NEWSLETTER 10.05.2019
PARENTS ASSOCIATION NEWS
Summer BBQ – The annual summer barbeque is taking place on Sunday, 9th June between 2pm and 4pm. The Parents’ Association Committee is looking for volunteers to help out with set up, clear up, food preparation, face painting, children’s games and an arts and crafts table.The event cannot be run without the help of volunteers so any assistance is greatly appreciated. Please contact Helen at [email protected] if you can help or let your class rep know.
Muintir Day (Family Day) – The PAC is hosting tea/coffee for our visitors on Muintir day (16th and 17th May). If anyone could bring baked goods either of these mornings these would be gratefully received on the morning by Phyllis who is running the cafe.
SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
ETHOS: Best Wishes to our students who will be celebrating their communion on Sunday in Donore Avenue at 12.30hrs. Griffith Barracks, Scoil Teresa, and St Catherine’s will be there also.
Our core value is Sharing this month.
ROOTS OF EMPATHY: We are planning next year’s Roots of Empathy programme. The key to the success of this program is a young infant and parent comes into their classroom once a month during the school year – the children bond to the baby and experience empathy.
WILL YOU HAVE A BABY BETWEEN 2 & 4 months next September / October? Do you have an hour per month to visit our school? Please contact us if you are interested in this.
We are just finishing our programme this year, and would like to thank Louise and Baby Juliette for visiting our school. Big thanks to Deirdre also who facilitated the visits and set up this initiative.
CLOSURES: June Bank Holiday Monday 2rd and 4th June.
WELCOME to the hens. Bígí cúramach lads! The farm was also a great success – please see gallery for photos.
STANDARDISED TESTING for 1st to 6th class next Tuesday 14th. Please ensure your child has a good night’s sleep, has eaten their breakfast and comes to school on time that day. Thank you for your support.
BEE BOOSTER BOX – 6th Class – Production starts in the school on Saturday.
MUINTIR DAY – (family day) Reminder that our school will be celebrating Muintir Canal Way on Thursday the 17th and Friday the 18th of May from 10.30-12.30. It is a day to celebrate older and wiser people in our lives and invite them to visit our school, have a chat and share in our learning. Children are invited to ask a Grandparent, parent, aunt/uncle, a family friend etc. to share in this special morning. We have split this over two days and the schedule is as follows:
| Thursday 16th | Friday 17th |
| J.I Simon
S.I Cliona 1st Wilma 2nd Alex 3rd Jennifer 5th/6th Ciarán |
J.I Jenny
S.I Orla 1st Chris 2nd Ciara 4th Cian |
We will welcome the visitors to our school at 10.30. They will then go to the child’s classroom for a chat followed by a joint assembly. Tea and coffee will be served after this until finish at 12.30. If it is a case that your child has sibling and their visitor can only come one of the days we can facilitate that the child would join in on their sibling’s day.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS: There have been some recent developments in the campaign for a Second Level Educate Together school in this area.
MINISTERS LETTER: Minister Joe Mc Hugh has responded to the ETHX second level campaign, and you can read the MINISTERS LETTER HERE.
MEDIA: There have been two items in the news this week on developments in second level for Dublin 8 & 12. Click to read articles – IRISH TIMES, INDEPENDENT
WEBSITE: We have updated our website with a list of secondary schools in surrounding areas. Each school listed is linked to their website. There may be other schools which are not listed that are outside these areas, so please be aware of this when thinking about schools for your children. LINK HERE
Enjoy the weekend,
Dermot & Staff
