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.

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.

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Soccer Coaching Complete!!

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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.

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!! 

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Big Travel Challenge complete for SSE!!

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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!!

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