Presentation Primary School

Our Basketball teams had a superb day in the Presentation Sports Complex on Monady last as they took part in the annual Margaret Curran Cup. This tournament is now in its fourth year and had been won by Littleton for the past three years. This year also marked the 10th Anniversary of Margaret Curran, a colleague and friend to us here in the Pres. Margaret loved basketball and this tournament is organized in her honour. We had two teams playing in the tournament, the Presentation Pythons and Presentation Panthers. The Panthers recorded wins over Littelton, Two Mile Borris and St. Read more

Congratulations to these wonderful girls who made their First Holy Communion in the Cathedral of the Assumption last Saturday. We thank most sincerely, Fr. Joe for his beautiful ceremony, the choir and teachers involved for the music, Ms. Fanning for preparing the children so diligently, Rosaleen for the individualised booklets and of course the children for being so amazing on the day.

Our Senior Classes headed to UL for their school tour last week. The girls enjoyed a wonderful day of climbing and activity in the university. The Junior Infant School Tour was to Maryl Hill Farm and Play Centre. The children enjoyed the open farm, a train ride and of course the play centre. Our Senior Infants headed off to Fota Wildlife Park and had an absolute ball. Finally, Our 1st and 2nd Class tour was to Castlecomer Discovery Park in Kilkenny.

Recently, both our U13 and U11 Camogie teams have taken part in their respective Cumann na mBunscol tournaments. Our U11 team had a wonderful day out in Durlas Og, recording two wins against Presentation PS Clonmel and Cahir NS. The first game was extremely close and tense. Both teams defended stoutly and only conceded one score each! Luckily for us, Clonmel scored a point while Emma Egan scored a mighty goal for the girls in wine, securing a 1.0 to 0.1 win for the Pres! The second game was a little more open and a goal just before half time Read more

Having won the Regional Finals in Kilkenny, our Volleyball team heading to UL Sports Arena for the All Ireland Finals recently. It was amazing to be in one of the finest sports arenas in the country and a great experience for the ten girls. The day began with a meeting of all the teams from around Ireland who were there to compete for the title of All Ireland Champions. The girls were in Group A, along with Aghada NS (Cork), St. Ita’s (Galway) and St. Killian’s (Cavan). The group games were all close encounters. The girls lost their first game Read more

Our St. Partrick’s Day School Parade is quickly becoming a much loved tradition at this stage! Today the children yet again donned the green, white and orange and enjoyed marching around our beautiful school grounds to mark our National Day. The parade brought joy and smiles to everyone involved and ended with an impromptu céilí in the school yard afterwards. Throughout the week the children have been learning the Siege of Ennis and they really enjoyed dancing this traditional Irish dance together. The day began with a traditional music group from Presentation Secondary School treating us to a session in Read more

Our Well-Being Warriors (aka The Amber Flag Committee), along with their teachers Ms. Bourke and Ms. Walsh organised a fantastic week of promoting positive mental health and well-being. Here in the Presentation Primary School we understand the importance of maintaining positive well-being and we endeavour to instill positive attitudes and to teach the children about well-being. We understand the important role well-being plays in creating a positive, happy and healthy environment where children can reach their full potential. We kicked off Rainbow Week with Mindful Monday where the children enjoyed some mindful breathing and meditation. Thankful Tuesday was all about Read more

Recently our Volleyball team off to Kilkenny to take part in the Volleyball Regional Finals. The blitz took place in the impressive venue that is The Watershed. For the past number of weeks, 44 girls had been training after school and during lunchtime to prepare for this blitz. We had two teams taking part and each player enjoyed time on the court. The Watershed was a busy venue on the day with schools travelling from Churchhill, Fethard, Kilkenny City and beyond. Unfortunately the fixture placed both our teams in the same group and up against each other in the very Read more