in writing to:

• The Principal/Chairperson
• Scoil San Eoin
• Redcross
• Co. Wicklow
• 0404-41727
• Or email lgreeneredcross@gmail.com

Radio Superstars!!

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Four pupils from the Senior Class were guests on Declan Meehan's show on East Coast FM today. They were speaking about the Junior Entrepreneur Programme and the business idea that they have come up with.  All pupils did a great job and represented the school very well. What a great experience for them and we are all very proud that our school was chosen from all the schools in Wicklow to speak about JEP this year.   Below is the audio from the show.  Enjoy!

Hurling

Wicklow GAA are forming a South Schools Fixtures Committee to ensure that all schools have the opportunity to get sufficient games throughout the year.  The school would like to get involved in this but need a parent/guardian to volunteer to be the point of contact and co-ordinator for SSE.  If this is something you may be interested in doing, please contact the office asap.

JEP Radio Slot

As part of the JEP, four pupils from Ms. Green's room will be talking about the programme  on East Coast FM tomorrow, Tues. March 14th @ 10.30am.  Please tune in!

Names on Sweatshirts

As the weather gets warmer some of the pupils will remove their sweatshirts during playtime. Please ensure your child's name is clearly written on their jumper to avoid loss/mix up of tops.

Green Tops Needed!

As part of Seachtain Na Gaeilge activities next week, we would like all pupils to bring a green top/jersey into school on Monday (13th March).  They will need to keep it here for the week.

Next Steps in Junior Entrepreneur

The Senior Pupils have been continuing with their JEP projects. Today the class had a visit from our JEP coordinator Aoife Boyle. She was very impressed with the pupils work and how much they had learned and discovered about being an entrepreneur. She loved their choice of project and thought it was very different and should be a profitable business venture. She was so impressed she asked 4 of the class to go on East Coast Radio on Tuesday 14th to speak about JEP and the class project. Tune in and listen!!! WELL DONE ALL!!!!!!

The pupils have now completed Step 4 and 5 of the programme. They looked at their talents and skills and after a variety of activities and class discussions, have now been placed on a team with a role and responsibility within the project. 

As part of Step 4 the class had to conduct market research. A group took an enjoyable stroll in the sunshine down through the village to see who we could ask to take part. Each pupil was also asked to get 3 surveys completed by family and friends. This information will now have to be correlated and put onto a graph. This will show the class what direction they should go with their product. Thank you to all who took the time to take part in the surveys. 

Book Reviews carried out on World Book Day!

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Science/Trees: First & Second Class

Children in First and Second class presented to the class their fact file on Tree's that they had to research for homework. 

Science Experiment: Potato Growth

In the Junior room, we will be monitoring our Potato Growth by examining the sprouting of our potatoes. We will break up the experiment by leaving some potatoes to sprout in direct sun light and the other half in shade. We hope the shoots and roots will grow and we hope to extract the roots to our outdoor vegetable bed  with the hope of growing more potatoes.   Watch this space  ............

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