Congratulations to the winners of the Spring Clean Art Competition held recently in the school. The winners were selected by artist Fiona Desmond.
3rd Class
Art from the classes
There is some spectacular art work hanging around the school recently. 2nd classes have been learning about art from different cultures and countries. They looked at the art work in the Book of Kells before colouring their own Celtic Knots. As they were learning and researching about America, they came across a video showing them how to draw birds based on the way Native Americans drew. The results are amazing. Just before the Easter break they designed their own Pysanky Eggs, drawing the designs and symbols in crayons before painting over them. In the Ukraine eggs are designed with different symbols before Easter using wax. 3rd class have been learning about the artist Henri Matisse. Mr. Donovan's class created their own art based on Matisse's piece "Icarus". While Mr. O Conor's class based their art on the "cut-out" technique that Matisse used. Both classes have some talented artists among them. 1st class were learning about Australia and some created some paintings based on Aboriginal art. They were also reading the novel "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl and did some wonderful pencil drawings based on their favourite parts of the book. Senior Infants paintings of spring flowers have definitely brightened up the hallways. While the girls from 5th class did some spectacular art with leaves.
Math's Eyes
The children and parents in Mr O Connor's class took part in Math's Eyes this week. On the first day the children went with their parents around the school grounds and school community taking pictures of maths that they could see everywhere - shapes, numbers, car registrations etc. On the 2nd day the children and parents looked at the pictures they took and wrote some maths questions based on the pictures.
World Book Day 2023
The children enjoyed dressing up for World Book Day last week. 1st class and 6th class walked down to Waterstones to use their World Book Day vouchers to get new books.
Christmas Activities
The school was very busy in the run up to the Christmas Holidays. Early Start parents came into their class for Cuddle and Read. Every child in the class went home with a new book for Christmas which they could enjoy with their parents. Ms. Murray and Ms. Coleman held the In it to Win it raffle where a raffle was done in each class and pupils won prizes. The more often they were in school the more raffle tickets they had. Ms. Coleman organised a flower arranging class for the parents to make their Christmas wreaths. She also organised a raffle for the children and families that brought back in their Christmas wishes stars. The two 2nd classes went baking rice crispy cakes with their teachers and Ms. Rooney. They tasted delicious afterwards. The whole school took part in a Christmas Concert in the cathedral which told the Christmas Story.
2023 North Pres. Calendars
We are delighted to tell you that we will soon be receiving the 2023 North Pres. class calendars! Please click on your child's class level below to see the calendars. Your child will receive a note with information on how you can order the calendar. Please note that the last day for orders will be Friday November 25th. 1st Class Calendars 2nd Class Calendars 3rd Class Calendars 4th 5th and 6th class calendars Early Start Calendars Junior Infants Calendars Senior Infants Calendars
Pumpkin Carving
Ms. Coleman and some of the parents worked hard this morning to carve some pumpkins. There was some great creativity shown with some wonderful carvings. The pumpkins were then sold at home time with the money going towards the Parent's Association Fundraising for the year.
Buddy Week
Buddy week was held in the school at the end of September. All the pupils were paired up with pupils from different classes. All the children enjoyed colouring, going for a walk in the garden, yard games, reading and playing games with their new Buddies.
End Of Year Attendance Celebrations
Some lucky boys and girls who have had great attendance this year enjoyed ice creams in the outside classroom today. We hope that you all enjoyed your well deserved treat!
Final assembly of the year
The final assembly of the school year took place with all the classes gathered in the school yard. 4th class told us some good news from their class, while 6th performed a song and a poem at what was their last assembly in North Pres. Ms. Egan presented the "Spirit of North Pres" award to a child in each class. This award is for a person who shows, caring for others and has a positive attitude in school every day.
