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Awards Assembly- June 22nd

24/06/2026 /

We celebrated the achievements of lots of our pupils on Monday June 22nd with a whole school assembly. Well done to all our Reading Certificate winners from 3rd to 6th classes. Congratulations in particularly to our 6th class students Callum and Tahsin who received special recognition awards for their extensive reading adventures!

Ms Ferguson called out the winners of the Sports Day team competition. Points were awarded to teams based on their listening skills, leadership, cooperation and teamwork. Our Junior and Senior winners were delighted with their specially engraved medals.

Mr Slevin talked about the competitiveness and excitement which surrounded the knockout stages of our annual mini league. Congrats to Team ?? and Team ???, our eventual winners and runners up in a hard fought final.

Ms Kivlehan was supported by members of the Student Council who judged our recent poetry competition. There were winners from every class and 2 overall winners who read their poems for the entire school. Fantastic writing talent on display!

Prize Giving Assembly- June 19th

19/06/2025 /

On the hottest day so far this month we celebrated lots of achievements of pupils!

  • Active School Week homework prize winners
  • The Junior and Senior teams who won the most points from staff for their sportsmanship and group work on Sports Day
  • Children in senior classes who completed their TTRS computer course
  •  Reading achievement winners
  • Sports Day winning Junior and Senior teams
  • Raffle prize Winners in aid of  A Little Lifetime Foundation and Féileacáin
  • Bí Cineálta Poster Competition winners
  • Football League winners and runners up

Proud of you all, well done!

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First Assembly of the Year!

20/09/2024 /

We held our first assembly of the year last Friday and welcomed back all the teachers and staff. There was was a special word of welcome for children who are new to our school and also to teachers and SNAs returning to join us for another year or joining us for the 1st time. We heard about plans for our library from Ms Ferguson and the plan for our Student Council elections from Ms Gray.

A big congratulations to those children who were the first in the school to have completed their Stamp Books (infants to 2nd) or reached 50 Dojo Points ( 3rd to 6th classes). 

Welcome back everybody!

 

Last Day of School- June 28th

05/07/2024 /

We marked the end of term with a lovely final assembly in the hall. Many children received their Excellence in Attendance Certificates and our 4th class received their Cycling Skills and Safety Certificates after completing their course in June. We had fond farewells and a few “see you later!” goodbyes with many children  coming back from Literacy and Numeracy  and also our Primary Summer Scheme camps next week. We finished off on a high with one of our favourite songs of the year- Shine Bright Like a Diamond!

Wishing all families a relaxed and happy summer holidays. Looking forward to seeing you all back again on Thursday August 29th. 

Visit from Sligo Library

18/12/2022 /

On Thursday we had a lovely visit from Staff of Sligo County Library. The pupils were told all about how easy it is for everyone to join the Library and reminded us all that it is FREE to join. We heard about all of the fabulous books that are available to ‘borrow’ and the Staff also told us that we can go into the Library anytime and just sit and read quietly.

There are always lovely activities taking place in Sligo County Library and we always share these on our St Edward’s NS Facebook Page. Why not take a trip to the Library with the kids and see for yourself all that the Library offers, to read and to enjoy.

Sligo County Library are always very kind  to our boys and girls and are always so supportive of everything we do in our school and indeed in all schools in County Sligo. We are grateful for  the time you dedicate to sharing a love of  books and the love of Reading with us all.

 

Some of our wonderful pupils with Ms. Kivlehan and Sligo County Library Staff.

Europe Day 2022 in St Edward’s

09/05/2022 /

On May 10th 1972, the people of Ireland voted by referendum to join the then EEC, now the European Union. To celebrate Europe Day, we welcomed Minister of State at the Department of Health, Minister Frank Feighin TD and the Slovakian Deputy Ambassador Roman Goga to our school.

Infants to 2nd provided the guard of honour outdoors to welcome them. 3rd to 6th shared their knowledge of Europe and led a questions and answers session with our visitors. The day was all the more special as it was the first time in over 2 years that this group of children had met in the school hall for an assembly. Our newly formed Ukulele Band, made up of children from 3rd and 4th class entertained our guests with a tune. This was followed up with a  presentation of a small gift to remember their visit to St Edward’s. Some children from 1st to 5th even gave them a brief tour of our developing outdoor space as we dodged the rain!

We were delighted to host our first formal guests in a very long time to our school. May they be the first of many!

 

Summer Holidays & The Rose of Tralee

22/06/2020 /

Parents, Grandparents & Guardians ‘YES, YOU DID IT’!!!!!!! After all the months out of school, the long days at home and all of the stresses and strains we have all had to deal with since March 13th, we are finally moving towards some ‘normality’ again. Summer holidays from school this week will bring a little sadness because of how our childrens’ school year ended so suddenly and time without their classmates and their wonderful Teachers . All of us in St.Edward’s NS feel that sadness too but we are looking forward to seeing you all again in the new school year.

Remember we got through all of this together as a TEAM and whatever is ahead of us, we will all continue to work hard with you, the parents and for you and your child. Our aim is always to do our very best for your child and for you the Parents/Guardians.

As HSCL, my job is to support you all and to be there to listen and to help in any way that I can. It is a privilege to be the ‘connection’ between each of your homes and St.Edward’s NS and I assure you I will continue to do my best for each and every one of you.

Thank you for all of the phone calls and for the wonderful conversations and chats. Thank you for your kindness and for welcoming me into your homes and for always keeping me busy!!!! It is my pleasure.

I am looking forward to getting home to Kerry to see my own Parents and spending some time with them – my own 2 kids are counting down the days until we can travel. It is exciting.

If you need to contact me for whatever reason during the summer please ring the HSCL Phone (086) 7769756. Leave a voice message or send a text message and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Enjoy your summer holidays and stay safe. Mind each other and enjoy seeing family and friends while still keeping safe, washing hands etc.

Take care and have lots of fun.

Aisling xxxx

 

P.S In case any of you are sad that The Rose of Tralee Festival is not going ahead this year, take a look at this picture and try to spot ‘The Kerry Rose’ for 2020!!! Daithí never looked as happy!!!

 

Happy Summer Holidays !!!!

Message from Aisling HSCL – ‘History books will talk of now’.

18/05/2020 /

Hello to you all,

 

Call me, Aisling HSCL 086 7769756 any day for a chat or if you have a concern. It is great to chat to you all and  I will help you in any way that I can.

Below, is a poem, written by  a Mom in the U.K – this poem has become a social media sensation! Enjoy reading it- I hope it gives you all hope and encouragement. As a Mommy, it really helped to remind me that we are all doing our best for something very important. We can do this together!

‘The Rainbow Children’

The history books will talk of now,
That time the world stood still.
When every family stayed at home,
Waved out from windowsills-
At those they loved but could not hold,
Because they loved them so.
Yet, whilst they did they noticed all the flowers start to grow.

The sun came out, they can recall,
And windows, rainbows filled.
They kicked a football in their yards,
Until the night drew in.
They walked each day but not too close,
That time the world stood still.
When people walked straight down the roads,
That once the cars did fill.

They saw that people became ill,
They knew the world was scared.
But whilst the world stood still they saw,
How much the whole world cared.
They clapped on Thursdays from their doors,
They cheered for the brave.
For people who would risk their lives,
So others could be saved.

The schools closed down, they missed their friends,
They missed their teachers so.
Their Mam’s and Dad’s helped with their work,
They helped their minds to grow.
The parents used to worry that,
As schools were put on hold,
Their children wouldn’t have the tools,
They’d need as they grew old.

But history books will talk of them,
Now adults, fully grown.
Those little boys and girls back then,
The ones who stayed at home.
They’ll tell you that they fixed this world,
Of all they would fulfill.
The RAINBOW children building dreams,
They’d dreamed whilst time stood still

 

Stay safe, stay calm and share your laughter.

Aisling xxx

Christmas Week in Room 10

20/12/2019 /

We have been having so much fun in school this week again. On Tuesday, we had a special visitor who danced an Irish dance with us while Ms Browne played the tin whistle. It was so much fun having Santa Claus in the classroom with us and he gave each one of us a goodie bag. We sang some songs for him too.

Milo the Therapy Dog came to visit St Edward’s on Thursday. Milo spends time in Nursing Homes and visiting children in schools helping adults and children to relax and to be happy. We loved having Milo visit us and he looked like he was enjoying his time with the boys and girls too. Thank you Mr Murphy for bringing Milo to visit us.

Assembly for Advent

We had our final Assembly of 2019 this morning. The 4 th Advent Wreath candle was lit and Ms Grimes told us all about the last candle being lit on Christmas Eve at mass.

Today we all wore Christmas clothes and jumpers and made donations to Focus Ireland who help those people who have no homes. We need to remember that Christmas is very difficult for people who have no homes but Santa knows where every child is and he will visit everyone of us on Christmas Eve night when we are fast asleep.

Wishing you all a safe and happy Christmas. We will see you all back in school on Monday January 6 th 2020. We can wish each other a Happy New Year when we see each other that morning – remember to be ‘ in the line at 10 to 9!’

Happy holidays !

 

December in Room 10

06/12/2019 /

Jingle - Our Elf

 

Room 10 have had a busy few weeks. We have been practising Yoga and relaxation time with Teacher & Ms Reilly. Every Friday we spend time getting to know our bodies better and trying to help our bodies and minds to relax. This is so important for us all and for grown ups too. We listen to our breathing and do different yoga poses with Ms Reilly. It is great fun and the children are really improving their balance, their movements and most of all getting better at relaxing.

This week our class Elf, Jingle arrived back to stay with us until Santa comes. Jingle first visited us last year and he is a great friend. He watches our days and how we are behaving. We know that Jingle goes back to The North Pole every night to tell Santa how we are doing. We are trying our very best and being kind to each other. That is so important. We are using our inside voices and being gentle with our friends.

Fire Drill- we had a fire drill this week. The fire alarm sounded and Teacher was so proud of how we stayed calm and did exactly as she told us to. We walked calmly out of the classroom with Teacher and John. We moved quickly to the car park and lined up where Teacher counted us to be sure we were all safe and together. Ms Grimes told us all that we did a good job.

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