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Just a reminder that the school will close at 3 p.m on Friday, February 14th for the February mid-term and we will reopen on Monday, 24th February. Enjoy the break.

Our school choir lead by Ms.Byrne are currently preparing for the All-Ireland Choir which is taking place on Monday 2nd March in Mullingar. The school choir has been rehearsing for the last number of weeks and they sound amazing. We wish them the very best of luck and we have no doubt that their hard-work […]

Well done to all the students who travelled to St.Laserians Carlow on Friday 7th February for our interschools sports. Senior Boys Soccer Well done to our senior soccer team who drew 2-2 with Carlow. St. Francis took an early lead going 2-0 up at half time with goals from Jamie Guidrea and Liam Bannon. However […]

            The skittles experiment in Ms.Fogarty’s class was a great success. The students experiment looked at how the skittles coloured coating dissolves through the water. The students really enjoyed the skittles science experiment !!

      Miss Rafferty’s class have been learning all about healthy eating and wellbeing. They have been very busy making lots of delicious meals and snacks using their knowledge of healthy foods. In the pictures you can see them whipping up some pancakes, banana bread, vegetable soup and fruit salad. Yum!

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 […]