School Newsletter - January 2014

Issue 5             Newsletter: January 2014

Best Class in the Hall: Room 10

Best Class Attendance: Room 9 & Room 15

Golden Boot Award: Room 7

Dear Parents: v Welcome back to school and Happy New year! v Our Christmas Carol singing was a great success and we thank those of you who came along to listen and support us. A special thanks to all of the teachers involved. v We hope you enjoyed our Christmas Concert Day. We are so proud of all of our classes and their teachers. We are also very grateful to you for co-operating with the timetable for the shows. v Please ensure that we have up-to-date addresses and contact telephone numbers for you. v Please do not approach teachers when they are with their class or in their classrooms. Should you wish to speak to a teacher it is school policy to make an appointment. This ensures that staff can give you the attention you deserve. However, once they are with their pupils, the pupils are given their undivided attention. PARENTS’ COURSES: v FREE English Classes take place every Tuesday morning at 9.30am in the Parents’ Room. v First Aid Course – please contact Aoife on 085 1121001 PUZZLE: ----- (5 letters) -------(7 letters) ---(3 letters) ----(4 letters). Clue: Horses are kind and hard working. HEALTH & SAFETY: v In the interests of safety we urgently need your help with the following: Ø Please remove children’s hats, scarves etc. outside the assembly hall in the mornings. We are very proud of our pupils who enter the hall alone. Keep it up! We ask all adults to remain outside the hall. ENROLMENTS 2014 If you have a child starting school in September 2014 or if you know someone who has, please make sure that s/he is enrolled. Forms are available from the office. Places left are limited. Baby News Congratulations to all of our families who have had new arrivals: Nur and Nusrath have a new baby brother, Nafis who was born on Christmas Day! Samir has a new baby brother, Sahir who was born on January 1st. Ke Chai has a new baby sister and Jerin also has a new baby sister. Book Fair – Coming Next Week! Our annual Book Fair takes place from Monday, 27th January until Friday, 31st January. A separate note and timetable will be sent to you. Please support our book fair as this allows us choose books for our class/school libraries. We have children’s author: Liam Farrell coming in to talk to our classes on Wednesday, 29th January. News from our classrooms    Room 12 are learning Italian with students from NUIG every Friday.    Rooms 4 & 7 will be visiting the Teddy Bear’s Hospital on Friday, 24th January in NUIG.    Room 9 planted daffodils, had a teddy bear’s picnic on Friday and are busy playing “At the Opticians” during playtime. PUPILS WHO DID NOT MISS A DAY DURING TERM 1 40 pupils received prizes for not missing a day from September to December 2013. We are very proud of all of you. Photos of the pupils are on display on the Assembly Notice Boards. If you have a child who will be 3 years of age next September, please call to Room 1 for a registration form or Contact Paula for more details on 087-7697338. Official Opening of our Junior Playground The mayor came to visit our school on Wednesday, December 19th to officially open our playground. The school band and choir provided great entertainment on the day!    ·      Did you work out our puzzle on page 1? ·        We wish all of our Chinese families a very happy one!