Presentation Primary School

Online Enrolment

We would be delighted to welcome your child to Presentation Primary School.

Our Open and Enrolment Day usually takes place in January but this year we will have to postpone this event due to Covid-19. Instead we are inviting parents to enrol online and later in the year we will organise a day where parents and pupils can come and visit our school, meet their teacher and see their classroom. We are always available to meet prospective parents and pupils should you wish to visit our school once Covid restrictions are eased.

If you are interested in enrolling you can follow this link to enrol online.

If you have any questions or require support, you can contact me directly at principal@presprimarythurles.ie.

By Kieran Healy, ago

We’re Back – Almost!

This week we were delighted to hear the news that schools will begin the process of re-opening from Monday next. While it is disappointing that our senior girls will have to wait for another two weeks, we know now that the end of remote learning is in sight for them too.

As we prepare to re-open, we are very aware that we must do everything we can to keep our children and staff safe over the coming weeks and months. This week parents will have received a copy of our school’s Covid Response Plan. This is the plan that we will follow to stay safe in school and we thank parents for their support with this.

Here is our plan again for anyone who didn’t see it.

School Covid Response Plan February 2021Download

And so to this week’s highlights! I have loved adding the weekly highlights over the past seven weeks and I thank the teachers, not only for sending me photos each week, but for their creativity and innovation in planning these lessons and activities.

Ms. Bohan’s Junior Infants were learning all about the number 5!
More hard-working, happy pupils from Ms. Bohan’s Junior Infants
Ms. Ralph’s Junior Infants were also enjoying learning about the number 5.
Ms. Ralph’s Junior Infants enjoyed experimenting with capacity.
The boys in Seoidín were thrilled to be back in school this week!
First Class were learning all about animals and, as a STEM challenge,
built an animal enclosure.
First Class
First Class were also learning about Garden Birds and built bird feeders.
Sixth Class created these very cool 3D hand art images.
Sixth Class also created a cartoon version of ‘The Meeting on the Turret Stairs’ entitled
‘The Eating on the Turret Stairs’

Thank you to all our wonderful children who worked so hard over the past seven weeks. We love seeing your work here on our website. We wish our senior pupils the very best as the tackle Seesaw for just 10 more days! And we look forward to welcoming our junior pupils back to the Presentation on Monday morning!!! We can’t wait to see you all!!


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By Kieran Healy, ago

Love is in the Air!

On a weekend when we take the opportunity to tell those around us how much we love them, the pupils of Presentation Primary School certainly showed off their love of art, science and fun! The week was made even more enjoyable when a blanket of snow brought out the inner child in all of us.

Here are this week’s highlights. At the end of this blog you will find a gallery of nearly 200 photos for you to enjoy.

This week we’ll start with some beautiful artwork from 6th class for the weekend that’s in it!
6th Class also learned all about the Titanic this week.
The snow brought smiles all-round.
Science and Snow in Second Class!
Junior Infants built boats this week
First Class built robots and showed them off at their Zoom meeting.
Name Art from Senior Infants
Sailing away in Junior Infants
Happy Valentine’s Day Junior Infants
More Name Art from Senior Infants
Senior Infants also created a Reading Den
The joy of reading!
Junior Infants Zoom Meeting

We hope you all have a love filled weekend and we look forward to our mid-term next Thursday and Friday.

By Kieran Healy, ago

Fabulous February Highlights

Many thanks to all our parents who completed our survey this week. The feedback is much appreciated and we were delighted to hear such positive and complimentary comments. We are equally grateful for all the suggestions and constructive comments.

This week’s highlights include an amazing effort by Junior Infants to Build a Bridge, some beautiful artwork, homemade musical instruments and more. We hope you enjoy them.

One of the many Zoom Class Meets that took place this week.
Building Bridges in Junior Infants
Ms. Sheridan’s Senior Infants were working hard this week!
Fun and Creativity is the Name of the Game
Colour Art by Second Class
Building Bridges!
Super Science from Junior Infants
This week we celebrated St. Brigid’s Day.
Happy Faces at the 4th Class Zoom Meet
Ms. Walsh’s Class made magical music at home!
6th Class Art

Here is this week’s collection of photos.

By Kieran Healy, ago

Week 3 Highlights

Our pupils certainly ended the Winter season with a Spring in their step this week! The quality of work has just been phenomenal – well done boys and girls (and mums and dads!!) Each and every photograph below will bring a smile to your face and we hope you enjoy this week’s highlights!

Junior Infants have been learning all about shapes
and made these wonderful Shape Pictures.
Who knew that school work could be so much fun?
Just look at those smiles!!
More amazing shape pictures from Junior Infants
Senior Infants were learning all about the Solar System this week.
They built rockets as part of this.
First Class were learning all about the farm.
Here’s my favourite photo of the week also – that annoying cat!!!
First Class artwork this week.
Second class actually made their own snow this week as part of Science – and then it really did snow!!
Kelly created this image having been given just a squiggle to start with.
Sixth Class art this week.
‘A View Through a Keyhole’

Well done boys and girls!! You are making us feel so proud. We look forward to seeing you this week at our Zoom meetings. This week Junior Infants enjoyed a Zoom call with their friends.

Ms. Ralph kindly created this lovely video of some of the great work done by First Class this week.

Finally here is a gallery of over 100 photos.

By Kieran Healy, ago

Week 2 Highlights

This week’s highlights include everything from yoga to Laundry Art, Rockets Ships to Snow Globes, Baking and even some home-made musical instruments.

The boys and girls have again done us proud and we are delighted to see you smiling your way through remote learning.

Here are this week’s highlights!

Junior Infants Rocketing to the top of this week’s list!
Ms. Bohan’s Boys working hard this week.
These Rockets are out of this world!
Cosmic Yoga in Junior Infants.
First Class Fish – literally!
First Class baked and cooked some yummy lunch!
Second Class played music and danced their way through week2!
Laundry Art from Ms. Walsh’s class.
This pearl was inspired by Vermeer!
Well done 6th Class.
First Class enjoyed a Zoom call together.

Here are over 100 photos of the week’s highlights.

Well done everyone. Can’t wait to see what happens next week!!!

By Kieran Healy, ago

RemoteLearning 2.0

Our second stint of Homeschooling is well and truly up and running at this stage and while we know our pupils all dearly miss their friends, their teachers and their school, they have not let this dampen their spirits or stop them from learning and showing off their wonderful talents.

We are delighted with how well our pupils (and parents!) have engaged with Seesaw since we closed. Here are some of the highlights which are proof that you, our pupils, are just amazing people! Well done and keep up the great work!

The boys from Seoidin working hard!
Ms. Bohan’s Junior Infants have been learning all about the number 3!
Based on the story The Dot by Peter H Reynolds, the children created these dot pictures.
Ms. Ralph’s Junior Infants were reading and learning about number 3 also!
More beautiful pictures inspired by The Dot from Ms. Ralph’s Junior Infants.
Ms. Sheridan’s Senior Infants
First Class made these colourful creatures in Art Class.
More artists from Ms. Ralph’s First Class
Second Class did some Science based on how some fruits float or sink,
depending on whether you peel them or not!
More Science from Second Class and the fun game of Boggle was a real hit.
Second Class
Jack was working really hard with his Maths this week.

Well done everyone! I will update this blog as more photos arrive.

Here is a collection of all the photos above and more…

Stay Safe and we can’t wait to see you all back in the Presentation soon!

By Kieran Healy, ago