Salesian Primary Blog

As well we know, the Salesian Sisters are renowned in Limerick for their work with young people. They have won the hearts and minds of the people of Limerick and especially all of us here in the Salesian Primary School with their kindness and encoura...

​To mark the Centenary of the Salesian Sisters arriving in Ireland they kindly gifted every child in the school a packet of Seedbombs today. Watch Nicola from Seedbombs giving the children of Salesian Primary School a very special message from the Sa...

Friday October 23 rd is a special day for us in Salesian Primary school as we mark the centenary of the Salesian Sisters' arrival to Ireland. The first Salesian sisters, three Italian sisters and one English sister of Irish parents, arrived in Limeri...

Welcome back to everyone. I hope you enjoyed your summer and that all our girls and boys had opportunities to enjoy some fun reading and writing activities during the holidays. Last year your child may have brought home different reade...

Here's a look back at some of Ms.O'Donnell and Mrs. Dooley Ryan's 5 th Class highlights from the year. The girls did themselves proud this year, have shown an incredible enthusiasm for learning and have shared and developed their many strengths ...

We know in Salesian Primary School how much our wonderful Girls and Boys love to read. The summer is a wonderful time for children to read what they most enjoy, to learn new things, and to have fun! Here are some reading options this summer! Reading ...

How do children learn to write? By writing.  Here are some ideas to encourage your son or daughter to write this summer: Join this fun Writing Summer Challenge that has lots of appealing writing topics for our budding writers! Unleash ...

Mrs.Dooley Ryan and Ms.O'Donnell's 5th Class wish all the pupils, families, staff and friends of Salesian Primary School a very happy Mary Help of Christian's Feast day. Here are some beautiful flowers from our wonderful girls for Holy Mary today. Th...

Congratulations to all the girls and boys that took part in our Easter Reading Challenge. Well done! I bet the younger children just loved reading with their parents/guardians! And I'm sure that our 1 st and 2 nd class pupils were great at giving the...

Hello Everyone, I hope you and all your family are all keeping safe and well at this time. With all that has been happening over the past weeks, I know that children may or may not be taking part in the Easter Reading Challenge. We started this on Wo...

 There was a great buzz of fun and excitement today in Salesian Primary School as we dressed up as our favourite book character to celebrate World Book Day. Tremendous effort was but into creative, imaginative costumes. Well done ...

Reminder:  Children can dress up as their favourite character from a book if they wish on this coming Thursday 5th for World Book Day. It is always a great fun day where we all celebrate the magical wonder of books! Have a browse on worldbookday...

Ms Ryan Lonergan's class all enjoyed Pancake/Shrove Tuesday. They enjoyed some delicious pancakes in the staff room on Tuesday. 

 Ms. Ryan Lonergan's class enjoying engineer's week. They learnt about five formidable female engineers. They engaged in newspaper engineering challenges. Children worked in groups of 3 or 4. They worked on a design plan before building. They en...

​Inviting pupils from Mrs. O'Reilly's 5th Class of 1995-1996 to the opening of a Time Capsule made by 5th Class in February 1996. See attached invitation for all details. We hope to see you there.  Please RSVP by 28th February to info@...

 5th class were busy celebrating St. Valentine's Day today in style! We were all thrilled to delight in sweet treats and chats at our Valentine's Day Bake Sale organised by our fantastic PA.

​As we all watched the election results unfold this week across the country, Mrs. Dooley Ryan's/Ms.O'Donnell's 5th class were busy learning about the election process. Six girls ran for class election, parties were formed, posters were erec...

​Congratulations to all the 5th Class Girls who participated so well today in DELL Vex Robotics Competition. The energy, engagement and enthusiasm was 100% all day! Well done!