Many thanks to Barry Teather (brother of the famous Niall Teather Fitkids) for calling in to school yesterday with the Leinster Trophy. He came in at the end of assembly to raucous applause by all, with the Delaney cup (winners of the Leinster Senior Football Championship which we haven't won in 68 years since 1957) and the u20s cup. Thank ...
This morning we held our year end prizegiving assembly. Each class teacher had 2 two teacher awards for their class, and we presented the Annual attendance awards to pupils who missed no school, or only one day of school. We also acknowledged all the pupils who have contributed to school teams, clubs and committees throughout the school year. Class ...
Today we gave out the term 3 attendance awards. These certificates are given to every pupil who has not missed a single day of school this term. The attendance was calculated up to and including Monday 23/06/2025. It was a record term with over one hundred pupils on 100% attendance this term! Well done everyone. Unfortunately we were not ...
The Dundalk Sports Centre was alive with energy and excitement on Friday, 23rd May, as seven local primary schools came together for the long-awaited return of the annual Primary Schools Basketball Blitz. Schools taking part included St. Francis, St. Fursey’s, St. Oliver Plunkett, CBS Dundalk, Scoil Naomh Pádraig, Scoil Mhuire na NGael, and Redeemer Boys School. With separate tournaments for boys and ...
On Wednesday we held the finals of the St Francis NS Public Speaking Competition. Pupils from 4th, 5th and 6th Classes had held heats in their classes and the winning 12 entrants performed in the semi finals last week in front of all the senior classes, judged by Oreena and Brigitte. The top 6 performers then participated in the final ...
In the last week we have held the Junior and Senior Sports Days. Many thanks to Coach Lundy for organising such fun days for both the Junior and for the Senior ends of the school. And also a big thank you to the PA of St Francis who rewarded all the children with a refreshing ice lollie for taking part ...
Congratulations to the four pupils from St Francis NS who were placed in the Dundalk Credit Union Poster Competition. The theme this year was "Saving for Something Special", and there were over 800 entries from schools in the Dundalk area. Prizes were awarded to: Age 4-6 category 3rd place: Sadabh Conlon, Junior Infants Highly Commended Aidan Corrigan, Senior Infants Age ...
This morning our Green Schools Committee had a short flag raising ceremony as we have just purchased a new Green School Flag for our flagpole, and some colourful triangular pennant flags to represent each of the Green School Flag "themes" we have accomplished at St Francis.
Congratulations to Cian, Noah, Conor and Jamie who returned from the Louth Athletics Championship in Bush this weekend with a full medal haul! Cian R (4 x Gold medals -long jump, javelin, 60M sprint, 600M distance) Noah M (2 x Bronze-Long Jump and 60M sprint) Conor M (Gold-Javelin, Silver-Shot, Bronze-hurdles) Jamie R (Gold-60M sprint, Silver, 300M, Silver-Long Jump)
Congratulations to the pupils (2 from every class) who represented St Francis NS at the annual Feis Mhuirtheimhne (Irish poetry competition) at the Friary hall last Sunday. Special mention to Fiadh in Junior Infants A an Aoibhin in 4th Class A who both won a Silver medal in their category. Pictured with Mrs Lawless. Well done to you all. ...
