SCOIL AN LINBH IOSA
ST. FRANCIS STREET
GALWAY
Tel. (091)566452
www.saligalway.ie
PARENTS:
· Children may wear tracksuits to school every day during the winter months (except on special occasions when they will be asked to wear uniform.)
· Parent Teacher Meetings are scheduled to be held on Thursday, 24th November. School will close at 2.15 p.m. on that day. Look out for your notice. We look forward to seeing you all.
· Next meeting of the Committee of the School Parents Association, is planned for Tuesday, 29th November.
· Mr. Liam Kavanagh and Mrs. Margaret Fox have been re-elected to the Board of Management. Congratulations Liam and Margaret and thank you both for your input to the Board of Management.
· If you have a child starting school in 2012 or if you know someone who has, please make sure that (s)he is enrolled. Places are filling up very, very quickly.
· Confirmation Day is Wednesday, 14th March, 2012.
· Any parents who wish to have forms signed or letters written for any organisation (e.g. Health Services Executive, Department of Social Welfare etc.) must give at least three days notice.
· Thank you all for being so good about sending children into the Hall and then leaving the school. If children need to have clothes, bags, etc. adjusted, please do so before they enter the Hall. We look forward to your co-operation as it all makes life so much easier.
· We remind you that absences of children from school must be reported to the National Educational Welfare Board. The Board of Management of the School is also obliged to report any instances or concerns of child neglect or abuse to the Health Services Executive.
· We would appreciate it if you would not park on double yellow lines at or near the school when dropping off or collecting children. Our community garda, Garda Hugh has visited us and he says he is very cross about the way some people are parking.
· We are all very busy preparing for Christmas. Already we are getting our music and singing ready. We are also getting ready for singing with the orchestra at the ‘Peace Proms’ in January/February.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US *
*We had great fun at at the mid-term break. We came to school dressed up and had a parade.
*Girls from Room 5 are busy reading ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ which is the chosen book for Galway’s ‘One City one Book’ Project. They are really enjoying it. They will also visit the Library next week.
*Science Week is coming soon and we have Muinteoir Jane visiting or school to help us with our science. Muinteoir Jane used to work in the school at one time.
*Lots of girls are having fun with their ‘Maths Club’ at lunchtime when they play all sorts of maths games. We also had great fun during Maths Week.
* Lots of us have joined the City Library. We really like going to visit it and choose our own books.
*We are collecting old mobile phones and batteries which are no longer useful and passing them on to people who can make use of them. If you have any of these, please bring them into the school or the pre-school.
*This month we are especially remembering those we love who have died.
NIT NOTICE
Now is the time to start making sure that we will all have clean heads for Christmas.
GREEN NEWS
Our Walk on Wednesday (WOW) will continue, weather permitting, in December. Meet at Tesco at 8.20 a.m. and walk at 8. 30 a.m. on Wednesday, 14th December. Parents walk with children.
VERY PUNCTUAL PEOPLE
ROOM 3 Olivia Rhodika (k.C.)
ROOM 4 Gabrielle Kulityte
Room 5 Sarah scully
ROOM 7 Benny Ntumbanday
ROOM 8 Munia Rahman and Obed Mayemba
ROOM 8a Maureen Dodd
ROOM 9 Alliyah Tijani
ROOM 11 Priscilla Tshabalala
ROOM 12 Ciara Grealish
ROOM 14 Samia Akter
ROOM 15 Simon Korzeniowski
ROOM 16 Katie Folan
BEST ATTENDANCE FOR OCTOBER
Room 3 and Room 14
BEST CLASS IN HALL IN OCTOBER:
ROOM 5
WELL DONE EVERYONE!
School Closures between now and Christmas
Closing at 2.15 pm. For Parent Teacher Meetings on Thursday, 24th November, 2012.
Closing for School Planning Day – Wednesday, 7th December.
Closing for Christmas Holidays – 12 noon, Thursday, 22nd December.
Re-opening Monday, 9th Jan., 2012.
Important Dates to Remember
Thursday, 24th November- Parent Teacher Meetings
Wednesday, 14th March, 2012 – Confirmation Day
Trath na gCeist Winners
This month we had lots of winners:
Sarah Scully (Room 5) Sarah Agboola (Room 12)
Emma Willock (Room 5) Sarah Piotrowska (Room 12)
Rachel Madden (Room 5) Jamylah Folan (Room 12)
Laura Tomaseviciute (Room 5) Erica Ligeikatie (Room 12)
Anna Chen (Room 5) Jane Francis (Room 12)
Seanfhocail na Miosa
Is fearr go deireanach na go brach.
(Better late than never.)
S.A.L.I. (Scoil anLinbh Iosa) Pre School Service & After School Service
Great fun was had by all at our Halloween Party and now we are getting ready for our Christmas Concert.
Places in the pre-shool for this year are already filled and a waiting list is in place. Places for next year very limited but if you want your child’s name on next year’s list, please contact Paula at
087-7697338.
