Issue 7 Newsletter: March
2015
Our Individual Assembly Award Winners
‘Wonderful
Readers’ ’Best
Attendance’
Arvin Khan Thomas
Ward & Maria Ward
Theresa Nash Abigael
& Alex
Aadya Francis
Ward & Jasmine Rose Polinar
Roisin Polinar Weronika
Mirkowska & Ruquiya Ahmed
Zoe O’ Connell Taisia
Jerryn Mehzabin Wojciech
Iawnicyak
Andrew Olabode Best
Class Attendance: Rooms 7 & 10
Priscilla
Tshabala
Saoirse Ong & Jade Nallen
Golden Boot: Room
16
Best Class in the
Hall: Room 11
Dear
Parents:
·
After-School activities this term include: Tin-Whistle,
GAA Football and Hip-Hop Dancing.
·
We request that you take holidays when the
school is closed.
·
We are legally obliged to notify the
Education Welfare Officer of 20 days’ absences.
·
We had a wonderful World Book Day – thank you
for dressing-up your children. We collected €165 for Book Aid
International, which will buy books for children in Africa.
· Our classes
for next year are all very nearly full.
If you need to enrol a child please contact us immediately.
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News from our classrooms
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 Room 10 really enjoyed the visit from Mike
Moylan, historian as part of the ‘One Book, One Galway’ project organised by
Aoife Mc Clafferty. They are also looking forward to making their
Confirmation. Their Crocus Project is in full bloom in our roof-top garden. Well done to all the classes involved in
the ‘Service of Reconciliation & Light.’ Room 11 went to visit the Galway Museum. Lots of classes enjoyed pancakes on
‘Pancake Tuesday!’ Room 15 had parents in to help, special
thanks to Melchor, Norma, Karen and Andria! Classes are also working hard to try to
speak as much Irish as possible for ‘Seachtain na Gaeilge.’ All classes will also participate in
activities for ‘Seachtain na Gaeilge.’ Fr. Eugene distributed ashes to us on Ash
Wednesday. We welcome Lee to Room 4, Annella to Room
11, Everley to Room 3 and Leah to Room 7. Room 4 & Room 7 went on a lovely Spring
walk to NUIG. On
Monday next (16th March),
our pupils can wear ‘GREEN’ to school to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge and
all things Irish. – La le Gaeilge! Beidh La Gaeilge againn ar an 16u Marta. Ta
cead ag na paisti dath glas a chaitheamh ar an la sin le haghaidh Seachtain
na Gaeilge |
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WORLD
BOOK WEEK
All
of our classes participated in activities for
World
Book Week organised by Muinteoir Siobhan. Pupils also enjoyed lots of reading
activities in their classrooms. Classes visited Charlie Byrne’s Book Store,
Dubray Book Store and Easons. We had great fun dressing – up as our favourite
book characters.
Green School News
Fiona Coen from Galway City Council and Tiernan Mc
Cusker from An Taisce visited our school on February 5th.
They carried out the assessment for our sixth
green flag on Global Citizenship and Awareness-Litter and Waste.
They met with the pupils on the green schools
committee and also visited all the classes to view the projects the pupils had
been working on. They were very impressed with all the work we have done over
the last two years and now we are waiting to hear from An Taisce if we have
been successful.
Keep up the good work
on Litter and Waste!
SALIChildcare Services
Places
are limited for preschool and after-school for September 2015. Please
contact Paula on 087-7697338 to register your child.
Important
Events & School Closures:
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Tuesday, 17th March
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School Closed
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Friday, 27th March:
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Confirmation at 11am
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Friday, 27th March:
Monday, 13th April:
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School closing at 12 noon for
Easter Holidays
Re-opening after Easter
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SPORTING EVENTS
Congratulations
to Sarah Agboola in Room 10 who won two gold medals recently. She came first in the 60m and the
relay!
GAA News
Our football
team are training very hard with M. Ann-Marie and M. Aoife Concannon. They have
their first match this year on Thursday and they will be sporting for the first
time the school’s new jersey and spot gear. We wish them the best of luck!
