Newsletter
7th April 2017
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
Holiday Reminder
We close today for the two week Easter break. School will re-open on Monday, 24th April at 8.50 a.m. Breakfast Club will be open as usual from 8.40 a.m.
News this week
4th and 5th Class along with our Green Schools team took part in the National Spring Clean on Tuesday. They had special equipment to help clean our local streets and around Blessington Street Basin. They also recorded the kinds of litter they found for a survey. We have lots of bags ready for collection by Dublin City Council!
Also on Tuesday, we met the parents of our new Junior Infants for September 2017 who are very excited to get started! The children will have the chance to visit the school over the coming weeks and we will be speaking with the adults in their pre-schools to help get them ready for the move to big school!
Thank you to the parents who joined Junior Infants for ‘Maths for Fun’. The parents helped the children to play fun maths games in their class for the morning and everyone really enjoyed themselves! Do let your child’s teacher, or Síle know if you would like to help out.
On Wednesday, Miss Dolan’s Class visited Pearse Street Library for the launch of a springtime reading initiative. They met Minister English and had their photo taken. Everyone was very impressed by their excellent listening and behaviour. Well done!
The children involved in the ‘Time to Read’ programme were invited to visit the Business in the Community offices on Wednesday to see where their volunteer readers work every day. They had great fun and even got to try some interviewing and filming!
Feis Átha Cliath
Our very talented Irish dancers in 5th and 6th Class attended a dance competition known as a ‘Feis’ on Wednesday. The children danced in groups of four and groups of eight. We were delighted to hear that three groups won medals on the day – well done!
Board of Management meeting
The Board of Management met yesterday afternoon and were delighted to welcome some of the children from the children’s teams to the meeting to hear all about the super projects they have been running this year in the Green Schools team, the Active Schools team, the Safety and Anti-Bullying team and the Intercultural/Young Interpreters team. We were so impressed with how much as been achieved and all led by the children themselves!
Dates for your diary
Monday, 24th April – School Re-Opens
1st May – Bank Holiday – School Closed
3rd May – 2nd Class to Nat. History Museum
5th May – 6th Class to Caravaggio exhibit
Attendance and punctuality
Well done to 1st Class with top attendance of 97.8% this week!
Have a lovely holiday. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, 24th April!
Best wishes,
Éadaoin Kelly – Principal
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