The official opening and blessing of the school took place on Saturday, 20th June. Fr. Eoin McCrystal P.P. officiated the ceremony. It was a great afternoon and we enjoyed the celebrations.
RTÉ’s Capital D programme was on Thursday, 21st May, featuring Fr. Collins Park and the pupils of St. Francis of Assisi Primary School. The programme can be seen again on http://www.rte.ie/news/capitald/.
The fundraising draw took place on Monday May 18th 2009. Thank you to everyone who supported the draw.
Contact the school at 829 6007 / school mobile 087 -7723622 or call in to the school to get the results of the draw.
On the 10th October 2008 Mr.Cullen came to St. Francis of Assisi School. It was National Tree Week. He was here to plant a tree. The name of the tree is Carpinus. It is a deciduous tree. This means that its leaves fall in Autumn. Firstly he dug a hole, then he got a stake to hold the tree up. He put the tree in the hole and we all helped him put the muck back in the hole. He told us information about the roots of the tree. There are two types of roots, one to hold it up and one for water. We all thanked Mr.Cullen for all his help. The whole school had their photo taken with Mr. Cullen and our new tree. It is just outside our front door. Look at it when you come to visit our school.
John Cullen explains to the children how to prepare the ground for planting the tree.
Earth Hour took place on Saturday 28th March 2009. Tens of millions of people around the world turned out their lights for sixty minutes to show that they care about the planet and climate change. The idea behind Earth Hour is to create awareness of the need to reduce the amount of energy we use and to consider forms of sustainable energy. Further details on www.voteearth2009.org
Our Green-School Committee was established in October 2008 when we joined the Green-School Programme. We are looking at the topic “Litter and Waste”, in order to achieve our first Green Flag Award. We carry out Litter Surveys to look at the litter around our school. We also carry out a regular waste audit to look at how much waste we send to the landfill. As a result of looking at how we dispose of our waste, we now compost our natural waste and recycle our paper and plastic. We are producing our Healthy Eating Policy, which we hope will reduce our lunch waste. We try to look at the topic of Litter and Waste by remembering to REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.
A Prayer Service and Blessing of Animals was held in the school on Saturday 4th October 2008, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis of Assisi had a great regard for the environment and Fr. Eoin led us in prayers of praise and thanks to God for the gift of creation. St. Francis of Assisi is associated, in a particular way, with animals and a Blessing of the Pets took place as part of our celebration. Thank you to all who joined us children, parents and grandparents. It was a lovely gathering and we look forward to celebrating the feast day for many years to come.