Best Class in the Hall:
Room 17
Special Congratulations to Arina
Kavanagh, 6th Class who has not missed a day for her 8 years with
us!
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Best Class
Attendance:
Room 9
Room 15
& Room 5
Pupils with full and excellent attendance were awarded gold and silver medals
Golden Boot
Award: Room 7
Our school was once again awarded the Discover Primary Science & Maths Award
Dear Parents,
Ø It is
hard to believe that another school year is coming to an end. We would like to
take this opportunity to thank you for your help and co-operation during the
year. We look forward to working with you next year and hope that you have a
lovely summer.
Ø We
need to order our school books for next year, therefore all monies owed for
Book Rental need to be in by this Thursday, 26th June. Thank you to
those of you who have already paid.
Ø School
Book Lists and next year’s school calendar will be distributed on Thursday, 26th
June.
Ø This
year our school has been involved in the following projects and activities: School
Completion Programme, Junior Achievement Ireland, Green School Project, Shared
Reading, Peer Tutoring (M. Siobhan), and
Discover Primary Maths & Science (M.
Audrey & M. Sinead).
Ø After-
School Activities have included: French Club, (M. Anna) Sports Club (M. Audrey
& Michelle), Environmental Club Digital Media (William),, Hip-Hop Dance (M.
Aoife), Irish Dancing (M. Vanessa), Gaelic Football (M. Ann-Marie), Knitting
Club (M. Rachel) and Spikeball (M. Sinead).
News from our classrooms
Ø All of
our classes really enjoyed Sports Day and their school tours. The classes
visited Turoe Pet Farm, Athenry Heritage Centre, Loughwell Pet Farm and
Athlone.
Ø Congratulations
to Anton O’ Connell, Patrick Rinavs, Ayesha Khan and Karl Mania for their
acheivements in Shared Reading and many thanks to their parents for supporting
them
Ø Many
thanks to Muinteoir Eimear and Sixth Class who read every day for the past six
weeks to the Senior Infant children. This was an enjoyable and rewarding
experience for all the pupils involved.
Ø All
classes are taking advantage of the nice weather and heading out and about on
nature trails and also visiting our roof-top garden.
Ø We say ‘Goodbye’ to our 6th
Class and 1st Class boys this week – we will miss you!
Sports News
Athletics
Well done to our athletes who competed in
the City Schools Cumann na mBuncol competition in Dangan recently. A special
congratulations to Sarah Agboola, 5th Class, Room 5 who won a gold
medal for the 8- metre sprint at this event. Our thanks to Muinteoir Ann-Marie
for training the girls.
Sarah also achieved 1st place in the Under 12
girls’ 60 metre sprint and girls’ relay competition in the Connacht Athletics
Semi-Final in Sligo recently.
Football
Our school football team participated in
a blitz in Pearse Stadium in Salthill recently. They played their best and we
are very proud of them and Muinteoir Ann-Marie. A special thanks also to Dennis
Carr who helped train our football team.
Teacher News
We say a fond farewell to Sr. Philomena who is retiring.
We thank you for your years of hard work and commitment to Scoil an Linbh Iosa.
Summer Reading Challenge 2014
This is a FREE summer activity at your local library. The challenge this
year is: “Mythical Maze.” We strongly encourage you and your children to take
part in the Summer Reading Challenge and bring your children to see the
mythical creatures: dragons, miotaurs, unicorns and maybe a few leprechauns in
your local library.
Have a Happy
Reading Summer!
