Newsletter
11th March 2016
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
| We close on Wednesday, 16th March at 12 noon for Easter.
We re-open on Monday, 4th April with breakfast club at 8.40 a.m. |
Breakfast Club
What a success our first week of breakfast club has been! Thank you to all of the children who have come along and particularly to Miss Brophy, Amy, Audrey, Dolores, Megan and Mr. Connolly who have worked miracles to feed so many children in such a short space of time. Breakfast club continues next week from 8.40 – 8.50 a.m. each day – give it a try!
School Meals
You will receive a new and updated menu for your child’s school meal next week. Please talk to your child and decide what they would like and return the form to us as soon as possible.
Events this week
On Tuesday, some 2nd Class children made their First Penance in the Church. Thank you to the parents who came along to support them and the choir who sang beautifully.
Thursday was a busy day for visits. 1st, 3rd and 4th Classes went into the city centre for walking tours around the GPO and Moore Street to learn more about the 1916 Rising.
World Book Day vouchers
Lots of classes will be visiting Chapters bookshop over the next few days to use their ‘World Book Day’ vouchers. It is lovely to see so many children enjoying books.
Active Schools Programme
We were delighted to host teachers from a number of Dublin schools on Thursday for an ‘Active Schools’ session. Thanks to Ms. O’Callaghan for organising – we are on a mission to be more active! As the weather gets nicer – please take every opportunity to get outside with your children and be active.
Attendance and Punctuality
Very good attendance again this week. We’re currently meeting our target with attendance of 95% across the school. Best attendance this week was 2nd Class with 97.4%, closely followed by 5th Class with 97.3%!
Dates for your diary
Sunday, 13th March – Family Mass at 11.45am
15th March – Flag Raising & Proclamation Day
16th March – Annual Céilí
16th March – School closes at 12 for Easter
4th April – Back to school
And finally….Congratulations to Mr. Kerr who has been elected onto the Irish Teaching Council this week. Mr. Kerr takes one of the 16 places for elected teachers on the Council. It is a very important role and we are very proud – well done Mr. Kerr!
Best wishes for a lovely weekend,
Éadaoin Kelly – Principal
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