Lots of work going on outside the school & in the garden!

Thomas & Fiach have been busy doing lots of work outside the school and in the school garden. We have a beautiful new fairy garden to greet our visitors when they come to the school & for the children to enjoy.

Our bird friends have not been left out and we have now 2 new feeders.

We have also planted a new cherry blossom tree which will look beautiful in time to replace the bushes previously there.

There is lots of imaginative play taking place in our new outdoor play area and the children have lots of toys to play with in their kitchen/toy areas.

Our tyre planters are all getting an uplift as well and some of the pupils were decorating these today in the garden.

Our greenhouse has also been busy and the children have been busy planting vegetables. There will be lots more planted in the coming weeks.

We are very lucky to have such a beautiful school outdoor space with lot’s for the children to play with.

Thank you to Thomas & Fiach for all their hard work and for having the school looking so well!

Full School painting project!

Our Junior & Senior Room pupils were busy today giving our tyres a paint & uplift for the summer. It was bitterly cold but everyone made a great effort and got lots done. We all agree though they done a great job and the area now looks lovely & colourful.

Well done everyone!

School Class Photo Day - For School Purposes Only!

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We will be having professional photos taken on Thursday 16th March at approx 9.30/10am by Ronan Harding Downes - a parent of Mia in Junior Infants who has volunteered to do this kindly for the school.

There will be no cost to the parent as this is for school purposes only.

Ronan will be taking photo’s of the:

  • Junior Room & Senior Room Class Photos

  • Sacramental  classes -individual Photos for Booklets, artwork etc.

  • School grounds for the Website

Please ensure your child is in full school uniform on the day.

Thank You


Summer Fair @ Scoil San Eoin

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We have decided to hold a Summer Fair at Scoil San Eoin. This is an opportunity to raise some much needed funds for the school as we have spent quite a lot from fundraising this year with the new outdoor space for the children and with supplementing buses & activities for the children throughout the year. We want to be able to help alleviate the cost for parents as much as we can next year as well so we have decided to hold the above event in the school grounds on Saturday 6th May as our last fundraiser for the school year. 

This is also a wonderful opportunity to showcase our beautiful school and to bring the community together.

In the lead up to the fair & on the day there will be lots of activities and we are seeking as many volunteers as we can get to help out. Events like this are only successful if organised and if we have the much needed help. With this in mind if you are willing or are available to help out in the lead up & on the day in any way possible please complete the google document sent Friday 10th March via email and press submit.

If you have any further suggestions for stalls/activity ideas for the fair please contact a parent rep

A small flyer has also gone home with the children in their bags on Wednesday 08th March for your fridge to keep as a reminder for the date & time.

Any help would be really appreciated,

Thank You

Linda Greene

Principal

Aldi Play Rugby - We need your help to fill our poster!!!

We are still filling our Aldi Play Rugby poster but we are a while off. Please remind your family & friends if they shop in Aldi to gather stickers for your school.

We need 300 stickers to complete the poster and gain an entry into the prize draw. One school will win €50,000 and another the 10 schools will win €5,000 for their school facilities.

Stickers can be got by:

  • Collect one sticker for every 25 euro you spend in Aldi

  • The competition deadline is 23rd April 2023 so we don’t have long to collect the rest of the stickers .

Please encourage all your family & friends to gather stickers!

Thank You

Food Dudes Programme (6-10th March) /Healthy Ireland Pilot (13-15th March)

Dear Parent/Guardians,

 We will be taking part in the Food Dudes Programme at Scoil San Eoin from Monday 6th-10th March.

Please find attached a letter detailing exactly what the programme entails

  •  Food Dudes Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of fruit and vegetables in a healthy lifestyle. The goal of Food Dudes Week is to reinforce the healthy habits that were introduced to the children during Food Dudes intervention stage last year at Scoil San Eoin & also to introduce it to new pupils who previously haven’t taken part.

  • There will be 5 days of fruit and vegetable tasting for all pupils.

  • Food Dudes Week is an opportunity to celebrate our schools healthy eating culture and to get the wider community involved in the programme.

  • Parental engagement is an important component of Food Dudes Week and it is an opportunity for parents to get involved in the healthy eating celebrations. 

     

Please take note of the below during food dudes week:

  • You may wish to adjust the amount of food in your child’s lunchbox during the dates listed above, to accommodate these additional foods.

  • Your child will automatically be included in this programme. However, if for any reason you do not want your child to take part (e.g. if they are allergic to a certain type of fruit or vegetables), we would be grateful if you could inform the school.

  • For further information on the programme and healthy eating ideas, please see our website; www.fooddudes.ie

 As part of the Food Dudes programme there is another programme running called the Healthy Ireland Pilot  - Please see attached flyer with information for parents

 Healthy Ireland Whole Food packs will be delivered to our school on one day on the week of March 13-15th.

The packs that will be provided to the schools are to encourage parents to include the items in school lunchboxes to boost the fruit and veg consumption.

 

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Something Fishy Programme for the Senior room!

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Dear Parent/Guardian,

 Our senior room pupils will be taking part in the ‘Something Fishy’ Educational Programme aimed at Primary school pupils aged between 10-13 years, which informs and educates students on fish, water, angling, and the environment and angling.

 Lessons will begin with Ms Greene from next week w/c 27th February and we will have a visit to the school from the programme co-ordinator on 9th March.

After Easter there will be a class trip to Avonmore River planned but details for this will be released to parents nearer the time.

 We are really looking forward to taking part in this interesting programme and it will be something new and exciting for the pupils to take part in.

 

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

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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,

Healthy Eating Habits for National School Children - Free webinar for parents

Dear parents,

 There is a webinar taking place on Tuesday the 28th of February from 7.00pm to 8.15pm called Healthy Eating Habits for our National School Children.  The main speaker is Dr Colette Reynolds and she will be giving some tips, information and guidance around this topic.  You can register for this free webinar using this link: https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/PlanetYouthHEH or through the www.planetyouth.ie website.

 Parents can also submit questions on the night or in advance by email to info@planetyouth.ie.

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SQUEEZE IN A READ!! This week at Scoil San Eoin

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SQUEEZE IN A READ!!

 Irish libraries, Children’s Books Ireland, NALA, booksellers and others are partnering once again to get the whole country reading this month in the lead up to Ireland Reads Day on Saturday, 25th of February.

 We are asking everyone to pledge to ‘squeeze in a read’ – whether that’s reading a book, a newspaper, a comic – whatever works grabs your interest!

We have made a pledge as a school that all pupils from 1st – 6th class will read for 15 minutes per day, each afternoon between 2pm and 3pm, commencing from Tuesday 21st to Fri 24th Feb and will encourage all parents and pupils to also read for at least 15 minutes on Sat 25th as well as part of the initiative above.

 Please take some pictures over the next few days of your child and family reading and send them to us on our email @ schoolofficeredcross@gmail.com before Monday 27th Feb to allow us to send these on and share them on our website

 Some information on access to books below:

  • Library members can borrow from 12 million items or download from thousands of eBooks, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers online. Simply visit www.librariesireland.ie to join.

  • You can browse and borrow in your local library or browse and reserve online. They also have thousands of ebooks, audiobooks and online newspapers and magazines available to download straight to your device.

  • Please also consider supporting your local bookshop.

We are asking all parents and pupils/family members to take part in the above initiative and share it with us.

 Thank You

Linda Greene

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.

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Grandparents Day

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What a special day we had for Grandparents Day! We had lots of VIPs turn up to interact with the pupils today, tell them about their time in school and mingle with some old friends. Today also gave the pupils an opportunity to show the Grandparents how they learn now, and how we use all of the ‘mod cons’ in our teaching and learning in the classroom. Grandparents also got a nice cup of tea and some artwork to bring home with them as a memento. Many thanks to all that helped out, sent in photos, baked and came in to help on the day. We are already looking forward to the next one!

Admissions closing date for new Junior Infant pupils at SSE fast approaching!

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are fast approaching our closing date for enrolment of new Junior Infant pupils at Scoil San Eoin for term 23/24.

If you are planning on sending your child to our school, please ensure you have a completed enrolment form submitted before the closing date for admissions on 13/02/2023.

Enrolment forms are available from the school office or can be downloaded from the schools website.

Please spread the word to any new parents that you may know that are planning on enroling their child/ren for next Sept 2023.

Thank You

Parents - Dates to remember for February!

Dear Parents,

Please see below upcoming events for Scoil San Eoin for February 23. A copy of this has also been issued to all parents via email.

We hope you find it useful!

Thank You

UPCOMING EVENTS @ SCOIL SAN EOIN

31st January – Enrolment Ceremony for First Holy Communion @ 2pm

1st February – Final Date for Chess Payments (2nd – 6th class pupils)

3rd February – Self School Evaluation Covid Survey Due back (If you have not completed please complete & submit the google document sent via email as this is valuable feedback for the school

6th February – New bank holiday school closed

7th – 10th February  – Catholic Schools & Wellbeing week

9th February – Grandparents Day (Grandparents are invited to come in and talk to the pupils. Refreshments are being provided afterwards)

10th February – Mobile Library

13th February – Admissions for new Junior Infant pupils closed. (If you are aware of any new pupils looking to enrol can you remind them that this is our closing date for accepting enrolment forms)

15th February – Last chess lesson for pupils (2nd – 6th class pupils)

16th/17th February – Mid Term Break

21st February – Rescheduled Road Safety Education Talk for all classes

21st February – Pancake Tuesday (Pupils will be treated to pancakes in the afternoon after RSA talk)

22nd February – IT Classes commencing for 1st – 6th class pupils

24th February – Mobile Library & Non - Uniform Day

 

Note: These dates may be subject to change and new events/information may occur but parents will be notified as soon as possible

Parenting Programme Available Online

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We have been asked to share the below information with parents of children in the school.

Parenting Programmes Available Online

Are you struggling with parenting? Do you want to learn new positive parenting skills to improve your family life? Are you looking for better ways to help your children with schoolwork, develop their coping skills and improve their relationships?  The Parents Plus charity is Ireland’s leading provider of high-quality parenting programmes.  They offer a suite of parenting programmes across various age ranges and categories: 

  • Early Years (0-6), covers areas like daily routines, managing tantrums & learning. 

  • Children’s Programme (6-11), covers areas like building self-esteem & supporting schoolwork. 

  • Adolescent Programme, covers areas like rules & boundaries, & solving problems together.

  • Parenting When Separated, includes areas like co-parenting & emotional support for children.

  • Special Needs Programme (11-18) covers areas like supporting education & development. 

 

These courses are charged on a pay-what-you-can basis. If you are unable to afford the minimum pricing, please reach out to courses@parentline.ie for assistance. 

For further information and to register, you can access our parenting programmes here. 

Thank You 

 

Admissions closing date for new Junior Infant pupils at SSE fast approaching!

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are fast approaching our closing date for enrolment of new Junior Infant pupils at Scoil San Eoin for term 23/24.

If you are planning on sending your child to our school, please ensure you have a completed enrolment form submitted before the closing date for admissions on 13/02/2023.

Enrolment forms are available from the school office or can be downloaded from the schools website.

Please spread the word to any new parents that you may know that are planning on enroling their child/ren for next Sept 2023.

Thank You

Aldi Play Rugby Sticker Promotion is back!

ALDI’s Play Rugby sticker competition is back! Primary schools across Ireland are invited to take part to be in with a chance of winning fantastic prizes for their school, including a sports facility makeover worth €50,000.

A completed poster of 300 stickers will earn the school an entry into the prize draw. One school will win €50,000 and another the 10 schools will win €5,000 for their school facilities.

All we need to do is:

  • Collect one sticker for every 25 euro you spend in Aldi

  • Bring the stickers into school and hang them on our poster

We are asking parents to support this compeition and try to collect as many stickers as possible for us to be in with a chance of winning some of the amazing prizes.

Please spread the word to family & friends and ask them to collect for our school

Thank You


Its Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas @ Scoil San Eoin!!

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Scoil San Eoin. Last week our 6th class pupils had great fun putting up the Christmas tree and decorating the school for Christmas. Everyone done a great job and the school has a lovely festive feel to it.

The countdown begins!!

School Office: 0404 41 727
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