St. Francis’ National School

🎉 As we prepare to celebrate our 40th Anniversary this Saturday, we’d like to thank our wonderful community for all the support we’ve received. ❤️

For those who can’t join us on the day but would still like to contribute, raffle tickets are available:

🎟️ €2 for 1 strip
🎟️ €5 for 3 strips

Please include your name as the payment reference when purchasing.

A huge thank you 🙏 to everyone who has donated prizes, sponsorship, products and services. Your generosity means so much and has helped make this milestone celebration possible.

🔗 Payment link: https://revolut.me/nicolaycbs

Good luck everyone! 🍀✨

We are absolutely delighted with the incredible response to our upcoming event — registrations have far surpassed anything we could have imagined!

It’s truly heartwarming to see so many people eager to reconnect, reminisce, and celebrate the shared history of our school community. We’re really looking forward to hearing old stories, reliving special memories, and reflecting on the many moments — both big and small — that shaped our time together. From days gone by to more recent memories, including unique times like schooling during COVID, it will be wonderful to look back and share these experiences again.

📅 Saturday 20th June
⏰ 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Please note that a park and ride service and a one-way traffic system will be in place on the day. Full details have been sent via text message to those who have registered.

Thank you again to everyone who signed up — we can’t wait to welcome you!

🏐💚 National Cumann na mBunscol Week 💚🏐
This week, we are delighted to celebrate National Cumann na mBunscol Week and recognise the important role Cumann na mBunscol plays in promoting Gaelic games, friendship, teamwork and lifelong memories for our pupils.
We were delighted to welcome back Mr Carr, a past pupil of our school and current Donegal county player, who spoke to our pupils about his experiences representing our school in Cumann na mBunscol competitions. He shared how those early sporting opportunities helped his development both on and off the field and inspired our young players to follow their own sporting dreams.
As part of our celebrations, we are also recognising the achievements of our past teams and players. The photos below showcase some of our recent school teams, along with our current county champions, whose hard work, dedication and success make our whole school community proud.
Well done to all of our pupils, past and present, who have represented our school with such pride over the years. Here's to many more memorable Cumann na mBunscol days ahead!
💚💛🏆

🎉 St Francis National School – 40th Anniversary Reunion! 🎉

We’re delighted to see such a fantastic response so far, with a great turnout expected from current and former staff, students, and members of the wider community! 💙

There’s still time to join us—don’t miss out on this special celebration!

📅 Saturday 20th June
🕑 2:00pm – 5:00pm

👉 Register your interest here (form closes at 12noon this Monday 15th):
https://forms.gle/FdeWn2yD2q4rzzyW8

Take a trip down memory lane with this throwback to some unforgettable St. Patrick’s Day parade entries from St Francis NS - featuring themes like Sesame Street, Titanic, the Olympic Games, Grease, Inside Out, and many more! 🍀🎭

📸 Have any old photos from past St. Patrick’s Day parades with the school? We’d love to see them—share your memories in the comments below!

Let’s come together to celebrate 40 wonderful years of St Francis National School - we hope to see you there! 🎈

🌻Growing season🌻
Over the past few months all children have been busy planting in our polytunnel and recently we harvested some of our crop🍓🥬🫜 We look
forward to plenty more over the coming weeks. Well done to all the children involved in the daily watering and upkeep of our polytunnel, great work👏🏻👏🏻 A very special word of thanks to Jeremy for all his brilliant work and support with our polytunnel and outdoor areas, we are so lucky to have him and we really appreciate all that you do😀👏🏻 We look forward to a big harvest in the coming weeks 🥕🥔🍅

⚽️County Champions⚽️🎉
A fantastic day for our school, as our boys team became county Cumann na mBunscol champions. After a very tightly contested first half, the boys found themselves five behind at the break. However, a brilliant second half display secured victory. Well done to all involved, we are all very proud of you👏🏻👏🏻 A special thanks to Ms Carr, Mr McKiernan, Mr Byrne and Ms McNamee for all their coaching and support over the year👏🏻

📸 A moment in time… do you recognise anyone?

This photo captures the very last day Barnes School closed its doors — Tuesday 6th May 1986 — after serving the community since 1867. A special piece of local history and plenty of familiar faces in that final class!

👀 Take a close look…
Do you recognise yourself, a friend, or a family member? Tag them below or share your memories — we’d love to hear your stories!

🎉 Join us as we celebrate the next chapter!
This year marks 40 years of St Francis National School, and we’re inviting past pupils, staff, and the wider community to come together for a reunion.

📅 Saturday 20th June
⏰ 2–5pm
🎟️ Ticket-only event

👉 Register your interest here:
https://forms.gle/9QKmtJ8ud3T9tMtR6
or using the QR code image.

Let’s celebrate the memories, the friendships, and the generations of students who passed through these doors ❤️

🎉 St Francis National School – 40th Anniversary Reunion 🎉

We are delighted to invite past and present pupils, families, staff, and the wider community to join us in celebrating 40 years of St Francis National School 🏫✨

📅 Date: 20th June
⏰ Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
🍔 BBQ: Served from 3:00pm – 4:00pm

🎟️ Tickets:

Adults: €15
Children: Free (children must be accompanied by an adult and registered to attend)
👉 This is a ticket-only event, with tickets available until Monday 15th June.

To register and secure your place, click here:
🔗 https://forms.gle/zrTYiSgzkEuZZcFWA

Once registered, an electronic payment link will be sent to your mobile.

Please help us spread the word by sharing this post with anyone who might like to come along — we’d love to see as many familiar faces as possible on the day 😊

3rd and 4th class have enjoyed taking part in hurling sessions delivered by Ulster GAA coach Reece Armstrong over the past number of weeks. Thanks to Reece and Shane McNulty from Four Masters for helping to organise this. The children showed great enthusiasm over the sessions and for any children that are interested, underage hurling/camogie training takes place every Tuesday in Tír Conaill Park from 6-7.