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, 25th June. Thank you to
those of you who have already paid.
Ø School
Book Lists and will be distributed on Thursday, 25th 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).
Ø After-
School Activities have included: Environmental Club & Digital Media
(William), Hip-Hop Dance (M. Aoife Mc Clafferty), Gaelic Football (M. Ann-Marie
& M. Aoife Concannon), Knitting Club (M. Rachel) and Tin-Whislte Club
(Laura).
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, National University of
Ireland, Galway, Westport House and the University of Limerick.
Ø We wish to express a big Go
raibh maith agat to our Mammies for International Day : they told us
stories, explained different customs & traditions and baked delicious food.
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.
We say ‘Goodbye’ to our 6th Class and
1st Class boys this week – we will miss you!
Ø Many thanks to our caretaker Gerry who put his
carpentry skills to good use by building a new Insect Hotel for our
rooftop garden.
Ø We enjoyed it's grand opening where Gerry did
the honours by cutting the red ribbon!
Ø Robyn Barry from the Dept. of the Environment
visited the school on Wednesday to give a workshop on Biodiversity.
He brought his own insects with him!
Sports News
Athletics
Well done to our athletes who competed in the Galway City
Sports in Dangan on Wednesday, May 27th. A special congratulations
to Sarah Agboola, 6th Class, Room 10 who won a gold medal in the u13
event. Our thanks to Muinteoir Ann-Marie for training the girls.
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2015 -2016
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Tuesday, September 1st
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School re-opens
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Monday, 26th October
to Friday, 30th October 2015
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School Closed: Halloween
Mid-Term Break
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Closing on Tuesday, 22nd
December and re-opening Wednesday, 6th
January 2016
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Christmas Holidays
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Thursday, 18th to Friday, 19th February 2016
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School Closed: Mid-Term Break
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Thursday 17th March
2016, re-opening 4th April 2016
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School Closed: St. Patrick’s
Day/Easter Holidays
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Closed Monday, 2nd May
to Wednesday May 4th 2016
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School Closed: Bank Holiday
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Closed Monday, 6th June
2016 to Wednesday 8th
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School Closed: Bank Holiday
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Thursday, 30th June 2016
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Closing for Summer Holidays
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*The School Calendar is subject to
change should the need arise
