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1st/2nd Class Tour

Ms. Calvey’s 1st and 2nd Class visited the ‘Little Museum of Dublin’ today to learn all about our fantastic city! They listened carefully and asked lots of questions. Well done!

3rd Class Tour

3rd Class visited the Trinity Sports Centre for their school tour today. They completed lots of very exciting activities and were very brave!

Senior Infant Butterflies!

Our Senior Infants have been looking after some very special caterpillars over the last few weeks. The caterpillars had been eating and eating and finally entered into a chrysalis. Imagine the excitement when we came back after our holiday to find some beautiful butterflies!

The children took the ‘painted lady’ butterflies to Blessington Basin park and released them today.

Junior Infants Tour

Our Junior Infant classes visited Newgrange Farm this week as part of their learning about life on a farm. They had so much fun seeing all of the animals, riding on the tractor and even holding a baby chick! Have a look at the lovely photos below to see their day in action:

5th Class to SurfDock

5th Class had a super day at SurfDock today. They conquered their fears and took part in a whole range of water-based activities. Have a look at the photos of their day!

Term Dates 2017-2018

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Newsletter 26.5.17

Newsletter

26^th May 2017

Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,

News this last week

Our Athletics team of 40 children had a brilliant day at Morton Stadium in Santry. The children were competing against children from schools all over Dublin and did so well! Congratulations to Simon from 3^rd Class who won a bronze medal for the 100m sprint. It is our first ever time to win a medal at this event and we are so proud! What a great achievement!

4^th Class had a super day at the ‘Squirrel Scramble’ in Kilruddery House yesterday. They did lots of very adventurous things like climbing in trees and zip-lining in the forest – well done!

Parents’ Association

Next week, Síle will be inviting parents and carers to beome involved in our new parents’ association. This is a group of interested parents and carers who come together regularly to support the school, plan events and make sure the views of parents are represented in the school. We have asked the National Parents’ Council (www.npc.ie) to come and give some training to any parent who is interested in being involved on Friday, 9^th June. We would love to have an active group of parents/carers working with us – please come along!

Internet Safety Talk

With children using the internet more and more, making sure your child is safe and protected while they are online is very important. We have arranged for an expert in online safety to speak to all parents/carers on Wednesday, 14^th June at 9.00 a.m. Look out for more information from Síle next week.

Term Dates 2017-2018

The term dates for 2017-2018 have been published on our website. Please note the children will return to school on Thursday, 31^st August 2017, a day earlier than usual. This will allow us to take a week’s mid-term holiday in May 2018.

Dates for your diary

29^th May – Junior Infants to Newgrange Farm

29^th May – 5^th Class to SurfDock

Thursday 1^st, Friday 2^nd, Monday 5^th, Tuesday 6^th June – School Closed for Mid-Term

7^th June – 3^rd Class to Trinity Sports

7^th June – Ms. Calvey’s to Little Museum of Dublin

9^th June – 2^nd Class to Dollymount Strand Beach

9^th June – 6^th Class to Carlingford

9^th June – Parents’ Association Training

12^th-16^th June – Active and Wellness Week

13^th June – 5^th Class to National Gallery

14^th June – Internet Safety Talk for Parents

14^th June – 1^st Class to Natural History Museum

26^th/27^th June – Whole-School Performance

29^th June – 6^th Class Graduation

30^th June – School closes at 12 noon

31^st August – School re-opens at 8.50 a.m.

Attendance and punctuality

Well done to Ms. Calvey’s 1^st and 2^nd Class who have 100% attendance this week! They were very closely followed by Miss Collins’s 2^nd Class and 5^th Class on 99%. Well done everyone!

It would be great to see children arriving on time to school in the next few weeks. Punctuality is a really big issue for a large number of families who are arriving after 8.50 a.m. every single day. This disrupts your child’s learning as they are arriving into class after everyone else has started. Please make every effort to be on time and thank you to the families who are eagerly awaiting the opening of the gate every day at 8.40 a.m.

Have a lovely weekend,

Éadaoin Kelly

Principal

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