2013 – 2016 – Scoil Naomh Fiachra

End of Year Awards 2016

Congratulations to the students in the picture below who received certificates for full attendance this year. Well done on not missing a single day this year!

Well done to the students below for being consistent attenders too. They also received certificates for their excellent attendance!

Our winning team for sports day (below) received their prizes too. Well done to the blue team!

Well done to Alan’s team (below) who won the in-school hurling league this year and received grips for their hurls.

Well done to Ciarán’s team (below) who won our in-school Junior to 1st class soccer league!

Presentation to Our Local St. Vincent De Paul

Well done to our Confirmation class who donated €250 of their confirmation money to St. Vincent De Paul. The Holy Spirit is truly guiding them in the right direction. Thanks to Eilís Costello who came in on behalf of our local St. Vincent De Paul to receive the cheque.

Proclamation Day

On the 15th of March, Scoil Naomh Fiachra celebrated Proclamation Day. We began by welcoming everybody. Brandon read out the Proclamation from 1916 as Pádraig Pearce did from the steps of the GPO. This was followed by the reading of our “Proclamation for a New Generation” which was written by the students of Scoil Naomh Fiachra. This can be seen further down on this page. After this, Aoibhe and Céin gave us some information on the History of the Tricolour and the protocols that surround it. The flag was then risen by Charlie, who is the oldest student in the school. After the flag was raised we celebrated with Irish songs, poems, tin whistle and Irish dancing. The parents then viewed some of our project work on 1916. A brilliant day was had by all. Thanks to Denis O’Connor who took photographs for the school on the day.

Seachtain na Gaeilge

We are celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge in our school this week. We are making an extra effort to speak Irish throughout the day and chidlren earn a raffle ticket and will go into a draw at the end of the week to win a prize. We had a ceolchoirm on Thursday which you will see in photos below and to finish the week off we are having a tráth na gceist.

Proclamation for a New Generation

The pupils of Scoil Naomh Fiachra have been busy re-imagining the 1916 Proclamation. A lot of hard work has gone into having this document ready for Proclamation Day on the 15th of March. It will be read out on the day before we raise our flag at 12 midday. All parents and wider members of the community are invited into the school on Proclamation Day to celebrate with us from 11:45am.

1916 Centenary Celebrations

On Wednesday 13^th of January Scoil Noamh Fiachra welcomed three members of the Irish Defence Forces to our school to present our school with The National Flag.

The presentation included a history of the national flag and the correct protocol for its use. The flag was then presented to Séan Dowling and the Proclamation was presented to Katie Brennan. The Defence Forces member also read part of the Proclamation assisted by Brandon in 5th class.

The children sang and played Amhrán na Bhfiann and Oró Se Do Bheatha Bhaile on the tin whistle. It was a really memorable day. Thanks to everyone involved.

On the 15th of March (Proclamation Day), every school in the country will raise their flags at 12 o’clock. Parents are invited into the school for this event and the children will perform a number of songs and tunes to mark the event.

World Book Day

On Thursday the 3rd of March we celebrated ‘World Book Day’ in the Senior Room. All of the pupils brought in their favourite book and dressed up as their favourite character from their book. Everyone got a chance to tell the class about their character and book. It proved to be an extremely enjoyable day.

The boys are really enjoying our class novel “Rugby Spirit” by Gerard Siggins.

Ron and Harry showed up for World Book Day! Well done boys!

“Saint Brigid’s Crosses”

The Senior Room made Saint Brigid’s Crosses to celebrate the saint’s feast day on the 1st of February. Thanks to Abbie in 4th class for bringing in the rushes.

“The Magical Christmas Jigsaw” – Christmas Play 2015

Our Senior Room performed brilliantly in their Christmas Play entitled “The Magical Christmas Jigsaw” which took place last Friday 18th of December. Well done to all involved.

In geography the middle room were learning about water and they created a crepe papier ‘Underwater scene’.

In science the middle room learned about mini-beasts and where to find them. They then went on a “Mini-beast hunt” to search for mini-beasts. In art they created mini-beasts out of clay and then they decorated them. Here are some pictures of them on a “Mini-beast Hunt” and some pictures of their “Mini-beasts”.