Christmas Crafts
Parents spent a lovely two hours crafting Christmas decorations and angels using shells some very talented ladies with the chats and craic as always!
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Presentation Day 2024
Pupils and staff celebrated Presentation Day on 21st November. A special prayer service was held to reflect on and remember the great work begun by Presentation Sisters and carried on by our teachers and staff today. Mrs McAra led the choir who sang beautifully. Pupils from Fifth and Sixth Class read a selection of prayers and Lucy narrated a presentation of Nano Nagle’s life. Click here to watch and listen to One Step Beyond
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Science Week 2024
Pupils enjoyed Science Week here in Presentation Primary and the theme was “Regeneration”. Lots of fun activities, experiments and learning took place over the course of the week.
Pupils took part in a variety of Science Stations where they tried lots of different experiments. A huge thank you to Mrs McCarthy for organising such a great event. Everybody really enjoyed it and the experiments were great fun.
Science Week is the national week of celebration of science with hundreds of events for people of all ages taking place across Ireland.
Our ongoing aim here at school is to raise our pupils’ interest and curiosity in Science so please take some time to ask about what your child has been learning and enjoying during Science Week.
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Halloween Fun
Witches, goblins, ghosts and ghouls were seen moving around Presentation Primary School on Friday 25th October! Great fun was had by all on dress-up day. Lots of pupils took part in traditional Halloween games and some even got to go trick or treating!
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Badge Winners
Last June, pupils from 2nd to 6th entered a badge making competition in conjunction with the Summer Stars Reading programme and Brown’s Road Library.
The winning badge designs were then issued to children across the city when they took part in Summer Stars over the holidays.
Here are our design winners with their badges and fabulous prizes.
We have Geovana, Ashley, Lily, Vanessa, Clarice, Lexi Lee, Alva and Wylma.
As you can see, they were thrilled with their prizes!
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Summer Stars Reading Programme
Over 80 pupils participated in the Summer Stars Reading Programme during their summer holidays this year. This is over double the amount of pupils than last year!! We are so proud of our girls here in the Presentation for keeping up some reading during the break. For the first time, we had a Junior Infant girl receive a certificate! Well done to Lian!
One 5th class pupil, Shannon Rose, read over 30 books during her break!
Ava Phelan in 3rd class asked Ms. Lyons if this was her favourite time of the year! It certainly is, when she sees that there are so many pupils who enjoy books as a pastime. As Mrs. O’Mara told the girls after the presentation, ‘you are never lonely if you have a book!’
Many thanks to Ann Marie in Brownes Road library for organising certificates, medals and prizes for our pupils. We are very lucky to enjoy great links with our local library branch and Ann Marie ensures that the Presentation is always invited to the latest library initiatives and are as given a big welcome. Keep up the reading everyone!
S.N.A. Appreciation Day
Thursday 26th September is SNA Appreciation Day. It is a day when we stop and remember our Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) who play such an important part in the lives of so many of our pupils. From the moment the pupils arrive to the last farewell at the end of the day, our SNAs work behind the scenes helping, supporting, listening, encouraging and working with our pupils to do and achieve the best they can.
Let us take a moment to say ” Thank You” to Ms. Phelan, Ms. O Brien, Ms. Duke. Ms Norris, Ms Cheevers, Ms Butler and Mr. Phelan. for all they do as they work with loyalty, commitment and kindness, given so generously to the pupils in our school.
Let’s Cook!
On Wednesday 25th September we held our first cooking class with Siobhan Finan of Let’s Cook -we had a fantastic group of 13 turn up and participate. They made a very tasty crusty white bread with a vegetable pasta bake – while having the chats and laughs 🙂
Helen HSCL
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Waterford Primary School Cross Country
On Tuesday 17 th September, 40 of our girls and boys attended this cross country event at the grass pitches in the R.S.C. Every child that raced showed unbelievable determination and strength. They can be so proud of themselves for their performances, their behaviour and the support they showed each other. We had ten medal winners on the day which is the biggest haul of medals we ever had. We hope to see lots of these children join local athletics clubs!
Well done everyone!
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Wonderful Wonka!
The corridors were buzzing with excitement in anticipation of Wonka this week! Pupils from Fifth and Sixth Class were busy putting the finishing touches to their musical before showtime!
On Wednesday 12th June all classes were lucky enough to get to watch a performance of Wonka and it was evident from all the smiles, cheers and clapping that the show was a huge success. Parents, families and friends filled the hall on the nights of 12th and 13th June from where, lots more cheering and clapping were heard.
The work and dedication that went into this event is a testament to our great staff and pupils. Ms. McKeon organised a competition to design the programme and congratulations to Valentina and Ana for their winning designs. An extra big thank you to Mrs McAra, Ms. Duke and Ms. Fortune for their wonderful guidance in the preparation of Wonka. Super helpers backstage made everything run smoothly so a big thank you to them too.
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A Visit from an Olympian!
On Thursday 30th of May we had a very special visitor to our school. Thanks to Miss O’Connor who entered our school into a national competition to win a visit from an Irish Olympic athlete as part of the Dare to Believe programme. Having been chosen as one of the schools to receive a visit, Olympic athlete Phil Healy came to our school. The children made Olympic torches, Irish flags, medals and posters to welcome Phil to the school. It was a colourful event. Phil spoke to the pupils and teachers about life as an Olympian, what it takes to be a high class athlete and her own journey so far. Everyone found the visit very interesting and inspirational. We wished Phil all the best for her future travels to Paris for the Olympic games this summer.
Bake Sale
A great buzz along with some lovely aromas were wafting from the school hall recently! In preparation for their school musical, 5th and 6th classes ran their Bake Sale fundraiser on Wednesday 29th May. Along with the bake sale there was a ‘Guess How Many Jellies in the Jar’ competition and some extra special cakes to be won in the raffle. All classes took their turn to participate in this fun event. The Bake Sale was a huge success we thank you for your support. Next on the list is the school musical ‘Willy Wonka Junior’. Exciting times ahead!
Sports News
Our school won an Olympic ambassador visit in a competition with the Dare to Believe programme. As a result, Phil Healy will be visiting the school during the month of May.
Pupils from First to Sixth Class who qualify for the county track and field championships will be competing in the RSC on May 14th.
Challenge to Change 2024
On 23rd April, 10 pupils from Mrs McAra’s Fifth Class travelled to Kilkenny to present their project ‘Celebrating Diversity’. All pupils in the class worked very hard this year researching, recording, compiling and presenting their findings on this topic. The opportunity to travel to Kilkenny and meet with pupils from other schools was wonderful. The girls presented their project with confidence and it was clear to see how proud they were of all their hard work. A huge well done to all pupils in the class and an extra well done to Mrs McAra who worked tirelessly since the beginning of project. Congratulations!
Click here to listen to Emma introducing ‘Challenge to Change – Celebrating Diversity’
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Kindness Champions
As part of Well-being Week, one student from each class was named Kindness Champion. Well done to Fionn, Nicole, Dominik, Mathilda, Ella, Rhea, Luna, Kaley, Evie Grace, Sienna, Ella, Kim, Shania, Teni, Mia, Ava Rose, Elliana, Zoe, Alice, Chloe, Alva and Faye. Teachers had a very hard time picking a class kindness champion and we are so happy to see such kindness in our school.
Trip to Lourdes
Viktoria will be heading off to Lourdes this Easter with The Irish Pilgrimage Trust. A fund raising ‘Odd Sock Day’ and coffee morning were organised for this trip. A cheque for €475 was presented to Nicola from The Irish Pilgrimage Trust on 21st March. We wish Viktoria the best of luck and look forward to hearing all about her trip after the holidays.
We are a School of Sanctuary!
We are a School of Sanctuary! On February 21st 2024, we became the first primary school in Waterford to be recognized as a School of Sanctuary! We are so proud of our wonderful school community.
A school of sanctuary is a place that is safe, welcoming and inclusive for all, but especially for those who are seeking refuge, or those that are most in need.
The day began with a school assembly where we celebrated our special school community, our own little world. Our SoS ambassadors chose some special gifts that they felt represented our school and shared the meaning behind them. We heard two beautiful songs from our wonderful Peace Proms choir & some gorgeous poems from our students. We finished the assembly with our school song ‘You’ve Got A Friend In Me’.
Our SoS ambassadors showed our visitors around the wonderful displays in our school hall & then took them on a tour around the school. We then brought our visitors to visit some of our classes, to hear what makes our school so special.
The visitors commented on the wonderful atmosphere in our school and how truly special the students were!
Take a minute to read our lovely report here:
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Cumann na mBunscol Br Anselm Quiz
Well done to our 6th Class students who represented our school in the Cumann na mBunscol Br Anselm Quiz in the Tower Hotel! The quiz was on all things GAA.
The girls got to debut our beautiful new jerseys, sponsored by Fresh Today!
Well done Mia, Bonnie, Erin, Keely, Abbie, Eve, Ella & Lily Grace
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2024
Pupils enjoyed participating in activities for Seachtain na Gaeilge in March. Our Lá Glas took place on Friday 15th March. All pupils enjoyed taking part in the annual ceolchoirm. Lots of lovely songs, rhymes and poems were followed by great applause and cheers. Well done to everyone!
A big thank you to Mrs O’Dwyer for organising this special week for everyone.
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Peace Proms 2024
The girls were involved in Peace Proms 2024 in the SETU Arena on the 3rd of March. They put in an exceptional amount of hard work and dedication. We have been learning songs since September and all our hard work and effort paid off as we had a fantastic performance on the day. We all thoroughly enjoyed this experience and will remember it forever.