Presentation Primary School

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.

Day 1 of Active Week was a busy one for the boys and girls in the Pres. The main event was ‘The Giants Gallop’ which challenged the whole school to run a total distance of 300 Km – which we hoped to bring us all the way from Thurles to The Giant’s Causeway. This would mean that the children would have to work as a team to run over 900 laps of the hockey pitch! Each class too it in turns to complete laps of the pitch and there was some determined running from all involved. We say a big Read more

The boys and girls from Junior Infants visited Thurles Fire Station this week and were treated to a wonderful time full of fun, information and safety tips. Each child experienced the thrill of holding the fire hose, sitting into a fire engine and trying on some of the fire fighter uniforms. We say a sincere thanks to all the crew in Thurles Fire Station who were so kind to each child and so generous with their time. The main reason for the visit was to teach the children some fire safety tips such as ‘Get Out and Stay Out’ if Read more

Walking down the school avenue to appaulse from a Guard of Honour from the whole school, with the Division 2 LGFA Football Cup, will surely be one of the memories that joint captains Anna Crawford and Paulina Kwapinske will recall when preparing for their graduation ceremony in two weeks time. The annual LGFA Football tournament took place in Dr. Morris Park on Wednesday last. The girls from the Presentation were placed in a very competitive Division 2 League where they would face Templemore, St. Michael’s Tipperary Town and Newport NS. The first game against St. Joseph’s Templemore was tough from Read more

The boys and girls from Senior Infants visited Thurles Fire Station this week and were treated to a wonderful time full of fun, information and safety tips. Each child experienced the thrill of holding the fire hose, sitting into a fire engine and trying on some of the fire fighter uniforms. We say a sincere thanks to all the crew in Thurles Fire Station who were so kind to each child and so generous with their time. The main reason for the visit was to teach the children some fire safety tips such as ‘Get Out and Stay Out’ if Read more

The boys and girls from 1st and 2nd Class travelled to Kilkenny for their school tour on Tuesday. The children were blessed with sunshine as they toured Kilkenny castle and played in the playground. Later the children had lunch in Eddie Rockets.

Report to follow….