Christmas Breakfast Morning & Kris Kindle - Junior Room/Senior Room

We had our annual breakfast morning hosted by the parent reps this morning. The children enjoyed a hot breakfast and treats and enjoyed a small party before finishing up for their Christmas Holidays. Thank you to Cleo/Lorika and Laura for organising and running and also to the parents who visited.

We held our raffle for the completed Christmas Fundraiser cards. Winners were as follows:

• Junior/Senior Infants Class Grouping - Lilly Kenny

• First/Second Class Grouping - Alex Lee Garvey

• Third/Fourth Class Grouping - Niamh Nolan

• Fifth/Sixth Class Grouping - Niamh Kenny.

Well done to all our winners and we hope you enjoy your prizes. Thank you to all parents/pupils and family members for collecting for our fundraiser and for returning all cards completed. The total amount raised was 317.80 and will go towards much needed resources for our school.

Kris Kindle was also done on Thursday in the Junior Room and Friday in the Senior Room. The children were delighted with their gifts.

Lastly we would like to wish Ms Nuzum our Junior Room teacher the very best as she commences her maternity leave. We would like to wish all our pupils and families a very Happy and Safe Christmas from all at Scoil San Eoin.

Enjoy the holidays and we will see you all back in January.

Annual Christmas Performance 2019 @ Scoil San Eoin

Our annual Christmas Performance was held on Wednesday 11th Dec at Trinity Hall. The night was a huge success for all involved. We had 2 performances from our Junior and Senior Rooms. The junior room done a brilliant performance of ‘‘The Donkey’s Christmas’’ and our senior room performed a very funny version of C-H-R—I-S-T-M-A-S spells Christmas.

Each and every one of our pupils should be extremely proud of themselves for working so hard and for getting up and delivering a brilliant show on the night.

We also had some festive songs from the amazing Brittas Bay Choir who sang some beautiful Christmas carols on the night. Thank you to Orla and all the members of the Brittas Bay Choir for giving up their time. It added a very special touch to the night.

Thank you to all the parents/ family members and locals who braved the cold on the night and came out to watch the performances.

Thank you to all the local businesses and people who donated and gave prizes to the raffle

Thank you to the parents who donated prizes and who made/gave refreshments for the night

And lastly a huge thank you to the parent reps who organised and decorated the hall, made hampers from prizes, served and made refreshments and who sold raffle tickets and organised the raffle and prizes on the night, we really appreciate all you do for the school!

A massive total of €780.00 was raised on the night between the raffle/refreshments and our recycled houses/hedgehogs made by the pupils so a big thank you to everyone.

Finally, The Teachers, Staff and Board of Management at Scoil San Eoin would like to wish the pupil’s and families a very Happy and safe Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.

Christmas Cheer at Scoil San Eoin!

Our 6th class pupils completed the annual tradition of decorating the school and the tree for Christmas.

The 2 girls (Ella and Rachel) have the school looking very festive. Well done Girls!

Thank you to Ms. Greene’s Mam for donating our lovely Christmas tree and decorations.

Thank You from Team Hope!

Jenny our Team Hope co-coordinator has been in touch to say that 5,428 boxes were collected from her location. An improvement of 834 boxes from last year. Our shoeboxes will be going to Serbia.

Thank you again to everyone from Team Hope and all at Scoil San Eoin

Mobile Library Bus

There will be no library bus this Friday 06th Dec. The next bus will be Friday 20th Dec. Please ensure all books out on loan are returned on that day (20th Dec)

Thank You

HSE Message for Parents

Message from HSE Immunization Office regarding cases of mumps - 02.12.2019

Dear Parent/Guardian,

The HSE have issued the below message to be issued to parent/guardians of all pupils to raise awareness.

Since the beginning of 2019 many cases of mumps are being reported every week to the HSE. Most cases are occurring among those aged 15-24 years of age. All HSE regions of the country have been affected. School Principals are requested to raise awareness among parents and students of the ongoing mumps outbreak.

Please click on the attached link for information on the above for Parents

Thank You

Junior Room Dance Classes

The Junior Room pupils have been taking part in dance classes on Wednesdays with Laura from Dance & Fitness and are really enjoying it. The children are getting lots of exercise and having great fun while doing it.

Liberty Clothing Collection Fundraiser - A great success!

For the past few weeks parents and members of the community have been dropping off unwanted clothing for our Clothing collection fundraiser that ran from 18-21st Nov. Today (Fri 22nd Nov) the driver from Liberty collected a massive 160 bags from Scoil San Eoin.

Once weighed, we received €3 for each bag. Therefore today we have raised a total of €480.00 for fundraising which will go towards the school.

Thank you so much to everyone who donated bags and who helped spread the word.

The fundraiser was a great success and it was all down to the Parents and members of the community.

Thank you also to Mossy and all the volunteers who gave their time so willingly to help load the truck this morning. We really appreciated all your help!

Well done everyone!

3rd/4th Class Hurling Blitz - Friday 22nd Nov 2019

Pupils from the 3rd/4th class got to take part in a Cumann na mBunscoil hurling blitz in Aughrim on Friday 22nd Nov. They had a brilliant day and done the school so proud. It was so great that they got to take part and was a new experience for some of our pupils who hadn’t previously played.

Thank you to Cleo, Mandie and Laura for taking the time to volunteer to drive the pupils to the blitz and provide supervision while they were there as without them, pupils would not have been able to take part.

Well done to all the boys and girls in 3rd/4th class!

Arklow Music Festival Registration

The Arklow Music Festival takes place next year from Sunday 07th March – Sunday 15th March 2020. If you are interested in your child/children competing in the Solo Verse speaking categories in the competition, sign and return the consent form issued Weds 20th Nov 2019 by Weds 27th Nov.

If taking part, children are issued poems by their class teacher. The material will be issued by the teachers for the relevant age category and then prepared for at home. Allocated time slots in various locations in Arklow will then be issued by the committee and passed on to the parent/guardians.  As this is not a whole school performance, parents will need to collect their child from school and bring them to their allocated location, remain with them and bring them back to school after their performance.

Cost is €3.00 and must be paid prior to the event to your class teacher or can be paid.

Please click the attached link for competition guidelines and information

3rd/4th Class Hurling Blitz - Help Needed

There is a hurling blitz scheduled for 3/4th class on 22nd Nov in Aughrim. All children will get to take part regardless of skill etc therefore we will be entering a team. We will need transport for approx 10/11 pupils from parents. If available to help please let Ms Greene/Mary know. Time and any further details will be confirmed by Darren nearer to the event.

Thank You

A special Thank You from Team Hope - Shoebox Appeal

A big thank you to all of our Parents and pupils who gave so generously to our Christmas Shoe Box appeal.

We know the amount of work and effort it takes to put all this together and have it here on time.

A total of 20 shoe boxes were collected by Team Hope and will go to right into the hands of some of the world’s most vulnerable children and will make some little boys and girls very happy this Christmas.

Well done and Thank you!

3rd/4th Class GAA Blitz 08th November

Pupils from the 3rd/4th class got to take part in a Cumann na mBunscoil GAA blitz in Aughrim on Friday 08th Nov. They had a brilliant day and done the school so proud. It was so great that they got to take part and was a new experience for some of our pupils who hadn’t previously played.

Thank you to Cleo, Doloras and Mandie for taking the time to volunteer to drive the pupils to the blitz and provide supervison while they were there as without them, pupils would not have been able to take part.

Well done to all the boys and girls in 3rd/4th class!

Sponsored Cycle - Thurs 24th Oct 2019

We had our first sponsored cycle on Thursday 24th Oct 2019. The skies were clear and the sun was shining to ensure that a great days cycling was had by all. Lots of brilliant parents came to help out on the day some cycled with the children, some parents, including our Parents Rep drove in front and behind to make sure the pupils and parents were safe, others helped the younger pupils navigate their way around Cullen Park and to and from the school, and other Parents Reps organised the very welcome refreshments at the end of the cycle. The boys and girls had a fantastic day both on the 7k route and in Cullen Pk and they were very proud of their achievement. It is a testament to the effort they have put in during the Cycle Right Programme and shows that we truly are and active school!! Thanks to all that sponsored the pupils and helped out on the day. Thanks to Claire Jenkinson who organised the Wicklow People to come and photograph the day and also sent in photos to the Wicklow Times. An amazing grand total of 1505.55 euro was raised in total. Well done all!!!

Aldi Play Rugby Competition - 2nd poster completed! Well done to everyone

We have completed and filled our 2nd Aldi play rugby poster and both have been submitted for the Aldi Play Rugby competition.

Thank you to everyone who brought in stickers.

Fingers crossed for good news!

Reminders for parents

3rd/4th Class will be taking part in a blitz in Aughrim on Friday 08th Nov. Please wear suitable footwear on the day, a warm jacket and bring extra drinks.

The Christmas Shoebox appeal final date for drop off will be this Thursday 07th Nov.

Completion of Cycleright Program

The senior room finished up their cycleright program today and all received certificates for taking part and finishing the program.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the program each week and the children are now armed with knowledge and skills on cycling.

Thank you to Graham and Ruth from all at Scoil San Eoin

Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease Information Sheet

Please click on the attached information leaflet from the HSE on hand, foot & mouth disease

Mobile Library - Friday 25th Oct

Mobile library will visit the school on Friday 25th Oct.

Thank You

3rd/4th Class Cumann na mBunscoil Football Blitz

There is a 3rd/4th class football blitz scheduled for Friday 08th Nov weather permitting. Time & location hasn’t been confirmed yet but will most likely be the same as other occasions and be in Aughrim.

Please let Ms Greene know if your child does not wish to take part.

Thank You