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

Our Senior room pupils.. Hard at work!!

Our senior room pupils done a great job painting our fences in the school garden and getting it all ready for some planting. They all worked really hard & well as a team and had the job done in no time!

The area is now all ready & looks fantastic!

Well done everyone!

Whole School Visit & Workshop with Paddy Madden from Heritage Ireland!

On Friday 17th May we had a Nature/Biodiversity workshop with Heritage Ireland expert Paddy Madden. All children from all classes participated and really enjoyed the day. There were lots of resources and displays and all the children were fantastic and really interacted with Paddy during the workshops. There were lots of interesting facts & learning all about nature and the world around us!

We are due to have a follow up trip in June where we will put all our learning into practice when we visit Avondale.

Thank you to Paddy from Heritage Ireland for a great visit!

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!

1st & 2nd class Pupils plant flowers at Cullen Park!

Some of our pupils from our 1st & 2nd class went to Cullen Park on Thursday 21st March to plant some wild flowers as part of a combined project with Cullen Park & Scoil San Eoin. We are very lucky to have such a beautiful facility in the area and to get to help maintain it. The children really enjoyed it and are looking forward to seeing the fruits of their labour soon! Thank you to Thomas and Ingrid who went with the children.

Celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge with some Sean Nós Dancing classes!!

To celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge/St Patrick’s Weekend and some of our wonderful Irish traditions our pupils got some lessons in Sean Nós dancing from the very talented Ashline Cunningham (Harpers Mum). The children all really enjoyed it and everyone participated well during the lessons.

It was a great day of dancing and fun. Thank you to Ashline for taking the time to come in to the school to give the classes. It was very much appreciated by all the children and staff!

Take a look at our pupils in action through the photos below and our video of 5/6th class showing the moves they learnt!

Well done everyone!!

Picker Pals Adventure for our Junior Room

Dear Parents,

Our pupils in the Junior Room are beginning a new adventure in conjunction with Picker Pals with the aim of creating a better environment for our future. This project will start this week and each pupil/family from the junior room will get to take part.

The children each week will bring home a Picker Pack and lead a litter picking adventure in their local area - This will be a short, safe and fun litter pick in the pupil’s area. The children then complete a Picker Pals Report and it will be put in the class album.

We are asking all parents to praise and encourage your children when taking part in this activity. If you see one of our pupils out and about on a litter pick, please prasie and cheer them on.

This is a fantastic initiative for encouraging children to be proud of their local area and for getting families involved in their communities.

We are so looking forward to seeing all the picker pal reports and hearing about it all from our students.

We wish them all the very best of luck as they start their Picker Pals Adventure

Our New Woodland Play Area @ Scoil San Eoin

We wanted to share our new Woodland area that has been designed in our school grounds to give the children the chance to explore freely & safely in the trees around the school.

The pupils at Scoil San Eoin love nature and the trees at break times and it was decided that the best way to give them the opportunity to enjoy this was to create a woodland area.

This new play area will give the children the opportunity to explore their creative side through sensory & imaginative play and will make a very exciting addition to play time at Scoil San Eoin.

Thank you to Thomas our caretaker for creating this area for the children which will be enjoyed for many years to come!

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

Taekwando classes with Tom

All pupils have now completed 4 weeks of Taekwondo classes with instructor Tom Thorton. This was following on from a taster class that students took part in last term for Sports Day. Tom completed the basic foundations of practicing Taekwondo with the children. There was lot’s of energy and movement each Tuesday for the lessons. All classes took part and the children thoroughly enjoyed the lessons each week.

Green Schools - Water Usage Survey

We are currently working towards achieving out Water flag for green schools. Our green schools coordinator team and Ms. Nuzum have compiled a survey on water usage in the home. It would only take less than a minute to complete as it’s a google doc. We would be very grateful if you could complete the survey and press submit before Friday 17th March

 (Google Doc Link) : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBDkVuQT0VXOD33VSIg-xxva6fLkoGgDwg1yjvnWRaTvI-7g/viewform?usp=sf_link

Thank You

Lots of activity in our new vegetable garden!!!!

Since our return to school we our very lucky and have just started a beautiful new vegetable garden with new bedding areas. Our senior room have been very busy planting with Doloras. All our lovely vegetables are growing away and are already looking good enough to eat. We have a mixture of carrots, onions, lettuce and herbs. Our pupils are looking after them very well as you can see.

Our junior room have also been very busy little bees and have been planting sunflower seeds. They also have lots of vegetables and herbs that have started in cups and are now ready to move to our bedding trays when Mr Sunshine decides to come back to us.

Have a look at everyone’s hard work!

Green School Committee Outing

Courtesy of the Parents Association the Green School Committee members had a most enjoyable and memorable evening filled with Bowling, Pizza and fun fantastic games, the pictures speak for themselves.

CONGRATULATIONS SCOIL SAN EOIN

Well done to the children of Scoil San Eoin for  successfully obtaining the second Green flag on Energy. A special thanks goes out to the Green School Committee Members especially the class reps who have done an amazing job and it hasn't gone unnoticed for their dedication and time given after school!! We will commence the first steps in September to embark on our third Green Flag. 

Green School Notice Board

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