ST. FRANCIS ST.,
GALWAY
Tel. (091) 566452
NEWSLETTER
MAY, 2011
PARENTS:
· National WOW Day is on Wednesday, 18th – We hope as many parents as possible will walk with us.
· Next meeting of the Committee of the School Parents Association – Tuesday, 24th May, 1 p.m.
· Parents who use ‘The Parents’ Room’, please help in keeping it clean and tidy. It is your room. It is up to you to keep it looking good!
· Good luck to our First Communion Girls and to their parents. We are looking forward to their special days. Special thanks to the choir who are working so hard.
· School tee-shirts available from School Shop €7.00 each.
· School Tour Day – Wednesday, 1st June.
· Sports day coming up but will be dictated by weather and other events. Be ready!
· We have been told that lots of Mums are going to have new babies soon. Congratulations to you all.
· Dentist in school this month. Make sure all forms have been returned.
· We hope to have our summer camps at the start of the summer holidays. Look out for details within the next few weeks.
· We are busy preparing for next year so look out for letters about book rental and school lunches which will be sent to you shortly. Also, if your child plans on leaving the school at the end of the year, please let us know as we have limited spaces available for next year’s enrolment.
*WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US
* Lots of teachers visiting us this month. We really enjoyed having them, so thank you to Muinteoir Orla and Muinteoir Jennifer in Room 9, Muinteoir Kate and Muinteoir Roisin in Room 3 and Muinteoir Edel and Muinteoir Yvonne in Room 7.
*Boys and girls from Room 15 and 16 are delighted to be involved in Shared Reading and are reading lots of books and Senior Infants will soon start ‘Peer Tutoring’ with the older girls.
Girls in Room 16 are working really really hard preparing for First Holy Communion.
*The vegetables on our Roof Garden are being planted at the moment. We are planting lettuce, scallions, courgettes, beans and carrots. We are looking forward to having a great crop.
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Special Dates to Remember:
School Closed on Monday 6th June (Bank Holiday) and Tuesday, 7th June.
Sports Day: First chance we get, when we have a fine day and nothing else happening.
School Tour Day: Wednesday, 1st , June.
International Day – Friday, 17th June
Closing for Summer Holidays – 12 noon, Wednesday, 29th June.
Very Helpful People
April, 2011
ROOM 3 – Oskar Wlodarczyk
ROOM 4 – Shane Lawless
ROOM 5 – Laoise McGuire
ROOM 6 – Natalia Szoste
ROOM 7 – Edison Sido
ROOM 8 – Kasper Pryzgodzki and Yi Qin
ROOM 9 – Liliana Sasat
Room 11 – Ashley Olabode
ROOM 12 – Gina Njemanze
Room 14 – Victoria Fox
ROOM 15 – Chelsea Ofogebu
ROOM 16 – Siobhan Matshazi
Best Class in Hall – APRIL, 11
ROOM 4
Best Attendance –APRIL, 11
ROOM 4 & ROOM 15
NIT NOTICE
Warm weather coming (we hope). Please keep checking.
School Closures
Closed Monday, 6th June – Bank Holiday and Tuesday, 7th June.
Closing for Summer Holidays, Wednesday, 29th June.
GREEN NEWS
Please join us on Wednesday, 18th for National Walk on Wednesday Day.
Never Missed a Day September to May
Kevin Ward – Room 7
Trath na gCeist Winners
Fiona Keville (Room 12) Jina Njemanze (Room 12
Eva Connolly (Room 5) Amy Wu (Room 5)
Our ‘Seanfhocal’ for this month is:
“Ni neart go cur le cheile”
(United we stand. Divided we fall.)
PAULA’S PRE & AFTER SCHOOL SERVICE
Boys and girls went to ‘See Saw Dance Production’ at the Town Hall and really enjoyed it!
Look out for details of our SALI logo competition.
