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 ...
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 ...
The Confirmation by Alex Mc Fadden and Conor Norman Photos courtesy of Paula Kavanagh Photography On March 5th 2026 the children of 6th class who are of the Roman Catholic faith went to St Fursey`s church to be confirmed by Christ into the catholic church. The mass started at 11am until 1pm lasting around 2 hours. During this ...
Save The Date The AGM of our Parents' Association will take place on Wednesday 22nd October at 7pm in the school. All parents of pupils enrolled at St Francis are automatically members of our PA. We appreciate it is not always easy to get to the monthly PA meetings, but we warmly welcome all parents to attend the AGM later ...
Following on from the success of last years "Communion Couture" event, the Parent's Associations of St Francis NS, St Fursey's NS and St Oliver Plunkett NS have decided to repeat the event this year. If you have a Communion outfit (boys or girls) or Communion accessories at home which you are willing to donate, please drop them in to the ...
Our Annual Flag Day is taking place on Friday 10th October 2025. We will have volunteers collecting at various locations in Blackrock and Dundalk, and pupils will be doing a gate collection at drop of and pick up time. Please remember to bring in a few coins for the buckets if possible. Alternatively you can click on / scan the ...
The PA of St Francis NS has organised a Junior Disco (JI, SI, 1st and 2nd Classes) on Saturday 25th October: 5.30-6.30pm and a Senior Disco (3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Classes) on Monday 27th October from 6-7.30pm.
Thank you to everyone who supported the St Francis Easter Raffle. The draw took place in Assembly this morning and we are delighted to announce the winners Marcus Bere (c/o Zahra Khan, 1st Class A) Louise Kavanagh (c/o Nylagh Kavanagh, 3rd Class B) Anne O'Brien (c/o Jack Kealy, 1st Class B) The winning hampers are at the school reception to ...
The Parents Association of St Francis NS has been hard at work organising a very special event on Sunday, 4th May 2025 and they need the support of everyone at St Francis and the wider community, to make it a tremendous success. Many of you are familiar with Clíodhna’s story, but for those who aren’t, Clíodhna is a 1st Class pupil here ...
