Presentation Primary School

This week is Active Week and the children are enjoying a fantastic week of fun and activity. Below is a gallery of over 200 photos from the first 2 days. Here are some of the highlights!

The joy of school is June was evident this week as some classes enjoyed a local school tour. Senior Infants had a wonderful day in Loughtagalla Park with their classmates and teachers. It’s hard to beat a picnic is the sun with your friends! This week the girls in 6th class enjoyed a visit from Gabrielle Jim who is a Presentation Novice. Gabrielle, who is from China, is based in Portlaoise with the Presentation Order, but has recently been staying in the convent here in Thurles. She spoke to the class about her life journey and her decision to join Read more

This week we said a fond farwell to our dear friends Zuzanna and Igor who returned to Poland with their family after 16 happy years in Ireland. Applause and cheers greeted Igor as he walked through a Guard of Honour, formed by his class mates, on his final walk through the school gate. We wish Zuzanna, Igor and his family every happiness as they return home to Poland. This week the children were surprised to find a giant Jenga and giant Connect 4 in the play ground. These classic borad games proved to be a great hit with all classes. Read more

This month our focus for Star Pupil was Organistaion and Readiness. We encourgaed children to take responsibility for their own possesions, homework and desk. We also asked pupils to be ready for teacher when needed. This life skill is something that pupils can learn from a young age and they can feel a tremendous sense of independence when it is acknowledged. Next month our award will be for Handwriting. Handwriting has been the focus of our School Self Evaluation process for the past two years and we will be encouraging all pupils to have the correct pencil grip as well Read more

There are many things which we have greatly missed over the past ‘Covid Year’! Hugs and high fives, whole school assemblies and activities, Grandparents Day and of course GAA. Today we were delighted to get back to playing Gaelic Football in the sunshine! Over 50 girls from 3rd to 6th class took part in a training session, after school, on a beautiful astro turf facility. In groups, the girls were coached in the skills of the game in preparation for our upcoming School League. The School League will take place on Wednesday, 16th June where six teams will enjoy putting Read more

This month the boys and girls were making an extra special effort with their Maths as this was the focus of our Star Pupil Awards. The awards recognise those who excel in Maths as well as those who make great strides to improve in the subject. We are delighted to congratulate the following winners for this month! This month has also seen our lots of planting and environmental awareness work. This is part of our Green Flag Programme as we strive towards receiving the Biodiversity Flag. We say a big thank you to our Green Schools Committee which is led Read more

Thankfully we are now well settled back into school routine and Term 3 has gotten off to a flying start. The brighter days have certainly lifted the spirits and the children are doing great. The weather has been lovely and many of the classes have been enjoying working and playing outside. This week we opened our new seated area which is just amazing. We say a big thank you to our talented caretaker Kieran Britton who made the benches and prepared the area for us. Here are some of the lovely images from this week. All of the images from Read more

Term two came to an end on Friday with chocolate smiles! The children enjoyed Easter Egg Hunts and a visit from our wonderful Parents’ Council chairperson Fiona, who delivered an egg to every child and a voucher for Bookworm to one lucky winner in each class. Our thoughts on the day were also with our friends from Ms. Walsh’s class who unfortunately could not be in school with us. In fact they only managed 4 days in school since Christmas which we understand has been very difficult for them and their families. We can only hope that term three brings Read more