Cruinniú na nÓg 2018
We were delighted to host a special event for the Cruinniú na nÓg festival on Saturday, a national celebration of creativity. The children in 3rd Class worked with Sarah Webb earlier in the week to write about ‘My Mam, My Gran and Amazing Women who live around Dorset Street’. They also wrote a poem together as a group, called ‘Who Are We?’.
Green Schools Flag Raising
On Friday, we had our Flag Raising ceremony for our first Green Schools Flag. We were awarded our first flag for our work on the ‘Litter and Waste’ theme in the An Taisce programme. Over the last few years we have worked hard to reduce litter and waste in our school. Today was a celebration of all of that hard work, by our children, our staff, our community and especially those who have led our Green Team.
Click here to watch a video of the flag being raised.
Our Infant classes sang us some great recycling themed songs, while 1st Class showed off their samba skills with help from the team from ‘Masamba’. What a super day!
Different Families Same Love Competition
We were delighted to attend the award ceremony for the ‘Different Families, Same Love’ competition this week. The competition aims to celebrate the diversity of people and families in Ireland and to address homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools. We are proud of our inclusive school that fosters respect and acceptance of all family structures. Our 3rd Class children wrote their own stories on the theme and we were delighted to be awarded 3rd Prize in the Senior Category. The prizes were presented by INTO Vice-President, Feargal Brougham and journalist Dil Wickremasinghe. Well done everyone!
Doodle Families
We were very proud of the families in 1st Class who completed the ‘Doodle Families’ programme this week. The families have been working together with our staff after-school for eight weeks to support the children’s literacy learning. Our parents/carers have learned more about how to support their children at home and the children have improved their literacy skills in fun, engaging ways. Well done everyone!
Time to Read
We had a very special celebration on Tuesday morning to wrap-up the ‘Time to Read’ programme for this year.
Eight children from 2nd Class have completed the 20 week programme, reading for 30 minutes every week with their volunteer reader from ‘Business in the Community’.
The children also had the opportunity to visit the library and the BITC offices on a workplace visit as part of the programme.
This is our 3rd year working in partnership with BITC and we love the ‘Time to Read’ programme.
Newsletter 15.6.18
Newsletter
15th June 2018
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
News this week
Last Sunday, we had our final Family Mass of the year, led by our lovely First Communion children. The children made us very proud with their excellent reading and singing. Fr. Pat also joined us at school for an end-of-year prayer service for the older children on Thursday.
On Tuesday morning, we had our ‘Time to Read’ wrap-up session and celebration. Eight children from 2nd Class took part in this special reading programme for 20 weeks this year, with a volunteer adult reader from ‘Business in the Community’. We were delighted to see so many families joining us to celebrate too!
Today, Ms. Graham’s Class visited the Natural History Museum and St. Stephen’s Green. Ms. Conlon’s 4th Class also visited the Hugh Lane Gallery and had a lovely time looking at the beautiful paintings there.
Tickets for Aladdin Jr.
Tickets are now on sale for our performance of Aladdin Jr. in Liberty Hall Theatre on 27th June. All of the children in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Class are involved. Tickets are being sold outside the Hall every morning before school.
Tickets are €5 for adults and €2 for children.
Please note – you cannot buy a ticket on the night – you must have one in advance. They are selling quickly, so please ensure you book yours in time!
Parents’ Association Raffle – Aladdin Jr.
Putting on a production in Liberty Hall is expensive. To help us raise funds to meet these costs, our Parents’ Association are holding a raffle. If you’d like to buy raffle tickets, they will be available in the morning from Laura, Ludmila and the parent team. Our thanks to them for their super organisation, we already have some great prizes!
Dates for your diary
18 June – Romanian Class – Meeting for Parents at 9.00 a.m.
21 June – 1st Class to the Zoo
22 June – Green Flag Raising
Sat. 23 June – 3rd Class ‘Cruinniu’ event
27 June – Aladdin Jr. Performance
28 June – 6th Class Graduation
29 June – School Closes at 12 noon
30 August – Back to School
Attendance and punctuality
Well done to Ms. Graham’s Class who have top attendance this week!
Doodle Families Celebration
Congratulations to all our families in 1st Class who completed the ‘Doodle Families’ programme this week. The programme involved both children and parents/carers taking part in sessions after-school to support the children’s literacy. It was a great success – well done!
And finally…
Happy Eid to all our Muslim families celebrating today!
Have a lovely weekend,
Éadaoin Kelly
Principal
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Doodle Den Graduation
Our amazing Senior Infant children graduated from ‘Doodle Den’ last week!
Doodle Den is an after-school literacy programme, funded by the Grangegorman ABC programme and run by the School Completion Programme!
The children have attended Doodle Den for 90 minutes, three days a week, all year. They have learned so much and had a very fun time! Thanks to Ms. Todd, Amy and Orlaith who have led the group and kept everyone smiling. Great to see such happy faces. Thanks also to the parents/carers who supported the children in the programme all year and at their very special graduation ceremony. Roll on next year!
6th Class visit to Carlingford
6th Class had a super day visiting Carlingford Adventure Centre. The sun was shining and much fun was had by all.