There have been lots of events and activities going on this month. We had a great fund raising and fun event on Christmas Jumper Day on December 11th. €800 was raised for Down Syndrome Ireland, Kilkenny Branch. A big thank you to everybody for their generosity. Thank you also for all your donations for the Christmas hampers. It was a great success.
Sporting Activities: we have had cycling lessons for 5th and 6th classes and Gaelic Football for 3rd class. The Health Promoting Committee organised laps on the basketball court with an aim of 100 km before Christmas! A lot of classes made posters in support of the Kilkenny Camogie team. Congratulations to them on their fantastic All Ireland win!
Congratulations to Ms Laura Mc Carthy on the birth of her lovely daughter last November. We send her and her family all our best wishes.
Congratulations also to Ms Mairéad Cummins on her new role as principal of Churchtown Primary School in Kildare. We wish her all the best in the future.
Congratulations to the third class girls who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday December 19th.
We have some amazing art work on display all around the school. There is great variety to be seen in work done by all classes.
A Christmas Cracker
Due to Covid 19 restrictions the Christmas concert is now online for you to enjoy! Follow the link below!
You can see all the classes preparing for the Christmas Cracker if you scroll to the end of December news.
Junior Infants ReindeerFourth Class Unique Advent CalendarOut of this world outstanding octopuses from Room 15.Senior Infant Faces
Amazing Faces!
Great decorationsWonderful SnowmenSuper SantasYummy Gingerbread Men!Gingerbread Girls and Boys!Delicious Cones!More Colourful Cones!Ho Ho Ho !Santas Are Everywhere!Look Good Enough to Eat!
Senior Infants have been learning all about different homes.
Different HomesAll our homes are different.Great variety of homes are all around us.Beautiful RobinsGorgeous Winter Scenes
Christmas CollageLovely Christmas Tree and DecorationsSanta is at the door of Room 4!Winter PoemsLook at us!Christmas TreesMore lovely Christmas TreesChristmas Windows From Rooms 21 and 22.Beautiful Sailing BoatsTrees in WinterWar Scene -Sixth Class Art workCreative Christmas Stockings are to be seen all over the 5th and 6th class corridor.
We have a Positive Post Its Poster with some wonderful suggestions.
We hope you enjoyed viewing an amazing selection of art work from Junior Infants to Sixth Class.
First Holy Communion-third class girls and their teachers were very busy preparing for their First Holy Communion. Everybody had a lovely day with their families on Saturday 19th. It was a long wait! Thanks to Ms Kelly and Ms Murphy for all their work in preparing the girls for the sacrament.
Third Class Group 1
Third Class Group 2
Celebrating Christmas 2020 in The Pres -Christmas Cracker Preparations
All the classes were busy preparing their Christmas item to entertain you , as we couldn’t have our usual Christmas Concerts this year. Their hard work paid off as you can see from The Christmas Cracker!
Second Class from the library practicing their songThird and Fourth Classes were in the shape of a star. Thank you very much Benny Power for your amazing capture of the event with the drone. The girls were really impressed!
Ranganna a sé , ag canadh go binn
Fifth Classes get ready for their eventRoom 4 are looking very happy and cheerful!Nollaig Shona ó Seomra a hAon. They sang O’Christmas TreeHappy Christmas from Junior Infants Room 3! Great noses!Junior Infants Room 2 know Santa is coming soon! Maybe he is behind you !Happy Christmas from Room 5! ThumbsUp For Santa!Happy girls in Room 16, Secnd Class reciting Christmas poems.Merry Christmas from all in Room 6All Senior infant Classes got together for their event and did lots of singing and dancing!
We hope you enjoyed viewing all our Christmas art, poems, songs and dancing. We had a lovely zoom Prayer service on December 22nd.
We wish everybody a happy and safe Christmas with their families. Bain taitneamh as laethanta saoire na Nollag. Feicimíd gach éinne arís i 2021.
What a wonderful surprise everybody got on Wednesday December 18th. Santa came to visit us with his chief elf. He heard some great songs and poems in Irish and English on his tour of the classrooms.
The boys and girls in Room 1 were VERY excited!Room 2 boys and girls REALLY love Santa!Santa got a GREAT welcome with lots of hugs in Room 3.Boys and girls in Room 4 asked very intelligent questions!Room 5 were delighted to see Santa!Santa was very welcome in Room 6 too!Room 7 had a lovely poem to entertain Santa.Room 8 were thrilled to see Santa!All the boys and girls were very excited when Santa called in.The Second Class girls, from Room 10 and The Library, and the boys and girls from Room 17 got a great surprise.Santa’s last call was to the hall, where he met third and fourth classes. They were thrilled to see him.
Thank you Santa for coming to visit us. Thank you elves for all your help, and thank you for all the treats. Thank you Ms Deasy for inviting Santa to The Pres, and thank you Clare for giving out all the treats . Míle buiochas Daidí na Nollag. Tóg sos mór tar éis na Nollag agus tar ar ais arís i 2020.
Christmas Plays and Concerts 2019
We were all treated to beautiful songs and plays by Junior Infants, Senior Infants, First Classes and the Junior Language Unit. They all performed for the school and their parents. All the boys and girls were wonderful. Míle buiochas to their teachers, SNA’s and the boys and girls themselves for all their work in preparing their shows.
Senior Infants and the Junior Language Unit performed It’s a Baby. They acted and sang beautifully.Some of the stars of the showFirst Classes performed a school favourite-The Bossy King. Everybody was singing along and doing the actions.Ms O’ Donoghue led the way with the very entertaining Popsico song! Santa did a great dance!The main cast of The Bossy King and SantaJunior Infants sang some beautiful songs in three languages, English, Irish and Spanish! They were great !
The school, and all the parents and families really enjoyed all the performances. A big thank you to everybody involved.
Parents’ Council: thank you SO much for organising the Christmas Raffle during the Christmas shows. We would also like to thank the sponsors who gave fabulous prizes for the raffle. It was a huge success. Thanks also for the selection boxes which were raffled off in a free draw for every class. The Board of Management, staff, parents and children really appreciate all you do for the school.
Kilkenny Christmas Tree Festival St Canice’s Cathedral
The Christmas Tree Festival which is part of Yulefest Kilkenny takes place from the 5th to the 10th of December. Our school has three wonderful entries.
The Butterfly Tree was created By Ms Murphy, with assistance from Ms Bryan, 6th Class girls and her little helpers in Room 1.The Card Tree was created by Ms O’ Donoghue and her class in Room 6.The Coffee Cup tree is the creation of Mrs Millea, Mrs O’ Shea and Second Class
What a lovely surprise we all got when a very special visitor flew in from The North Pole! He paid a flying visit and left some treats.
Santa with the boys and girls in Room 1, everybody is speechless!Santa in Room 2, can you believe it?! His helpers came too .Everybody in Room 3 was very excited.Room 5, we love Santa!Ms Deasy, Ms Dunne and all Santa’s fans in Room 6Room 7 , hurrah for Santa!Room 8 say Santa is the best!Room 9 and Room 17 sing for SantaSanta had a huge crowd of fans from Rooms 10, 11, 12, 13 and 18 in the hall.
Thank you so much Santa,for coming to visit us, and bringing us treats. We know you are REALLY busy, but we hope you Mrs C, and the elves get a good rest after Christmas.
Christmas Shows
It’s A Baby was the Senior Infant show put on for us by Rooms 6, 7 and 8. It was a wonderful performance.
Some of the cast of the show all set for their performanceMore of our Senior Infant stars, looking goodMary, Joseph, Kings and shepherds and of course Baby JesusAll our Senior Infants on stage, great singing and actions.
We all loved the show, it was a great performance. Thank you very much to the Senior Infant teachers and their helpers, and to the boys and girls who played their parts so well. All the Senior Infant families loved the show.
Whoops a Daisy Angel was the show put on for the school and Junior infant parents. It was brilliant! The show tells the story of a very forgetful clumsy angel. With the help of all her friends, she brings everybody to see Baby Jesus.
Some of the stars of the show
More glittering stars
Looking good and all set for the stage
All of our wonderful stars from Rooms 1, 2 and 3
We were treated to wonderful singing at the end of the show.
Santa played his part!
It was a wonderful show. Everybody really enjoyed it. A big thank you to the teachers and helpers, for all their preparation work, to our Junior Infants for entertaining us and to all the proud Mams and Dads.
The Bossy king is a well known favourite in the school with First Class. This year Rooms 4, 5, 6 and 17 put on a great show. Everybody loved the singing and the actions.
The Bossy King and friends
The young king with family and friends
Rooms 3, 4, 5 and 17 on stage in moonlight
“Where’s the King?”, The Bossy King and subjects want to know.
The Bossy King goes to visit the real king.
The Bossy King is not bossy anymore. We hope things don’t change!
Everybody loved The Bossy King and joined in all the actions. We were entertained with a lovely poem and song after the play. Míle buiochas do na muinteoirí agus do na buachaillí agus na cailíní i Seomraí a 4, 5, 6 agus a 17. Your families will be very proud of the wonderful performance.
Kilkenny Christmas Tree Festival at St Canice’s Cathedral
Most classes paid a visit to St Canice’s to see 120 trees of all shapes and sizes. There were some magnificent works of art and creativity to be seen. We had four fabulous entries from our school.
The Odd Sock Tree is the creation of Mrs Millea, Mrs O’Shea and their boys and girls.
Ms O’ Donoghue and her boys and girls created this roll tree.
The Word Tree is the creation of Ms Doyle and her boys and girls.
The Tea tree was created by Ms Murphy with assistance from Room 1 and 6th class.
Congratulations Ms Murphy and your helpers. The favourite Tree Vote has been announced and its the The Teariffic Christmas tree! Fantastic news, worth all the hard work ! Well done !
Room 6 boys and girls enjoyed their trip to see the trees.
More wonderful trees, which one will we vote for?
Junior Yard
The Junior Yard looks fantastic now, thanks to the huge effort made by the parents council and everybody who took part in the fundraising for the resurfacing. Room 5 boys and girls were the first to try it out.
This is fun.
We love the yard.
Playtime is great.
Thanks everybody for our fun yard.
All Fundraising from now on goes towards resurfacing the Senior Yard. Tickets for the Bumper Christmas raffle go on sale on Monday December 3rd. €1 for a strip,or 6 strips €5, lots of wonderful prizes, please support.
Christmas 2017 was wonderful. We were very busy with Christmas shows, art, music and a trip to see The Sound of music.
Junior Infants Play : Whoops -a-Daisy Angel
Junior Infants from Rooms 1, 2 and 4 performed their show Whoops -a -Daisy Angel for the school on Wednesday December 13th, and for their parents on Thursday December 14th. W-A-D was a very clumsy, forgetful angel, until she got a very special job. She told everyone the Good News about the Baby Jesus.
Junior Infants welcome us to their show.
W-A-D counted the beautiful snowflakes. Did she get it right?
Oh look the baby has arrived!
Kings and Shepherds come to see the Baby Jesus. W-A-D got it right, this time!
Everybody welcomes the Baby Jesus.
Wow, look who came to the stable after getting stuck in the chimney! Santa!!! Amazing!
Some stars of the show from Room 4.
More of the stars of the show from Room 2.
It was an absolutely brilliant show! Thank you parents for the great costumes. A big thank you to all the boys and girls who were in the show, to the Junior Infant teachers, to the other teachers involved, and to all the senior girls who helped to ensure we all enjoyed Whoops -a Daisy Angel. It was worth all the hard work! Everybody in the Pres and the Junior Infant parents and families really enjoyed the show.
A Midwife Crisis
The boys and girls in Rooms 3, 5 , 9 and 17 put on an amazing show for the school on Monday December 18th. The midwife was in crisis because she was looking for the “Palace” in Bethlehem, where a King was to be born. She looked for directions from locals, census takers, kings and shepherds.
The Midwife and her Donkey tell us about their “crisis”.
There’s great singing and dancing along the way.
The Kings don’t know where she can find the palace.
Maybe there is no palace for this king. There is no room at ANY inn! Where could he be? lets sing and see.
Never mind Sat-Nav, the Stars have shown the way!
The Baby Jesus has been found. The King was born in a stable! The “crisis” is over, the King has been found. Joy to the world.
Some of the cast of the show. Well done!
More of the cast of the show from Room 9
The Bright shining stars who led the way to the stable.
A Midwife Crisis is a great Christmas show. We were privileged to enjoy its premier in the school. Everybody worked really hard to put on such a great performance. The singing, dancing and poems were great. Thanks very much to the parents for the costumes, to the boys and girls for their performances, and to the teachers, from Rooms 3, 5, 9 and 17, and to their helpers, for all their hard work. Míle buiochas, díbh go léir.
A Miracle in Town
We were all in for another treat when Senior Infants put on their show, A Miracle in Town.
We were told the wonderful story of The First Christmas in song.
Mary and Joseph made the long journey to Bethlehem to be counted.
There was no room for them in any inn, so they had to go to a stable. The stable was really “a cosy pad”, where Jesus was born.
The kings and shepherds came with gifts.
The camels and servants had very important jobs too. Nobody told Jealous Herod where the New King lay. They kept him safe. It was a Miracle. A new king was born to save the world. ! Everybody was full of joy and wonder and sang A Miracle in Town.
Some of the stars of the show from Room 7
Some of the stars of the show from Room 6.
More stars of the show from Room 8
A Miracle in Town was a wonderful show. Everybody sang, danced and said their very important lines very well. Thank you very much to the boys and girls who took part, and to their parents for the costumes, and helping them with their lines. Míle buiochas to their class teachers, other teachers and helpers involved. All that work made it possible that the school and Senior Infant families enjoyed a great show.
Santa Visits The Pres!
As well as all the excitement of the Christmas plays we had a really important visitor on Thursday December 21st.
Lots of boys and girls came to the hall to welcome Santa. Our wonderful Parents’ Council brought treats.
Great to see you Santa.
Lots of people came up to say Hello to Santa.
We hope he remembers everything on our long lists!
We all love Santa.
Slán Santa, busy,busy, busy, he’s got to go.
What a surprise Room 1 boys and girls got!
Room 2 got a BIG surprise too!
Everybody in Room 4 was amazed!Is it really HIM? YES it is!
The boys and girls in Room 8 could hardly believe their eyes!
Wow, this is unbelievable! We won’t forget to leave treats for you and the reindeer.
Let’s sing for Santa. He’s really here.
Room 6 boys and girls love Santa.
Thanks for coming to visit us Santa. Thanks Parents’ Council for the treats.
December was a really busy time here in the Pres. All the boys and girls from Room 1 to Room 9 have been SO busy getting ready to put on their plays for the school and their families. We all really enjoyed them. We would like to wish all the boys and girls and their families a very happy Christmas and a great new year. We will see you all on Monday January 8th. Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir agus Ath Bhliain faoi shean agus faoi mhaise do gach duine.
Kilkenny Christmas Tree Festival took place in St Canice’s Cathedral from Dec 8th to 13th.
We had three wonderful entrants. They are now back in the front hall and look amazing. Enjoy the trees on you way into the concerts, and don’t forget to buy some raffle tickets from The Parents’ Council. There are some great prizes!
The Lollipop Tree
Mrs Millea, with help from her class in Room 13, Courtney and Emilja, from Room 15, and lots of other helpers around the school created the fabulous Lollipop Tree!
A Colourful Tree
Ms Doyle and the boys and girls in Room 6 created a wonderful tree with amazing colours .
The Eggcelent Eggmas tree Eggstravaganza
Ms Murphy, with the assistance of the sixth class girls, lots and lots of eggs and egg cartons created the most amazing tree .
Congratulations to everybody who took part and a big thank you to Mrs Millea, Ms Doyle and Ms Murphy for all the time and work that went into their creations. Thanks also to all boys and girls who helped create and decorate these wonderful trees.
December is such a busy time for us here in The Pres! The Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Classes were rehearsing their plays. There was beautiful singing of carols to be heard around the school. There was wonderful Winter and Christmas arts and crafts going on in all the classrooms.
Kilkenny Christmas Tree Festival, part of Yulefest kilkenny, took place in St Canice’s Cathedral from December 9th to 17th. This is an event which displays trees of all makes, shapes and sizes. This year Senior Infant boys and girls from Room 9 and Second Class girls from Room 10 displayed their trees. Congratulations Mrs Millea’s Second Class who were the winners!
More information : www.stcanicescathedral.com/events
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Room 13 girls are putting the finishing touches to their tree.
Look at our Tree, it’s called Message in a Bottle! We are very proud of it.
Everybody in Room 13 with their winning work of art
A big thank you to Mrs Millea, to everybody who brought in the bottles, and to all who helped to put the tree on display. Congratulations to all!
Room 9 are putting the finishing touches to their tree.
A big thank you to Ms Doyle and her boys and girls for their work on their tree for St Canice’s
Some of the Winter art to be seen around the school
Look at our warm Winter hats!
Christmas Plays
The Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Classes put on fabulous plays for the school and their parents.
Senior Infants: A miracle in Town
Some of our Senior Infants Stars looking good!
All of our Senior Infants on stage in A Miracle in Town
Junior Infants: Whoops a Daisy Angel
Room 1 Stars
budding actors from Room 2.
Room 4 all set for the stage
Happy Junior Infant Stars!
A scene from the play
Whoopsy gets it right!
The cast of the show
Guess what? Santa got stuck in the chimney!
First Class: The Bossy King
Room 3 are ready to perform.
Actors from Room 5
Room 7 ready to go on stage
First Class Stars
The cast of The Bossy King
Everybody loved the three shows. They were were fantastic. Míle buiochas do na múinteoirí agus do na daltaí. All the teachers, and the boys and girls worked really hard to put on such great performances. Thanks to the parents for their help with the costumes. It was a great week!
Santa Came to Visit Us!
What a lovely surprise we all got when Santa arrived to visit us. He brought along some helpers and even Santa babies!
Santa visits Room 1.
Room 2 sing for Santa!
Room 3 boys and girls welcome Santa.
Everyone in Room 4 loves Santa!
“Santa look at our lovely art,” said the boys and girls in Room 5.
“We have been SO good all year”, said Room 6.
Room 7 welcome Santa and sing The Bossy King for him.
Room 8 sang for Santa.
Room 9 welcome Santa. Everybody sang for Santa.
Santa was welcomed in the hall by Second and Third classes, and Language Class. “Three Cheers for Santa!”, said Mrs Kelly and Mrs Millea
Aren’t our Baby Santas just adorable!
Míle buiochas to Santa and to his helpers, of all ages, for visiting us for and bringing us lovely treats. Thanks again to our wonderful Parents’ Council.
We really enjoyed the visit. We hope Santa, all our boys and girls and their families have a wonderful Christmas and we wish you all the best in 2017.
Christmas Draws
A Free Draw was heldin every class for selection boxes, which were kindly donated by The Parents’ Council. Congratulations to all the boys and girls who won. Thank you very much Parents’ Council.
Our Annual Christmas Draw started on December 8th and continued until Friday 16th. It was a great success. The fabulous prizes were donated locally. A big thank you to all those who generously donated and congratulations to all the lucky winners.
December 2015 has been a very busy time for all of us here in the Pres
Debating: Our fifth and sixth class girls have been taking part in the County Debating Championships. It has been a great experience. Our thanks to the girls and their teachers for all their hard work.
Well Done Debaters
We all watched and waited for the arrival of the chics with great interest.
They Finally arrived, so cute!
Christmas Plays
Junior infants entertained us with Shine Star Shine. They were wonderful.
More stars of Shine Star Shine
Superb Junior Infants Show: Shine Star Shine
Senior Infants Stars of A Miracle in Town
Brilliant Performance: A Miracle in Town
First Class stars of The Bossy King
Fantastic Show: The Bossy King
A Very Welcome Visitor!
On Tuesday December 22nd Santa paid us a visit.
Santa and festive boys in Room 1
Santa in Room 2
Happy Boys and Girls in Room 4.
Room 5 welcomes Santa
“Hi Santa”, from Room 6
“We can’t wait for you Santa,” say Room 7.
Room 8 welcomes Santa
Room 9 and 15 welcome Santa!
Some boys and girls from 2nd, 3rd and Sn L.U with Santa and Helpers
We hope everybody has a wonderful Christmas and we wish you all the best for 2016. See you all on Jan 6th.
Christmas 2012 was a very busy time in the Pres. JuniorInfants, Senior Infants and First Classes put on wonderful concerts. They were preparing for weeks, learning their songs, lines and actions, and all the hard work paid off!
Junior Infants: Mary’s Blanket
Junior Infant Stars
Some of the cast of “Mary’s Blanket”
Smiling Stars of the show
All our angelic Infants on stage
Mary’s Blanket is ready!
First Class: The Bossy King
Subjects of the bossy king!
Stars from Rooms 3,5 and 7 looking good!
Singing with joy!
First Class in fine form!
Senior Infants: It’s a Baby.
The Baby Jesus has arrived!
Smiling Stars of It’s a Baby!
Santa Comes to visit! What excitement we had when Santa himself arrived at the Pres!!
Santa shocks Room 1.
Santa calls into Room 2.
Ho Ho Ho in Room 4!
“Thanks for the treats Santa”, say Room 6 boys and girls.
Room 8 are delighted to see Santa.
Room 9 say ” we have been really good Santa”!
Santa with all his fans from 2nd and 3rd class
Go raibh míle maith agat Santa, tar ar ais arís. We hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas. We wish you all the best for 2013.
