RE-opening of or running Path
There was great excitement at the re-opening of our running path on Friday September 8th. A huge thank you to SISK and Shannon Valley for carrying out the upgrade. The RTE news2day crew and a reporter from The Echo were on site to cover the event. Students from each class (school record holders) together with SISK volunteers completed a lap of honour around the new path. Thanks to SISK for bringing along an ice-cream van to celebrate the occasion.
School Summer Works
St. Ronan's NS would like to extend a massive thank you to all the volunteers from local businesses SISK and Shannon Valley for the work they carried out during the summer holidays. SISK volunteers upgraded our medical room, completed a refurbishment and refitting of our parent's kitchen, fitted new picnic benches on the yard, painted classrooms, cleaned our gutters and carried out various other maintenance projects around the school grounds. Shannon Valley widened and upgraded our existing running path, installed new Gaelic football goals and marked and lined out our pitch.
Tidy School Competition
Friday the 26th of June marked the end of our Tidy School Competition. The school looks fantastic and it was an experience enjoyed by all. Have a look at the progress and some photos here.
Active School Week 29/05/23 - 02/06/23
Active school week began today with our annual 1km challenge. All classes participated and some great times were achieved. We have a new school record of 3:50. Well done to all. See the fast finish times from each level below.
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St. Ronan's CROSS-COUNTRY Race
On Tuesday the 28th of March we held our first school cross country race in St. Cuthbert's Park. Have a look here for more information and some pictures from the event.
Autism Awareness Month
April was Autism awareness month. Please click here to see some photos of our walk for ASIAM
Time To Count
"BITC'S Time to Count initiative has started again in third and fourth class. We are delighted to welcome 28 volunteers from SISK to deliver the programme. See some photos here!
St Patrick's Day Celebrations.
All classes performed for their fellow students and their parents. Have a look at these photos and fantastic performances below.
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Junior Infants
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Senior Infants
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First Class
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Second Class
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Third Class
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Fourth Class
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Fifth Class
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Sixth Class
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Enjoying the concert
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Lá le Pádraig, Hip Hurae
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Seasaigí Suas
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An Dreoilín
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Christmas Carols
A huge thank you to Ms. Barrett's choir for the beautiful carol performance they gave to the school.
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Santa's visit to school
Fundraiser for eb
The students from Ms. Lenihan's class were delighted to present DEBRA Ireland with a cheque for the money raised (1430 euro) in school for the STEPTEMBER challenge. A huge thank you to all who contributed.
"Fit Friday" December
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Freaky Fit Friday
Maths Week 17th - 21st of October
Lots of fun Maths games, trails, quizzes and competitions took place throughout the week. Have a look at the activities from JI-2nd class here and 3rd - 6th class here.
Sudoku winners
FIT FRIDAY
FIT FRIDAY saw the whole school take to the yard for a morning work out led by Mr. Phillips and Mr. Maguire. Click here to see some more photos.
Steptember Challenge for Debra Ireland
September 30th saw the end of the STEPtember challenge in St. Ronan's N.S. During the month Casey led her class and staff members to take 10000 steps a day in support of patients and families living with EB. A coffee morning was held by staff. Students donated and wore their butterfly tattoos in support of Debra Ireland. Some friends from SISK dropped by to support as Casey and her class finished their step challenge.
School Building and Grounds
I'm sure you have all noticed the work done on the exterior of the school. The roof was power hosed, the outside of the building was painted. The yard got a deep cleaning. Bushes and trees were trimmed around the school and many areas got a fresh coat of paint.
What you may not see from the gate is the murals at the prefabs, the line painting, general cleaning and the raised beds. Our internal garden has new decking and we were given a new, state of the art alarm system.
All of this work was done voluntarily by John Sisk & Sons, Builders.
There is a story behind their kindness to us. Last year Ms Davy’s 3rd class were doing a Mathematics project whereby some of Sisk’s employees came to our school to encourage the children to think about a future career in the building industry. The Sisk employees were blown away with our pupils, staff and school. They found our pupils to be enthusiastic, engaging, articulate, confident and extremely thankful to Tom, John and Maura. The children told them that they were inspired to go into the building industry as a result of their programme.
Sisk decided to help us brighten up our school and asked their employees to volunteer to help us. There was a huge response and over three days in August, Sisk and Co and many school staff spent over 1000 work hours in the school. The children returned to a lovely bright environment.
On Friday 2nd September, some of the employees from Sisk came to meet the children and brought an ice-cream van with them. They got a very enthusiastic reception when they joined each class up at our outdoor classroom for 99s. Everyone had a lovely time and the Sisk employees were so impressed by our well behaved, impeccably mannered children. Enjoy looking at the photographs!
What you may not see from the gate is the murals at the prefabs, the line painting, general cleaning and the raised beds. Our internal garden has new decking and we were given a new, state of the art alarm system.
All of this work was done voluntarily by John Sisk & Sons, Builders.
There is a story behind their kindness to us. Last year Ms Davy’s 3rd class were doing a Mathematics project whereby some of Sisk’s employees came to our school to encourage the children to think about a future career in the building industry. The Sisk employees were blown away with our pupils, staff and school. They found our pupils to be enthusiastic, engaging, articulate, confident and extremely thankful to Tom, John and Maura. The children told them that they were inspired to go into the building industry as a result of their programme.
Sisk decided to help us brighten up our school and asked their employees to volunteer to help us. There was a huge response and over three days in August, Sisk and Co and many school staff spent over 1000 work hours in the school. The children returned to a lovely bright environment.
On Friday 2nd September, some of the employees from Sisk came to meet the children and brought an ice-cream van with them. They got a very enthusiastic reception when they joined each class up at our outdoor classroom for 99s. Everyone had a lovely time and the Sisk employees were so impressed by our well behaved, impeccably mannered children. Enjoy looking at the photographs!
School News
St. Ronan's N.S Celebration Day Friday 24th june 2022
We had so much to celebrate
St. Ronan's NS were joined by The Echo newspaper, the RTE News2day Crew, Peter Kavanagh (mayor of S.D.C.C) and many VIP guests for our celebration Day to mark:
St. Ronan's NS were joined by The Echo newspaper, the RTE News2day Crew, Peter Kavanagh (mayor of S.D.C.C) and many VIP guests for our celebration Day to mark:
- Raising our 7th Green Flag (Global citizenship and Energy) Regional Winners
- Table Tennis School of the Year 2022
- Both Boys and Girls Table Tennis Teams National Champions 2022
- Official Opening of Running Path
- Official Opening of Outdoor Classroom
Active Schools Week
Table Tennis
Congratulations to Sr. Annette and all involved in St. Ronan's N.S. Table Tennis who have just been presented with the Table Tennis School of the Year Award for 2022 by Table Tennis Ireland.
Write Right
For the last six weeks the students from junior infants to sixth class have taken part in our "Write Right" initiative. During this time penmanship and overall presentation of work has improved throughout the school.
Our new Outdoor Classroom and Running Path have been built and are in use thanks to funding received from S.D.C.C and the Salesian Sisters' Ministry Fund. See some more photos here
Autism Acceptance Month
St. Patrick's Day 2022
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Halloween Fun in St. Ronan's
Have a look at some pictures from our annual Witches' Walk and Monster Mile.
Superstar Picnic 22/6/21
Summer Fun In st. Ronan's
A visit from the ice cream van
Pizza and Panto Party
A big thank you to the staff at PWC for sponsoring our pizza and pantomine party. The children from junior infants to sixth class had a ball. It added some extra fun and entertainment to the festive atmosphere in St. Ronan's as we wind down for the holidays. Click here to see photos.
Pizza and pantomine Party 18/12/20
Our students have the opportunity here in St Ronan's National School to get involved in other aspects of school life!
There are lots of sports on offer such as hillwalking, table tennis and cross country running. We also run afterschool clubs.
Children can join our Green School and Yellow Flag committees and help improve the school enviroment for everyone.
There are lots of sports on offer such as hillwalking, table tennis and cross country running. We also run afterschool clubs.
Children can join our Green School and Yellow Flag committees and help improve the school enviroment for everyone.
