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Presentation Primary School Waterford

A great tradition of education in Waterford since 1798

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!

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.

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!

Child Safeguarding Statement 2024

Notification regarding the Board of Management’s Review of the Child Safeguarding Statement and the Child Safeguarding Statement 2024 are available on the ‘Parents’ tab at the top of the page.

Enrolment Form for Junior Infants

The Enrolment Form for Junior Infants in respect of admissions to the 2025 – 2026 school year is now available. Click on the ‘Parents’ tab above to access the document.

Enrolment Forms for all other classes can also be accessed from the ‘Parents’ tab.

Annual Admissions Notice for 2025 – 2026

The Annual Admissions Notice in respect of admissions to the 2025 – 2026 school year is now available. Click on the ‘Parents’ tab above to access the document.

Waterford Primary School Cross Country

On Tuesday 17 th September, 40 of our girls and boys attended this cross country event at the grass pitches in the R.S.C. Every child that raced showed unbelievable determination and strength. They can be so proud of themselves for their performances, their behaviour and the support they showed each other. We had ten medal winners on the day which is the biggest haul of medals we ever had. We hope to see lots of these children join local athletics clubs!
Well done everyone!

A Visit from an Olympian!

On Thursday 30th of May we had a very special visitor to our school. Thanks to Miss O’Connor who entered our school into a national competition to win a visit from an Irish Olympic athlete as part of the Dare to Believe programme. Having been chosen as one of the schools to receive a visit, Olympic athlete Phil Healy came to our school. The children made Olympic torches, Irish flags, medals and posters to welcome Phil to the school. It was a colourful event. Phil spoke to the pupils and teachers about life as an Olympian, what it takes to be a high class athlete and her own journey so far. Everyone found the visit very interesting and inspirational. We wished Phil all the best for her future travels to Paris for the Olympic games this summer.

Kindness Champions

As part of Well-being Week, one student from each class was named Kindness Champion. Well done to Fionn, Nicole, Dominik, Mathilda, Ella, Rhea, Luna, Kaley, Evie Grace, Sienna, Ella, Kim, Shania, Teni, Mia, Ava Rose, Elliana, Zoe, Alice, Chloe, Alva and Faye. Teachers had a very hard time picking a class kindness champion and we are so happy to see such kindness in our school.

Cumann na mBunscol Br Anselm Quiz

Well done to our 6th Class students who represented our school in the Cumann na mBunscol Br Anselm Quiz in the Tower Hotel! The quiz was on all things GAA. 

The girls got to debut our beautiful new jerseys, sponsored by Fresh Today! 
 
Well done Mia, Bonnie, Erin, Keely, Abbie, Eve, Ella & Lily Grace

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2024

Pupils enjoyed participating in activities for Seachtain na Gaeilge in March. Our Lá Glas took place on Friday 15th March. All pupils enjoyed taking part in the annual ceolchoirm. Lots of lovely songs, rhymes and poems were followed by great applause and cheers. Well done to everyone!

A big thank you to Mrs O’Dwyer for organising this special week for everyone.

DEIS Action Plan for Improvement 2023 – 2026

The DEIS Action Plan for Improvement 2023 – 2026 is available to read by clicking the ‘Parents’ tab above. An information note for Parents and Guardians – ‘Schools in the DEIS Programme’ is also available on this link.