Author: Ita Connolly

We had a visit today from Sr. Elizabeth and the lead nun from her mission the Ursulines of Jesus, Sr Mercedes. Sr. Mercedes told us about her work around the world and how she will be visiting Canada, Cameroon and Madagascar to work over the next few months. Our pupils asked lots of questions about the work the mission does around the world. We showed Sr Mercedes the projects that we had created a...

Enniscorthy Golf Club are running a Primary Schools Programme led by the Club Professional Stephen Fitzpatrick. Pupils from 4th to 6th are invited to attend the sessions which will be a fun and friendly introduction to golf. Sessions will be approx 1hour 15 mins long. If you have any questions or queries please call Stephen Fitzpatrick 086 3656713

Message from Gillian: Hi all, Great to see so many kids at the nursery last week. This week we will be getting the ball rolling. Activities will be station  led by a mentor with a focus on fun and games. Regarding registration, let me know and I'll put you in touch with our registrar. No need for any gear yet. See you all at the next session. Gillian

Bricks for Kidz will shortly be sending out expression of interest forms in continuing the after school sessions for a 6 week block after the Easter break. Please return to the school at your earliest convenience.

Reminder that the Easter Holidays will start on Friday April 12th. School will finish at 12.30 on Friday 12th.

Many thanks to all for supporting Daffodil Day in Davidstown. There was huge support for both the Wear Yellow in school and the Coffee Morning in the Community Centre. Well done and thank you to Elaine (James' Mum) for all her hard work. The children's artwork will be on display in St. John's Hospital over the next few weeks. We will let you when the exhibition will be ready to view.

It is with great delight that we can share the news that our school will continue to be a Creative School of Ireland for the year 2019/2020. As a part of the Creative Schools Initiative we will continue to work with our creative advisor Aileen Lambert and the school will also receive €2000 to be spent on creative arts. As with the €2000 received for the year 2018/2019, the children ultimatel...

GIY Ireland, the group who originally funded the creation of the school vegetable garden, have kindly reinvested in the school garden. They were delighted with how the school community had worked together to develop, not only the vegetable garden but the outdoor classroom and the sensory garden. It is because of this success that they have donated another three raised beds and two tonne of t...

A quick reminder that the school will be closed for both the bank holiday Monday and for teacher in-service training on Tuesday. Pupils will return to school on Wednesday 20th of March. School finishes tomorrow, Friday 15th at 2pm for infants and 3pm for all other classes as usual. Pupils who would like to wear green tomorrow Friday 15th are very welcome to do so. If not, the normal school unif...

The teach monster app is free this week only! We love it here and highly recommend it.