Halloween Activity Day (Part 1 - Cycle to Ballykane)

Our annual school Halloween Sponsored Cycle took place on Thursday 24th Oct.

Again this year we were so fortunate with the weather and we got lucky and we had some decent weather ensuring that the cycle would be a great day.

Our pupils that signed up for the option of the cycle had the serious task of cycling 7k to Ballykane and a small group of pupils braved this one along with Ms Greene and the parents who volunteered and helped out on the day. The children well and truly proved that we are a very active school and faced the task of a long cycle head on! We even some Junior Infant pupils who tackled the task and done brilliantly on the day.

Afterwards everyone headed back to the school and to meet back up with all our other pupils who done option 2 (red kite walk and avoca mill tour) and we all had some much needed refreshments and treats

The day was a fantastic success achieved only by the help and volunteering of our parents who were road marshals, who cycled alongside our pupils, who walked and supervised our smaller pupils and who volunteered afterwards to provide refreshments. Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day, we couldn’t of done it without you.

It was so lovely to get outside on the day and have some much needed fresh air for everyone!

We are still awaiting all sponsor cards to be returned to the school but once we have a final figure we will let parents know!

Again thank you to everyone for all your help and a huge well done to all our pupils and teachers for taking part in the event.

Walk to School Week - WOW (Friday 11th October 2024)

Our pupils from 1st class upwards too part in walk to school week on Friday 11th October and completed a walk to Cullen Park as part of this.

Raising of our Active Flag - Thursday 18th October 2024

Today (Thursday 17th October) Shauna from TodayFM helped us officially raise our new Active Flag. Our 6th class pupils, Edward, Suzy and Callan had the job of taking part this year and done a great job!

#Relaystakeover Day - Friday 27th Sept

On Friday 27th September, the whole school enjoyed the #relaystakeover as part of our Active Flag and European School Sports Day 2024. All classes enjoyed outdoor relay activities inspired by the successful Irish relay teams, who so many of us watched in Paris this Summer.

The Junior Room, led by Ms. Reilly and Ms. Blount, had great fun in their relay races using bean bags, hula hoops and cones.

Followed by the Senior Room, who before taking batons into their own hands, re-lived some of the Irish teams' races on our interactive whiteboard in the classroom with lots of cheering!! Then it was their turn outside to practise ready positions, baton changes and sprints.

A great active day for all!

A New School Bike Rack for our pupils!

Over the Summer period we had a new bike rack installed at the school. This project is encouraged by Green Schools and promotes cycling to school as part of an active lifestyle. We hope that our pupils will enjoy cycling to school for many years to come!

Pictured below is our 3rd class pupil Theodora who was our very first pupil to use the school bike rack today! Well done Theodora, we hope you enjoyed your cycle to school!

Sports Day 2024

This year we held our annual Sports Day on Monday 24th June.

Again the weather gods were with us and it was a lovely warm sunny day. All the pupils were divided into teams of mixed classes and the theme for the day is that each pupil was to do their best, encourages their teammates and have fun!!! 

It was a fantastic day and all our pupils were great teamplayers and had great fun. As always our senior pupils minded and took care of our smaller ones and showed them how everything was done.

We ended the day of sports with an obstacle course showdown with our best overall times on the day. The finialists were Alex Lee, Patrick Brennan, Ryan Lacey and Molly Vickers. Everyone really gave it their all and our overall winner was Alex Lee who received a trophy for his best time.

Ruairí, Eoin & Ewan picked up a cert for most innovative lego creation on the day also. Well done Boys!

Each pupil got a lovely medal for participation and we had also were treated to gorgeas snacks on the day with ice creams.

On Monday, we also presented our 6th class with their traditional going away gift which included a gorgeas personalized hoody, a framed class photo, a personalized candle and a personalized card as a memento for their time spent at Scoil San Eoin.

 Huge thanks to the Parents Reps and all the parents who helped out on the day,

Well done to all our pupils on a brilliant day!

Sports Day Teams - Monday 24th June

Dear Parents,

Please see attached a document detailing sports day teams & colours for our upcoming Sports Day on Monday 24th June. Whatever team your child is listed under is the colour tee-shirt they will require on the day.

This document has been password protected and a message regarding the password to access it will be sent separately via Aladdin to all parents.

Thank You

Bike Safety Talk - Arklow Library

Dear Parents,

We have been asked by Arklow Library to share this information with you.

Thank You

Cycling Skills completed for our Junior Room Pupils!!

Pupils from our Junior room have just finished a balance bike/cycling Skills Program with Hugh Arthur.

Over the course of 4 weeks our pupils got to learn lots of new skills around cycling a bike.

They had lots of practice with balancing skills, playing the rocket ship game, directional skills and lots of other fun games. They learned lots of things about their bike and how to ride it safely.

The sessions were outside each week and the children really enjoyed taking part.

We encourage parents to continue with the practice at home.

Well done to all our pupils and thank you to Hugh Arthur for teaching the classes.

A great day out at Avondale Tree Top walk for the school!!!

We had a wonderful day out as a Whole School Visit to Avondale Tree Top walk. Prior to the visit the children had designed and painted Individual wooden eggs which they had displayed around the walk for their upcoming Easter events and for visitors.

The day started on a big bus which caused great excitment for the children before we even took off. The children got to play in the playground when we arrived which was great fun. Once playground time was over, we completed the tree top walk and searched for our eggs along the way.

The children were all delighted to see their eggs displayed. During the walk, we learned lots of facts about wildlife from our tour guide for the day.

After the Treetop walk was completed we got some more playground time to the delight of the children and had our lunch while there.

The children all behaved brilliantly and a great day was had by everyone. Thank you to our parents Serena, Cheryl, Thomas, Karl, Caroline and Rojana for coming along for the day to help with supervision, it was very much appreciated.

Thank you also to the team at Avondale Tree Top for inviting us! It’s a day the children won’t forget!

Scoil San Eoin's Annual Halloween Cycle - 25th Oct 2023

Our annual school Halloween Sponsored Cycle took place on Wednesday 25th Oct. The weather gods were with us again and we were so fortunate with the beautiful weather after a wet start to the week. We had some fabulous sunshine ensuring that the cycle would be a great day ahead!

We had 2 options this year for the pupils to choose from:

A 7k cycle around Ballykane or school based activities (which were all cycle based as well) The children based in school had the option to bring any wheels except electric and were asked to dress their wheels if the wished to so. Sam Ryan in our Junior room won the best dressed wheels on the day and received a lovely cert and treat bag. Well done Sam!

Our school based cycle was fantastic fun and we set up a course on the tarmac for our junior cyclists who managed brilliantly and really enjoyed it. The older cyclists then had the run of the school grounds marked out to enjoy and had great fun. There were lots of drink breaks had and some pupils swopped out their bikes for scooters which they also really enjoyed. Everyone had great fun!

The rest of the crew had the very serious task of cycling 7k to Ballykane. We were delighted to have lots of our Junior room pupils this year choosing to do the cycle and they managed it amazingly. The children well and truly proved that we are a very active school and faced the task of a long cycle head on. Everyone really enjoyed it on the day and done a fantastic job completing the 7k as it isn’t an easy cycle so well done to everyone.

After both cycles were complete we all had some much needed refreshments and Halloween treats.

The day was a fantastic success achieved only by the help and volunteering of our parents who were road marshals, who cycled alongside our pupils, who ran behind the pupils and who helped supervise our school based cycle and provided refreshments. Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day, we couldn’t of done it without you.

Thank you also to our parent reps who helped in organizing the event and provided the treat bags for our pupils

We are still awaiting all sponsor cards to be returned to the school but once we have a final figure we will let parents know!

Again thank you to everyone for all your help and a huge well done to all our pupils and teachers for taking part in the event.

Check out all our fantastic photos and videos that were captured on the day.

Scoil San Eoin Halloween Sponsored Cycle - Weds 25th Oct

Dear Parent/ Guardian,

Our annual Halloween fundraiser, a sponsored cycle for pupils and parents is taking place on Weds 25th October (weather dependent).

This is our first big fundraiser for Term 2023/2024 so we are really hoping it will be a good one.

All details have been issued to parents today via Aladdin and cards/consent forms have went home with the children on Monday 09th Oct.

A google link for a google document for all volunteers has also been issued on Monday 9th. If a parent is available to volunteer please complete and submit this!

Dates for you to remember:

• Wednesday 10th Oct - Aladdin payment link to be issued via email should parents wish to donate online

• Monday 16th Oct - All consent/option forms due back for pupils

• Monday 16th Oct - Volunteer google doc due to be submitted if you are willing to volunteer

• Weds 25th Oct - Halloween Sponsored Cycle/Activities Event

• Monday 6th November - All sponsor cards and money raised final date to bring funds raised/cards back

We hope to make this fundraiser our most successful yet and would really appreciate your support.

Thank You

Annual Sports Day at Scoil San Eoin - Thursday 16th June 2023

We had our Annual sports day on Thursday 15th June at the school and it was a fabulous event.

We had lots of different stations with activties set up for the children to take part in. We had 5 colour teams ranging from Junior Infants up to sixth class. The children spent time at each activity and then moved on. Everyone made such a fantastic effort at all activities and had so much fun which was the most important!

It was a beautiful day and very hot being so active. Patrick O Toole treated the children to much welcomed ice creams so thank you from everyone for the lovely treat.

Thank you to all the parents who came along and helped on the day.

We had our medal presentation at the end of the day and each child was presented with their own personalised medal (Thank you to Emily Flannery for these!) We had lots of treats of popcorn and goody bags and some lovely refreshing cold fruit to cool everyone down throughout the day (Thank you to Cleo Griffin for manning the refreshments for us) Our 6th class were presented with their farewell graduation gifts from the school which composed off a personalized hoody & a class photo with a treat. They went on to have their 6th class outing that evening in Kidzone.

We had our final for the main races at the end of the day also judged by Thomas. Our final winners were Niamh Nolan for the sack race and welly throwing and Chleo Quinn for the spud & spoon race. Well done girls!

We also raised our new Green Flag which we achieved recently for Water. A huge well done to our Green Schools Team and Ms Nuzum for all their hard work.

It was an absolutely fantastic day and it was so great to see all the children being outside and being active. There were lots of very tired faces at the end of the day!

Well done everyone on a great Sports Day 2023!!!!

Senior room school tour - Weds 7th June 23

Our Senior room pupils went to DCU in Dublin to take part in their Lets Go Summer School Tour on Weds 7th June.

The children got to take part in a huge range of activities on the day and there was truly something for everyone. From rock climbing to zorbing to archery, obstacle courses etc everyone took part and really enjoyed it. There was lots of activity and moving and we had some very tired children on the bus journey home! Overall it was a fantastic day and the children as always were very well behaved.

Junior Room School Tour

Our Junior room pupils went on their school tour on Friday 9th June to Secret Valley Park in Wexford. The children all thoroughly enjoyed it and the wonderful weather on the day helped make the day. There was lots of outdoor play, feeding the animals, quad rides and lots of park play and everyone really enjoyed all the activities. The children all had a lovely hot lunch and treat served by the park whilst there.

Thank you to parent rep Cheryl for coming and helping out on the day!

Bike Safety Week (13-21st May)

Our pupils completed a bike and cycling safety workshop with Hugh Arthur today at the school. The weather was gorgeas and the children really enjoyed it. It was fantastic to see so may children being active and having fun.

Thank You to Hugh for coming out to the school today. Everyone had a brilliant day!

Our Junior Room Trip to Glendalough - Thursday 30th March 23

Our Junior room pupils went on a lovely trip to Glendalough on Thursday 30th March for a trip in conjunction with the Wicklow Mountains National Park Education Service. The trip was based around getting up and close to nature while having fun.

There were lots of fun activities planned and the children were kept very busy. They went on a long walk to the cottage where they met their group teachers for the day and learned lots of interesting facts about Glendalough.

They then split into 2 different groups and went and looked at some of the different habitats of animals and insects. We had a very exciting find - a worm who originates from New Zeland and is not a species found in Ireland. Olivia took the worm back with her to research it further.

Overall the weather held out really well again for us, meaning we got to enjoy the great outdoors in all its glory!

Everyone had a great day and we learned lots of interesting facts and information. The children were as always very well behaved and really enjoyed the trip.

Thank you to Fiach for coming along on the day to help out

Senior Room - Trip to Glendalough Friday 24th March

Our senior room pupils went to Glendalough on Friday 24th March for a trip in conjunction with the Wicklow Mountains National Park Education Service. The trip was based around getting up and close to nature while having fun.

The pupils had so much fun on the day learning & discovering the huge variety of life, from plants to animals, and everything in between & studied the habitats of Glendalough & their plants and animals. The weather held out really well, meaning we got to enjoy the great outdoors in all its glory!

Everyone had a great day and we learned lots of interesting facts and information. The children were as always very well behaved.

We brought our newly designed hi viz jackets with the school logo for their first outing. Thank you to Emily Flannery @ DémorDesign for doing these for us. They will get lots of use from all our pupils on our school trips.

Have a look at some pics taken on the day!

Cumann na mBunscol Skills Comp Details - Please take note of dates

Dear Parents,

Please find attached information from Cumann na mBunscol that we have been asked to send to parents

1. The annual Cumann na mBunscol Wicklow Skills competition will take place in regional venues on e week beginning March 13.

• South Skills Competition – Wednesday 15th March in Ballinakill.

  • o Football and Hurling Skills Test @11:00am

  • o Girls Football and Camogie Skills Test @12:30pm

• County Final in Ballinakill – Wednesday 22nd March

Each school is permitted to send 2 representatives per code to compete in

· ​Gaelic Football (boys)

· Gaelic Football (girls)

· Hurling

· Camogie

If your child would like to attend and try out for any of the above, please email Mary in the school office and she will organize registration. If we have more applicants than places, Ms. Greene will decide what way we will proceed.

Attached for your attention if your child is taking part in the competition:

· The football skills test

· The hurling/camogie skills test

Please see below rules before entering:

• Please take particular notice of the age restriction regarding this event. Note that the age limit has changed and is now the same for all schools regardless of enrolment numbers.

• Participants must be Born on or after January 1st 2011

• Each pupil will only be permitted to compete in one code.

• If a child has represented Wicklow in Croke Park previously in any code they cannot take part at any level of the skills test again e.g. regional skills day etc.

Note:

• The top 2 pupils in each code from each area will be invited to compete in the County Skill Tests scheduled for Wednesday March 22nd in Wicklow GAA Centre of Excellence, Ballinakill.

• The top performing pupils in the County Skills tests will have the opportunity to represent their school and county during the half-time of selected All Ireland Series games during the summer.

Many Thanks,

Another Sneek peek of our outdoor play area before it is finished!

The children are very excited at Scoil San Eoin as we are in the final stages of our outdoor play area and the space is nearly finished for full use by the children.

We have something for everyone, with a chalk board, whiteboard, play kitchen, sandbox and there are a few more bits still to add. It promised to be an amazing space for the children to play in and we are so lucky to have it.

Thank you to Thomas & Fiach for all their hard work building and getting the space ready to use.

You may also have noticed that the outside of the area is being painted in a beautiful design by one of our very talented parents, Sarah Manson. We are really looking forward to seeing the finished product and it has turned our playground into a beautiful colourful space. Thank you also to Sarah for spending so much time on the project.

Once we are all finished we will post the final photos but we know that the pupils are going to be very happy playing in this space for many years to come.

Here is a further sneak peek of the space before finishing!

Our flowers around the school are beginning to bloom and it really feels like Spring is in the air and the weather is improving. We also have some new visitors at the front off the school in our flowerbeds and a fairy garden has now joined the space.