Presentation Primary School

Our U11 Camogie team took part in the Cumann na mBunscol Camogie Blitz in Holycross recently. This was the first time our new sports jerseys were worn and these girls certainly wore them with pride. Mr. O’Gorman and Ms. Bohan had been training the camogie teams for the past number of weeks and the level of skill on show was testament to the great efforts of their coaches. In their first game the girls faced up against Gaelscoil Thurles. Goals from Ailish Ryan and Ava Fitzgibbon put the Pres in a commanding position. With Lily O’Dowd and Ava Byrne refusing Read more

Junior NBA is an iniatitive run by Basketball Ireland and part-funded by the NBA. Thanks to Tipperary Knights, our school sent 15 girls to the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght to take part in a day of skills training and matches against schools from all over Ireland. A sincere thanks to Ms. Nyhan and Ms. Bohan for taking such care of the girls throughout the day. Thanks also to Martin Hehir for his continuous support. The girls had a wonderful day and represented our school with pride. One of the highlights of the day was meeting Pat Burke, the only Read more

Congratulations to these wonderful boys and girls who made their First Holy Communion in the Cathedral of the Assumption last Saturday. Indeed this was the first time for boys to make their communion in the Presentation as a coeducational school. 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.

This week we celebrated Arts Week and the children enjoyed a range of activities including Dance, Art, Cookery and Magic! A massive thank you to all the parents who so generously donated to our Arts Week Donation collection. Your support made it all possible! Thanks also to Ms. Sheridan for coordinating the week and all the team here in Presentation Primary for their effort and support. Here is a collection of photos from the week…

Our annual St. Partrick’s Day School Parade is quickly becoming a much loved tradition and this year’s parade was the biggest yet! Today the children yet again donned the green, white and orange and enjoyed marching around our beautiful school grounds to mark our National Day. We were joined by the pre-school children from both Busy Bees and Clever Clogs The parade brought joy and smiles to everyone involved and ended with an céilí mór in the school yard afterwards. Throughout the week the children have been learning the Walls of Limerick and they really enjoyed dancing this traditional Irish Read more

On Wednesday, our two Volleyball teams headed 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, 40 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 Dunamggin, Fethard, Kilkenny City and beyond. Presentation Pythons won their first two games and drew their third against a very skillful Dunamaggin Read more

Thank you for reading this post – we think you are awesome! This week we celebrated Wellbeing Week. The children enjoyed lots of mindful activities and worked together for lots of art, music, drama and meditation. The week began with a whole school assembly and our Wellbeing Committee performed a short drama called ‘The Wrinkled Heart’. This story encourages the children to be kind and to be a good friend. On Tuesday the children carried out random acts of kindness and spread seeds of kindness around the school. We also unveiled our “Calm Corner” which is a beautiful new space Read more

After an absence of 4 years, it was uplifting to welcome back all the great Nanas and Grandads to our school for Grandparents Day 2024. This magical day is part of Catholic Schools Week and we thank Louise Healy and Lorna Lilis for helping to organise the day. The hall was packed to capacity and there was a buzz in the air as the children filed into the hall for our celebration. A wonderful day was had by all as Grandparents from near and far gathered in our school hall. The morning started with a short prayer service, some poetry, Read more