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Cycleright Program completed for our senior room pupils!!

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Our Senior room pupils haven just finished their cycling safety training run by the Cycling Safety School.

This course was very beneficial to our pupils and they learned some very important skills and information around bike safety.

Topics covered during the course were:Safe equipment, rules of the road, starting and stopping, road positioning, shoulder checking, turning left and right, overtaking and traffic manoeuvres and where appropriate to the group, on-road training. The emphasis of the course is on safety through control of the bike and awareness of surroundings.

Everyone participated well and really got involved in the discussions. Well done to all our pupils!!

Senior room STEM Projects

Just some of the examples of the board games developed by our senior room pupils as part of their STEM projects!

Our junior room pupils visited the Senior room and got to play and chat to the pupils about their games. There was great fun during the demonstartions.

A huge amount of time and effort went into these projects!! Very well done to all our senior room pupils!!

Taekwando lesson 1 - A big success

Taekwando lessons commenced on Weds 4th June with Tom Thorton for a 4 week period for all pupils throughout the school.

Taekwondo has so many fantastic benefits for children:

It is great for children’s physical development, it promotes great sports teamwork, it teaches children focus and concentration, it strengthens perseverance and helps with self- control/discipline and builds confidence to name a few.

Lesson 1 was a huge success and the children really enjoyed it.

Well done all!

Our new bird homes!

We have some new additions to our beautiful school garden. Thank you to Noel from Greenwood joinery who kindly made these for our children to enjoy watching the birds feeding!!

These will look fabulous in our garden and all our beautiful birds will be very happy!

Our Upcoming School Fair - This Sat 14th June

A reminder!!

Free Entry – All Welcome

Scoil San Eoin invites you to their annual Summer Fair on Saturday, June 14th from 12–3 pm at the school grounds in Redcross. This much-loved community fundraiser promises a fun-filled day out for families, neighbours, and friends.
Enjoy a lively mix of stalls, games, raffle prizes, food, crafts and activities, including:

  • BBQ, cake sale, and tea/coffee stand

  • Bouncy castle, face painting, and cupcake decorating

  • Family favourites like hook-a-duck, wire buzzer, lucky dip, and even a smashed car challenge

  • A petting zoo, local crafters, and a second-hand toy stall

  • The Passport Game – complete fun activities around the fair to earn stamps and win a prize!

All proceeds will go toward extracurricular activities and much-needed school improvements.
It’s a fantastic day to support your local school and enjoy some great family fun in the heart of the community.

We would love to see you all there!!

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.

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