Newsletter
26th October 2018
Dear parents, carers, staff and friends,
Sponsored Disco and Pumpkin Challenge
Huge thanks to our Parents’ Association for all their hard work putting together our special events for Hallowe’en this year. They have coordinated our Sponsored Disco, decorating the hall spookily, organising music, lights and sponsor forms and promoting our pumpkin competition.
What a great day we have had! It’s great to see the children all dressed up and having so much fun! Our sponsored disco took place across the day. The children danced ‘til they dropped! We are so impressed with the wonderful pumpkins you have created at home – they are so creative and you have spent so much time on them. And a final thank you for your sponsorship money – we will confirm the total with you after the break.
News this week
On Monday, 4th Class took part in some art workshops with David from the ‘Big Scream’ festival to create decorations for the Hallowe’en festival. Also on Monday, 3rd Class visited the Central Library and took part in a ukelele session with the ‘Musician in Residence’ there.
On Tuesday, Garda Cian from Bridewell Station came to speak to 5th Class about staying safe at Hallowe’en. There are lots of organised community events for Hallowe’en – please keep your child safe by going to one of these safe, family-friendly events and do not allow children to be around fireworks or bonfires without adult supervision.
On Wednesday, 6th Class visited the National Archaeology Museum on Kildare Street.
On Thursday, Ms. Oppermann’s 1st Class visited the Hugh Lane Gallery to look at different portraits by famous painters. They then had a special workshop of their own to create their own self-portraits using recycled materials.
Language Explorers
We completed our four sessions of the ‘Language Explorers’ programme this week. Each class has worked really well and learned lots about one another’s languages and the languages around us. In the older classes, children were creating their very own multilingual cities, with shops and signs in lots of different languages. This week they wrote multilingual raps – each line was written in a different home language. In the younger classes, children shared songs and poems in their home languages.
Our thanks to the Language Exploresrs’ team – Francesca, Claudia and Aga for working with us – we loved it!
Dates for your diary
5th November – School re-opens at 8.50 a.m.
23rd November – School closed for children – staff training day for Language Curriculum
Attendance and punctuality
Well done to Ms. Lougheed’s 3rd Class – second week in a row – top attendance of 98.3%!
| We are now closed for one week’s holiday. We re-open on Monday, 5th November. |
Enjoy the break!
Éadaoin Kelly
Principal
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