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Ms.Fogarty’s class were busy practising their writing before Christmas. Students were practising upper and lower case letters and writing on the lines. Well done to all the class on their hard work. Keep up the excellent writing.

            Students from Ms. Byrnes, Ms. Dempseys, Mr.Lewis’, Mr.Croftons, Ms.Fogartys & Mr.Johnstons took part in an eight-week athletics program organised by Mr.Moloney in conjunction with Laois Sports Partnership in the Macra na Ferime Hall. This was a fantastic opportunity for all of our students and they all really enjoyed participating […]

                  In Mr Johnson’s class last week the class marked the beginning of a new year and new school term by creating a 2020 banner for their classroom. The class; DJ, Kyle, Ruairi, Ryan, James and Conor used different materials and techniques to decorate each of their […]

The Enrolment Closing date for 2020/2021 academic year is at 3.00p.m on Friday 13th March 2020.

    In the Junior ASD class, we have been enjoying using our new interactive whiteboard. We use it as part of our OT program to improve fine motor control. We are learning how to follow a line and use a pen on the board. We also use it to improve our handwriting and for […]

          Ms Fingleton’s class concentrated on healthy food this term. They made a wide range of dishes in Cookery class including a healthy breakfast, BLT’s, chicken curry, pasta carbonara, homemade pizza’s, homemade beef burgers and chicken and noodle stir fry. We finished up the term by baking a traditional Christmas log […]

All around the school students and staff have been busy decorating their classes, display boards and the corridors in preparation for Christmas. Some very Mischievous Elves have been getting up to no good each night for the last three weeks. Students have been very excited to come to school to see what our little elves […]

  This term we held a Christmas Art Competition organised by Ms.Byrne which was open to all students in St Francis School. Students worked very hard on their pieces and the standard was very high. Winners of the competition were presented with some great prizes by Ms.Mullally and Ms.Byrne on Tuesday after our annual Christmas […]

Our Music teacher Ros O’Meara from Music Generation Laois has been working with the students of St Francis School since September. This term students from Ms. Rafferty’s, Ms. Fogarty’s, Mr. Johnston’s, Ms. Dempsey’s, Mr. Crofton and Mr. Lewis’s class have been working with Ros every Monday and Tuesday afternoon. We also have some vocal groups […]

              In Mr. Crofton class this term the students have been learning ‘All about me’. All the students in class have been working on describing their family, their favourite food, favourite sports, hobbies and pets. The students did work each day in class and also completed a project at […]