Newsletter
12th November 2019
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
Every School Day Counts
We are taking part in the ‘Every School Day Counts’ attendance initiative being promoted by Tusla’s Education Support Service this month.
It is a special month of promotion of attendance, reminding children and families of the importance of coming to school every single day. We will have prizes for children making a special effort to be in school five days in a row each week. We will also be sharing top tips with parents/carers for getting into a good routine in the mornings.
Peace Proms – 3rd Class
Well done to our 3rd Classes who sang beautifully at their Peace Proms rehearsal at the National Sports Arena last week. They will be singing with thousands of other children from around the country at their concert in the RDS on Saturday, 1st February 2020 at 8.00 p.m.
Language Explorers
We were delighted to welcome back Dr. Francesca LaMorgia and the Language Explorers team last week. Francesca will be working in classes throughout this month to support the children’s language learning, supported by a number of parent volunteers. It is so important for the children to be proud of their home language and to see how knowing more than one language can give them so many advantages in their learning. Francesca will be working with the children to find out what words we use that are the same or similar in different languages, where different words come from and how we can use the languages we know to learn new languages!
Parent-Teacher Meetings
Our annual parent-teacher meetings will take place next week, the week of 18th November. Our teachers will be available late in the afternoon on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th to facilitate working parents/carers. Please use the Aladdin Connect app to book your appointment slot.
Parents’ Association – Sponsored Disco
Our thanks to the Parents’ Association for organising another fantastic Sponsored Disco before the holidays. We raised a grand total of €891.32! Thank you so much for all your donations, we will be able to buy lots of lovely new resources for our classrooms with this money. Well done also to the winners of our pumpkin decorating competition – Blossom, Ele, Raisa, Caio, Ciara and Mathi!
Election of new Board of Management
Reminder – there will be a meeting on Friday, 15th November at 9 a.m. to elect two new parents/ carers to the school’s Board of Management. If you are interested, please do let me know. Nominations will be sought at the meeting and a ballot of votes will take place.
Attendance and punctuality
Our winners of the attendance trophy this week are Ms. Yeates’s 2nd Class with 100%
Dates for your diary
Week of 18th November – Parent-Teacher Meetings
20th November – 6th Class to Ombudsman for Children Conference
4th December – 5th Class to City Hall Culture Club
17th and 18th December – Christmas Performances
20th December – School closes at 12 noon
6th January 2020 – School re-opens at 8.50 a.m.
…and finally…
Well done to the 2nd Class children who will make their First Communion this year. They had their very special Enrolment Ceremony and led our Family Mass on Sunday – they all did a great job!
Best wishes,
Éadaoin Kelly
Principal
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