In addition to the 220 pupils who enjoy our swimming classes in Templeogue College Swimming Pool (still some very limited places available ) and the 100 dedicated pupils who participate in our homework club each week, Thursday afternoon is when the real fun happens!
As the final school bell rings, over 300 of the boys and girls from the two schools hop and skip across the yards to reach their chosen activity. They haven’t a care in the world and certainly no sense of the stress their parents have undergone on enrolment morning hitting refresh, refresh, refresh!
During the initial weeks, our PA volunteers are on hand wearing fetching hi-vis vests to help out with directions but our 1 st class pupils are very quick to find their independence and waste no time in telling us that they absolutely know where they are going!!
We are very fortunate to have a wonderful group of talented teachers who enable us to offer a wide variety of topics and we have fifteen classes taking place this year:
- Our younger pupils enjoy Art Attack (the Neil Buchanan reference is sadly lost on them), Multi Activity Hour and Junior Sports Club.
- For our older pupils, we have our staple classes whose popularity never wanes including Chess, Guitar and Knitting & Sewing. We promise that we are working on cloning Mr. Reamonn, Ms. Goddard and Ms. Clancy to help us to cope with the demand!
- We also have newer offerings including two STEAM Clubs, The Cartoonist Class and Cards Club.
- We are lucky to be able to offer 3 language options this year – Gaeilge, French and Spanish.
- Finally, we have our politicians of the future debating the hot topics of the day with Ms. Bracken and our future sports stars having fun with a little bit of competitive edge in Ms. Herity’s Sports Club.
Our sincere thanks to all the teachers involved in running the Thursday classes and homework club. We really appreciate their energy, dedication and enthusiasm. Our thanks too to Ms. Doyle and Mr. Coyle for enabling this wonderful programme of activities to be held in their schools. It is a privilege to see so many happy faces every Thursday afternoon!
St Pius X Parents Association 