The time has come to say goodbye to our 6th class. We did a lot of preparation for our graduation and it all went fantastically. We prepared memories from our days at St Francis, made graduation caps, learnt an end of year song and much more. Our parents and families came to watch and thenContinue reading “Graduation”
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The Reading Hut
As part of our new Willow Imagination Garden, we have created a quiet and creative Reading Hut. Ian, our caretaker made us the hut out of old palettes. It looks great. Then Ms Morris painted it to protect the wood from the rain. After that Ms Nicoll drew nature pictures on the side and 1stContinue reading “The Reading Hut”
Our Trip to Clara Lara
3rd-6th class went on their school tour to Clara Lara last week. We left the school at 9:30am and got the bus down to Clara Lara. We were greeted by an instructor who showed us to our base camp for the day. We were then allowed to go and explore the park and all theContinue reading “Our Trip to Clara Lara”
6th Class Carnival
Every year 6th class hold a carnival for the rest of the school to raise some money for their end of school trip. This year the weather was a bit unpredictable so we were constantly checking the weather. We ran activities like guess the name of the teddy, hang tough, face painting, obstacle course, footballContinue reading “6th Class Carnival”
Cyanotype
Have you ever heard of cyanotype? Neither had we! On Monday, Bethan from Creative Schools came back in to do some more art with us. First we had to design the layout of the things that you wanted on your paper. There were butterflies, leaves, branches, letters and flowers that we could choose from. WeContinue reading “Cyanotype”
Annual Beach Clean Up
This year our annual Newcastle beach clean up happened on Sunday 24th May. We had a fantastic day for it, the sun was shining and there wasn’t much of a breeze. We got gloves, litter pickers and bin bags and we went along the beach to collect up all the rubbish we could find. WeContinue reading “Annual Beach Clean Up”
May Day Walk
On Friday 1st May 1st and 2nd class went on a walk to Celebrate May Day. We walked around our village on the Heritage Trail. It was a lovely, hot and sunny day. We saw lots of signs of spring and summer. We saw lots of plants like bluebells, daisies, wild garlic and dandelions. WeContinue reading “May Day Walk”
Willow Garden
We are very lucky to have a brand new willow tunnel in the school thanks to the Creative Schools initiative and Wicklow Willow. Our willow tunnel is brand new and may look a little bare at the moment, but it is living willow and in the coming months and years it will grow. The childrenContinue reading “Willow Garden”
Chess
For the last couple of months 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class have been having chess lessons. We have been enjoying it very much. Stephen and Bernadette come in every Friday to teach us how to pay chess. We have learnt how to capture our opponents pieces, how to ‘castle’, how to ‘En Passant’, howContinue reading “Chess”
Lenten Bake Sale 2026
Every year 5th and 6th class organise our School’s Lenten bake sale. This year we chose to do a fundraiser for Milo’s Mission Rescue who are a local animal rescue charity. We held the bake sale on Friday 17th April and we raised over €700 for Milo’s Mission. 5th and 6th class had jobs throughoutContinue reading “Lenten Bake Sale 2026”
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