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!!
Confirmation for our 5th & 6th class pupils
Wishing our 5th & 6th class pupils Lilly, Oisin, Edward, Callan & Suzy the very best as they prepare to celebrate their Confirmation day tomorrow at Barranisky Church. We hope you all have a lovely day from us 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.
Save the Date for our Annual Summer Fair 2025!!!
SAVE THE DATE!
Join us for a day of fun, family, and festivities at the Scoil San Eoin Summer Fair!
June 14th
Redcross
12 PM – 3 PM
Petting zoo, games, food, raffles & more!
Bring your friends and family for an unforgettable day!
#SummerFair #Redcross #CommunityEvent #FamilyFun #SaveTheDate
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.
Soccer Coaching Complete!!
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.
Service of Light - Wednesday 12th March
Our pupils from 5th & 6th class celebrated their Service of Light on Wednesday with Fr. Murphy in Barranisky Church in preparation for their Confirmation ceremony on 29th March. They all done a fantastic job and it was a lovely ceremony.
Well done Oisin, Lilly, Edward, Suzy & Callan.
Wool2ewe workshop - Junior Room 11.03.2025
Monday the 10th of March, the Junior Room in Scoil San Eoin received a spinning demo from Sue and Evelyn. with the Wool2ewe programme.
Pupils from the Junior Room have been participating in the programme this year. Thank You to Sarah Rubalcava our Environmental officer in the Wicklow County Council Office.
The pupils learnt lots of interesting facts about wool, how it is 100% natural, renewable, biodegradable and sustainable.
Pupils then got to see A little science experiment which showed how natural wool doesn’t burn in comparison to synthetic wool. The pupils really enjoyed this!
A spinning wheel demonstrated how the wool from the sheep is made workable to make things. The pupils got to smell & touch wool and learned that when sheep wool is soaked in water to wash it, the ‘dirty’ water is also reusable and extremely good that has full of nutrients for seeds to grow, a form of fertilizer.
The pupils got to learn about crochet wool and got to see finished products, e.g. hats. Mittens etc. The pupils got to see an old pair of jeans reused and converted into a handbag/shopping bag.
At the end of the session there was a Q & A session.
Thank you to Sue and Evelyn for delivering a wonderful workshop for the pupils. They all really enjoyed it and learnt lots of interesting facts.
Our Junior Room interview with Postman Mr. Ollie Stapleton
Thursday the 6th of March, the Junior Room had a wonderful opportunity to interview a postman, Mr. Ollie Stapleton from Roscrea Co. Tipperary @10am.
They heard all the about the day in the life of a postman & the pupils got to ask questions at the end of the Zoom call.
The pupils learnt about what time Mr. Stapleton starts his work at 4.30 am & what his job entails. They heard about a lovely customer who is 88, who doesn't have a mobile phone or even internet she receives post from her grandchildren across the world, new Zealand china etc. She gets a pink envelope from her granddaughters & a blue envelope from her grandsons, the post man is her only daily link to the outside world. She even has her own cow that she uses the milk.
He told our pupils that the day before he visited 1000 homes, he works one Saturday a month. They also got to meet his lovely dog Haka.
The boys & girls thoroughly enjoyed their interview.
A big Thank you to Mr. Ollie Stapleton.
Come Farm with Me webinars - Junior Room
Our pupils in the Junior room are now on their third webinar of ' Come Farm with me' and they are really enjoying learning all about where our vegetables come from.
Celebrating Pancake Tuesday in the Sunshine!
Our pupils were very lucky yesterday and were treated to Pancakes with lots of lovely toppings to celebrate Pancake Tuesday. Thank you to our Parent Reps for organising and making the pancakes for the children. As it was a gorgeous day, our pupils got to eat their pancakes in the sunshine outside & there were lots of happy faces!!
Well done to our First Confession Pupils 2025
Our First Communion pupils celebrated their First Confession alongside pupils from Ballycoog National School on Weds 26th February. Each pupil did a fantastic job. Thank you to Fr Murphy for a lovely ceremony. Well done to Katie, Mia, Sam, Ruairí, Alice, Brianna & Terrie.
Reminder: Non Uniform Day (Feb 25)
Reminder: Friday 28th Feb is Non Uniform Day. A message has been circulated on Aladdin connect regarding this.
Thank You
First Confession celebration at Scoil San Eoin
Wishing our First & Second class pupils a lovely evening as they celebrate their First Confession Mass. We hope you all have a very special evening!
Big Travel Challenge complete for SSE!!
A huge well done to all pupils and parents for their enormous efforts over the last two weeks of 'The Big Travel Challenge'.
It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces arriving at the gate following their walks to school. These efforts saw a huge 45% increase in the number of our pupils who walked to school over the last week. We would love to see everyone continue their efforts as the weather improves.
Great Job everyone!!
#Bigtravelchallenge
Maths Eyes & Maths Trail for our pupils!
Last Friday, our senior room pupils partnered up with the junior room pupils to complete a 'Maths Trail' around our school grounds.
This trail was planned and drawn out entirely by one of our excellent fifth class pupils. All our junior pupils really enjoyed this activity and the opportunity to use their 'Maths Eyes' to complete the trail around the school grounds, expertly guided by our senior pupils.
Well done all! We are already planning a more challenging trail in term 3!!
A different take on our St Brigid's Day Crosses
Just some fantastic examples of the creative ways our senior room pupils designed and made their St Brigid’s Day crosses to celebrate St. Brigid’s Day recently.
Amazing work!!
Yoga & Meditation for our senior room!
Wellbeing week is in full swing at Scoil San Eoin and our pupils in the senior room completed yoga and meditation as part of this. They all really enjoyed it and the classroom was a lovely serene space for the afternoon
Well done everyone!!
