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Presentation Primary School Waterford

A great tradition of education in Waterford since 1798

Busy Bees!

All pupils enjoyed Dress-Up Day in the lead up to our October break.

Aoife K. made the Waterford Development Squad in football and is playing her first match in Cork this Saturday.

Kate B. got the part of ‘Jack Scott’ in High School Musical in her stage school.

Evie Grace received her Red Belt in kickboxing.

Robyn H. won the Under the Clock Christmas Coffee Cup Competition. Her design will be printed on their coffee cups over the Christmas period.

Gracie went to Manchester to audition for Britain’s Got Talent with her dance group Synergy.

Tilly won two trophies at a feis recently.

Annual Admissions Notice for 2026- 2027

The Annual Admissions Notice in respect of admissions to the 2026- 2027school year is now available. Click on the ‘Parents’ tab above to access the documents.

Summer Stars 2025

A big congratulations to all our pupils who received their Summer Stars medals and certificates from Anne Marie at the local library. Summer Stars is a reading-based programme, available free of charge to Primary School children, to encourage them to continue reading throughout the summer months. This award is in recognition of all the wonderful reading that the pupils undertook during their summer holidays. A big thank you to all the adults who brought their young readers to the library. Ní neart go cur le chéile!

 

 

Waterford Primary School Cross Country

On Tuesday 30th September, Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Cody brought 32 girls from First to Sixth Class to compete at the Waterford Primary School Cross Country Championships.

The girls did an amazing job at representing our school. Fifth and Sixth class girls buddied up with the girls from First and Second Class and were so responsible, looking after them for the day.

All girls can be extremely proud of their performances. They gave their best and supported each other all day long.

We had 7 individual medal winners:

Gracie and Eve from Second Class.

Zoe and Teni from Third Class.

Asra, Layla Grace and Leah from Fourth Class.

All the girls were so well behaved and a pleasure to bring to the competition.

Well done girls!

Hello from Helen McGovern HSCL . . . . .

This term we have started Let’s Cook for parents with Sing for Joy workshops in the pipeline.

Coffee mornings for new and Junior Infant parents will be starting soon and the popular Conversation Cafe will start again in October.

My contact details are through Aladdin, by email at homeschoolpresentationprimary@gmail.com or call / text 089 2191591. My door is open if you need any help or advice or just a chat and a cuppa!

Friendship Day

On the third week of September, we celebrated our very own Friendship Day across the school with a range of activities that encouraged pupils to think about what makes a good friend — someone who listens, includes others, shares, and shows kindness.

Classes paired up with their buddy class to take part in creative, collaborative, and fun activities, giving children the chance to make new connections and strengthen existing ones.

Some of the highlights included:

  • Creating Friendship Flowers and Handprint Art to reflect on the qualities of a good friend
  • Making Friendship Bracelets with new buddies
  • Completing All About Me and Find a Friend Who… tasks to get to know each other better
  • Taking part in Reading Buddy sessions, where older pupils read with younger classmates
  • Playing Co-operative Games and joining in on Buddy Scavenger Hunts
  • Making Friendship Wreaths and sharing ideas about friendship in everyday life

It was a thoughtful, joyful, and creative day across the school — full of meaningful conversations about kindness, respect, and the simple ways we can all be good friends to one another.

Fun Day

Fun Day…On 6th June pupils from First to Sixth Classes enjoyed a super fun FUN DAY. The girls and boys were busy with lots activities under the guidance of our favourite hurlers. The day ended with a tasty ice cream which was very welcome at the end of a brilliant day.

On 16th June, pupils from Junior and Senior Infants enjoyed their super FUN Day. The girls had so much fun on the bouncy castle, playing team games, Jenga, the mobile farm and all topped off with yummy ice lollies!

Waterford City Schools Athletics

Many of the Presentation girls and boys competed in the Waterford City Schools’ Athletics – Track and Field competition on Tuesday 13th of May. They were all amazing on the day and tried their very best. The results included two bronze medals for Zoe Bachelor and Alice Hoban in the sprint and long distance respectively. We also had Gracie Ward, Zoe Bachelor, Sophie Power Troy and Zoe Brazil make it to the sprint final of their age groups. The boys and girls showed great sportsmanship throughout the entire day cheering each other on. So much so, the organisers noticed and were extremely complimentary of all our boys and girls. We are so proud of each and every one of them.

Junior Juries

Six of our pupils participated in the Junior Juries for Children’s Books Ireland.
They reviewed and cast their votes for the shortlisted titles. The winning book will be crowned next week and our votes will be counted as part of the scores to crown the national title. Our jurors were Amelia, Lexi, Shannon Rose, Rhea, Petra and Evie.

Trip to the Library

Senior Infants were very excited to travel on a bus and listen to author/illustrator Steve Antony in the library on 2nd May. This visit was organised as part of the Towers and Tales Children’s Book Festival.

A Busy Second Term…

Junior Infants have been learning all about food, they baked brown bread and made jelly. The girls enjoyed doing a lego STEM activity with their buddies, finished off their gymnastics lessons and enjoyed taking part in Zumba.

Senior Infants have completed their gymnastics lessons and are now enjoying their Zumba sessions.  They planted some foods in the school garden – garlic, onions, radishes, beans and potatoes.

First Class have been swimming for the past 6 weeks and we will have an Easter egg hunt based on environmental awareness with TY students from the Ursuline.

Miss O’Connor’s First Class have been engaging with the Fyffes Fit Squad programme for Ireland’s fittest school. Eoin Murphy from Sonofi completed the Junior Achievement programme with the girls.

Mrs Southard’s First Class have been enjoying going the library on Brown’s Road for various activities.

Second Classes have just finished swimming lessons and are now enjoying gymnastics every Friday. TY students are calling in for an Easter egg hunt before the holidays.

All 3rd Classes have been learning all about the Titanic this term. They also enjoyed gymnastics.

5th Class completed their 6 sessions of mindfulness with Bernie Woods. Some girls have completed the Learning for Life Programme in SETU every Tuesday after school for the past 6 weeks. All of 5th Class engaged with Rhythm & Shakes for 4 weeks and attended the Beauty & the Beast Presentation Secondary School show on Monday the 10th of March. They went to the Secondary School to participate in ‘Try Pres’  For this, the girls worked in groups and each child engaged in two of the following activities – P.E, dance, coding, art, science, and  home ec. The girls in 4th and 5th Class sang in the choir for the Confirmation with Mr. Curran’s Class singing the harmonies.

6th Class have been busy preparing for Confirmation which took place on Friday April 4th. They enjoyed their Confirmation retreat in the parish centre with the Diocesan team. The girls also participated in Zumba this term and had 4 sessions of Rhythm amd Shakes. This week, 6th Class will go to Garter Lane for some art workshops.

Language Class 2 have been swimming the last six weeks. Also doing Gymnastics at the moment. Visiting the Brown’s Road Library for Spring activities.

School of Sanctuary Update

We were delighted to be invited to TU Dublin this February to receive our award. It was a very special day for our school community. Ten of our student ambassadors travelled with Mrs O’ Mara and Ms. Duke to this special ceremony, where we were officially awarded our Champion School of Sanctuary Status. Our student ambassadors shared our school’s journey through poetry, alongside one other primary school & eight secondary schools! The girls were delighted to meet Aishah Akeorede who commended the girls on their brilliant presentation and their wonderful attitude.

The Prez Presents…

We are excited to announce that our first newsletter is now available. Click the School Life tab above to read all our news…

Grandparents’ Day 2025

We celebrated Grandparents’ Day with two beautiful presentations from Senior Infants and Sixth Class. Senior Infants sang lovely songs, showed pictures and spoke about their grandparents and the special people in their lives. Our Diocesan advisor Sr. Antoinette, joined the celebration which was very special for us. A cup of tea and a yummy bun followed! Well done to all the wonderful children, grandparents and teachers who joined together for this special occasion. Listen to our lovely Senior Infants singing ‘We Sing a Song to Brigid’.

Sixth Class followed with their presentation. Grandparents listened to lovely prayers read by pupils. After their prayer service, grandparents and pupils played a selection of games and partook in a variety of activities. Well done to all who helped organise this special event.

Christmas Crafts

Parents spent a lovely two hours crafting Christmas decorations and angels using shells some very talented ladies with the chats and craic as always!

Presentation Day 2024

Pupils and staff celebrated Presentation Day on 21st November. A special prayer service was held to reflect on and remember the great work begun by Presentation Sisters and carried on by our teachers and staff today. Mrs McAra led the choir who sang beautifully. Pupils from Fifth and Sixth Class read a selection of prayers and Lucy narrated a presentation of Nano Nagle’s life. Click here to watch and listen to One Step Beyond

Science Week 2024

Pupils enjoyed Science Week here in Presentation Primary and the theme was “Regeneration”. Lots of fun activities, experiments and learning took place over the course of the week.

Pupils took part in a variety of Science Stations where they tried lots of different experiments. A huge thank you to Mrs McCarthy for organising such a great event. Everybody really enjoyed it and the experiments were great fun.

Science Week is the national week of celebration of science with hundreds of events for people of all ages taking place across Ireland.

Our ongoing aim here at school is to raise our pupils’ interest and curiosity in Science so please take some time to ask about what your child has been learning and enjoying during Science Week.

Halloween Fun

Witches, goblins, ghosts and ghouls were seen moving around Presentation Primary School on Friday 25th October! Great fun was had by all on dress-up day. Lots of pupils took part in traditional Halloween games and some even got to go trick or treating!

Badge Winners

Last June, pupils from 2nd to 6th entered a badge making competition in conjunction with the Summer Stars Reading programme and Brown’s Road Library.
The winning badge designs were then issued to children across the city when they took part in Summer Stars over the holidays.
Here are our design winners with their badges and fabulous prizes.
We have Geovana, Ashley, Lily, Vanessa, Clarice, Lexi Lee, Alva and Wylma.
As you can see, they were thrilled with their prizes!

Summer Stars Reading Programme

Over 80 pupils participated in the Summer Stars Reading Programme during their summer holidays this year. This is over double the amount of pupils than last year!! We are so proud of our girls here in the Presentation for keeping up some reading during the break. For the first time, we had a Junior Infant girl receive a certificate! Well done to Lian!
One 5th class pupil, Shannon Rose, read over 30 books during her break!
Ava Phelan in 3rd class asked Ms. Lyons if this was her favourite time of the year! It certainly is, when she sees that there are so many pupils who enjoy books as a pastime. As Mrs. O’Mara told the girls after the presentation, ‘you are never lonely if you have a book!’
Many thanks to Ann Marie in Brownes Road library for organising certificates, medals and prizes for our pupils. We are very lucky to enjoy great links with our local library branch and Ann Marie ensures that the Presentation is always invited to the latest library initiatives and are as given a big welcome. Keep up the reading everyone!