Newsletter
22nd May 2017
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
First Holy Communion
We celebrated the sacrament of ‘First Holy Communion’ with eleven boys and girls from 2nd Class on Sunday. The children were wonderful – they looked fantastic in their smart suits and beautiful dresses and remembered all of their prayers and readings so well.
Thank you to our lovely school choir who sang at the Church, especially our soloists – Melina, Izabela, Hannah and Thaneshree, who were especially brave and sang beautifully. Thanks also to Ms. Bourke who accompanied the choir and shared her fabulous talents with us.
Thanks to Ms. McDonnell who organised a lovely celebration in the Parish Centre after the Mass and to all of the other 2nd Class children who came along to see their friends.
Ms. Oppermann lent her artistic flair to the bright and colourful art work that the children created for the church – thank you!
And of course, we must say a big thank you to Fr. Pat, Ms. Collins and Ms. Calvey for their hard work preparing the children so well for their special day.
News from last week
5th Class visited the Aviva Stadium last Tuesday. The children were lucky enough to get a full tour of the stadium before having a fun and games boxing session with the ‘Boxing in the Community’ team. They had a great day!
On Thursday, 3rd Class visited the National Archaeology Museum as part of their learning about the Vikings. I’m told they listened beautifully and had lots of their own facts to share with their tour guide!
On Friday, Ms. Calvey’s Class visited the Ark Cultural Centre to see a multimedia dance performance by ‘Balleto di Roma’. The children took part in a guided interactive play afterwards which they said was great fun!
Walk to School Week
Thank you to all the families who made an effort to walk to school last week! Do try to keep it up and walk as much as you can, whenever you can.
Dates for your diary
Sunday, 21st May – First Holy Communion for 2nd Class Catholic children at 11.45 a.m.
23rd May – Athletics team to Santry Stadium
25th May – 4th Class to ‘Squirrel Scramble’
29th May – Junior Infants to Newgrange Farm
29th May – 5th Class to SurfDock
Thursday 1st, Friday 2nd, Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th June – School Closed for Mid-Term
7th June – 3rd Class to Trinity Sports
9th June – 6th Class to Carlingford
13th June – 5th Class to National Gallery
27th June – Whole-School Performance
29th June – 6th Class Graduation
30th June – School closes at 12 noon
31st August – School re-opens at 8.50 a.m.
Attendance and punctuality
A huge well done to Ms. Barry’s Senior Infants who had top attendance for the third week in a row! It was 100% again! The children were very proud and I know lots of classes will be trying their best to out-do them this week!
Best wishes,
Éadaoin Kelly
Principal
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