As part of Catholic Schools Week 2025, we celebrated our wonderful Grandparents who play a very important role in our school community. Over 250 people attended a mass celebrated by Fr.Padraig Keenan P.P and Rev. Deacon Dermot. Thank you, as always, to the Geraldines GFC for the use of the hall. We are already looking forward to next year’s celebrations!
Today, our school celebrated the Feast of our Patron Saint – St.Fursey
Today, our wonderful St Fursey’s N.S. Parents Association hosted our Annual Christmas Raffle. The proceeds benefit every child in our school! Well done to everyone who won a prize!
HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who supported our bake sale today!
Thank you to everyone who supported our wonderful Féileacáin class today, by purchasing a Toy Show treat bag. Your kindness and generosity is overwhelming and we are extremely grateful to each and everyone of you!
There was great excitement as we raised our Cineáltas flag. This flag acts as a symbol for St. Fursey’s whole school community to highlight the importance of continued kindness, respect, equality, and inclusion. A special thank you to two superstars Ethan and Aidan, who helped raise the flag today, and to our Kindness Raffle winners too!
Wow!-what a success!! Thank you to our wonderful St Fursey’s N.S. Parents Associationfor hosting St. Fursey’s N.S’s annual ‘Halloween Disco’ & ,as always,to the Geraldines GFC for the use of their hall. The children had a fantastic time!!!
What a great day of Halloween fun we had today!! Check out our amazing costumes!
We had an amazing gift from our brilliant parent’s committee! To help us settle back into our fun school year they booked the hilarious “Joe the Magician” for all of our classes to enjoy. We were all spellbound by his amazing magic. Big thank you to the parents committee for such a enjoyable start of term treat.
Junior Infants, Senior Infants and Féileacáin had a great time at the ‘Shorts & Shades’ disco! Big thank you to the St Fursey’s N.S. Parents Association for organising a fun filled afternoon!
The students of Féileacáin Autism class loved learning how to hang upside down and practice their anti gravity yoga skills with Kelly over at the Blackrock community centre. Ms Higgins was blown away by the flexibility and confidence the children showed at their weekly lessons. Check out their amazing skills for yourself!
This week we will be celebrating Wellbeing Week in our school. This is being organised by the children in 6th class. There will be a schedule of activities happening throughout the week to promote your child’s health and wellbeing.
We hope that everyone in the school enjoyed the various activities that 6th class arranged.
Thanks to EVERYONE who donated to PIETA HOUSE today. We raised €415 for this very worthy cause.
Well done to the children in 5th and 6th class who participated in the Credit Union Quiz in the Fairways Hotel Dundalk. The children performed very well in the quiz and had a very enjoyable day. We were delighted when the 6th class team were crowned the winners.
Well done to all the children involved for their hard work and dedication. Also, thanks to Ms. Mulholland and Ms. Sloane for helping to prepare the teams.
Christmas Art Competition 2022
A group of girls in 6th class organised an Art competition to add to the festive cheer and atmosphere in the school. Lots of children in the school entered the competition. The standard was extremely high and the girls had a difficult time choosing the winners.
The winners were announced by Mrs. Molloy at the Christmas assembly and the winners were presented with selection boxes by the girls in 6th class. Well done to everyone who entered!! Enjoy browsing through the photographs of the winning entries.
Christmas Performances 2022
The boys and girls in St. Fursey’s N.S have worked very hard for their teachers since returning to school in September. We have no doubt that they will enjoy the Christmas holidays and that Santa will be very good to them all. We would like to wish all of our pupils and their families a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. Enjoy browsing through the selection of videos of some Christmas performances which showcase the talents of our pupils.
Junior Infants:
Senior Infants:
First Class:
Second Class:
Third Class:
Fourth Class:
Fifth Class:
Sixth Class:
Ms. Higgin’s Class:
The children in Ms. Higgin’s class have been very busy engaging with lots of seasonal, Christmas themed tasks. They have enjoyed participating in these activities. Enjoy browsing through the slide show of photographs showcasing the work they have been busy doing.
The children in Senior Infants and 1st Class performed the Nativity Play this year.
They were amazing and we are incredibly proud of them all.
Our school choir participated in a short carol service with members of the choirs from St. Francis N.S and St. Oliver Plunkett N.S at the lighting of the Christmas tree and Christmas lights in Blackrock on Sunday 27th of November. The children sang beautifully and represented the school with pride.
The winners of the Christmas Colouring Art Competition were also announced on the day and prizes were presented to them. Congratulations to all who participated and helped organise such a wonderful afternoon.
Maths Week Ireland took place between the 15th and the 23rd of October 2022. Throughout the school the children engaged in a wide variety of mathematical activities from math games on the Chromebooks, Math quizzes on Zoom, Card games, Art activities focusing on Shape and Space, Problem Solving tasks and Math Buddies. The children from 6th class also engaged in a Math Workshop with lecturers from the DKIT. This workshop focused on binary code and how is used to create pixelated images.
Science Week is a week-long event in Ireland each November, celebrating science in our everyday lives. Science Week was celebrated in our school from the 13th until the 20th of November 2022. Children from all classes throughout the school engaged in a wide range of scientific studies and activities throughout the week. Enjoy browsing through some of the photographs showcasing some of the investigations we undertook throughout the week.
