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.

Halloween Sponsored Cycle Event 2022 - A fantastic success once again!

Our annual school Halloween Sponsored Cycle took place on Weds 26th Oct. We were so fortunate with the weather after a wet start to the week but on the day it turned out that we got lucky and we had some decent weather ensuring that the cycle would be a great day.

We added a more fun element this year and gave pupils the chance to go to Cullen Park on any kind of wheels and also that they could choose to decorate the item they are travelling if they wished. Pupils arrived on the day on lots of different wheels and had fantastic fun on their walk to and around Cullen Park. They also had great fun at the park whilst there. The 3 pupils who were given certs and a goody park for the best dressed wheels were Ruairí Flannery, Logan O’ Reilly and Theo Devine Fagan so very well done to the 3 boys!

We also had the very 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!

Everyone headed back to the school then for some much needed refreshments and Halloween treat bags!

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.

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

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.

Video of our 7k Group to Ballykane for our annual Sponsored Cycle 2022

Check out the amazing video completed & edited by Sean Nolan of our Group 2 pupils who done the very tough 7k Ballykane Route as part of the Sponsored Cycle on Weds 26th Oct. Well done everyone and thank you to Sean for the great video!

Annual Sports Day Term 21/22

We had our annual sports day at Scoil San Eoin on Tues 21st June. The weather was absolutely glorious from start to finish and their was great excitement in the air with all the children.

The day started with a fun swim at Coral Leisure Centre Arklow where the children got to play on the centers obstacle course. We then returned to the school by bus and had some much needed food to keep us going.

The pupils were all divided into different teams and took part in lots of games and different activities with all the stations set up for the day. The children completed everything with great enthusiasm and all done brilliantly for their respective teams.

Overall it was a fantastic day and a great end to a great year at Scoil San Eoin for all the children.

Our raffle was held for lines sold as part of our end of year fundraiser and there was great excitement as there were some excellent prizes up for grabs!!! Well done to all our winners and thank you to all our parents/pupils/ their families and community members for your support in making our fundraiser such a successful one.

We had a Bric or Brak stall set up with donations received for our car boot sale and the children and parents could buy whatever items they wished on the day..

Thank you to all our parent reps and parents who helped out and came on the day.

Wishing you all a very safe, healthy and happy Summer and we will see you all on August 29th for another year!

Senior Room Tour 2022

A fantastic day was had by all the senior room gang on their Alive Outside School Tour in Kilruddery Estate in Bray. The pupils got to undertake 2 land and 2 water activities throughout the day. The weather played ball and the sun was shining!

First up was some bush crafting where the pupils constructed an outdoor structure and made it comfortable and cosy. They had to work as teams and they could only use what nature provided around them. They built some fantastic structures and they were very handy when it came to eating their morning snack!

Next they all complete a portion of the Hell and Back/ Irelands Fittest Family course where they were put through their paces, and may have gotten just a little muddy (see pics!). All the pupils showed great team spirit as they encouraged each other through the obstacle course.

Following that, they took to the water in kayaks and had some fun on the lake…Some taking the leisurely approach and some giving the O’Donovan brothers a run for their money in the races!!

Final they got to experience more of Irelands Fittest family as they squealed their way down the fast paced slide or jumped off the platform into the lake. They finished the day with a well earned lunch and goody bag (provided by the company). Needless to say, it was a quiet bus journey back to school as both teachers and pupils took a badly needed rest!!

As always the pupil were impeccably well behaved and were highly complimented by the instructors. We were so proud of all the pupils who had a brilliant attitude to the activities and everyone gave something a go, some pupils overcoming fears along the way. I can safely say it was a school tour to remember!

Junior Room School Tour Adventures @ Blackwater Open Farm!!

Our Junior Room School Tour this year was in the gorgeas Blackwater Open Farm in Wexford. The children were very lucky to have gotten such a beautiful day to head off on their adventure.

When everyone arrived to Blackwater Open Farm, we were given our very own Tour guide called Liam who brought us to visit all the beautiful animals. Liam gave us all a brief history about the background of each animal and what they like and dislike. The children really enjoyed feeding the animals and were very lucky that they got to spend some time petting each of them.

Afterwards, the boys and girls got to sit down and handle little bunnies and hamsters which they loved doing.

We had some were very brave children on the day who let a bird perch on their heads!

The children got to see a visual display which showed the step by step process to hatching chicks and which everyone found super interesting!

They also got to meet Jessie, the milking cow and they all got to have turns milking the cow.

Lunch was yummy on the day and was enjoyed in the glorious sunshine with the children gettting to enjoy their chocolate treat afterwards.

After lunch there was lots of adventure and the children got to play on the indoor tractor track, Wendy house, Pedal go-karting, climbing frames, zip-line and playground and plenty of tired little children afterwards!!

They all had a fantastic day and were so well behaved. Overall a brilliant way to end the school year.

Special mention to Cheryl who went along on the day to help Ms Nuzum out. Thank you.

Rugby Blitz - Senior Room

Our Senior Room travelled to Arklow Rugby Club on Thurs 05th May for a Rugby Blitz with Barney. Everyone participated and our team done really well on the day.

Were super proud of everyone and you can really see the improvement year on year with our pupils at these Blitz’s.

Thank you to all our parents who transported the pupils and supervised on the day. These events would not go ahead without your help.

Well done everyone.

Whole school workshop with Conor Halpin Thursday 10th Feb 22

All classes took part in a workshop with Conor Halpin on Thursday. There was lots of fun and games and everyone really enjoyed the day.

Sponsored Cycle - Thank You!!

We had our sponsored cycle event on 22nd Oct 2021 and the day was a great success.

The final amount is in and a whopping €1651.20 has been raised by our brilliant pupils.

A massive well done to everyone who made the day such a success and a big thank you to all our pupils who gathered their sponsorship money and completed the cycle. You should be all very proud of yourselves!!

Junior Room Tennis with the Jamie Stafford Academy

The children from the Junior Room class have just finished up a 4 week block of Tennis with Jamie Stafford. They all thoroughly enjoyed it and some were lucky enough to receive prizes each week during games.

Lots of fun & exercise have been achieved for the sessions completed.

Thank you to Jamie from the Academy!!

Check out our brilliant video highlights of the sponsored cycle!!

Take a look at our fantastic video of parts of the Senior Room cycle provided by Sean Nolan!!!

Thank you Sean, a great video for our pupils to look back on the day!!

Scoil San Eoin - Sponsored Cycle 22nd Oct 2021

Sponsored Cycle Event - Thurs 22nd Oct 2021

Our annual school Halloween Sponsored Cycle took place on Thurs 21st Oct. We were so fortunate with the weather after a wet start to the week but on the day it turned out to be glorious and we had some fabulous sunshine ensuring that the cycle would be a great day ahead!

Our pupils from our Junior Room brought scooters/bikes and scooted/cycled around the school yard. They also completed a sponsored walk to Cullen Park and were very lucky to fit in some play time in the park area as well.

Our pupils from the Senior Room had the very serious task of cycling 7k to Ballykane. Everyone with this group also got some much rewarded time in the park also after all their hard work. The children well and truly proved that we are a very active school and faced the task of a long cycle head on!

Everyone headed back to the school then for some much needed refreshments and Halloween treat bags!

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.

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

Covid19 has hugely impacted fun events and parental involvement in schools and for this reason it was so lovely to have everyone together outside safely and for the children also to enjoy being active!

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.

Hurling - Senior Room

Our senior room pupils are a few weeks in to Hurling coaching with Philip from Wicklow GAA and they are really enjoying it each week.

Lots happening in the month of April in the Junior Room!

Since we returned to school after the Easter holidays the children have completed lots of great work around our SESE theme of the month of Space. Everyone (including Ms. Fitzgerald) learned lots of new information about Space and I’m sure they will surprise you with their knowledge. We also spent time on the measures topic in Maths with lots of work done on Time and Money - 1st and 2nd class even set up a shop in the classroom for everyone to practise using coins. We also spent some time planting cress and sunflower seeds which we hope will continue to grow on our windowsill and eventually make it out to the school garden. We hope you enjoy looking through all our photographs.