Newsletter
25th May 2018
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
Athletics Success
Our athletics club have been preparing for several weeks for the annual competitions at Santry Stadium. On Tuesday, over 30 children represented our school in different events.
We were delighted to see two boys win gold medals for their individual sprinting competitions – well done Simon and Huiming!
Later in the day, four boys from 6th Class took on the relay race. They put on an incredible performance and finished way ahead of any of the competition. If you haven’t yet seen the video of the race on our Twitter page @stmarysdorsetst – you are in for a treat!
Green Flag Award Ceremony
Ms. Todd, Ms. Palmer, Sean and Shivee, representing our Green Schools team, headed off to the Helix on Tuesday to a special awards ceremony. They received our very first Green Flag for our work on reducing ‘Litter and Waste’ in our school.
Congratulations to the Green Schools team, and to all our classes and staff for their hard work to make this initiative such a success. We have a very special flag raising day planned for 20th June – save the date!
News this week
We were very sorry that the 3rd and 4th Class visit to Pine Forest had to be cancelled on Monday. Our coach company let us down. We hope to have new arrangements in place soon.
On Wednesday, Junior Infants had a wonderful time at Newgrange Farm. Thank you to all the parents/carers who supported them on this visit.
‘No Slip, No Trip’
A reminder that with lots of visits happening over the next month, children will not be allowed to leave the building without a signed permission slip. We must have your informed and written consent for them to take part.
Dates for your diary
Week of 28 May – Active Schools Week
4 June – Bank Holiday – School Closed
5 June – Internet Safety Talks
8 June – 6th Class to Carlingford
Sun. 10 June – Family Mass at 11.45
12 June – ‘Time to Read’ Celebration
20 June – Green Flag Raising
21 June – 1st Class to the Zoo
Sat. 23 June – 3rd Class ‘Cruinniu’ event
27 June – Aladdin Jr. Performance
28 June – 6th Class Graduation
29 June – School Closes at 12 noon
Attendance and punctuality
Well done to 3rd Class with top attendance!
And finally… GDPR – Data Protection
Like all organisations, we are updating our practices and policies around data protection in light of the new GDPR regulations. A copy of our privacy notice is published on our website and we will send copies to parents/carers next week. If at any time you have questions or queries about the data we hold for you or your child and who we share it with, please do not hesitate to come and ask us.
Have a lovely weekend!
Éadaoin Kelly
Principal
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