All parents of St Francis NS are members of the Parent’s Association.
Regular monthly meetings are held in the school and parents are notified in advance via the school Facebook Page and via Aladdin message.
Contact Details for Parent’s Association
Email: pa@stfrancisns.ie
Tel: 089 242 8368
Upcoming Parent’s Association Events
23rd August, 1.30pm: Teddy Bear’s Picnic to welcome new Junior Infants to school
What is a Parent’s Association?
The Parent’s Association forms an integral part of our school community and a dedicated committee works hard throughout the year on tasks including:
- Maintaining communication with all parents via the school Facebook Page.
- Organising information/social events for new parents to the school.
- Organising welcome events for new pupils to the school.
- Arranging talks on topics of interest to parents, e.g. guest speaker on parenting/discipline etc.
- Preparing school handbooks/calendars.
- Providing support/organisational input to major school events, e.g. Inter-cultural Day, Healthy Eating Day, First Holy Communion, Confirmation, etc.
- Channeling parents views on school policy issues to the school Principal and Board of Management.
- Helping to organise and supervise extracurricular activities.
- Organising Fund Raising Events for the school.
Each parent of a child enrolled in the school is automatically a member of the Parents Association and the active participation of a large number of parents is necessary to maintain the level of parental support our school so desperately needs.
Meetings are held monthly and notification will be sent to parents via the Facebook page, Aladdin message and on the parents Class WhatsApp groups. All are welcome to attend.
For further information please contact: Email PA@stfrancisns.ie Tel 089 242 8368
PA COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Jade French
Secretary: Audrey Queniez
Treasurers: Nithya Narendran
PRO/NPC Representative: Irene Owens
The above officers were elected at the PA Annual General Meeting on 22/10/2025
The school also has a class rep system with a Parent Representative in each class acting as a liaison between the PA and the parents.
These Class reps look after the WhatsApp Group for each class, which is a chat group exclusively for parents in the class to discuss any class related issues.
If you are not a member of your child’s class group, please message your relevant class rep.
The reps for this year (2026-2027) are:
6th Class Mr McShane: Haryanna Correa De Alencar De Mangeat (087 701 0061)
6th Class Ms Carroll: Meadhbh Moore (087 283 8348)
5th Class Mrs Lynch: Joanne Connolly (086 416 1420)
5th Class Mrs Donaghy: Louise Colgan (086 805 6128)
4th Class Teacher TBA: Emma Lynn (083 966 3444)
4th Class Mrs McKenna: Caroline Dillon (087 973 7346)
3rd Class Miss Dillon/Mrs Stapleton: Kirsty McCrea (086 203 5160)
3rd Class Teacher TBA: Joanne Connolly (086 416 1420)
2nd Class Mrs Cumiskey: Heidy Griffin (089 476 8597)
2nd Class Teacher TBA: Shannon Dodsworth (089 492 8131)
1st Class Miss Kellegher: Seamus Ward: (085 717 3006)
1st Class Miss Gray/Mrs Fisher: Alanna Kelly: (083 026 5489)
Senior Infants Miss McCann: Jade French (085 283 2396)
Senior Infants Miss McGrath: Rachel Sheehy (086 127 9773)
Junior Infants Mrs O’Connell: Antonina Serbin (085 197 7622)
Junior Infants Miss Lynn: Milda Prasmutaite (085 810 6099)
Autism Classes Mr Sheppard & Miss Twibill: Karen Gallagher (086 884 4468)
Where does our fundraising money go?
Just some of the items that the Parent Association funded in recent times:
- Yoga sessions (cost split 50/50 with school) for pupils
- Defibrillator for school
- €5000 donation for ICT equipment (tablets and chromebooks)
- New PE equipment and goal posts/nets for the outside pitch
- Internet Safety Training for all classes.
- Internet Safety Talk for parents.
- Mindfulness for 6th class – preparation for moving up to Secondary School.
- Purchase of more pupil chromebooks and tablets in classrooms
- € 1,500 donated towards the purchase of STEM resources throughout the school.
- € 4,500 raised from Scholastic Book Fair which will entitle the school to book vouchers in the coming year.
- Reception Party in school for families of pupils making their First Holy Communion and souvenir photo for all pupils.
- Easter Egg Hunt for Infant classes.
- Annual visit from Santa Claus
- New Gaelic and Basketball kits for the school teams
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