Newsletter
11th November 2016
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
News this week
This week, Miss Collins’s 2nd Class visited the Blessington Basin as part of their learning about water pollution and litter. They looked for litter around the pond and have been impressing Miss Collins with their interest in looking after our planet. I know our Green Schools team will be delighted to hear they are doing such fantastic work!
Sponsored Disco
Thank you to the many families who supported our Sponsored Disco before the break. We raised a fantastic €1,316.29! We are very excited to have this money to spend on new sports equipment and play resources for children for their PE lessons and to use at playtime and lunchtime. As you know, we are very close to achieving the ‘Active Flag’ for keeping children active and moving throughout the day, promoting exercise and a healthy lifestyle. This money will really help us to ensure teachers and children have everything they need. Thanks so much!
Parent Classes – HSCL Update
A group of parents and carers have begun our ‘Incredible Years’ course with Sile and Claire and I am told they are already really enjoying it and learning lots! We are delighted to be able to offer this programme which is funded through the ABC programme in DIT Grangegorman.
We also have lots of other classes running for parents throughout the week, including English classes and the very popular cookery class. I also hear that a salsa dancing class is in the pipeline – so keep an eye on Sile’s noticeboard on the ground floor corridor for more information and let her know if you’re interested in joining any of the classes on offer.
Dates for your diary
Sunday, 13th November – Family Mass at 11.45a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church
17th November – Meeting for parents of First Communion children at 9.00 a.m.
22nd November – 5th Class to ‘Fighting Words’ writing workshop
28th November – School closed for children due to Primary Curriculum training for staff
Attendance and punctuality
5th Class have the best attendance of this week with 98.1%.
Please continue to make every effort to bring your child to school on time. We are seeing a lot of children arriving between 5 and 20 minutes late every single morning. They are missing the all-important start to the day where key messages are given and the plan for the day is shared by their teacher.
If your child is arriving at 9.10, they have already missed 20 minutes of learning. If they do this every day, they miss nearly 1 hour per week.
School starts at 8.50 a.m. Children should be waiting in the line for their teacher and entering the building together. Please look carefully at your morning routine and do everything you can to be on time. Thank you.
Best wishes for a lovely weekend.
Éadaoin Kelly
Principal