Dear Parents,
Our 5/6th class are getting in the Christmas Spirit and done a performance of Jingle Bell Rock on the Ukulele. They have done an excellent job and you can really see they are progressing from their lessons with Sean in music generation.
We hope you enjoy!!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
The junior room children have been very busy in the month of December and the lead up to Christmas. Our theme for the month was Winter where we talked about Winter weather, Winter clothes and some animals associated with Winter such as the Penguin and the Irish Seal. In Gaeilge we covered An Aimsir learning lots of new vocabulary about Winter weather.
In the run up to another COVID Christmas we unfortunately were unable to have any visitors to the school or any outside trips but we made the best we could of this situation with lots of arts and crafts activities and of course plenty of practise for our classroom concert - we hope you all enjoyed this video posted on seesaw! Take a look at all the lovely work the children have completed and we hope their log decorations will bring joy to all households for many years. Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir!
Dear Parent/Guardian,
The Department of Education has been asked by the HSE to disseminate the information below to schools for onward communication to parents/guardians.
COVID-19 vaccine information for parents of children aged 5-11
The HSE has published detailed information and guidance for parents about COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5-11. This aims to help parents and guardians of 5-11 year old children make an informed decision when it’s time for their child to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine.
Registration for the vaccine will open shortly, with priority being placed on children who are more at risk from COVID-19 or children who have a high-risk person in the family. Parents and guardians can read this information on https://www2.hse.ie/screening-and-vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/get-the-vaccine/covid-19-vaccination-for-children/ or they can download these information booklets from HSE.ie.
Thank You
Covid wasnt going to spoil it for us… Our parents and lovely families could not come to Scoil San Eoin so we are bringing our performance to you!! Grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy our brilliant Christmas performance from our senior room pupils.
Let all your family know they can watch it on our website.
Well done to each and everyone of you. You all worked so hard and it showed in this brilliant performance. It wasn’t an easy task having to do it in the classroom, with pods in place and limited space and resources, but as usual everyone got into the spirit of Christmas and made the best of the situation. Creative juices flowed to turn a reading piece into a mini play by making props, adding in songs, costumes and props. Special mention to our excellent musicians Brian Jones on keyboard and Ronan Wynne on guitar. What a talented bunch you are!!!
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
We had a huge response for our Food drive charity collection that ran through December to help families in need. Cleo Griffin delivered to Arklow Community Action Resource Centre with our final collection this week. This will be used for Food hampers to be given out to families in Arklow/ Avoca/ Coolgreany and Gorey.
Earlier this month a collection was also delivered to East Coast Roosters with donations.
Thank you to everyone who donated to these worthy causes. We are sure there are lot’s of families who will be very grateful this Christmas.
Thank you to Cleo for organising and delivering the collections.
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas!
Dear Parent/Guardian,
A reminder to everyone we are still collecting for East Coast Roosters and Arklow Community Action Resource Centre for Christmas.
Please spread the word that a box will be left outside the school door on a Monday or Wednesday from 09.30-03.00pm.
Lets try to make the last week a successful one.
Thank You for the support in advance
The senior room had lots of fun with Ms Hedderman on Friday being creative and decorating the school for the festive season ahead. After a super tough year for our pupils, it’s lovely to see the festive lights, decorations and cheer in the run up to to Christmas. They done a fantastic job. Have a look at our lovely tree and hallways.
During the month of November we completed lots of activities on the theme of Homes. The children learned all about the different types of homes all over the world, built homes using lego and polydrons and completed art and craft activities on this theme. We learned all about 2D and 3D shapes in Maths and learned lots of new vocabulary of delicious Bia in Gaeilge. The children took part in some Science week activities and also completed their GAA and tennis coaching sessions during November. We are now looking forward to lots of fun activities in the run up to Christmas.
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Please see below a link to an updated mental health support leaflet for children and young people.
This leaflet will raise awareness, signpost and provide details of several HSE funded national organisations that provide various mental health supports and services to children, young people and their families around the country.
Details of these services and more are also available on www.yourmentalhealth.ie or by calling 1800 111 888.
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Please see below 2 letters issued by the Dept of Education and HSE for parents.
Please read both letters carefully as they contain important information regarding Covid19.
HSE updated guidelines for children aged 3 to 13 years
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!!
Thank you to everyone who brought in a Christmas Shoebox for Team Hope. Teresa a volunteer from Team Hope collected them on Tuesday 09th Nov.
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!!
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Please see below a poster looking for donations for the less fortunate this Christmas. If any locals or Grandparents wish to give any of the below, please spread the word that a box will be left outside the school door on a Monday or Wednesday from 09.30-03.00pm from next Mon 08th Nov until Christmas.
Thank You for the support in advance
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Please see below a link issued by the Dept of Education below for parent-focused public health advice about COVID-19 symptoms.
If your child is displaying any symptoms of covid19 please keep them at home and contact your GP for testing.
Thank You
Some splendid, spectacular and spooky work was completed in the senior room this month!
DojoMór 2021 - Free online coding workshops for primary and secondary school students.
For more information and to book your place visit www.dojomor.ie Choose from a selection of over 12 different workshops in our new virtual convention centre.
We look forward to seeing you there on Saturday, November 6th at 10am, for some coding fun and games!
Follow us on social media @dojomor2021 for a chance to win cool official merchandise in our daily prize giveaways. Stay tuned for a sneak preview of the virtual event centre coming soon.
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