Congratulations to Charli Hearne, Eve Butler and Shannon Rose McAra who performed in the Theatre Royal as part of the cast of ‘Encore! The Tops of the Town.’ This was a semi professional production and they were fabulous!

Congratulations to Sadie, Eve, and Grace from Fifth Class and to Ali and Aria from Third Class who took part in the Irish Dancing World Championships in Killarney recently.

HSCL teachers from Presentation Primary and Secondary, St. Paul’s Primary and Secondary, Portlaw N.S. and St. Saviour’s Primary School ran a competition to design a logo ‘Say No to Vaping’. The competition was open to pupils from 5th Class, 6th Class and First Years. HSCLs are working in partnership with parents on compiling information on a padlet which can be accessed through a QR code on a ruler with the winning logo!

Ms Mc Govern (HSCL) is delighted to announce that both the winner and runner-up are both from the Presentation Primary School. The winning logo is designed by Ava Regan with Sorcha Langford as runner-up. Both pupils are from Ms McAra’s 6th Class. Congratulations to both girls.

Ava’s entry will now be printed on 600 rulers for the 5th, 6th and 1st Year classes of the participating schools.

Well done to all who participated in the competition.

Congratulations to our 6th Class pupils who celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation on Friday 24th March. A huge thank you to their teachers Mrs McAra, Miss Duke and Miss Power who worked so hard in preparing the girls for this special day.

Well done to the pupils from 4th and 5th Class who sang so beautifully in the choir.

Congratulations  to our fantastic basketball team who represented our school so well in the Waterford City Annual Basketball Blitz in the Mercy Secondary School on 14th March.

We celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge during March. Many activities celebrating Irish tradition and culture were enjoyed by our pupils. We had a Tóraíocht around the garden, a Cinnín Óir agus na Trí Bhéar Scéal Trail, Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine and many more fun activities.

Our Lá Glas took place on Wednesday 15th March. Some classes held  a small parade on the bottom corridor. All pupils enjoyed taking part in the school ceilí and ceolchoirm. 

A huge thank you to Mrs O’Dwyer, Miss Hennebry and all other helpers for organising this special week everyone.

World Book Day was a great success on Thursday 2nd March. Pupils celebrated the day by dressing up as a character from their favourite book. They also enjoyed a ‘Story Walk’ around the School garden. The focus story was ‘Stuck’ by Oliver Jeffers.

Pupils and teachers enjoyed working out the answers in the Guess the Reader Photo Scavenger Hunt.

The three Fourth Classes have spent many days composing and drafting their stories to make a Class Book. These will be published by CJ Fallon at the end of March.

We have yet to look forward to a visit from the author, Alan Nolan on the 14th March.

A huge thank you to Miss Lyons for organising such a great event for everyone.

Well done to our 6th Class representatives in the Cumann na mBunscol Br. Anselm Memorial Quiz recently. The girls were two of 29 teams taking part in the event at the Tower Hotel. They represented our school so well despite a few nerves on the night. Well done to Lily B, Libby, Lilly Ellen, Emily, Ríona, Roslyn, Sorcha and Charli.

Tuesday 7th February was Safer Internet Day. As you know, the majority of children are now using the internet regularly therefore it is very important that they also  know how to be safe online.

As parents/guardians, we want our children to enjoy the benefits of the internet for both their learning and wellbeing. However, as parents/guardians, we also have a responsibility to keep our children safe and this certainly has become more challenging on the internet.

I urge you to take time to check out the fantastic resources for parents/guardians which can be found on the Webwise link below. This website offers good advice, information about apps and good talking points to keep the conversations open around internet safety.

Having discussions around being safe on the internet with your children cannot be left to schools alone. We must work together to keep our young people safe when they use the internet.

Click here to find out more from Webwise

‘Happy Grandparents Day’ to all our amazing grannies and grandads! Thank you for everything that you do for us…especially all the hugs and treats!!

Well done to all the pupils who participated in the Christmas Pageant on 15th December. Ms. Butler’s Class,  with help from Mrs McKenna’s and Mrs O’Sullivan’s classes performed a beautiful version of The Christmas Story. All other classes had an opportunity to sing their Christmas song too. Everyone had a lovely evening and enjoyed being back together again for our annual Christmas Pageant.

Ms Power’s Language Class watched the Helix Christmas Panto and had hot chocolate with Ms. McGovern.

The students in Sixth Class have been very busy spreading some Christmas cheer around our school over the last couple of days! Students have been supper busy painting some Christmas pictures on our windows. They have also been busy helping Ms Stones with her Christmas noticeboard and garden. Make sure and check out our lovely paintings!

There were lots of other fun activities that all the pupils enjoyed during December. Check out our photographs below to find out more…

We enjoyed Science Week here in Presentation Primary and the theme was “Infinite Possibilities “ with lots of fun activities, experiments and learning going on over the course of the week. Each morning we had “Science with 6th Class” broadcast where 6th Class pupils delivered fun information and facts across our P.A. system. Everyone really enjoyed the week and a big thank you to the teachers who helped make the week such an exciting one.