Blog Archives - Presentation National School, Millstreet, Co. Cork.

Presentation National School, Millstreet, Co. Cork.

Happy Halloween: Part 1

10/28/2016

Christmas Shoebox Appeal

10/24/2016

This has become an annual tradition in our school and we encourage all families, if possible, to support this worthy cause again this year,.

Fill a Box 5 simple steps to follow

Grab a Shoe box
Or a plastic container would be great! Wrap the box and lid separately with Christmas paper Print Label and choose who you want to give your Christmas Shoebox to and what age.

Fill the box
Get as creative as you like and have some fun with this ! – You can use our 4 W’s as a rough guide

Close the box Include €4 in your leaflet envelope either on top of the gifts or taped to the inside of the lid. To make it easier you can
donate your €4 on our secure on-line site. With elastic band – please don’t seal with tape as we need to check contents to comply with regulations.

Drop it off

Bring it to school before November 11th.

What can I put in my box? Please put in a selection of small gifts from the options below: (but out of respect for the children we ask that all items be new, or good as new)

TO WRITE – Items for school – like a pen, pencil, copy book, paper, colouring book, felt pens, sharpener, eraser, solar calculator.

TO WASH – Some hygiene items – toothbrush and toothpaste, soap (wrapped please), facecloth, hairbrush, comb.

TO WEAR – Small clothing items – a hat, scarf, gloves, socks or underwear

WOW ! – A treat – sunglasses, game, small Irish gift, a photo of yourself, sweets (must be in date until at least March 2017), make up, a small musical instrument, toys like a doll, a car, cuddly toy, skipping rope, yo-yo, a finger puppet. Please don’t put in … Food (apart from sweets), chocolate, medicines of any kind, war related items, large clothing items, anything breakable, any liquids that could spill or freeze, sharp items, scary things (like halloween stuff, or skull and crossbones or books with words). Team Hope reserve the right to remove any items listed above that are not suitable or dangerous for the receiving child.

Harvest Mass

10/24/2016

Here we share with you a short video clip of our talented musicians and singers.

Duhallow Football Grading

10/19/2016

Our 5th & 6th Class girls will take part in this football blitz from 10am - 2pm tomorrow in Rathcoole. Our games are scheduled as follows:

10am:
v Ballyhass

11am:
v Boherbue

12:30pm:
v Ballydesmond

1:30pm:
v Lyre

Harvest Mass of Thanksgiving

10/19/2016

We thank everyone who joined us this morning to help us celebrate our annual harvest mass. Here we share just a few photographs. Video recordings of our music instrumentals will be uploaded in the coming days. We are very proud of the exemplary behavior and wonderful talents displayed by our pupils today.

Parents' Association

10/18/2016

Mid- Term Break

10/17/2016

October 31st- November 4th

Reminder: Our School Harvest Mass

10/13/2016

October 19th

10 am

St. Patrick's Church

Football Fun Blitz: 4th Class

10/13/2016

4th Class girls really enjoyed their recent football blitz in Newmarket. Here we share some photographs from the day.

Art and Crafts

10/9/2016

All our classes have been very creative since returning back to school. Here we share just a small selection of our art and crafts on display this week.

Camogie

10/9/2016

Our senior girls enjoyed a great day in Rathcoole for the Duhallow Primary Camogie Gradings.

Infant Aistear Fun!

10/2/2016

Our theme for September was Myself/ My Family/ My Home. The children explored this topic through the following play areas:

Creativity Area
Small World
Construction
Role Play
Water Area
Home Corner

Check out some of our photographs below and make sure to ask your child to tell you all about their aistear activities!