Author: Ita Connolly

Your child’s attendance at school is very important for their progress. Please remember to send a note to the teacher if your child is absent. These notes are kept in an absentee file in school. It is now mandatory to report absences of pupils in excess of 20 days in the year to TUSLA (National Educational Welfare Board), so we would ask parents to ensure that pupils are absent from school only wh...

World Water Day was celebrated in Scoil Mhuire on March 23rd. World Water Day is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. Today, there are over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to home. As a Green-School, our work on the theme of Water is helping to spread awareness of the Global Goals and of water issues locally and across the world. A great way to highlig...

Congratulations to our marvellous 5th and 6th class pupils who were confirmed last Thursday in St. David's Church, Davidstown. Fr Broaders confirmed our boys and girls along with the pupils of Courtnacuddy N.S. They all read, sang and played their instruments beautifully. We say a special thanks to Fr Nolan, Sr Elizabeth, Sr Philomena, Mrs Doyle and Ms. Delaney for arranging and leading the choir....

We had a fantastic day at the FAI soccer blitz last Tuesday. A huge thank you to everyone who drove, Paul for managing one of our teams and those who came to support. Both teams played really well coming third and fourth in their groups. Huge thanks to John O'Rourke for doing extra training sessions with the class in the weeks before the blitz. Well done everyone!

Ms Crean tells me that our Mini 7s played out of their skins! We won our match against Courtnacuddy and lost to Bree by a late goal! Wonderful teamwork and positive attitude the whole way through both matches. Well done lads, ever so proud of you all.

There has been a huge amount of interest in enrolment in our school for September 2018. We are also seeking information for potential enrolments for future years. If your child may attend our school from years 2019 onward, please register your interest with the school with child's name and parent contact details. Contact Margaret on 053 92 34745 or register at http://davidstownps.ie/enrolmen...

It is a very exciting time for us here in 5th and 6th class. We will be making our Confirmation soon and are enjoying all the preparation that goes with it. Today we had our retreat in the meeting room in the Parochial House with Sr Elizabeth, Fr Nolan and Ms Connolly. We did team building exercises that focused on using the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. We laughed, sang, played and prayed ...

Look at the latest addition to our outdoor classroom! The 3rd to 6th class built this willow hut with their bare hands! Well, with a little help from Terry the Weaver, Angela and Fiona. This willow hut was created as part of a natural playground that we will continue to develop and add to over the coming years. When asked how they would like their school to look they said they wanted to have so...

Before Christmas Ms Crean and Ms Connolly asked the pupils in the school what ideas they had for their play space outside. They thought and looked online, did research and really considered what they wanted their outside space to look like, feel like and how they would like to use the space. They came up with the most wonderful ideas. These included: art and murals to brighten the space...

Over the next two weeks we will be working on project-based learning skills to create an interactive notebook all about volcanoes. We have watched videos, asked and answered questions and discussed all the vocabulary. The idea of the project is to show our understanding of the topic of volcanoes by putting all the information into our own words and explaining it clearly. When you can explain somet...