Newsletter
21st December 2016
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
| REMINDER:
We close for the Christmas Holidays tomorrow, Thursday, 22nd December at 12 noon.
We re-open on Monday, 9th January at 8.50 a.m.
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Christmas Fair – THANK YOU!
What a wonderful day we had yesterday! It was lovely to see so many families enjoying the games and activities together.
Well done to all of the children who performed so confidently. The singing was excellent and really added to the atmosphere.
Enormous thanks to the many families who brought cakes and sweet treats for our cake sale. It was amazing to see so many different foods from around the world. We had so much that the children were able to come and eat even more today!
Thank you to Santa for giving his time in our beautiful grotto. Each and every member of staff contributed in many ways – decorating the beautiful grotto (or ‘chalet’ as Ms. Oppermann prefers to call it!) and classrooms, designing and making activities, preparing the children for performances and to lead activities, buying decorations and prizes, organising food, selling tickets and making beautiful crafts to sell. You are all simply wonderful – thank you so much. How lucky the children are to have you all!
A final thank you to the businesses, market traders, families, staff and friends who donated prizes for our tombola and raffle yesterday. Thank you for your support and generosity. I am pleased to say that we raised over €400, with half donated to Focus Ireland.
Raffle Winners
Well done to Chantelle (5th Class) and Youssef (Senior Infants) who were the big winners of our raffle yesterday. They won a huge hamper of Christmas food and treats each.
News this week
On Sunday afternoon, our school choir sang beautifully at the parish Carol Service. Our thanks to the parents and carers who came to support the children at their first performance of the year.
Today, 6th Class visited the National Museum of Ireland and the Live Crib at the Mansion House as a reward for their hard work, focus and maturity this term.
And a final thank you…
I would like to thank all of our staff for their creativity, dedication and energy this term. The children love coming to school each day because of the exciting and engaging learning you provide for them. Míle buíochas!
Thanks to the children for their ever-present enthusiasm, to our parents and carers for working with us each and every day and to our Board of Management for their support.
We wish everyone a very peaceful and joyous Christmas and New Year. Have a lovely holiday and we look forward to seeing you in January.
Éadaoin Kelly
Principal
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