Hello everyone. I really hope that you are all enjoying the start of the summer holidays. It has been a wonderful end to another super year at PJP. We have seen our school really come back to life and were thrilled to mark all the different achievements of our wonderful students with the whole school coming together on the yard on the 24th June.

This year we saw new clubs and teams being formed; our first ever Hurling and Camogie Teams as well as Dungeons and Dragons club organsied by some superb students.

We saw our senior boys and girl and our junior girls win the Fingal League. We had great successes in soccer and basketball too.

The school earned their second Amber Flag for Mental Health /Wellbeing.

The Student Council were awarded the UNICEF Bronze Award as part of the ‘Child Rights Programme’. They progress to year two now.

The Coiste na Gaeilge were awarded the ‘Teastas’ for completing year 1 of the Gaelbhratach Irish programme and go forward to work towards the Irish flag for next year!

We had five very special First Holy Communion Days and three days for our Confirmations.

Our sixth class students worked very hard with their teachers and PJP had their First ever school musical; The Sound of Music!

What an amazing year - well done to all!

The best of luck to Ms. Hanly, Ms. Hannon and Ms. Kieran as they begin their maternity leaves. We wish Ms. Martin the best of luck with her forthcoming wedding and we look forward to welcoming back Ms. O'Donnelan from her career break next September.

Have a wonderful summer everyone and we look forward to having everyone back on the 31st August!

We would like to wish Ms. O'Brien all the very best as she retires from PJP. She has taught here for over twenty years. She has worked with over 600 students. She will be sorelyt missed from the staff but we wish her many happy and healthy years of retirement. We suspect that Ms.Markey will have her back subbing before too long!

First we got on the bus and drove to Let’s Go in DCU. When we got there we did Archery and the Tug o’ War. After, we went to get our bags for lunch. Then we went on Air Mountain. I was trying so hard not to fall off. After that we went to the Disco Dome and I was bouncing off the walls. Then we did Rock Climbing. I did not manage to get to the top. Next, we did the Wobble Ladder. I climbed on it upside down. Then we went in the Zorb balls. Myself and Joseph went in the red ball together two times. It was super cool! Finally, we went to the wrecking ball. I didn’t get knocked off but I did get hit in the nose. I was okay though! I sat beside Oisín on the bus on the way home and I fell asleep. It was an awesome school tour.

By James Mabee in Ms. Callely's class

For our school tour, we went to Sports Ireland Campus and AquaZone at the National Aquatic Centre. There were big slides and a lazy river and in the sport centre there was gymnastics and relays. Our favourite parts were the water slides and the lazy rivers. We were there for around six hours. The bus was so loud! While we ate our lunch, we watched other people do the relays. It was a great school tour and we had so much fun!

By Abbie Roche and Tara Doorley

4th Class enjoyed a great day out on June 22nd to the newly named Emerald Park !
The Viking Voyage and the Cú Chulainn proved the most popular!
The lack of Tayto crisps for the journey home didn’t put a dampener on spirits as the buses were filled with song and laughter!

First we got on the bus with Mr. freeman's class. We drove to Belfast and we finally got there after 2 hours. We went into W5 and our class had to split up into 5 groups. We went into a really cool room with lots of interesting stuff. We went to the space themed play centre which was so much fun. We did a science workshop and a vinegar experiment. We also moulded different shapes and got to take them home!

On Monday, Ms Millar's class and Ms Bradshaw's class went on their school tour to Flynn Park. We got the bus at 8.50am at school and headed on our way. When we arrived, Ms Millar's did the water inflatable first and Ms. Bradshaw's did Ziplining. we had our lunch and swapped activites and got the bus home at 2.10pm and we all had ana amzing time!

By Amy Smith and Ava De Loughrey

A massive congratulations to all sports awards recipients who were awarded their certificates on Wednesday. The recipients are:

6th Class Girls Gaelic Football

Player of the year - Aine Sheerin

Coaches award - Millie Mc Donnell

6th Class Boys Gaelic Football

Player of the year - Ben Walls

Coaches award - Cillian O’Reilly

5th Class Girls Gaelic Football

Player of the year - Olivia Morris

Coaches award- Megan Walshe Bookey

5th Class Boys Gaelic Football

Player of the year - Gavin Shanley

Coaches award - Josh Dignam

Camogie

Player of the year - Orlaith Reilly and Sara Dwyer

Coaches award - Kayla Kara

Hurling

Player of the year - Gavin Kelly

Coaches award - Jake Norman

6th Class Girls Soccer

Player of the year - Rachel Costello

Coaches award - Isobel Pollock

6th Class Boy Soccer

Player of the year - Evan Fitzpatrick

Coaches award - Seánie Hartnett

Basketball

Boys player of the year - Nathan Sibley

Coaches award - Eoin Hendrick

Girls player of the year - Jessica Ahern

Coaches award - Amy Smith

Sports person of the year

Girls - Eva Healy Dillon

Boys - Ethan Kelly

After an amazing unbeaten season and a comprehensive semi-final victory, the PJP Camogie team qualified for the Cumann na mBunscol Corn Olly Quinlan final against St. Attractas Senior National School.

The atmosphere in Croke Park was electric as thousands of children and supporters flowed in and out during the day including a large contingent of PJP fans. PJP got off to a perfect start as full-forward Amber Costello opened the scoring with a well taken goal following a goal mouth scramble just 3 minutes into the game. St. Attractas settled after this and returned with 2 goals and 2 points to take a comforatble lead. As the half progressed, every single PJP player gave their all in the sweltering Croke Park heat. Orlaith Reilly scored a point to get us on the scoreboard again. Eva-Healy Dillon soon did what she has done in every match this year scoring a rocket of a goal after a blistering run from Midfield. St. Attractas finished the half with a final point to leave them with a 2 - 3 to 2 - 1 lead. This was the first time PJP had trailed at half time all year but the girls attitudes were impeccable. The girls told themselves that they believed in each other and knew they could get back into the game.

Eva opened the second half scoring with a point to give PJP the belief and confidence we needed. Three St. Attractas points on teh bounce unfortyunately was enough to see off our challenge as the game slipped out of reach. Another Orlaith Reilly point would only be a consolation in the end as St Attractas got to lift the trophy with a 2-6 to 2-3 victory.

Losing is a big part of sport and it is never easy. The girls from the camogie team deserve a lot of credit as they built each other up and reminded themselves of how amazing their year had been and the memories they will have for the rest of their lives of playing in Croke Park.

Panel: Tiffany Alatise, Sophie Campbell, Lauren Conway, Amber Costello, Rachel Costello, Ava De Loughrey, Anna Duggan, Sara Dwyer, Aisling Goble, Eva Healy-Dillon, Sophie Hoare, Michaela Kara, Taja Korsakovaite, Isabelle Lennon, Milaina McDonnell, Lauren McNulty, Kaelin Murphy, Isobel Pollock, Orlaith Reilly, Kate Ruttledge, Ellen MacParland, Chloe O'Connor

All pictures from the game can be found here:

Congratulations to all of our Sixth Class pupils on their recent Graduation. We were very pleased to mark this special occasion in their lives and had a lovely ceremony in the school hall. This year we chose one student from each class to receive the Spirit of PJP Awards. These children embody the school motto "Dream, Believe Achieve". They show kindnesses, commitment and courage at al;l times, they do their best to include everyone and are always the nice kid. Congratulations to Jamie Mooney, Jamie English, Peter Langan, Aisling Goble and Caoimhe Heneghan!

Ethan Kelly is an avid sportsman with a particular talent for soccer. In 2023 he was invited to join the Emerging Talent Programme with the FAI. After lots of hard working and training camps Ethan has been selected to represent Ireland in an upcoming match against a USA team in August. COYBIG!

Slowly swimming silently on

How long have you spent here?

How much time has gone?

Circles, circles, swimming paces

Do you dream of open spaces?

Of wind, of waves, of unsterilised water?

And the slightest chance of you getting slaughtered?

But wait!

What is this you spy?

Out of the corner of your unblinking eye?

It's soft, It's creamy-brown.

And it flows to the floor

Of your underwater town.

It's food!

It's food!

Wonderful food!

All of a sudden you're in a better mood.

And for once you feel

that you are glad,

And not at all mad

At this place

that maybe

isn't so bad.

Gaelbhratach

GAELBHRATACH: The good news continues Fuair an scoil “Teastas” sa scéim Gaelbhratach Comhghairdeas ollmhór leis an gcoiste a rinne a lán oibre i mbliana chun Gaeilge a chur chun cinn. Maith Sibh! This is the first year , we have won this award & we progress now to year 2 where we hope to earn the flag.

More good news! Congratulations to our first ever PJP Student Council on successfully earning the UNICEF Child Right's Bronze Award. We are delighted and progress now to year two , where we will work toward the silver certificate . A special thank you to our outgoing 6th class members and we look forward to welcoming new members next term.