Each year our school takes part in the Pentel International Art Competiton. This year we had 11 awards granted to our artistic pupils, including two Supreme Gold awards. Well done to all the boys and girls who took part and congratulations to the pupils whose work was recognised for its brilliance!
Alternative Homework on a Thursday night provides the children will many opportunities to shine and showcase the many talents they have. We hope that families enjoy these experiences too. Alternative Homework should never be stressful but it is clear from these images that many children really love being able to express themselves through projects and art.
This week our U13 football team played in the Cumann na mBunscol Blitz in Durlas Og. On a beautiful autumnal morning, the girls played Presentation Clonmel, Scoil Angela and St. Michael’s GNS Tipperary. It was wonderful to see the girls finally take to the field after weeks of training with their coaches Paula Ralph, Karen Bohan, Laura Ralph and Ciara Fanning. After three games the girls had recorded one win, one draw and one loss. Unfortunately this was not enough to progress to the next round of the competition, but the girls can be immensely proud of their efforts. One Read more
All through the month of September, the girls from 3rd to 6th class have been running together in preparation for the Tipperary Cross Country Championship. Eventually 35 girls were selected to represent the school at the event in Thurles Crokes Athletic Field on Wednesday, 28th September. The girls from 3rd and 4th calss had to complete a 800m course, while the senior classes ran a full kilometer (1000m). Our school competed in the Major and Large schools section which saw up to 100 children run in each race. All that training and preparation definitely paid off as we scopped 3 Read more
A new school year brings about an air of excitement to every corner of a school. The smiles of new pupils, the welcoming words of new teachers, the feeling of a new classroom and, of course, the smell of new books! This year we welcomed 56 new pupils to our school. 43 new Junior Infants, 7 pupils to Seoidín and 6 more in other classes throughout the school. We hope that their time with us in Presentation Primary is a happy one! The Junior Infants have certainly enjoyed a great start to life in the Pres. This week they enjoyed Read more
Presentation Primary School Requires a Bus Escort The Bus Escort will accompany pupils to and from our ASD Pre-school, Seoidín. The Bus Escorts will work 3 hours each school calendar day (182 days per year). The escort will work from 7:30am to 9:00am and 1:30pm to 3:00pm. The rate of pay is €13.40 per hour, plus Holiday Pay. The job requires the escort to care for the pupils on the bus and escort them into school in the morning and back home in the afternoon. Reliability, excellent time-keeping and fluency in spoken English are considered essential. Appointment is subject, but Read more
It is always enjoyable, and indeed rewarding, to reflect on all the highlights of the year that was. As they say on TV, ‘In no particular order’, here are some magical moments from last year to whet the appetite for September! Thank you to all the wonderful members of staff who helped create these memories for our children. And well done to all the boys and girls who put themselves out there and share their talents and skills with us each day. See you all on Wednesday, 31st August so we can start making new memories together again!!
Being active is essential to a child’s development. This week we celebrated activity in all its forms and the children had a wonderful week of fun. Active Week is all about trying new things – ball games, athletics, yoga, collaborative games, dance and more. A massive effort from all the staff in the Presentation made Active Week 2022 one of the best yet. Here are some of the highlights! Here’s a collection of photos for the past two days. There are more photos further down in the blog.