School News: Term One 2017
Click here to see what we got up to last year in St.John of God N.S
Click here for a list of the holidays and other important dates for the school year.
Christmas Shows: December 2017
Junior Infants: Thursday December 14th @ 11:30: Whoops a Daisy Angel .
Senior Infants: Thursday December 14th @ 1: 15 : A Little Nativity
First Class: Miss. Crowley and Miss. Dowling: Wednesday December 20th @ 1:00
Lights, Camel, Action !
Third Class: Miss. O'Connell : Tuesday December 19th @ 1:00 : Scrooge.
Fourth Class: Wednesday December 20th @ 2:00 : Stable Manners
Senior Infants: Thursday December 14th @ 1: 15 : A Little Nativity
First Class: Miss. Crowley and Miss. Dowling: Wednesday December 20th @ 1:00
Lights, Camel, Action !
Third Class: Miss. O'Connell : Tuesday December 19th @ 1:00 : Scrooge.
Fourth Class: Wednesday December 20th @ 2:00 : Stable Manners
Carol Singing : December 2017
Tuesday December 19th: Ardkeen Stores: Fifth Class : 1:30-2:30
Tuesday December 19th : Tesco Ardkeen :
Sixth and Fourth : 1:15-1:45 Sixth and Third: Mrs. Libreri : 2:00-2:30
Thursday December 21st: Tesco Poleberry :
2nd and Senior Infants : 11:15-11:45
First : Miss. Dowling and Miss. Crowley and Fifth : 11:45-12:15
Wednesday 13th December: Cake Sale in hall in aid of St.Vincent De.Paul
Money raised will be brought up during the offertory procession at the Christmas Carol Service.
Christmas Carol Service: Sister Úna, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Class
Saturday December 16th @6:30: St.Joseph and Benildus.
Christmas Raffle in hall : Thursday December 21st @9:15
School Carol Service in hall @ 9:30: Friday December 22nd
Turkey Trot to the park @10:30 : Friday December 22nd
Half Day: Christmas Holidays : Friday December 22nd : Junior Infants - First finished at 12:00 Second - Sixth finished at 12:20
Money raised will be brought up during the offertory procession at the Christmas Carol Service.
Christmas Carol Service: Sister Úna, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Class
Saturday December 16th @6:30: St.Joseph and Benildus.
Christmas Raffle in hall : Thursday December 21st @9:15
School Carol Service in hall @ 9:30: Friday December 22nd
Turkey Trot to the park @10:30 : Friday December 22nd
Half Day: Christmas Holidays : Friday December 22nd : Junior Infants - First finished at 12:00 Second - Sixth finished at 12:20
22/12/17: As is tradition we ended the term with a prayer service and Christmas carols in the hall. As you can tell from the photos below we all really got into the spirit of things and really enjoyed the last morning before our Christmas holidays. From all the staff in St.John of God we wish you a Peaceful and Happy Christmas. We hope Santa is good to everyone.
21/12/17: Second and Sixth Class singing on the Winterval Stage
21/21/17: Our annual Christmas Raffle took place in the hall this morning. There was great excitement amongst the girls as Mrs. Morris, Paula and Clair with help from junior infants drew the tickets. We all hoped we would be one of the lucky winners . A huge thank you to all the parents who donated prizes and to all the girls who sold tickets. It was all very much appreciated and the money raised will go towards school funds. A full list of winners can be found by clicking here and here.
First, Third and Fifth Class: Carol Singing Tesco Poleberry: 21/21/17
Senior Infants and Second Class:
Carol Singing in Tesco Poleberry: 21/12/17
Lights, Camel, Action: First Class: Miss. Dowling and Miss.Crowley : 19/12/17
Stable Manners: Fourth Class: Miss.Butler :19/12/17
Scrooge : A Ghost of a Chance: Third Class: Miss. O'Connell: 18/12/17
14/12/17: Ms. Butler's fourth class had a lovely morning taking in a tour of Waterford Crystal followed by a visit to the Cartmundi Giving Tree in George's Court. Each girl had made a decoration for the tree. When the tree is full all the decorations are counted and the equivalent number of games will be donated by Cartmundi to families who may not be as fortunate as some of us at this time of year.
13/12/17: Sixth class accompanied by Ms. Hartrey, Clair and Martina paid a visit to St.Patrick's hospital this morning. Thanks to the more than generous donations from all the girls and parents in St.John of God every resident was able to receive a Christmas parcel. We even had enough parcels to donate to the men's hostel and the charity Oasis , which operates here in the city. It was a beautiful morning which the residents of St.Patrick's really appreciated. The girls from sixth class sang Christmas carols and played on their ukuleles and a great sing song was had by all. Thanks to Clair for putting all the bags together and for all the parents for their donations. This annual visit to St.Patrick's has become a lovely St. John of God tradition which we hope will long continue for many years to come.
13/12/17: The annual Christmas cake sale run by fifth and sixth class in aid of St.Vincent De. Paul was held today. There was such a variety of treats and goodies on sale. The smell of chocolate coming from the hall was mouth watering. As you can tell from the pictures below all the girls bought lots of lovely cakes and treats. I'm delighted to say we raised €1050 for St.Vincent De Paul .The highest amount we have ever raised. A huge thank you to all the girls and their parents for making the cake sale such a great success. The money will be brought up during the offertory procession at Saturday's Christmas Carol Mass which takes place in St. Joseph and Benildus at 6:30 which is always such a lovely occasion.
A Little Nativity: Senior Infants: 13/12/17
Whoops a Daisy Angel: Junior Infants: 13/12/17
8/12/17: We had a great morning today as junior infants, senior infants, first and third class all went to the cinema to see Paddington 2. It was such a lovely treat and the film was brilliant too.Some girls even shed a tear ! Many thanks to Paula for organising it for us and to Clair and Mrs. Morris for sorting out the goodie The Aero bar amongst other goodies went down a treat.
5/12/17: Lots of fabulous Christmas art is starting to appear in the corridors and classrooms.
Take a browse through the slideshow below.Updated 11/12/17
5/12/17: Fourth Class visit to the Museum of Treasures
5/12/17: Ms. Butler's fourth class are taking part in the junior entrepreneur project over the next few months. These were there business visitors Jessica Cooke's grandad Mr. Ryan and Grace and Olivia Mulligans granny- Mrs.Mulligan
5/12/17: Well done to Zoe Zisa from Miss. O'Connell's third class who created and sold her own newspaper in school. The money she riased she donated to Focus Ireland who were very grateful for her donation.
1/12/17:
Congratulations to Hanh Phelan from third class and Ana Reynolds from second class who were the winners of today's raffle.A huge thank you to Sister. Úna's sister who knitted Santa and Mrs. Claus and the carol singers.They were fabulous and I'm sure the girls will treasure their prize for many Christmas' to come.
29/11/17: St.John of God hosted the next round of debating for Waterford City primary schools.
Ms. Alyward's sixth class from St. Declan's visited us.The sixth class girls even provided cakes for our guests! The motion was - the voting age should be lowered to 16. I am thrilled to say our girls did us proud and won.So we are now through to the next round. Well done sixth class and Ms.Hartrey.
Fifth Class Artefacts Display:30/11/17
21/11/17: Great news to report today.Girls from sixth class accompanied by Ms.Hartrey went to the Presentation primary school and took part in a debate. Our girls were opposed to the motion 'Advertising on children's t.v should be outlawed'. The girls did such a fantastic job today as they won the debate. Next week sixth class from St.Declan's will come to our school for a new debate. Fingers crossed we will be victorious again.
17/11/17: Sixth class at the cycling cinema event in Newtown Secondary School
16/11/17: We received brilliant news today as we were announced as second place winners in Beat the Street. The school won sports vouchers to spend on equipment. Isabell Hayes from second class also won an individual prize for her fantastic efforts in racking up so many points for our school. A huge thank you to all the girls and their parents for earning so many points for our school. We all loved Beat the Street. Don't loose your fob though as there will be more activities in the run up to Christmas.
Fourth Class: Science of Colour Workshop in Central Library:16/11/17
Science Week Experiments : Fifth Class:13/11/17-17/11/17
Every finger print is different.
What makes the strongest bridge?
Air creates resistance so helicopters spin.
Finding our centre of balance.
Measuring our reaction speed.
First Class: Miss.Dowling and Miss. Crowley: Science Week Show:
Bubblz with the London Science Museum :W.I.T: 13/11/17
Fifth Class Teddies meet Junior Infants:17/11/17
8/11/17:
Dear Parents,
Gift Bag Appeal for St.Patrick's Nursing Home.
The pupils are asked to support our Christmas Gift Bag Appeal. This Christmas we will deliver Christmas Gift Bags to elderly parents in St.Patrick's hospital.
We ask for your help in gathering the following items for gift bags.
T-shirts, socks, hats, gloves, scarfs, hankies, tights.
Chocolate, soft jelly sweets, biscuits.
Deodorants, hair brush, comb, shower gel, shampoo, soap, face cloth/small towel, shaving items, toothpaste.
Any small Christmassy items.
Medium sized gift bags.
Please give any of these items to your daughter.
Sixth class will make up the bags.
They will be delivered to the hospital the week before Christmas.
This is a voluntary collection and t is up to each family to decide of they would like to take part or not.
Thanking you in advance.
Class Teachers.
Dear Parents,
Gift Bag Appeal for St.Patrick's Nursing Home.
The pupils are asked to support our Christmas Gift Bag Appeal. This Christmas we will deliver Christmas Gift Bags to elderly parents in St.Patrick's hospital.
We ask for your help in gathering the following items for gift bags.
T-shirts, socks, hats, gloves, scarfs, hankies, tights.
Chocolate, soft jelly sweets, biscuits.
Deodorants, hair brush, comb, shower gel, shampoo, soap, face cloth/small towel, shaving items, toothpaste.
Any small Christmassy items.
Medium sized gift bags.
Please give any of these items to your daughter.
Sixth class will make up the bags.
They will be delivered to the hospital the week before Christmas.
This is a voluntary collection and t is up to each family to decide of they would like to take part or not.
Thanking you in advance.
Class Teachers.
6/11/17: A warm welcome back to all the girls and their teachers after the midterm break. We hope you all enjoyed the days off and had a fantastic Halloween. Now we are into one of the busiest times of the school year as we gear up for Christmas. There are lots of classes doing Christmas shows which we are looking forward to performing for the school and all the parents. There will be lots of beautiful art appearing on the corridors and lots more besides.So make sure to check back here for lots of updates.
27/10/17: The girls of St.John of God certainly outdid themselves with their Halloween costumes this year. Take a look through the gallery at the brilliant costumes. I managed to get a photo of every girl in the school.
27/10/17: Thanks to Miss. Coade, Miss O'Connell's third class spent the morning making chocolate covered lollipops to enjoy as part of their Halloween party.
Halloween Art 2017
27/10/17:Visit from An Garda Siochana to fifth class to talk abut Halloween Fire Safety.
26/10/17: Miss.Crowley's class planted spring bulbs today. Each girl had their own pot to plant the bulbs. We are going to put them in the garden and leave them for the winter and hopefully when spring arrives we will have lovely flowers to enjoy. We are also going to write about planting the bulbs. This will be procedural writing which is all part of our English genre writing plan. As you can tell from the picture the girls had lots of fun. Unfortunately Miss. Crowley didn't have as much fun trying to clean all the soil from the floor!
26/10/17: Miss. Crowley's girls have been busy since the start of term working on the new oral language curriculum. The teachers had their training day back in March and now junior infants to second class are engaging with the new curriculum working through the milestones and progression steps. The girls enjoy working in their groups on the various oral language tasks set by Miss. Crowley.This week they played a game of 'Would you Rather?'. The questions were all Halloween themed.It really got the girls talking and developing their oral language skills and vocabulary. Each girl had to be able to state their opinion and give a reason for it. They also are developing turn taking, listening skills and speaking to an audience. As Miss. Crowley walked around the class she could hear great debates going on as to which answers the girls felt were correct.
Mayor's Visit:26/10/17
Congratulations to all the girls who received certs from the mayor today for full attendance last year. Thank you to Ms.Sheane and Ms.Hartrey and the girls from fifth and sixth class who sang Amhran na bhfiann and also a beautiful rendition of Trasna na tonnta.
24/10/17: Half of the classes have now completed their tennis sessions with Emma Maguire in St.Anne's. The remainder of the classes will start their tennis lessons after midterm. First, third and fourth class now have six sessions of hockey with coaches from Hockey Ireland. Thanks to Paula and Mrs. Morris for arranging this for us.
12/10/17: Junior Infants have teamed up with Miss. Sheane's fifth class for buddy work. Each junior infant is paired with a fifth class girl. So far the classes have been on a Beat the Street walk and also the older girls have shown the infants how to play and explore with Toontastic on the iPads.bThey also had great fun doing some paired reading, after all reading is one of our favourite things to do in St.John of God.
9/10/17: Mrs.Hanrahan's junior infants love working on the iPads. So far they have been enjoying these apps- Toontastic, Starfall, Sock Poppets, ABC Lite and Teach Your Monster to Read.
22/10/17: Junior Infants certainly enjoy Aistear as you can tell from the photos below. Every second week, they choose a different theme every second week. Each theme has three or four activities and the girls rotate around in their groups over a three day period. They are developing lots of skills Thanks to Mrs. Fitzgerald and Miss. Flynn for helping the girls with Aistear.
21/9/17: Rosa Parks Talk: Carrickpherish Library: Sixth Class
20/9/17: We certainly had a busy day yesterday.No sooner had Miss. Crowley finished tennis .Then it was straight on the bus to the R.S.C to the school's cross country organised by Mrs. Golden. Girls from first-sixth class participated and each classes had a different distance to run. There were lots of other schools there and plenty of stiff competition but we have great news. Overall we were second in the girl's category.There ere were lots of medals won and all the girls were fantatsic for taking part. We had a great day but we were all very tired by the time we got back on the bus to go back to school.Thanks to Mrs.O'Neill , Ms. Hartrey , Ms.Butler and Catherine for coming with us too.Check out the photos below.
20/9/17: Miss.Crowley's first class started their six weeks of tennis lessons with Emma Maguire in St.Anne's Tennis Club this morning. It was a beautiful morning and the girls really enjoyed all the activities.We even brought our fobs to tap for Beat the Street to build up our points. Third, fourth and fifth class have also started their sessions. The remainder of the classes will have their chance after the midterm break.
14/9/17:Junior Infants are certainly very busy at the moment. After big lunch today they paired up with fifth class for some buddy reading. It looks like they really enjoyed it.
14/9/17: Beat the Street is an exciting new initiative being delivered by Intelligent Health with support from Waterford Sports Partnership.It is funded by Sport Ireland, Healthy Ireland, Dormant Accounts and Waterford City Council. This is a great way to kick start the new school year in a fun and engaging way and something in which all the family can take part.Each child in the school received an information pack for their parents, a fob and a map of Waterford City and Waterford County. Over the next two months between September 13th and November 1st, we all must play the walk , cycle or run game. Take your fob, follow the map and tap your fob at the various markers highlighted on the map. The more you tap, the more points are build up for the school. The school with the most points will win sports and fitness vouchers for the school.Let's hope it can be St.John of God. Make sure and register your fob at www.beatthesteeet.me/waterford as the teachers will take their classes out over the next two weeks to start everybody off. There is a marker at W23 just at the end of Passage Road where you can begin the challenge ( if we all tapped this every morning the points would surely increase pretty swiftly) . Mrs. Golden's senior infants have already been out and about earning points for the school. Check out the pictures below. So get planning your journeys around Waterford ( don't forget the Greenway and Dungarvan are included as well) and spread the word and get friends and family to join in. Best of luck !
Junior Infants had great fun with Dawn when they had their first Irish Dancing lesson:8/9/17
Deise Day in St.John of God:1/9/17
31/8/17: A warm welcome back to all the girls for another school year. Yet again the summer flew by. All the staff hope you had a lovely summer and are ready for lots of hard work and exciting things to come over the next few months. A special welcome to our new Junior Infants in Mrs. Hanrahan's class. We hope you will settle in well to our school and enjoy it just as much as we all do. Check back here over the next few weeks for lots of news and photos of all the goings on in St.John of God.
