Newsletter
19th October 2018
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
Maths Week
What a wonderful Maths Week we have had! The children have been superstars, engaging with each challenge and workshop with great enthusiasm. On Monday, our assembly introduced a series of challenges to complete over the week. On Tuesday, Mr. Carney hosted some very exciting Lego workshops for classes and on Wednesday, Mr. Kerr led problem-solving workshops across the school. Throughout the week, we’ve had maths trails in the building and in the yard for our Infant classes and on Thursday, all the children from 2nd to 6th Class walked to the Botanic Gardens to take part in our annual Maths Trail.
We have been delighted to see the children so excited about Maths – they have behaved excellently and all the teachers commented on their superb participation throughout the week. Well done everyone! A special thank you to Mr. Kerr who coordinated all the events during the week.
News this week
Last Sunday, we had our first Family Mass of the year. Thank you to all the families who attended and to the children who led the liturgy with such confidence.
On Tuesday, Senior Infants visited the Ilac library with Julianna, our Reader in Residence.
On Thursday, we were delighted to see so many parents/carers join Fr. Pat to discuss the First Communion programme for this year – thank you for coming along.
Sponsored Disco and Pumpkin Challenge
Thank you to the families who have already generously donated to our sponsored disco next Friday. We welcome all donations – big or small – children can bring the money to their class teacher throughout next week. The disco itself will take place on Friday and we thank the Parents’ Association for all of their hard work organising this great event.
A new addition to this year’s proceedings -we’re having a ‘pumpkin carving’ competition. Families are invited to bring their carved pumpkin into school on Friday next week. Pumpkins will be accepted on Friday morning ONLY, will be displayed for the children to see during the day and must be collected and brought home at the end of the day for your family to enjoy for Hallowe’en. Please do take part if you can!
Dates for your diary
26 October – Annual Sponsored Disco
26th October – School closes for Mid-Term Holiday
5th November – School re-opens at 8.50 a.m.
23rd November – School closed for children – staff training day for new Primary Language Curriculum
Attendance and punctuality
Another excellent week of attendance with every class meeting our target of 95%. The winners of our trophy this week were Ms. Lougheed’s 3rd Class with 98.3% – well done!
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Éadaoin Kelly
Principal
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