Presentation Primary School Clonmel

Hats off to Rang 5

Well done to the girls in Rang 5 who have been developing their skills in art, design and construction. Here are some samples of their creative work.

Who's Who?

Hallowe'en Fun in Rang 4!

Rang 4 are learning outdoors!

What fun we had. We went outdoors and we learned a lot!

Fun with polka dots!

Rang 5 was inspired by the artwork of Yayoi Kusama, the Princess of polka dots. We decided to create our own polka dot pumpkins. We then worked collaboratively to create a background and display our pumpkins.

Heigh-ho, high-ho, it's off on a walk we go

Rang a hAon enjoyed a walk by the river on a bright December day.

Walking on a Frosty Winter Morning!

See how Rang 1 enjoyed a walk around the school grounds and the Convent Garden recently.

Presentation Day 2021

Enjoy looking at this selection of photos showing our celebration of Presentation Day. As usual, it was a day of fun and joy as we remembered the life and work of Nano Nagle.

A little exhibition for you to enjoy

Enjoy viewing some of our art and craft work 2020/21
by Rang a Sé

Art, Crafts, Creativity and Fun!

Enjoy this display of some of our recent art and crafts. Due to social distancing, the slideshow contains photos of only one corner of the school. We look forward to sharing more of our work with you at a future date. Now that pupils have to stay at home for a few weeks, who knows what wonderful art work they will create. Enjoy being creative girls and boys!

Autumn Aistear! Ms. Ryan's Junior Infants October 2019

In October we learned a lot about Autumn. We went on an Autumn nature trail around the school, it was great fun. We collected loads of Autumn bits. We read the story of "The Little Red Hen", so of course we baked our own bread. Yummy! We made playdough hedgehogs and made a safe place for them to hibernate under some leaves we collected. We made large leaf hedgehogs also. Construction was fun because we designed parks and playgrounds. Our slides were very cool. We really enjoyed looking for conkers and acorns in our sand and glitter soil.

Whoopee! What a wonderful World Book Day!

World Book Day 2020 was fun from start to finish. We dressed as characters (wait until you see!). We shared stories (in our classrooms and also to younger classes). We tuned in to the 'Biggest Book Show on Earth' at Assembly and we heard and read stories in the specially created Story Room. Other exciting activities took place in our classrooms (check the photos) . What a day!

Creative Constructions
Task: To construct a setting and a character/characters for a story or film.

Construction is always a popular and creative part of our Art programme. Gathering the materials can take time and the building itself usually takes a few classes. It can be messy and untidy, but we think it's worth it! The group work was fun and we were pleased with our finished products.

Christmas Capers

December is a busy month as pupils and staff prepare to celebrate the birth of baby Jesus. It is a time of fun, joy and anticipation. Rang 6 enjoyed a day of 'Elf Workshops' and art and craft lessons. On Friday 20th December Rang 5 and Rang 6 finished the term in style with a fun (and sometimes challenging!) table quiz.

Cross Country Athletics in Marlfield October 2019

Well done to the girls from 3rd to 6th class who participated in the cross country athletics competition on 23rd of October. All athletes completed the races with good time. Congratulations to Emer Brennan and Kate Carey on coming 2nd and 3rd in their division.

Learning a new Craft

Melanie is a craft-maker who works with wheat. We were delighted when she visited our class in June to teach us about old Irish customs and traditions, especially harvest customs. Melanie brought these customs and traditions to life as she taught us how to make items such as harvest knots and love hearts. Working with wet wheat was a new experience for us all, and although it seemed tricky at first, with Melanie’s help we made good progress. Pair-work helped us too!
Melanie has a large collection of unusual straw items from around the world and she told us lots of interesting facts about them. We had great fun trying on the Straw Boy costumes. Thank you to the ‘Heritage in School Scheme’ and Ms. Conway for treating us to such a great day. We brought our lucky charms and love hearts home as souvenirs.

Our Incubator Project

We were delighted to have the opportunity to hatch eggs in an incubator. The eggs had to be kept in the incubator for 21 days at a temperature of 37degrees. We counted down the days and looked at the pictures to see how the chicks were growing inside the eggs.

World Book Day

Some days have that extra something about them!

Halloween in Junior Infants

Autumn Nature Walk in Junior Infants

Autumn Learning

Autumn is a busy time of year in senior infants and first class. We learned all about autumn and had fun baking an apple tart. We had even more fun eating the apple tart! We all enjoyed dressing up for Hallowe'en. We decorated pumpkins and enjoyed some treats! What a busy and fun first term!

What a year! We sure enjoyed 2017-18. We were busy as bees but we got a great rest over the lovely hot summer. We are ready for action again!

Junior Infants School Tour!!

Learning is such fun!

What great times we had during the second term! What interesting things we learned.

Easter fun!

Brilliant Builders!

First class and the Senior Speech and Language class learned all about homes and houses. The children had lots of fun using their imaginations to build their own houses.

World Book Day In 5th Class!

World Book Day (a week late!)

We happily prepared for World Book Day on 1 March only to have our plans dashed by 'The Beast from the East' and 'Storm Emma'. What a day for a red alert! Exactly one week later we celebrated World Book Day. We arrived in great style, read lots of books and shared our favourite stories and books. We also held a Readathon in the library (read more in our kids' blog). What a wonderful day!

Máirt na hInide

Thaitin Feabhra go mór linn. Rinneamar pancóga blasta ar scoil ar Mháirt na hInide. Chuidigh Nevita agus Emily leis an múinteoir. Chuir Emily Nutella ar na pancóga. Chuir Nevita sú líomóide agus siúcra ar na pancóga.D'itheamar iad agus bhí áthas an domhain orainn. le Alexia Brinza, Rang 6

Dog's Trust visit!

We had a very exciting visitor to our school! Heather from Dog's Trust came to visit with her little dog Ted! Heather explained to us the importance of caring for our dogs and keeping them safe by having them microchipped and a collar with the owner's identification. Heather and Ted also showed us how to keep safe when approaching a dog. We really enjoyed having Heather and Ted visit our school and we learned so much about caring for our dogs.

Grandparents' Day, a very special occasion

Thank you to all the grandparents and family members who paid a visit to our school for Grandparents' Day on 31 January. We enjoyed showing you our classrooms and singing for you. Thank you to Rang 6 for leading the prayers and hymns with Ms. Conway. Grandparents' Day is an important part of Catholic Schools Week and a lovely way to thank our grandparents for passing on the faith. Go raibh míle maith agaibh!

Green School Fun!

We had a great day at the Green Schools' Roadshow!

It's not a mess, it's construction!

Rang 6 brought all kinds of packaging and materials to class this January as the girls prepared to design and create structures. What capers! Thank you, Miss Sheehan, for inspiring us.

Marvelous Magnets!

Rang 1 had lots of fun experimenting with magnets.

January fun with Little Red Kettle

We had lots of fun and drama when the Little Red Kettle Theatre Group paid a visit to school mid January. The photos tell the story!

Christmas Festivites 2017

We embraced December with enthusiasm, joy and good cheer. We sang, acted, recited, created, performed, learned, shared, cared, enjoyed and anticipated... I hope all our pupils, families, staff and friends enjoyed a happy, healthy and safe Christmas. Enjoy the memories.

Christmas fun!

Rang 1 had great fun performing our Christmas play, 'Christmas with the Aliens'. We also spent time creating our own Christmas books. We read and listened to lots of Christmas stories and planned our own stories. We wrote and published our stories. Rang 6 visited us to listen to us read our books. We were all very proud of our books and we loved sharing them with Rang 6.

Autumn in Rang 1

Rang 1 had lots of fun learning about autumn. We decorated autumn leaves and drew lovely scarecrow pictures.

Fire Safety Demo

Books, books and more books!

Did we love visiting the annual Book Fair in the Lunchroom? Yes, yes, yes! (Thanks Maeve, Miss Conway and the Parents' Council.)

Halloween in Junior Infants!

Hallowe'en Fun

October 27th was 'dress up' day. What imaginative, different characters came to school that day!

Working Together for Maths Week

The girls in Rang 6 were delighted to work with the pupils in the Language Classes during Maths Week. The task was to use their 'Maths eyes' to spot Maths in the school environment and to write questions or puzzles based on their findings. It certainly brought Maths to life!

We love maths in Rang 1

Maths Week in Junior Infants

Happy and healthy smiles in Rang 1!

Rang 1 and the Senior Speech and Language class learned all about our teeth. We talked about our teeth falling out, how many teeth we had each lost, and we applied for a position as a tooth fairy. We did an experiment to see what happens to our teeth when we drink sugary drinks. We were all very surprised at the results!

Rang a 3 and Rang a 6 learn lots at Clonmel Museum

Planting Apple Trees

As a follow-up to our workshop on apples, Rang 6 helped Theresia and Lyn plant apple trees on the Greeenway near the Convent Bridge. The trees will be enjoyed by the people of Clonmel and visitors for years to come. The sun shone as we worked, adding to our joy and excitement!

Amazing Artists in Rang 1

Rang 1 looked at Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'. We used a mixture of oil pastels and chalk to create our beautiful, sunny pictures.

Rang 6 visit the Arts Centre

Rang 6 enjoyed a visit to Clonmel Arts Centre to view the exhibiton 'Apple Treasures' by Theresia Guschlbauer & Lyn Mather. Thank you to Theresia who led a lovely workshop. What wonderful work the girls produced based on the inspirational and seasonal theme of apples.

Special Snapshots 2016/2017

What a busy year we had, with lots of fun and learning! Here is a record of just some of the special moments. Enjoy!

Summer Fun in First Class

What a busy summer term for First Class this year! We were all summer ready with our large sunglasses. We enjoyed planting sunflowers and we had a very exciting, interesting time on our school tour at Fota Wildlife. As we earned all our links we had a yummy Ice-cream Party treat and to top off what had been a fun and exciting year we had a very enjoyable Teddy Bear's picnic.

Junior Infants School Tour to Copper Coast Farm!

Junior Infants enjoying a trip to the park!!

Junior Sports Day

Rain, rain, you stayed away
All the children went to play!

Summer Athletics Competition

Once again we trained, we competed, we enjoyed and we celebrated!

Junior Infant's Bakery
We are learning all about the bakery this fortnight. We made some tasty brown bread. In Aistear we role-played working in the bakery. We made cakes, cupcakes, pies and pizza using playdough and sand. We read the story of The Little Red Hen and we painted a picture of the red hen.

Buddy Work - We get by with a little help from our friends!

Rang 5 volunteered their time to work on a programme with Senior Infant pupils over a number of weeks. The aim of the programme was to help the younger children to enjoy reading, writing and other literacy activities. Working together was great fun and everyone looked forward to the sessions. Thank you to all the staff involved in setting up the activities and a very big thank you to the volunteers and the young pupils. Well done, everyone!

Easter Fun in First Class

First class enjoyed lots of Easter fun! We had an Egg Hunt in the yard. We enjoyed finding the eggs. Our favourite part however, was eating the eggs! We also enjoyed some Easter nests made from Rice Crispies, chocolate and mini eggs. Happy Easter everyone from First Class.

5th class Poetry Recital for World Poetry Day on 21st March!

5th class chose a poem that was meaningful to them. They spoke to their classmates about why they chose this poem and then recited the poem to the class. The girls also decorated display folders for their poems. We thoroughly enjoyed listening to all the different topics and poetry styles!

Grandparents are GREAT!

Our special afternoon for grandparents began with a prayer service in the Nano Nagle Hall. We sang and prayed together and thanked God for our grandparents. We celebrated the wonder of the world and all the lovely signs of spring. The afternoon finished with tea and treats in the Lunchroom. Thank you to everyone who helped us to prepare and to everyone who joined us on the day. Thank you to all the grandparents who are great - great at helping, great at minding, great at having fun, great at turning up and great at so much more!

A Beautiful Spring Walk with First Class

Fun Visitors in First Class

First Class learned all about Antarctica. We got a very exciting visitor to our classroom. First we tried to guess who our visitor might be by looking through her suitcase. It was Pengwee the Penguin! We taught her all about life in Ireland. She came to visit each of our homes for a night. We love Pengwee.

Christmas Book Launch

The girls in Rang 1 were very busy before Christmas. We learned how to write stories! We planned winter stories with a beginning, a problem and a happy ending. We wrote first drafts and Miss Lambert helped us to edit them. We learned about book covers and blurbs. Miss O' Connell taught us how to type up our stories. We learned how to use the space button and how to use full stops and capital letters. When our stories were typed up we made our book covers and wrote our blurbs.
We were all very proud of our finished books. We invited Rang 5 and some teachers to our book launch. We were excited to read our stories to the big girls. We took our books home to our families for Christmas.

Christmas Assembly - A time to celebrate!

We started 22nd December with a joyful Christmas Assembly. Thank you to Rang 2 and Mrs. Flanagan for their lively drama about protecting our environment and taking care of our world. We know we will have lots of paper and packaging to recycle over the holidays.
We sang some Christmas carols to celebrate the holidays, finishing of course with our traditional 'Twelve Days of Christmas'!

Junior Infants putting on a show!

The Lunchroom was bursting at the seams when our Junior Infants performed their nativity plays. What a lot of joy the shows brought to parents, guardians, grandparents, minders, brothers and sisters. Thank you to the girls and boys and to everyone who helped them to prepare. Mrs. Canty, Miss O'Connor and Patricia can take a big bow and a long rest!

Have a holly, jolly Christmas!

December - what an exciting month in school! From Advent Wreaths to robins to reindeer... it's colour and imagination all the way. We've had Story Night, a bumper table quiz, carol singing, Mass on 8th December and some classes already performed their plays for parents and friends. Believe it or not, Rang 5 enjoyed a wonderful trip to Rathwood on Wednesday 14th! With more plays and carol singing to come, it's shaping up to be a wonderful build-up to Christmas.

Crazy Hair and Socks !!!

What fun we had on Friday 2nd December wearing crazy socks and crazy hairstyles to fundraise for Lorevi in the Philippines. Thank you to Rang 4 and Rang 5 and their teachers Ms. McGarry and Ms. Russell for organising the event. Thank you to pupils and parents for making such an effort. What creativity!

Spreading Hope for Christmas

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal. This year the shoeboxes from Ireland will go to street children, orphans, children in hospital, poor families and victims of war in eastern Europe and some countries in Africa. Thank you to familes who sent in boxes to add to our collection. Thank you to Ms. Russell and pupils in Rang 5 for assembling the boxes with such care. It was an exciting and positive experience from start to finish.

Science Week - Time to Think, See, Discover, Create, Examine, Experiment...

Run, run, as fast as you can...!

Many pupils from 3rd to 6th took on the challenge of training for the schools' cross country athletic event. Thank you to Ms. Skehan for organising the training and to all the teachers who trained pupils during lunch time. Well done, girls, on all your training and commitment. It was a fun way to get fit!

Food Dudes Fever hits our school!
We had great fun eating our healthy fruit and vegetables for lunch!

A Busy Half-Term

Enjoy this look back at September and October 2016. We have been busy!

Spooksville Scary Town

Look at the super job Rang 4 did constructing and naming a town for Hallowe'en. 'Spooksville Scary Town' is the name chosen by the girls. Great work, everyone!

Fun and Games at Hallowe'en

Hallowe'en is a very popular time of the year in school. We had lots of fun!

The Liam McCarthy Cup Visit

What fun we had in school on Wednesday 19th October when Tipp senior stars and members of the Tipp minor team visited the school with the Liam McCarthy and Irish Press cups.

Measuring up for Maths Week

Maths Week 2016 saw lots of extra measuring and problem solving going on in and out of class. Here is a snapshot of what we were up to!

Happy and Healthy Smiles in First Class!

There has been a lot of excitement in First Class in the last few weeks over wobbly teeth and tooth fairy visits. In class we have been busy learning about our teeth. We discussed what we use our teeth for, practised caring for our teeth and sorted foods into foods that are healthy for our teeth and foods that are unhealthy for our teeth. We carried out an experiment to see what happens our teeth when we drink fizzy drinks, In maths we created a pictogram to show how many of our teeth have fallen out. We practised our writing by writing instructions to tell an alien how to brush their teeth. We also wrote our own tooth fairy application forms. The girls had a lot of fun learning about their teeth and how to keep them healthy. Well done First Class! Keep up the good work!

Autumn Aistear in Junior Infants!

Happy Infants!

September is a busy month. Our junior and senior infants settled in well. We caught them at some of their favourite activities. Have a look!

Autumn Days!

We all love walking through our grounds and gardens at this time of the year. There is so much to see. Come and have a look!

Junior Infants first week in school!

Tiobraid Árann abú!

Back to school time means All-Ireland Hurling Final time for Tipperary this year! We wore our county colours on Friday 2nd September to support our Tipp hurlers. We know they will do their best to bring back the Liam MacCarthy Cup. Tiobraid Árann abú!

Looking back at a busy year 2015-2016

What a lot happens during a school year. Join us for a trip back through some of the highlights of 2015/2016. This is only a snapshot of our year. Imagine, lots and lots more happened! Good job we had the lovely, long summer holidays to help us recharge!

The Sunshine Concert

We were delighted to welcome Miss Conway back to school in June. We treated her to one of her favourite things - a concert. We enjoyed preparing it for Miss Conway and she loved it!

Fun at the Sponsored Cycle

Wonderful art displays from Nano's Nest.

Thank you to the girls and boys in Nano's Nest and to Creina and Denise for their lovely art displays all year. Here are some of the summer scenes for you to enjoy.

6th Class Vs. Staff June 2016. The Game of the Year!!

Our Annual Family Walk, June 2016

1st and 2nd Class on their School Tour in Castlecomer Discovery Park, Kilkenny.

5th and 6th class visit 1916 Exhibition in the Museum!

5th class had a visit from a food scientist from Dairygold!

Junior Infants School Tour - Copper Coast Farm

Junior Infants trip to the park!

Sixth Class Confirmation Retreat-Getting Close to Nature!

Out and About with Rang 6!

Rang 6 learned about the river Suir and its environs on their walk with local naturalist, Shay Hurley. We were advised to wear wellies! You'll see why!

Junior Infants Aistear - Houses
This week in Aistear we were learning about houses. We built houses in the construction corner and we played in the kitchen. In role play we acted out the story of The Three Little Pigs. We sequenced the stages in the story and we made a collage of the pigs, their houses and the Big Bad Wolf.

Infant Days!

What do our Junior and Senior Infants get up to on a typical morning in school? They are busy girls and boys, as you will see. Learning certainly can be fun!

Worth the wait!

Back in autumn some of us took a break from Homework Club and planted bulbs. Now we are enjoying one of nature's miracles!

A Helping Hand

In February and March pupils in Rang 5 shared their talents and helped Senior Infants with reading and writing games.

Read any good books lately?

We were caught reading on World Book Day!

New Pupils??

Look who came to school on World Book Day!

Spring has Sprung!

February is here and we are delighted to see little signs of spring. It is a busy time in school - a busy but happy time!

Rang a Sé Pyjama Party!

Rang a sé had Golden Time recently. The girls voted for a pyjama party so we made tents and snuggled up to watch a movie with some treats.

'Little Red Kettle' are here again!

We love the annual visit of the drama group 'Little Red Kettle'. We listen, we act, we react, we laugh... We have fun!

Grandparents' Day

Our Grandparents are special! We invited them to a prayer service and a cup of tea during Catholic Schools' Week.

Our Health Promoting School!

6th Class visit an exhibition in the library!

6th Class work with a graphic artist to create fabric and fibre collages.

Our Christmas Reading Tree

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Christmas celebrations are in full swing in the Presentation. We wish all our families a happy and peaceful Christmas and every good wish for 2016.

The Annual Book Fair!

Every year the Parents' Council invites the Scholastic Book Fair to our school. Thank you to the parents and staff who helped make our Book Fair such an exciting experience. Some of the profit was given back to the school so every class received new books for the library.

Celebrating Presentation Day 2015

Every year the girls and boys in the Presentation P.S. look forward to celebrating Presentation Day. It is a day with a difference! Classes move from room to room, participating in lots of fun activities which celebrate the life and legacy of Nano Nagle.

Christmas Shoeboxes

This year boys and girls in the Presentation Primary School wanted to help others for Christmas. We agreed to help Team Hope by filling some Christmas shoe boxes for children in poorer countries. Children and their families kindly bought clothes, toiletries, writing materials and toys to fill the boxes. A big thank you to everyone who got involved and donated so generously. Some families chose to fill a box at home and others donated suitable items. Thanks also to Mrs. Russell, Berna and the girls in Rang 5 who decorated and filled the boxes for us.

Cross County Running October 2015

First and Second Class enjoy Maths Week.

Rang 1 and Rang 2 worked together to explore some exciting maths activities during Maths Week. The girls enjoyed playing maths games, estimating, measuring and using ICT to further their maths skills. The girls undertook a maths trail around the school allowing them to work together to explore maths in the environment. They had lots of fun working together to figure out the problems.

Maths Week in Junior Infants - Miss O' Connor

Sport and Fitness 2015

When the weather is good you will find us outdoors!

Multicultural Day 2015

Music Recital June 2015

Some of our musicians treated family and friends to an end of year music recital. Special thanks to Maggie. Ali and Mrs. O' Regan for developing our interest in music.