A warm welcome from Principal Kieran Lyons
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Fáilte go Scoil an Chroí Ró Naofa Íosa. We hope you find our website, like our school, to be inviting and helpful. Our school is a vibrant and exciting place where each student is valued and cherished. We endeavour to create a warm and welcoming environment that stretches an open hand of invitation to the wider Huntstown community so that parents, grandparents and extended families feel part of this wonderful school. Supported by a committed and dedicated staff, our school sets high standards in all areas from curricular to extra curricular, sport to music, drama and the creative arts. You will find information on the school, our policies and practices and day to day activities on this website and we encourage you to browse the pages above.
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A brief introduction to the school
Established initially as a two teacher junior school, Scoil an Chroí Ró Naofa Íosa has served the parish of Huntstown since 1982. In that time it has seen some extraordinary changes. With a student body in excess of 850 and a teaching staff of nearly 50, we are one of the largest primary schools in the country. The original building has been extensively redesigned and redeveloped. Between 2004 and 2006 we moved into our newly extended building with its impressive central Atrium and bright and inviting classrooms. In 2011 Dr. Leo Varadkar, Minister for Transport officially opened the first of two classes which cater for children with Autism, Coiscéim 1 which accepted its first enrolments in 2011. In 2012 Coiscéim 2 accepted children and was officially opened by Minister for Social Welfare Ms. Joan Burton and Professor Paul Reville former Secretary of State for Education in Massachusetts in April 2015. We are currently constructing a third Coiscéim building which is due to open officially in late 2017. |
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Children from over forty nationalities are represented in the school and we are very proud of the rich multicultural tradition we have established here in Huntstown. Most recently the school has been awarded Yellow Flag status in recognition of the inclusive nature of the school and the work done to celebrate diversity. The school has a wealth of sporting talent with football, hurling, soccer, athletics and basketball teams representing the school at a local and national level. For several years we have taken part in the National Children's choir and have produced four full scale school musicals in the local Draíocht theatre. A Green flag school, we work hard to build a sustainable environment for everyone to enjoy. We are committed to water and energy conservation and regularly organise litter picking and recycling initiatives. The school has 860 children, 50 teachers, 12 special needs assistants a full time secretary and caretaker. Recently the school developed a playing field and a playground for the children.
We hope you find our school website to be a useful resource where you will find information on important school events, samples of the work completed by our students and resources which will help parents, children and the wider school community. Click on the menu tab at the top of the screen to navigate to any of our pages. For further details on the school please check out the SCHOOL section of the site. |
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