To all members of the St. Francis NS school community We are writing to update you on the Department of Education and Youth’s Primary School Survey. This survey was carried out to understand the types of schools that parents and guardians prefer. Over 200,000 parents and guardians took part nationwide. We are now sharing our SCHOOL SURVEY RESULTS with you ...
Rann Na Feirste Gaeltacht Contae Dún na nGall On the 11th of May 2026 39 of the pupils of St Francis NS’ 6th class went up for a five day residential trip in Ranafast in County Donegal. The pupils departed from the school around half nine in the morning and arrived in Donegal at around 3 PM. The ...
Today we held the finals of the St Francis NS Public Speaking Competition. Pupils from 4th, 5th and 6th Classes learned in class about structuring a short talk and they all prepared their own piece to perform in front of their class. Heats were held in their respective classes and the winning 12 entrants performed in the semi finals last ...
We are thrilled that 5th Class pupil, Leo, came first place in his age categoy at the The National Scratch Competition held in Limerick yesterday. The competition is open to students in primary and second level schools in Ireland, and to students attending after-school coding clubs such as Coderdojo. Projects can be about anything, the only limit is the ...
We are delighted to have had Patrick Black and Matthew Woods form 6th class represent the school at the Green Flag Award Ceremony today in the Fairways. It is is our 9th award , this one for Global Citizenshp - Travel, having previously worked on Litter & Wase, the Marine Environment, Water, Energy and Biodiversity. We are now excited to ...
Congratulations to the St Francis NS pupils who represented the school at the Feis Mhuirtheimhne at the Friary at the weekend. These pupils were selected by their class teachers for the Irish poetry competition. Special mention to Michael in 4th Class and Aoibhín in 5th class who won the gold and silver medals respectfully in their age categories. Michael, ...
The best basketball tournament of the year! (so far) The whole of Sixth Class was buzzing. Everyone was getting ready to play against St. Furseys N.S, our close rivals. Boys and girls erupting in excitement, chatting nervously with their friends until the final moments before they had to play. St Fursey’s walked over first thing in the morning and we ...
This year the St. Francis Basketball Team decided to get new basketball kits from Spalding. On the 25th of march the new kits arrived. They had been paid for through the return bottle system that students had been donating to, by giving their bottles into a crate at the back of the class. This was set up by the Parent’s ...
Congratulations to all the pupils who had 100% attendance last term (January-March). Pictured below with their class teachers and Mrs Lawless.
Today we had a very special visitor hopping in to St Francis NS - the Easter Bunny!!! There was great excitement, especially in the infant classes. He visited every classroom during his whilrwind visit and delivered treats to every child - he even gave a treat to our Principal, Mrs Lawless. Many, many thanks to the Parent's Association of St ...
