Newsletter
10th March 2017
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
News this week
5th Class visited the Central Library in the Ilac on Wednesday for a workshop as part of ‘Engineers’ Week’.
Across the whole school, preparations have been in full swing for our annual ‘Céilí’. A ‘Céilí’ is a kind of Irish dancing, with special dances performed in groups. All of the children will participate in a big ‘céilí’ on Wednesday at school and we hope to teach lots of parents how to join in at our International Day on Thursday from 12.30 p.m. This week, we practised a big circle dance in the yard – you can see a video on our Twitter account @stmarysdorsetst!
Active Schools News
Mr. Carney and Ms. O’Callaghan are busy preparing a team of 5th and 6th Class children to go to a basketball tournament next week. The tournament will take place in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght and we wish our teams the very best of luck!
Dates for your diary
Sunday, 12th March – Family Mass at 11.45am
13th March– Seachtain na Gaeilge (Irish Week)
15 March – Céilí Mór for all children
16 March – International Day
17 March – St. Patrick’s Day – School Closed
Attendance and punctuality
6th Class have made a long awaited return to top position this week with 100%! Well done to you all. They will hold our attendance trophy for this week.
A reminder that waking up late or going to appointments with the doctor or dentist are not a reason to miss a full day at school. Children should always come to school for a part of the day – either before or after their appointment. If you wake up late, come to school as soon as you can, you should not miss a full day’s learning.
Our thanks to the families who work hard to ensure their child is in school on time every single day – well done!
Reminder – St. Patrick’s Day
A reminder that next Friday, 17th March is St. Patrick’s Day. This is a national holiday in Ireland and the school will be closed all day.
International Day – Thursday, 16th March
Here’s a run-down of events on Thursday. You are very welcome to join us for these, and any donations of food would be gratefully received.
We will also unveil our beautiful parent tapestry of our home countries. The children have worked together on projects for each home country in the school and very excitingly, the film crew from RTE’s ‘News2Day’ programme will be here to film all the action. Don’t miss it!
9.00 am 1st & 2nd Class – Samba Performance
9.30 am Dance Club ‘Sean-Nós’ Performance
12.30 pm Céilí Dance with Parents/Carers
1.00 pm International Food Event in the Hall
Enjoy your weekend,
Éadaoin Kelly
Principal
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