Our Lady’s N.S.
Ballingarry, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Tel/Fax: 052
9154533
Email: ourladysns@gmail.com
Friday 7th September 2018
Welcome Note
On behalf of the staff of Our Lady’s N.S., I would like to
welcome each child and parent to the beginning of a new school year. A special welcome to our new junior infants,
and also to the Kelly family. Welcome
back also to our hardworking Parents Council and many thanks to them for the wonderful
job in organising our Book Rental Scheme.
I would also like to thank Evelyn, our cleaner for having our school
looking so well on our return and for her beautiful artistic work in our school
yard, Pat Walsh, our caretaker for all his hard work over the Summer, painting,
cleaning and gardening to mention but a few.
Pupil Personal Insurance
We would encourage all parents to avail of the pupil
personal insurance scheme. This gives 24
hour insurance for your child at the cost of €9 for 24hr cover or €6 for in school
cover only. Please return forms and
money to the school by Friday 14th Sept.
Day to Day Rules / Annual Consent Form
Day to Day rules and Annual Consent forms must be signed by
all parents/students and returned to the school by Friday 14th
Sept please.
Contact Information
We are in the process of updating
all our school contact info for all families.
We have noted our text-a-parent
costing are quite expensive. We would
appreciate just one contact number (where possible) per family for
text-a-parent purposes. Other emergency
contact numbers will be kept on file.
Your email address would also be
helpful for forwarding any school policies being reviewed or implemented during
the year.
Garda Vetting
All parent volunteers who help in
any areas of school life must be garda vetted.
Garda Vetting Forms available in the
office. Any parents wishing to accompany
infants swimming must be garda vetted.
P.E. Programme
GAA Coaching will continue in the school again this year for 1st
to 6th class. Pupils must wear helmets and school
tracksuit. Mrs Egan’s class wear school
tracksuit on Mondays and Thursdays. Mrs
O’ Dea’s class wear tracksuits on Tuesdays and Fridays, 3rd to 6th
classes wear tracksuits up to mid-term.
Gum shields will be needed for football training from 1st - 6th
Class for November, December and January.
Shorts/Polo shirts may be worn up to end of September.
On P.E days please ensure children wear suitable footwear.
For G.A.A training from 1st – 6th all
students need a change of footwear for the field.
Full uniform every other day please.
Homework
Homework is given to all pupils on a regular basis. We ask you to ensure that it is done
carefully and child’s journal signed each night.
Infants do not have a homework Journal.
Absenteeism
If your child is absent you must write a note stating reason
for absence. It can be written into your
child’s diary. *If a pupil is absent 20 days or more we are legally obliged to
notify the Education Welfare Board and you will probably receive a visit from
Education Welfare Officer.
When infants are absent Mrs Egan will give them a slip to fill
in on their return.
Graduates of 2018
Congratulations once again to our Graduates of 2018. We wish them well in the years ahead. A big “Thank you” to them for the beautiful
gift of the Buddy Bench.
*Requisites Money
We would like to take this opportunity to ask parents who may
not yet have sent in the requisites money to do so as soon as possible
please. Thank you to the parents who
have already done so.
Junior/Senior Infants €15, 1st to 6th
class €21 this money covers homework journal, art & craft materials,
photocopying, standardised tests, S.A.E. for reports
Health and Safety
The health and safety of all our
staff and students is of paramount importance to school management.
I would strongly urge any
parent with any issues related to any area of school life to follow proper
procedures in having the matter dealt with.
Dates for the diary
DATE
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EVENT
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Sun, September 30th
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Sponsored Walk
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to be confirmed
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Recycling Day (clothes, footwear etc)
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Oct 11th -18th
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Book Fair
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Fri, Oct 12th
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GOAL Jersey Day
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23rd Oct, 9th,
16th, 23rd, 30thNov,
7th, 14th
and 18th Dec
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Swimming Dates – 3rd to 6th Class
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Tues 13th & Wed 14th Nov
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Parent/Teacher meetings
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Fri, 26th Oct
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Polling Day – school closed
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Thurs, Oct 25th, return Mon Nov 5th
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Halloween Mid-Term Break
Fancy Dress / Games Playing / Mini Cake Sale
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12noon Fri 21st Dec, return Mon Jan 7th
2018
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Christmas Holidays.
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Swimming Dates
As the swimming pool can only
accommodate a maximum of 80 children we have had to arrange two swimming
sessions again this year. The new time
table for 3rd – 6th class is the only option available to
us for this year.
Swimming for Infants – 2nd
class will commence after Easter on Monday March 25th.
Infant parents wishing to attend
must be garda vetted. This process takes a while so please call to the office
for forms.
Office Hours
Rose, our secretary is available in the office Mon – Thurs from
9.30am – 1.30pm.
I hope all our school community have a happy and successful
year ahead in “Our Lady’s N.S.”.
Thanking you
___________________________
Ms S O’ Sullivan
Our
Lady’s N.S. School Calendar 2018 – 2019
School Closures
Halloween Mid-Term – Thursday 25th Oct, re-open Mon 5th Nov
Christmas Holidays – Fri 21st Dec at 12noon, re-open Mon 7th
Jan ‘19
February Mid-Term Break – Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd
Feb
Bank Holiday – Monday 18th March
Easter Holidays – Friday 12th April at 12noon, re-open Mon 29th
April
Confirmation Day – Friday 3rd May
Bank Holiday – Mon 6th May
School Closed – Friday 31st May
Bank Holiday –Mon 3rd June
Summer Holidays – Wed 26th June
* School will close at 12noon
for Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays only.
*2 more dates to be added to calendar as soon as we get dates for First
Holy Communion and In-Service Day.
