School Year 2014/2015
Click here to read all the news from term one September - December 2014.
Click here read all the news from term two January - March 2015.
Click here read all the news from term two January - March 2015.
25/6/15: REMINDER : School will close tomorrow Friday 26th June for the summer holidays. Junior Infants - First class finish at 12:00 and second to fifth class finish at 12:20.
25/6/15: Thank you to all the girls who brought in €2 in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland today who held an ice cream day to raise funds. All the girls enjoyed their ice cream at break time. We look forward to it again next year.
25/6/15: This morning this years Green Schools Committee were presented with their end of year certificates by Mrs. Morris. Congratulations and a huge thank you to the girls from third up to sixth class for all their hard work and efforts in promoting the green school message throughout the school. We will have a new committee next year and hope to work towards achieving the biodiversity flag. A special thank you to Ms. Sheane for her continued generous hard work with everything associated with the green schools. Without her enthusiasm and dedication we would not have achieved as much as we have and for that we are very grateful to her. Here are some pictures of the presentation and a group photo of the outgoing 2014-2015 committee.
24/56/15: Sixth class held their talent show this afternoon in the hall. It was their last hurrah before they bid farewell to the school after spent the past eight years here in St. John of God. There was a wealth of talent on display from both classes with a mixture of everything. From tap dancing to pieces on the cello and piano. Line dancing to gymnastics. Interpretative dance to solo singing. The show had it all. The whole school and members of staff enjoyed every moment. Many thanks to the girls and their teachers Ms. Dowling and Ms. Sheane. Check out some pictures below. Sorry for the poor quality. The hall was quite dark and of course I couldn't get the flash working but enjoy having a browse anyway.
22/6/15: Third class held their skipathon this afternoon in aid of Bóthar. They raised over €600 and kept skipping for over an hour. They had lots of great rhymes and songs to sing when skipping and kept us all entertained. The whole school cheered on their great efforts. Well done to third class and their teacher Miss. Butler.
Third Class Tour to Ferrycarrig Heritage Park Wexford 19/6/15
18/6/15: REMINDER: No Uniform Day tomorrow organised by the Parent's Association to raise funds.Please remember to bring in €2. Thank you.
18/6/15: It was a very special morning here in Saint John of God as we had a lovely celebration for Father Liddane. We are celebrating his diamond jubilee. Sixty years as a priest and 36 years coming to Saint John of God helping us all in school preparing For First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Not to mention all his work on the Board of Management. All the school went to the hall .When Father Liddane and Sister Úna arrived we sang Celebrations accompanied by Miss. Hartrey on piano and her class played the yukeleles . Girls from each class presented Father Liddane with whatever they had made be it a card, a booklet, poems or just the lovely memories we have of all the times Father Liddane has come to our school . He really appreciated all the efforts the each class went to. Father Liddane gave us all a special blessing and we finished with all the school proudly singing Man of Compassion accompanied by Sister Úna on the piano. A special mass will be held in St. Joseph and Benildus on Saturday 20th June at 6:30 to celebrate Father Liddane's Diamond Jubilee.
16/6/15: Junior and Senior Infants Trip to Fenor Playpark and Tramore Beach
12/6/15: Fifth Class School Tour: Kilkenny Watershed
11/6/15: Sixth class had a bright and early start today as they had their tour to Dublin. They left on the 7:10 train and were in Dublin nice and early. During the day they visited the Dáil, Trinity College, Kilmainham Jail and Glasnevin Cemetery.They went shopping in Stephen's Green and had a bite to eat. All the girls had a great day on their last tour in S.t John of God. Many thanks to Miss. Dowling, Miss. Sheane and Ms. Sheane for taking the girls.
11/6/15 An Post Visit to Mrs. Golden's Senior Infants
Sports Day 2015 Part Three
Sports Day 2015 Part Two
Sports Day 2015 Part One
Drumming 9/6/15
9/6/15:Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First class thoroughly enjoyed a drumming workshop with the ladies from the Rhythm and Shakes company. Every girl had a drum and followed all the instructions to make fantastic sounds. It was a brilliant workshop.Many thanks to Mrs. Morris and Paula for organising it for us.
Fourth Class School Tour: 5/6/15: Kilkenny Castle and Dunmore Caves
5/6/15: Yesterday fourth class held a science exhibition in the hall. The class were divided into pairs and decided on what experiment they would like to try out. They have been preparing for weeks and we have to say all the efforts from both the girls and their teacher Mrs. Fitzgerald really paid off. The girls parents were invited in and also each class and their teacher went to the hall. We all had great fun watching each experiment and asking lots of questions.Junior Infants particularly enjoyed the exploding volcano with the vinegar and also the senses table where we had to smell different things in small pots and guess what they were. Congratulations to fourth class on a wonderful science expo. The general consensus is there may just be a few budding scientists in the class who may feature in the Young Scientist Exhibition in Dublin in future years. Check out the slideshow below for some pictures.
4/6/15: Junior and Senior Infants enjoyed a puppet show this morning teaching us all about keeping our environment clean. Have a look at some of the photos below.
4/6/15: That time of year is once again upon us. It's school tour season. First off was Miss. O 'Connell's class who visited Nore Valley Farm and judging by the pictures they had loads of fun. Thanks to Miss.O'Connell, Miss. Flynn, Miss .Ní Chuin and Louise for bringing the girls. Enjoy looking through the photo gallery below.
First Holy Communion Class May 2015
23/5/15: Congratulations to second class on their First Holy Communion Day. Here is a picture with Father. Liddane before the ceremony started. Don't they all look beautiful. Thanks to their teacher Mrs.O'Neill for her hard work all year in preparing the girls.
22/5/15: All the staff wish the girls from second class and their teacher Mrs. O'Neill all the best for their big day tomorrow. Their year long preparation is now over and we know they will all have a fabulous day as the make their First Holy Communion. Thank you also to Sister. Úna, Father Liddane and Mrs. Morris for all their help and support during the year. Sorry I nearly forgot Paula for everything she does helping organise the readings for the Saturday masses each month. We hope the sun shines and all the girls and their families have a safe and memorable day.
21/5/15: REMINDER: The school is closed tomorrow as it is being used as a polling station.
21/5/15: Click here for our latest art gallery. Packed full of wonderful art from all of our classes. Also make sure and find the fantastic writing as gaeilge ó rang a dó. Enjoy a few minutes glancing through the gallery.
21/5/15: It was such a lovely morning, so Miss. Flynn took Emma from first class and Jude, Sarah, Sophie and Michelle from fifth out to brighten up our garden with some new plants. Thanks to Danny and Claire for getting the compost for us.
21/5/15: Sixth Class: Miss.Dowling: D.N.A Workshop in Ardkeen Library
20/5/15: Sixth Class : Ms. Sheane:
Junior Achievement Challenge in W.I.T
20/5/15: First Class Trip to Dave's Jungle
20/5/15: Another busy day ahead in St. John of God with lots of comings and goings. Miss. Sheane's sixth class are off to W.I.T as part of junior achievement where they will get a tour of all the labs. Miss. Hartrey's fifth class are walking to Kilbarry Nature Park for a talk on biodiversity ( thank god we have sun and clear blue skies). Miss. O' Connell's first class are also off to W.I.T to Dave's Jungle where they will see plenty of exotic and unusual creatures .Snakes or spiders anyone???? Tomorrow Miss. Dowling's sixth will walk to Ardkeen library for a D.N.A workshop. Plus we will fit in a communion practice tomorrow afternoon. Phew. By Thursday afternoon we will definitely need our Friday off to recover !!!!
19/5/15: Great excitement in Miss. Fitzgerald's fourth class today. RTE were filming the class as part of Swipe TV shown on RTE2 in the afternoons. One camera man arrived and spent the morning filming the girls and their teacher focusing on all the things that annoy the girls about Miss. Fitzgerald. ( It's all in good fun and part of the programme) .In September two girls and Miss. Fitzgerald will travel to Dublin for further filming where there is a distinct possibility Miss. Fitzgerald might just get gunged -rather here than me !!! We only managed to snap two pictures so here they are.
Confirmation Class 2015: Ms. Sheane
Confirmation Class 2015 : Miss. Dowling
18/5/15: There are several limited places left for the two junior infant classes beginning in September. Please contact our secretary Paula on 051-876255 if you require any information or an enrolment form or why not drop into the school where we will answer any questions you may have. We are open Monday- Friday 9:10- 3:00.
18/5/15: Mrs. Fitzgerald's fourth class took a trip to the city library the other day. They studied the range of projects on display from Mount. Sion primary school. On return to the classroom they decided to an in depth project on our own school. Since then there have plenty of knocks on doors as the girls ask wide ranging questions to gather as much information as they can on the history of our school and what it is like now. We are all curious as to how these questions will be answered and how the girls project will come together. We look forward to seeing the results of their efforts in a few weeks time.
17/5/15: Congratulations to all the girls from sixth class who made their Confirmation yesterday in S.t Joseph and St. Benildus Church. Many thanks to their class teacher's Miss. Dowling and Ms. Sheane for their efforts all year in preparing the girls for their special day. Also thank you to Father. Liddane and Sister.Úna for their generosity and time in ensuring the girls were prepared for Saturday. The wonderful singing from the fourth and fifth class choir really added to the ceremony and we thank those girls who gave up their Saturday morning and did the school proud. We hope all the sixth class girls and their families enjoyed a lovely day especially as we they so lucky with the weather.We wish them well as they enjoy their last few weeks in S.t John of God before they embark on new adventures in secondary school in the near future. Next week on Saturday May 23rd the girls from second class will make their First Holy Communion. We wish the girls and their teacher Mrs. O'Neill well in their final week of preparation. Hopefully the sun will shine on the day .
13/5/15: Today Niamh Barry from Mrs. Golden's senior infants traveled to Dublin with her parents to receive her award from An Post. As you will remember from a post on the 28th of April, Niamh was selected as a national winner in the An Post handwriting competition. We are all so proud of Niamh for such a fantastic achievement. Mrs. Morris went along aswell to see Niamh accept her award in the G.P.O in Dublin. Niamh even got her photo taken with all the other category winners and hopefully we may see it in the national newspapers. Niamh won a one for all voucher and once the ceremony was over headed straight to Easons to buy a new cuddly toy. Mrs. Golden and Mrs. Morris also received one for all vouchers and the school received €700 which will be put to good use within the school. The lucky girls from senior infants will also receive a special presentation from An Post on Monday 18th May. Above is a picture of Niamh with her classmate Hanh and the award she was presented with in Dublin. Congratulations again Niamh. The entire school is proud of your achievement.
13/5/15: Wednesday saw the turn of the junior and senior infants visit to the park for the Mayor's Healthy Living Week. The girls trip was extra special as they got to meet Elsa and Olaf from Frozen. I think this was the highlight of the day but they still enjoyed the nature trail as is evident from the photos below. The girls were all tired walking back up the hill after having so much fun.But lots more trips to the park are planned once the weather hopefully heats up a bit !!!
11/5/15: As part of the launch for the Mayor's Healthy Living Week, second and third class took a trip to the park today. They met the mayor and were then given a newly created colorful map of the park.On the back was a nature tail with lots of different stops. The girls had to follow each step and carry out a task when they located the stop. Great fun was had by all. Check out the gallery below to see some of the pictures.
1/5/2015: A big Céad Míle Fáilte to our Junior Infants for the 2015-2016 school year. They came with their parents to our Induction Day on Thursday, 31st May. They met their new teachers, Ms Dowling and Mrs Hanrahan. We wish them a good, sunny summer and we are looking forward to meeting them again in September. There are still a few places available in both classes. If you wish to enrol you child please contact Paula at 051 876255.
28/4/15: A huge congratulations to Niamh in Senior Infants ( Mrs.Golden) who was selected as the winner of the recent An Post handwriting competition. This is a national competition and Niamh was the overall winner in the special educational category. All her class are so happy. Niamh, her family and Mrs. Morris will travel to Dublin in the second week of May to collect her prize. The school, principal and class teacher also will receive a prize. We are all so thrilled for Niamh and hope she enjoys her special day.
28/4/15: A huge congratulations to Niamh in Senior Infants ( Mrs.Golden) who was selected as the winner of the recent An Post handwriting competition. This is a national competition and Niamh was the overall winner in the special educational category. All her class are so happy. Niamh, her family and Mrs. Morris will travel to Dublin in the second week of May to collect her prize. The school, principal and class teacher also will receive a prize. We are all so thrilled for Niamh and hope she enjoys her special day.
23/4/15: Well what a glorious fun filled day was had down in the R.S.C on Tuesday the 21st. Thanks to Mrs. Golden's super organisation skills the school sports was a huge success.Over 72 children from first to sixth class went to the event.Of course they came back with lots of medals of gold, silver and bronze and even a cup to add to our collection. It couldn't have gone any better and even the sun shone for once. Some teachers even got sun burnt. Many thanks to Mrs.O'Neill, Miss. Dowling, Miss. Fitzgerald and Lynn who accompanied the girls. Congratulations to all on a brilliant day. Below are some pictures from the day.
13/4/15: A warm welcome back to all the girls and their teachers. We hope you all had an enjoyable relaxing Easter holiday and made the most of the fantastic sunshine we had. We are now into the final term of the school year and it is always busy and fun filled.There is lots to look forward to and before we know it eleven weeks will have flown past and we will be looking forward to the long days of summer.
Sixth class are looking forward to making their confirmation on Saturday May 16th and just over a week later the girls from second class will make their First Holy Communion on Saturday May 23rd. Let's hope the sun will shine for the girls on their special days.
On Tuesday 21st April the Primary Schools Sports will take place in the R.S.C. Mrs. Golden is organising the event for every school in the city.Over 70 girls from S.t John of God will be going accompanied by Miss. Dowling, Miss. Fitzgerald and Mrs.O'Neill. Good luck on the day girls and hopefully you will bring lots of medals and even a cup back to the school.
Check back here as this page will be regularly updated with all the goings on in school during this term.
13/4/15: We are still enrolling for the 2016 school year.There are a limited number of places available so if you would like an application form just call our secretary Paula on 051-876255 or why not drop into the office.If you would like to enrol your child for future years now is the time to do so as the list fills up quick.Paula will be happy to help and answer any of your questions.
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16/4/15: After several weeks of spikeball sessions with the transition year girls from the Gaelcholáiste, today fifth class went to Ballygunner primary school to take part in a spikeball blitz.There was fierce competition amongst all the teams but the girls did themselves proud and had fun at the same time. Many thanks to Mrs.Mitchell for accompanying the girls today.
17/4/15: The Parents Association held a quiz in The Cove last night in order to raise funds for the school. Many thanks to the parents who made the effort to attend.Great craic was had on the night even though some of the questions especially the cryptic teasers at the end of each round proved very challenging.Huge thanks also to any parent who donated a prize to the raffle on the night.Several teachers were very lucky Mrs.Golden loves her new scarf and Mrs.O'Connell was really impressed with the fabulous perfume hamper she won. Mrs O'Neill is looking froward to a nice dinner with her Olive Tree voucher. Over €600 was raised and will go towards buying new projectors for the Interactive Whiteboards in the fourth and fifth classrooms. Our next hope is to get new benches fitted in the sheds in the schoolyard which would give the children somewhere comfortable to sit.We better put our fundraising hats on again !