Presentation Primary School

Our Junior Infant pupils enjoyed a nature walk today. They found acorns, conkers, berries and some early autumnal leaves that had fallen.

Our Junior Infants children are really enjoying school life in the Presentation. This is what they’ve been up to this week!

We are delighted to welcome our 33 new Junior Infants to Presentation Primary School. The children has a wonderful first week in our school and have been very brave! Well done boys and girls and we hope you have a wonderful time with us here in the Pres!

Congratulations to our current second class pupils who were awarded a Silver Certificate for their work with the Incredible Edibles Programme. The class were given the challenge of learning all about fruit and vegetables and of growing their own crop from seeds. Using our raised planting beds, the pupils grew carrots, potatoes, turnips and more. They them submitted their project work to the Incredible Edibles team at Agri Aware and were awarded a Silver Certificate. Well done to Ms. Gleeson for guiding the children through this process, to Mrs. Ryan for organising a presentation at our weekly assembly and to Read more

And so the curtain came down on another school year – and what a busy one it was! Here are some of the highlights of the final few days . We had a number of emotional farewells. We’ll start with the 26 First Class boys who bravely made the walk up the avenue as they departed for Scoil Ailbhe. To the happy tune of Shotgun, and with a Guard of Honour from the entire school community, the boys smiled and waved as the left Presentation Primary School for the final time. We congratulate them on all that they achieved during Read more

The highlight of Active Week was our Sports Day. The children enjoyed a wonderful day of fun and activity. Each class took part in races, relays, water games, tug of war, team challenges, obstacle courses and more. There was also a surprise visit from an ice cream van organised by our terrific Parents’ Council. The day concluded with the staff challenging the 6th class girls to a basketball match in the Sports Complex. This was a very competitive game with the staff sneaking a hard earned victory on a scoreline of 13 points to 10. Below is a gallery of Read more

As part of our quest to be an Active Flag School, we are enjoying our annual Active Week this week. We have lots of active activities taking place across the next few days including orienteering, Crossfit, Dance, Basketball School League, Football Blitz and of course Sports Day on Friday. Each morning will start with a ‘Wake Up, Shake Up’ workout and Dance. We will be adding lots of photos of the events and we hope parents can join in too. Each night the pupils will have Active Homework instead of the regular homework. Please join in and be active with Read more

Some photos of the 5th and 6th Class School Tour to Castlecomer Discovery Park in Kilkenny.