SCOIL AN LINBH IOSA
ST. FRANCIS STREET
GALWAY
Tel. (091)566452
www.saligalway.ie
NEWSLETTER
PARENTS:
· Meeting of all parents of the school on Monday next, 24th October to elect parents to the Board of Management of the school. Hope you can come.
· After School Activities are all well underway. New activities after mid-term break.
· Classes for parents are on Wednesdays and Fridays – Wednesday is ‘Childcare’ Day and Friday is ‘Learn to Speak English’ Day.
· After our mid-term break, children may wear track suits to school each day if you so wish.
· School will remain closed on Thursday, 27th September as it will be in use as a Polling Station for the Presidential Election and Referenda.
· On Friday, 28th October, we will have a ‘Fancy Dress Day’ and a Fancy Dress Parade in school. All children are invited to come to school in their ‘Fancy Dress’ clothes.
· Thank you very much for leaving the main school building once your child has come in. The area around the stairs is now a much safer place. Visit the Parents Room if you would enjoy a chat and a cup of tea.
· Anyone wishing to enrol a child in the pre-school or the primary school year for 2011/12, please do so immediately as the classes for next year are filling up rapidly.
· Well done all those parents who are Walking on Wednesday. We hope to have our next walk on Wednesday, 9th November. Please join us.
· Any concerns which the school may have about the welfare and protection of children must be reported to the Health Services Executive.
· Where a child remains uncollected after school, we are obliged to contact the H.S.E.
· We are obliged to report absences of more than twenty days to the National Educational Welfare Board.
· Any child receiving a school lunch need not bring any lunch from home. If lunches are coming from home, we will have to cancel the lunch provided by the school. If your child is having a school lunch, please make sure that s(he) brings a lunchbag/box to school.
· The school will soon be involved in a reading project – One Book, One Galway and we will be asking you parents to read with us. Look out for more news about this.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US
*Room 12 and Room 5 went to the University as part of ‘Maths for Fun Week’. They are also preparing to sing at the ‘Peace Proms’, which take place in February. This is a chance for us to sing with hundreds of children and with a full orchestra concert. Already we are working hard.
*Look out for news about ‘One Book, One Galway’ in which we plan to take part. You will soon receive a special note about this project.
*Our Senior Girls are involved in poetry workshops for ‘Eurochild’. Eurochild is a project involving children writing poetry for children, some of which is published in the ‘Eurochild Anthology of Poetry.’
*Room 15 and Room 12 had great fun in their classrooms at lunchtime during Maths Week. They were playing’Maths Games’.
*Room 14 Visited the Library and were told very funny stories by Niall de Burca. They really enjoyed it.
*Well done to Room 9 who won the ‘Golden Boot’ for October. They are the youngest and newest people in the school. Didn’t they do well! Keep it up
Room 9.
*A big welcome to our school to Antonio in Room 7 and Justin in Room 9.
Nit Notice: Be aware, Check the hair.
PEOPLE WHO STARTED THE YEAR WELL
ROOM 3 Oisin Goldie
ROOM 4 Eddie ward
Room 5 Mirka Wojtzszek
ROOM 6 Natalia Szostek
ROOM 7 Leanne Morkan
ROOM 8 Oliwia Brezinska
Olivia Rahdika
Room 8a Kevin Ward
ROOM 9 Fainche joyce
Room 11 Victoria Fox
Room 12 Sarah Agboola
Room 14 Aliyah Awoponle
Room 15 Shane Lawless
ROOM 16 Filip Mateuszuk
BEST ATTENDANCE:
room 5 and room 7
BEST CLASS IN HALL:
ROOM 12
WELL DONE PEOPLe –
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN ROOMS 3 & 9 WHO HAVE JUST STARTED SCHOOL!
GREEN NEWS
The ‘Golden Boot’ award for the Best Class at Walking to School in September goes to the girls and boys in Room 9. Well done everybody.
School Closures for this Term
Oct. Closing on Election Day, Thursday, 27th October as the school will be in use as a Polling Station.
Closing for mid-term break on Friday, 28th October, 2011. Re-opening on Monday, 7th November.
Dec. Closing for Christmas Holidays –12 noon, Thursday, 22nd
December.
Jan. Re-opening for new term Monday, 9th January, 2012.
Tráth na gCeist Winners (Meán Fomhair/September)
Anna C. Sarah S. (Room 5)
Sarah A. & Michala T. (Room 12)
Seanfhocal na Miosa
Is fear go deireanach na go brach.
(Better late than never.)
Important dates to Remember
Election of Parents to Board of Management: Monday, 24th October, 2 p.m.
Parent Teacher Meetings: Thursday, 24th November, 2011.
Confirmation Day: Wednesday, 14th March, 2012.
