Our confirmation pupils attended their Service of Light in Avoca Church on Wednesday night.
Active Schools Week (08th-10th May)
Next week is Active Schools Week from 08-10th May. Our aim is for Scoil San Eoin to receive our Active School Flag early next year. The Active School Flag (ASF) is awarded to schools that strive to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community.
Our aims for the week and afterwards is to encourage the children to get more active, more often.
As part of this we have arranged lots of activities for the children to take part in.
Weds 08th May - Clara Jenkinson will be here to do tug of war and boxercise.
Thurs 09th May - The children will be doing dance classes with Laura Gannon where they will be listening to music, dancing and the older pupils will be learning a dance routine.
Friday 10th - The children will have their gymnastic classes but we will also have Alison Shanley in to do some GAA with the children.
In preparation for Active Schools week, can all parents please ensure that the children:
are wearing comfortable clothing & footwear (If weather is good, children are allowed to wear PLAIN navy shorts (no football shorts or other shorts).
Have extra drinks with lunches
are wearing sunscreen if weather is warm
Thank You
Happy Easter & Our Egg Hunt!
The children got to have a fun Easter egg hunt around the school grounds before finishing up for the school holidays on Friday. Our 6th class pupils hid the eggs around the school for the Junior Pupils. There were 4 teams 8 pupils each. The children had great fun and everyone had a lovely choclate egg to enjoy at the end of it.
Have an egg..cellent & safe Easter break and we will see everyone when we return on the 29th!
Happy Easter!!
Silver Medal for Niamh Kenny
Well done to Niamh Kenny who won a medal for her floor routine at Arklow Gynmastics Club on Tues 09th April.
Niamh came 2nd place and took home the silver medal.
Very well done Niamh from all at Scoil San Eoin!!
Open Day/Sale of Work - Sat 06th April (A Great Success)
We had our annual Open Day and a new fundraiser, a Sale of Work, on Sat 06th April. The community of Redcross did not disappoint, and lots of visitors and school families came on the day.
We had items of every description donated by community members and school parents, from clothing, lamps, toys, buggies, bedding, books, handbags etc and lots of bargains were to be got on the day! We also had some gorgeous cakes and treats, baked and donated, to enjoy with coffee or tea or to buy and take home.
We also had a raffle on the day. First prize was a monster Easter hamper and two fabulous tarts (donated from Brittas Bay Cafe) was our 2nd and 3rd prizes.
The winners on the day were as follows:
1st Prize (Easter Hamper) - Suzie Griffin
2nd Prize (Blueberry Tart) - Archie via Aisling Tiernan
3rd prize (Pear Tart) - Sean O Neill.
Overall the day was a huge success, new prospective parents/pupils were able to view the school facilities and meet the staff on the day and we also got to combine a fundraiser and raise money towards a laptop trolley for the school.
A huge thank you to our parent reps (Cleo Griffin, Cathy Nolan, Michelle Redmond, Laura Jones, Lorika Hoogers and Jill Power) who worked tirelessly to organise prior to the day and who also ran and helped out on the day. Thanks to Karen Tiernan and other parents who helped out on the day or donated to the Sale of Work/Cake Sale
A total of €1146.94 was raised on the day and will go into our fundraising account for the school.
Again thank you to everyone for making the day so successful.
Aldi Play Rugby Poster - 2nd Filled!!
We have completed and filled our 2nd Aldi Rugby Poster and will be submitting today. A very big thank you to everyone for bringing in their stickers each week and for helping us to fill the posters.
The promotion ended 07th April, therefore we are asking any parents if you have any further stickers to bring them into school by 08th April as we will be donating them to Ballycoog NS to try to help them fill their poster.
Again thank you and fingers crossed now that we win some prizes!!
Friendship Week (08-12th April 2019)
Friendship week is this week 08-12th April at Scoil San Eoin. All over the world schools are taking part to try to raise funds for Amnesty International. For the week, the school will be selling Friendship bracelets for €2 each which can be purchased from the class teachers or school office.
All proceeds go to Amnesty International.
This year’s theme for Friendship Week is Welcoming Communities which is a core part of Amnesty International’s I Welcome campaign. It is about encouraging people to unite in welcoming refugees into their communities. Check out their website https://www.amnesty.ie/friendship-week/ for further information.
Bracelets will be on sale until Friday 12th April.
Thank You
Irelands Call
Upcoming Sale of Work/Open Day - Sat 06.04.2019
Reminder to all: Our sale of work and open day is this Sat 06th April from 12-3pm. Please spread the word to family and friends.
Thank You!!
Bagpack Fundraiser - Dunnes Stores (€377.15 raised)
A very big thank you to the volunteer parents Helen Browne, Wendy Kenny, Edel Byrne, Jill Power, Laura Jones, Cathy Nolan and Michelle Redmond & staff who helped organise and bagpack for our fundraiser in Dunnes Stores in Bridgewater Arklow on Friday 29th March. A total of €357.15 was raised on the day and was topped up by a donation from a parent of €20.00.
Aldi Play Rugby Competition - Nearly there!!!
We are on our way to completing and filling a 2nd poster to submit to Aldi for their competition.
Promotion finishes on Sunday 07th April. Please encourage your family and friends to help us to finish and submit a 2nd poster to be in with a chance to win some of the prizes listed below.
· a chance to win €50,000 to develop a school’s playing facility
· €2,500 voucher for sports and training equipment to a school in each province
· A training session with Paul O’ Connell in our school, plus a set of new jerseys and an Aldi Play Rughy Kit
· Every school that enters with a fully completed poster will get an Aldi Play Rugby kit bag, 4 rugby balls and a set of Aldi Play Rugby water bottles sent to the school.
Thank You!!!
Anyone 4 Science - After School Club
Please see below information from Anyone for Science on the possibility of setting up an after school club for next year. We have queried the price and will revert back but if any parents are interested please email your class teacher or contact Mary in the school office.
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Would you like to provide an After School Science Club in your school for the next school year?
After school science clubs are provided by the staff at Anyone 4 Science. Anyone 4 Science is an educational organisation providing fun hands-on science and engineering activities for primary school children.
A science club is a great offering to kids who may not be as interested in sports or arts and want to explore the world of science and to encourage all kids' inquiring minds.
We currently run clubs in 13 primary schools in Wicklow (eg. St Patrick's NS Greystones, Wicklow Educate Together and St Francis NS Newcastle) and would love to offer this service to your school as well.
We would propose to run one class for junior/senior infants lasting 50 minutes, followed by a class for 1st to 6th class lasting an hour. Classes are normally run within an available classroom. We usually take up to 12 infants in a class and up to 16 older children. If more children sign up we can provide additional teachers.
Please contact the school office if you have any interest in the above
Well done to Suzy and Emma Griffin!
2 of our pupils took part in District Competitions for the Girl Brigade in Wicklow last weekend on Sunday 24th March and came home with 3 medals.
Emma and Suzy Griffin both took part - Taking home 2 X Gold medals for 1st places each in Modern Dance & Emma also received a medal for 4th place in solo skipping .
They competed against teams from Greystones, Dundrum, Dun Laoghaire, Tallaght and Bray.
Well done to both girls on a fantastic achievement from everyone at Scoil San Eoin!
Newsflash!! School write up in the Wicklow People Newspaper dated 20th March
The school received a lovely write up in the Wicklow People Newspaper dated 20th March in relation to the members and officials of the Arklow Municipal Council who held their monthly meeting at Scoil San Eoin on 13th March.
The article detailed the history of the school and mentioned our 2 new extensions which was a really positive aspect for future families coming to the school.
Please click on the following link to read the full article.
Cumann na m Bunscoil Skills Competition
Cumann na mBunscol held their annual skills competition in Annacurra on Friday 22nd March. Scoil San Eoin were given the opportunity to put 2 students forward for Hurling/GAA & Comagie.
Pupils were given skills sheets which they had to practice in the run up to the event and then on the day they were asked to preform these skills.
Well done to Jack Nolan (4th class) Daniel Jones (4th class) and Ronan Wynne (2nd class) who all represented the school in hurling and GAA.
Each of the boys done brilliantly during their skills test. Unfortunately on the day they didn’t make the final as numbers were very high but we are all very proud of you at Scoil San Eoin.
Well Done!
Seachtain na Gaeilge and other activities - Senior Room
Recently we celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge. This year we revised Amhran na bhFiann, learned some Seanfhocals, completed a booklet revising the main themes in Gaeilge, and created some fun artwork for Lá Féile Pádraig. We’re also learning Glaoch na hÉireann (Ireland’s Call) which we will perform next week (video evidence to follow!)
We have also cover the topic of water safety in SPHE using the PAWS programme and learned the ABC of Water Safety. Having completed the genre of Report Writing, we wrote reports on our favourite animals and finally, we revised the meaning of and reason for, the season of Lent, in the run up to Easter, writing about some of the ways we can be our “Best Self” during this time.
Annual Rugby Blitz - Arklow Rugby Club Weds 20th March 2019
We were blessed with gorgeous weather as our Senior room took part in their annual tag rugby blitz with Barney today at Arklow Rugby Club. We had 2 teams and both teams played 3 matches each. We played teams from Templerainy and St Johns National School.
All the children took part, had great fun, got lots of exercise and fresh air and had a great day.
Thank you to everyone for taking part and to Laura Jones,Cleo Griffin,Alison Shanley and Cathy Nolan who transported the children to and from the Blitz.
Barney has advised that we may have another one before the end of term.
Upcoming Bagpack Fundraiser - 29/30th March
We have scheduled a Bagpack fundraiser @ Dunnes Stores, Bridgewater Shopping Centre Arklow on Friday 29th/30th March in aid of Scoil San Eoin.
We still have some slots that need to be filled:
Friday 29th May ( 2-4pm & 4-6pm ) Currently we have no volunteers
Sat 30th May (10-12 & 12-2pm ) Currently we only have 1 volunteer
Please contact the school office or a Parent Rep, if you or a family member are available for any of the times above.
We would really appreciate your help on the day to raise some much needed funds for the school.
Thank You!
Arklow Muncipal Council Meeting comes to Scoil San Eoin - Weds 13th March
Arklow Municipal District and its members held their March meeting on Weds 13th March in our lovely new classroom. Some of the children were allowed to sit in on some of the meeting and got to see the structure and formality of a Municipal meeting. As a thank you the Cathaoirleach and its members presented the school with an apple tree which will be planted in our garden. During the meeting, members of the Redcross Community gave a presentation on how the village could be improved.
Photos were taken by the local Wicklow People.
Thank you to all our students and parents who stayed back after school for the meeting and presentation.
Bye Bye Old Room...Hello New Room!!
We are all delighted to be finally in our new room. We have so much space and light and can now do our work comfortably and move around to different areas and do group work, station teaching and circle time. Our old room will now be called the General Purpose Room and will be used to activities such as IT, gymnastics and for wet breaks.
