St Francis NS families have done it once again and made nearly 200 shoeboxes, which were collected today by CrossCause and they will be making their way to children in Ukraine and in Romania this weekend. Thank you to everyone who brought in a shoebox - and to the pupils of the Student Council for helping to organise the appeal ...
Every year St Francis NS families generously support a Christmas Shoebox Appeal. Last year, and again this year, the Student Council has decided to do the Shoebox Appeal with local Blackrock charity, Crosscause, run by Conor Hughes. Crosscause's Christmas Shoebox Appeal is a campaign that delivers gifts straight into the hands of orphans, children with disabilities and children fleeing the ...
Today, 4th of October, is St Francis Day, the day of our school's patron Saint. For this special day we arranged a visit from Newgrange Falconry, who showed our senior classes their fascinating birds of prey. Thank you to Newgrange Falconry and the birds for their visit. ...
Today we received a visit from Farmer Tom with Agri Aware, who drove all the way from County Laois with his farm animals and set up a petting zoo for our junior classes. Thank you to Tom and Agri Aware for visiting us. ...
Today, Monday 24th June, we held our annual prizegiving assembly in the school hall. Complete list of winners is: Síológa A Aoibhe Matthews Arijus Blankas Ember Carolan Hazel Coburn-Duffy Tyler Fay Oliver McCourt Síológa B Israel Perkone James Johnston Jack McEneaney Jasmin Bevirsyte Adam Reid Tom Gallagher Junior Infants A: MISS TREADWELL Roman McKevitt for Fantastic Reading Maya Sofia Iftimie ...
We were delighted to be presented with our 7th Green Schools Renewal Award yesterday at a ceremony at the Fairways Hotel. This was in recognition of "outstanding achievement in improving the environmental quality of the school and community". Special thanks to the pupils of our Green Schools Committee (sadly not all of them could come to the ceremony), headed ...
On Thursday the 21st of March, 2024, St Francis NS played against other schools as "The Master Knights." 5th and 6th Class pupils from across the North East played against each other in Simonstown Gaels GAA Hall in Navan, Co. Meath. Competition was fierce because these were the best players from the best schools in the Ficheall competitions from this part ...
Thosaigh Seachtain na Gaeilge 2024i Scoil Phroinsias Naofa le stáisiún léitheoireachta i ranganna 2-6. Bhain na páistí sult agus spraoi as gníomhachtaí léitheoireachta bunaithe ar fíor-leabhair éagsúla. St. Francis NS started Seachtain na Gaeilge 2019 with 2nd – 6th class taking part in reading stations in Irish. They enjoyed fun reading activities based on a range of story books. Le ...
This week we have re-launched our Daily Mile for 2024. The Daily Mile is a social activity wherein children run or jog, at their own pace, for 15 minutes every day during school hours with their classmates. Everyone has fun taking part – it is not P.E. nor is it competitive – while building relationships, confidence and resilience. For more ...