Latest NewsLOTTO WINNERS Congratulations to our recent weekly winners in our fundraiser Lotto Paula Carolan Kathleen Phelan The next draw stands at €2,200 Our school will be closed for the summer break. All our lucky weekly winners over the summer will receive their prize when our school re-opens. If you are really lucky and win our Jackpot, then we will be in touch. We thank you all for your support, as it is making a real difference. Enjoy the summer holidays! DATES FOR THE DIARY Wednesday 28th August - School Reopens |
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June Assembly
Our final assembly of the year was jam packed with entertainment and awards. A very enjoyable morning on our final day of the 2023/2024 school year.
The last of this year's core values and AR superstar certificates were handed out, as well as some new word millionaires and the 6th class getting the trophy for most average time spent reading.
We had some fantastic performances from Mr. Regan's, Ms. Dolans, the Junior Infants and Ms. Moynihan's class. The talent in our school is on another level.
The student council were thanked for all their hard work and we got to watch a video made by them of each class sharing their favourite memories this year.
Ms. Henry thanked numerous people for all their hard work and wished us all a very happy and safe summer.
Over and out for 23/24!
The last of this year's core values and AR superstar certificates were handed out, as well as some new word millionaires and the 6th class getting the trophy for most average time spent reading.
We had some fantastic performances from Mr. Regan's, Ms. Dolans, the Junior Infants and Ms. Moynihan's class. The talent in our school is on another level.
The student council were thanked for all their hard work and we got to watch a video made by them of each class sharing their favourite memories this year.
Ms. Henry thanked numerous people for all their hard work and wished us all a very happy and safe summer.
Over and out for 23/24!
6th Class Graduation Video
It was an emotional final day last week as the 6th class students bid farewell to their primary education in St. Nicholas'. It had been a fun week, full of water fights, shirt signings and a very successful graduation night for all the families.
Wishing each and every one of the children the very best on the next step in their journey!
Here is a video the students and their teachers put together in the final days. Enjoy!
Wishing each and every one of the children the very best on the next step in their journey!
Here is a video the students and their teachers put together in the final days. Enjoy!
Summer Stars Reading Programme
Take a careful read of the posters below to learn more about our wonderful involvement in the reading programme taking place over the weeks of the summer holidays. Plenty of opportunities for free goodies for the children and chances to win amazing prizes, etc.
Children who participate will receive a certificate, which entitles them to a homework pass in school for the 2024/25 school year.
Children who participate will receive a certificate, which entitles them to a homework pass in school for the 2024/25 school year.
May Assembly
It was another fabulous morning in our school to bring the month of May to a close. Our Assembly was jam packed with awards and announcements.
Among the excitement, we got to see more children get awarded for their modelling of the school's core values, as well as see a video made by the juniors on what the core values are all about.
More superstars were celebrated for their efforts in Accelerated Reading, as well as word millionaires. Ms. Skelly's class have claimed the trophy for the best average amount of time spent reading per day.
New Active Agents were recognised too.
Among the excitement, we got to see more children get awarded for their modelling of the school's core values, as well as see a video made by the juniors on what the core values are all about.
More superstars were celebrated for their efforts in Accelerated Reading, as well as word millionaires. Ms. Skelly's class have claimed the trophy for the best average amount of time spent reading per day.
New Active Agents were recognised too.
Click on the links below to download a copy of the latest report from the Board of Management and also the recent review by the Cathechist from their visit to our school.
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Follow Our Therapy Dogs on Instagram
Click the buttons below or scan the QR codes to bring you to the Instagram pages of our therapy dogs. Give them a follow to keep up to date with the daily lives of our precious pooches.
Talk for Writing
Some of our teachers had a wonderful experience attending the Talk for Writing seminar in Belfast recently, hosted by Jamie Thomas and the man behind it all, Pie Corbett himself. A very enlightening and fascinating look into the area of genre writing for Literacy.
www.talk4writing.com
www.talk4writing.com
The Sensory Garden
Students have been working hard to get our Sensory Garden up and running.
It is located just outside the back doors to our school next to Ms. Henry's office. We have lavender, rosemary and thyme plants. We also have some lovely flowers such as geraniums and pansies. We also planted a cherry blossom tree and hazelnut tree as part of our Sensory Garden. |
April/May Assembly
Another exciting Friday morning as we hosted our latest assembly as the month of May began for us.
We opened with a prayer, including Room 9 saying the Hail Mary in Italian for the entire school. One of our students showed off his excellent creation of a robot made from LEGO. Another multitude of students received certificates. Some were honoured for showing the core values. Others were celebrated for their work in Accelerated Reading. Word millionaires and class millionaires were announced. The latest class for the highest average reading time is Ms. Bagnall's class. The student council shared a video they compiled of the latest news from every class in the school. Winners of two competitions from Book Week were revealed (one for the closest guess of how many AR books are in the school. Another for the best bookmark).
Among other things, it was a lovely part of our morning as we enter the week off in May!
We opened with a prayer, including Room 9 saying the Hail Mary in Italian for the entire school. One of our students showed off his excellent creation of a robot made from LEGO. Another multitude of students received certificates. Some were honoured for showing the core values. Others were celebrated for their work in Accelerated Reading. Word millionaires and class millionaires were announced. The latest class for the highest average reading time is Ms. Bagnall's class. The student council shared a video they compiled of the latest news from every class in the school. Winners of two competitions from Book Week were revealed (one for the closest guess of how many AR books are in the school. Another for the best bookmark).
Among other things, it was a lovely part of our morning as we enter the week off in May!
Nurture Room
Liam Foley opened our nurture room at 12pm today.
We are delighted to have this facility as part of our school for those who need it. Some of the children that use it talked about its benefits. This is a link that discusses how nurture rooms are boosting pupil wellbeing. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/nurture-rooms-how-schools-are-boosting-pupils-wellbeing-1.4094188 |
Primary Inspectorate Update
Attached you will find an update about the work of the Inspectorate in primary schools as it relates to this term. Click the links below to download a PDF copy of the update sent by the Chief Inspector.
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Stylish Staff of St. Nicholas'
A new initiative has begun in the school this week.
Staff gear presenting the crest and colours of our school have become available for teachers, SNAs and other faculty to wear, if they choose. We are proud to represent our school on and off the school grounds, as well as hoping to model a sense of identity and unity to those around us, young and old. A big thank you to PLAYR-FIT for kitting us out. |
Easter Assembly
The assemblies is St. Nicholas seem to get more and more jam packed every time. We had so much to enjoy and celebrate on the last day before the holidays. We had a multitude of Core Value certificate winners, plenty of AR Superstars, a whole bunch of AR Millionaires, Ms. Skelly's won the AR trophy and a winner of a Smyth's voucher by one of the AR Superstars.
We also got to celebrate Laura Maguire and Úna Moynihan's achievements in raising a hefty amount of money for My Canine Companion in association with our therapy dog, Tina. We commended some Active Agents in our school, Archie received a certificate for his achievements in Scratch and some of Mr. Regan's class got to perform Room on a Broom for everybody.
Not only that, but we had the biggest Easter raffle to date with so many prizes given away. Well done to all and a big thanks to everyone in the community and school who helped make it all possible.
Have a great Easter, everyone!
We also got to celebrate Laura Maguire and Úna Moynihan's achievements in raising a hefty amount of money for My Canine Companion in association with our therapy dog, Tina. We commended some Active Agents in our school, Archie received a certificate for his achievements in Scratch and some of Mr. Regan's class got to perform Room on a Broom for everybody.
Not only that, but we had the biggest Easter raffle to date with so many prizes given away. Well done to all and a big thanks to everyone in the community and school who helped make it all possible.
Have a great Easter, everyone!
Longwood's Got Talent 2024
We had the absolute joy in getting to spend a full two and a half hours today watching the immense talent that's present in our school. This year's talent show was certainly one to remember. We had all sorts of performances; plenty of singing, dancing and gymnastics. We also got the chance to hear some poetry, see some impressive rubix cube skills and witness some super piano and drum playing. This talent show had it all!
A massive "Well done!" to everyone involved. You did your class and school proud. A particular congratulations to those who placed in the top three, as well as our People's Choice Award winner. A special thanks from Mr. Regan to his co-host, who helped him throughout the show in announcing the acts on the day.
A massive "Well done!" to everyone involved. You did your class and school proud. A particular congratulations to those who placed in the top three, as well as our People's Choice Award winner. A special thanks from Mr. Regan to his co-host, who helped him throughout the show in announcing the acts on the day.
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Bhíomar an-ghnóthach an Aoine seo caite i Scoil San Nioclás. Chaitheamar an maidin sa halla ag taispeáint a lán rudaí, ó rince go hamhráin. Bhí sé go hiontach. Comhghairdeas le gach duine. Ag an deireadh, rinne na daltaí agus na múinteoirí an rince "An Dreoilín" agus "Shoe the Donkey". Lá álainn a bhí ann!
(We were very busy last Friday in St. Nicholas Primary School. We spent the morning in the hall showing a lot of things, from dance to songs. It was excellent. Congratulations to everyone. At the end, the students and teachers did the dance "An Dreoilín" and "Shoe the Donkey". It was a lovely day!)
(We were very busy last Friday in St. Nicholas Primary School. We spent the morning in the hall showing a lot of things, from dance to songs. It was excellent. Congratulations to everyone. At the end, the students and teachers did the dance "An Dreoilín" and "Shoe the Donkey". It was a lovely day!)
Say "Hello!" to Jerry
It is with great excitement that we can inform you all that our school has received another Therapy Pup. His name is Jerry and he arrived to school today.
He is 16 weeks old and he's a Golden Retriever. We are in such a lucky position to now have two Therapy pups for our school. Tina and Jerry will train together over the next two years and will work as part of our team for many years to come. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our Board of Management, our staff members and the Longwood community for supporting this initiative. |
Traditional Irish Music
The boys and girls of St. Nicholas' Primary School were blessed with a visit from students of Coláiste Clavin this morning as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge.
We got to watch and listen to a fabulous performance by their Trad Group and teachers, from uilinn pipe solos to dance alongs. It was immense fun. It was great to see some of our past pupils again in the school. The level of talent and the range of instruments played was very inspirational to watch. A big thank you for taking the time to perform for us! |
Easter Raffle
Our Easter Raffle will began today and will run until Friday 22nd March.
Each classroom will have two Easter eggs to raffle off. During assembly on the 22nd March, three Easter Hampers, along with a number of other spot prizes, will be raffled. Lots to be won this year! Tickets will be sold here in the school each day for the next two weeks. One line of tickets costs €1. Please consider supporting our fundraising event. |
World Book Day
During a short and busy week full of Seachtain na Gaeilge and Mother's Day activities, our school took the time to celebrate World Book Day.
Students (and teachers) came to school dressed in a whole array of awesome costumes based on book characters.
There were many fun and exciting things done in the classrooms, as well as the best dressed being picked from each room. The finalists were sent to Room 5, where one lucky child managed to win a Smyth's voucher.
Students (and teachers) came to school dressed in a whole array of awesome costumes based on book characters.
There were many fun and exciting things done in the classrooms, as well as the best dressed being picked from each room. The finalists were sent to Room 5, where one lucky child managed to win a Smyth's voucher.
Altar Serving
Well done to all our readers and Altar Servers who supported Fr. Louis during Mass services at the weekend. You made us so proud here in school.
Due to the success of these masses more children have been inspired to join our Parishes’ Religious Teams today.
If any other children would like to support their parish in this way please let Ms. Coburn know. A commitment of once a month is all they need.
Due to the success of these masses more children have been inspired to join our Parishes’ Religious Teams today.
If any other children would like to support their parish in this way please let Ms. Coburn know. A commitment of once a month is all they need.
February Assembly
We had a jam packed assembly full of interesting presentations and a whole bunch of certificates to be handed out for all sorts of reasons. It truly was an exciting morning.
Some of the highlights include; a Power Point presentation by Archie on "how to use Scratch" (He also showed us some of the games he created himself), members of the new Longwood Soccer club came in to spread the word on recruitment, the school's Active Agents were congratulated for their work and more children received certificates for modelling the core values of our school.
In Accelerated Reader, more superstars were recognised, Ms Finn's class were passed on the trophy for "most minutes read per day" and Mr. Tormey's class were recognised for their stellar number of words read so far (they had a pizza party).
Some of the highlights include; a Power Point presentation by Archie on "how to use Scratch" (He also showed us some of the games he created himself), members of the new Longwood Soccer club came in to spread the word on recruitment, the school's Active Agents were congratulated for their work and more children received certificates for modelling the core values of our school.
In Accelerated Reader, more superstars were recognised, Ms Finn's class were passed on the trophy for "most minutes read per day" and Mr. Tormey's class were recognised for their stellar number of words read so far (they had a pizza party).
Longwood Football (Soccer)Longwood AFC are recruiting players
Boys and girls Academy (age 6 to 11) boys and girls Every Saturday at 10am (pending weather) Contact 087 2774498 John Training every Wednesday on GAA astro 6pm (this will change to Mondays when evenings get brighter) Girls 12 to 16 Ladies 16+ Contact Paula Murphy 087 6780367 Training every Wednesday on GAA astro 6pm (this will change when evenings get brighter) Boys 12 to 16 Contact Dave Byrne 086 0824348 |
Badminton
Badminton started on Tuesday February 6th during lunchtime for children from 3rd - 6th classes. Over 60 children showed up to play! To give everyone a better chance to play some rallies and try to become the King or Queen of the Castle, it was decided to split the children up. Students in 3rd & 4th class are now playing at lunchtimes on Mondays and 5th & 6th class play on Tuesdays. It is amazing to see children of all standards and to see them enjoying themselves each week. New students are always welcome!
Attention everyone!
Our Fundraiser Lotto is up and running!
As part of our initiative to raise money for our school this year, we have organised a weekly lottery that not only the families of the school can get involved in, but the entire community of Longwood and beyond as well.
The first draw will take place on the 23rd November 2023, so join up now to be in with a chance of some wonderful prizes. Our first draw will be an extra special one.
For more information and to get involved, click on the link button at the top of the home page or follow the link below.
https://www.ourfundraiser.ie/org/stnicholasprimaryschool/
Our Fundraiser Lotto is up and running!
As part of our initiative to raise money for our school this year, we have organised a weekly lottery that not only the families of the school can get involved in, but the entire community of Longwood and beyond as well.
The first draw will take place on the 23rd November 2023, so join up now to be in with a chance of some wonderful prizes. Our first draw will be an extra special one.
For more information and to get involved, click on the link button at the top of the home page or follow the link below.
https://www.ourfundraiser.ie/org/stnicholasprimaryschool/