Newsletter
30th April 2018
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
News last week
On Thursday, Ms. Collins’s 2nd Class visited the Natural History Museum and had a great day learning all about the animals on display.
Also on Thursday, Ms. Graham and Ms. Lougheed’s Classes were invited to the Gate Theatre to watch a special performance by ‘Theatre Lovett’. We’re told they were the best behaved audience in the theatre for years – well done!
First Holy Communion
Well done to the twelve 2nd Class children who made their First Holy Communion on Sunday in St. Joseph’s Church.
The children looked beautiful in their special outfits. They were very well prepared, walking beautifully in the procession, presenting their gifts and reading with great confidence. The art work in the Church was beautiful too. We were so proud!
Thank you to Ms. Collins and Ms. Graham for all of their hard work preparing the children for their special day. Thank you to Fr. Pat who helped us prepare and celebrated Mass for us. Thank you to Amy, Audrey, Liz and Ms. Brophy for supporting the children on their big day.
Special thanks to the children from the school choir who sang beautifully and to Ms. Marron who played the piano to accompany them.
News from our Anti-Bullying Team
Last week, our team of Anti-Bullying Ambassadors challenged each class to write their very own rap, with an anti-bullying theme. We are encouraging the children to be ‘upstanders’ and stand up to bullying behaviour when they see it. This is the opposite to being a ‘bystander’ and saying nothing when you see someone else being hurt. Our children can speak really clearly about the importance of being an upstander and talking to an adult if someone is being unkind.
We had a very special assembly on Friday where each class or group performed their rap. We were so impressed with the creativity of each one – they were great! You can see a small selection on our Twitter page @stmarysdorsetst, or ask your child to give you a demonstration! Thanks to our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors and to Ms. Devereux and Ms. Shortall for organising it all!
Science Fair
Our 4th, 5th and 6th Class Science Fairs were a huge success last week. 4th Class kept us busy with their brilliant cardboard challenge games they designed and made. Meanwhile, in 5th and 6th Class, there were volcanoes, light bulbs, solar systems and LOTS of slime and sticky experiments! Thanks to our teachers again for supporting the children’s creativity.
Mr. Kerr has collated all of our Science and Maths learning over the year and submitted our application for a special award – we have our fingers crossed!
Active Schools
It was national Active Schools Week last week and while we intend to celebrate fully in May, that did not stop us being active this week!
We had a visit from Stephen who gave us an introduction to playing rugby. The children from 2nd to 6th Class really enjoyed it. On Tuesday, 5th and 6th Class learnt the skills of tug-of-war with Cathy and the girls’ team proved the strongest! No doubt a re-match will be on the cards when we have our full Active Schools Week at the end of May.
Dates for your diary
Week of 30th April – Careers Week
30th April – 6th Class to Lir Theatre
2nd May – Young Achievers’ Awards
4th May – 6th Class to DIT
7-11 May inclusive – Mid-Term Break – school closed
18 May – 4th Class to the Ark
22 May – Green Schools Award Ceremony
22 May – Santry Athletics
23 May – Junior Infants to Newgrange Farm
Week of 28 May – Active Schools Week
Careers Week
This week, we welcome a whole host of special visitors for Careers Week. We will be talking to the children about lots of different kinds of careers and our visitors will explain about their jobs and the kind of work they do. Our older children will have the opportunity to visit Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) to visit a university campus and find out what it is like to study at third level.
Attendance and punctuality
Our top attenders last week were Ms. O’Donovan’s Senior Infant Class with a very impressive 99.1%! They were so excited and proud to take our attendance cup back to their class.
And finally…
We are working to confirm the term dates for 2018-2019 and we will share them with you shortly. Please note that we intend to return to school on Thursday, 30th August. If you are booking flights etc. please ensure you are back in time for the first day of school.
Best wishes,
Éadaoin Kelly
Principal
| REMINDER:
MID-TERM BREAK
We are closed from 7th May to 11th May 2018 inclusive.
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