Our Lady's N.S.: 2017

Tuesday 5 December 2017

Some Tasty Maths!

Miss O'Connor had a 'sweet' Maths lesson for her class today as they engineered some 3D shapes using cocktail sticks and Dolly Mixtures. Well, if you can't eat them, join them!

Writers of the Month - November 2017

Here we have the winners of the November Writer of the Month awards. We done to all and keep up the good work.

Class of the Month - November 2017

Well done to the students of 3rd and 4th Class who secured the Class of the Month award for November. First and Second Class also picked up a special award for the most improved class over the month.

Parents Council Meeting

Just a reminder that there is a Parents Council meeting on Wednesday, December 6th at 8:30 in the school.

Newsletter November 2017

Monday, November 13^th

Dear Parents/Guardians

Thank you

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents, students and staff for their wonderful hard work during our busy first half term in Our lady’s N.S.

The Halloween costumes for our Dress-up Day were amazing. A great day of game playing, modelling and fun was had by all. We raised €158.

· Book Fair

Due to the success of our Book Fair on October 18^th – 20^th, we received €974 worth of beautiful good quality books for our school library. Many thanks again to all families for supporting the book fair and helping your school with this exciting initiative.

· GOAL Jersey Day

Goal Jersey Day was held on Friday 13^th October, the children looked fabulous in their jerseys. We raised €197 for GOAL.

Christmas Activities

Christmas Shoe Box Appeal

We organised 20 shoe boxes for the Shoebox Appeal and children made a huge effort to make the boxes very exciting for all the children receiving them. This was much appreciated. No doubt they will put a smile on many faces on Christmas morning!

Thinking of Others:

As it is near the season of goodwill and a special time for thinking of others we have once again decided to organise a food collection for the “less well off” in our community and present it to a St Vincent De Paul member at our Christmas Mass on Thursday Dec 21^st at 11am. One contribution per family will suffice. Every little helps but please don’t feel under pressure at this time of year.

· Christmas Cards in Our Lady’s N.S.

This year we would once again encourage children not to bring in a Christmas Card for every child in their class. Instead each class is going to have a “Christmas Card Kris Krindle”. Each child will be given plain card and an envelope to bring home to make a card for a friend, whose name they pulled out of a hat. They must put this in the “Class Post Box” before Monday December 18^th and they will be “delivered” in time for Christmas holidays.

· Christmas Mass/Raffle

This year our Bumper Raffle will take place on Thursday 21^st December after the Christmas Mass. As always we have a huge array of fabulous prizes. Tickets will go home to all families on Monday, December 4^th. All parents welcome to attend.

Christmas Annuals

Christmas Annuals are available to order through the school for €3.

Junior/Senior Infants – Carnival - 1^st / 2^nd Class – Fairground

3^rd / 4^th Class – Parade - 5^th / 6^th Class – Festival

Money needs to be in by Friday 1^st December.

Reminders:

Please ensure that infants are collected promptly at 2pm

As per our school rules students must wear full uniform to school except on gym days where they are obliged to wear the school tracksuit and appropriate runners for health and safety reasons.
Homework: Homework is given to all pupils on a regular basis. We ask you to ensure that it is done carefully and the child’s journal signed (1^st – 6^th) each night.
Parents Council meeting Monday Nov 13^th at 8pm.
Requisites Reminder: If anyone has overlooked payment of requisites, €21 for 1^st – 6^th and €15 for infants, please forward to the school at your earliest convenience.

Upcoming Events

DATE	EVENT
Tues Nov 14^th	Taster Day – Presentation Convent for 5^th & 6^th Class
Wed 15 & Thurs 16^th Nov	Parent/Teacher meetings for Inf, 1^st, 2^nd , 5^th and 6^th Classes 3^rd and 4^th class parent/teacher meetings will be scheduled in the new year.
Thursday, December 8^th	School Closed
Friday 15^th Dec	Final swimming lessons for 3^rd & 4^th Class students
Thursday, December 21^st at 11am	Christmas Mass Celebration in School Library Bumper Christmas Raffle
Friday, December 22^nd	Christmas Holidays – 12noon
Monday, January 8^th 2018	Return to school

Credit Union Sammy Stamps

As you are aware Sammy Saving Stamps no longer operate. However, Thurles Credit Union have an alternative scheme, the School Savings prize Draw. A rep from the Credit Union will visit the school in the coming weeks with further information.

Board of Management

The following is the Agreed Report from Board meeting held on Thurs 9^th November.

The Board is delighted to have 103 pupils in Our Lady’s N.S. this year and would like to take the opportunity to wish children, staff and parents a successful school year.

The Board wishes Ms O’ Sullivan well with her recuperation.

The Board congratulated the school on the Standardised Test reports.

The Board wishes to thank Parents Council, Parents, Pupils and Staff on recent fundraising

Ø Sponsored Walk - €1366.50

Ø Halloween dress Up Day - €158

Your invaluable support is much appreciated and will be put to good use for our school this year.

The Board congratulated our 3^rd to 6^th class students on their recent participation

and success in Athletics and wishes to thank Marie Corbett for her help in preparing them.

The Board is glad to announce the upcoming investment in the schools I.T. The school Wi-Fi System will be updated in the coming weeks and a Mi Touch Interactive LED Multitouch Screen will be installed in the 3^rd & 4^th class room. Further investment will be made over the coming years

Thanking you once again for your continued support.

________________________

Deirdre Egan (Vice-Principal)

Sunday 19 November 2017

Winners!

We received some good news at Our Lady's N.S. recently. It seems that we have some prize winning artists in the school.

In the Thurles Gardaí Art Competition, Oisín O'Brien won first prize in the Second Class competition. Emily Ivers came second in the Third Class competition.

And if that wasn't enough Cormac Boylan won second prize for his age group in the Credit Union Art Competition.

Well done!

Presentation Secondary School Taster Day

On Tuesday, November 14th the students of Fifth and Sixth Class were invited down to the Secondary School for a taste of what life would be like if they choose to go there. Here is what they thought:

"Today I went to the Secondary School. My time there was great. We first went to the Woodwork class and then we had a bit of lunch. We then went to Art and sculpted monsters out of clay. When we were finished we went on the bus back to school. I had great fun and I will definitely be going there next year."
- Emma Geeves, 6th Class

"Today Fifth and Sixth Class went down to the Secondary School. First, when we went in we did Woodwork. We made keychains with Mr. Egan. Then we did Art. We used clay to make a creature. We also got a goody bag each. Then we went and played hockey, soccer and basketball. My favouite activity was the Art."
- Josh Kealy, 6th Class

Team Hope - Christmas Shoebox Appeal

Our Lady's N.S. recently dispatched 20 shoeboxes, packed with gifts, to Team Hope. The boxes will be distributed to less fortunate children in Eastern Europe and Africa in time for Christmas.

For more information on Team Hope and their activities please click on the link below:

https://www.teamhope.ie/christmas-shoebox-appeal/

Thank you to everybody who contributed.

Saturday 18 November 2017

Writers of the Month - October 2017

All the shocks and frights of Halloween didn't affect the steady hands of October's Writers of the Month.
Well done everybody.

Class of the Month - October 2017

Well done to the Senior Room who secured an extra spooky Class of the Month award for October. It was a close race so Third and Fourth Class were awarded a special second prize of one night off homework. Well done everybody.

Halloween 2017

Halloween had all the usual tricks and treats at Our Lady's this year. We had fancy dress, board games, spooky treats and pumpkin soup.
Here is a little flavour of the day.

South Tipperary Cross Country Championships 2017

We had another great day out in Marlfield on Wednesday, October 25th for the South Tipperary Championships.
Our Girls 3rd/4th Class team and the Girls 5th/6th Class team both secured silver medals for the team events. Both boys teams won bronze.
There was an individual medal for Elizabeth Tye who won the Girls 3rd/4th Class race. Isabelle Corbett (Silver) and Shauna Dunne (Bronze) also won medals in the Girls 5th/6th Class race. Aoife O'Sullivan finished just outside the medals with her fourth place finish in the Girls 5th/6th Class race.

Well done to all our young athletes for doing so well. Thank you to Marie Corbett for all her help preparing the athletes for and on the day.

Monday 16 October 2017

GOAL Jersey Day 2017

Cross Country County Championships

Forty seven eager young athletes from Our Lady's N.S. took part in the Cross Country County Championships in Thurles on Tuesday, October 3rd. Students from Third to Sixth Class ran their hearts out and represented their school with great distinction.
Our Fifth/Sixth Class girls team finished third overall thanks in no small part to to first and second place finishes for Isabelle Corbett and Shauna Dunne respectively.

Third/Fourth Class Girls - 4th Place
Elizabeth Tye (9th)
Laura Treacy (15th)
Emily Ivers (20th)
Emma Fennelly (24th)

Third/Fourth Class Boys - 6th Place
Colin Murray (15th)
Cormac Boylan (26th)
Tadgh O'Brien (30th)
James Egan (31st)

Fifth/Sixth Class Girls - 3rd Place
Isabelle Corbett (1st)
Shauna Dunne (2nd)
Debbie Darcy (30th)
Ciara Marnell (38th)

Fifth/Sixth Class Boys - 7th Place
Osgar Croke Staunton (16th)
Tommy McGrath (24th)
Ben Ivers (32nd)
Adam O'Connell (47th)

A full list of results are available here

Well done to everyone who took part and thanks again to Marie Corbett who helped prepare the students for the day.

Tuesday 3 October 2017

The First Assembly

Look at all these wonderfully behaved students at our first assembly of the school year.

Writers of the Month - September 2017

Well done to all our Writers of the Month for September. Keep it up!

Class of the Month - September 2017

Congratulations to the students of Junior and Senior Infants for securing a very well deserved Class of the Month award for September.

The September competition was so close that we had had to award a second prize. Well done to Fifth and Sixth Class for all their efforts.

Wednesday 27 September 2017

Play Rota

They say that every cloud has a silver lining and the silver lining from the very big clouds we had today was 'Play Rota' at break time. It might have been lashing rain outside but our wonderful Infants had lashings of fun indoors.

Ballingarry U10 Hurling Success

On Saturday 23rd. the Ballingarry u10 hurling team went to Holycross for a blitz. We got into a shield semi-final against Ballyduff and we won by 8 points.
We then played Danesfort in the shield final. We beat them by two points and then we collected our medals and the shield. It was the third time in a row that we won
-Tadgh O'Brien , 4th Class

Tuesday 19 September 2017

Junior Infants 2017

Look at all those smiles! Welcome to Our Lady's N.S. boys and girls.

Monday 18 September 2017

Harvest Time

Fifth and Sixth Class got their hands dirty today and harvested some of the crops sown last spring with Miss Quirke. They dug up plenty of potatoes but unfortunately they were a bit on the small side. Lots of carrots were picked too and we even harvested some turnips and peas. Our rhubarb is still growing strong.

Speaking of Miss Quirke, here is a photo taken last June of when we sadly had to say goodbye.

Florrie's Back!

Our Senior Infants have been so good so far this year that Florrie had a hard job deciding on who was the best behaved. In the end he decided that everybody deserved a hug! The sly old fox.

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Cross Country Running (Thurles)

Wednesday, 27^th September

Recycling Day

Thursday, 28^th September

Sponsored Walk

Sunday, 8^th October

Book Fair

12^th - 19^th October

GOAL Jersey Day

Friday, 13^th October

Halloween Fancy Dress/Cake Sale/Game Playing Day

Friday, 27^th October

Halloween Break (School Closure)

Friday, 27^th October (3pm)

Return: Monday, 6^th November

Swimming - 3^rd to 6^th Class

10^th, 17^th, 24^th, 29^th November and 1^st, 6^th, 15^th December

Parent Teacher Meetings

Wednesday 15^th and Thursday 16^th November

Feast of the Immaculate Conception (School Closure)

Friday, 8^th December

Christmas Holidays (School Closure)

Friday, 22^nd December (12 noon)

Return: Monday, January 8^th. 2018

Aaaaannnd We're Back!

Welcome Note from Ms. O'Sullivan

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 McGrath family. I would like to welcome back our school staff and a very special welcome to Miss O'Connor who is our part-time Learning Support Teacher for the year.
Welcome back also to our hard working 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 the school looking so well on our return, Pat Walsh, our caretaker, for all his hard work and Michael Kavanagh, our Tús worker for all his hard work over the summer.

Tuesday 13 June 2017

Senior Tour to Dunmore East

Just a few photos from today's action packed tour to Dunmore East Adventure Centre.

Monday 12 June 2017

Ladies Football

More sporting history was created on Friday when Our Lady's N.S. fielded a ladies football team for the first time in a competitive fixture. A sixteen strong panel, led by captain Isabell Foy took part in a Peil na mBan blitz in Monroe.

After winning two of their group games our girls qualified for the Roinn E Shield Final. Despite taking the lead midway during the second half, our girls heartbreakingly ended up losing by a point. Nevertheless they can be truly proud of the effort, skill and determination they displayed throughout the day.

Panel
Leona Walsh, Órla Ivors, Emer Dunne, Shauna Dunne, Isabelle Corbett, Bonnie Hehir, Debbie Darcy, Ellen Geeves, Ciara Marnell, Rose Smyth, Caoimhe Fennelly, Robyn Owens, Ava Maher, Isabell Foy (Capt.), Anna Kealy, Holly Scott.

Game 1.
Lismackin 1-5 Our Lady's N.S. 0-0

Game 2.
Drangan 3-1 Our Lady's N.S. 1-1
Scorers: Ciara Marnell 1-0, Isabelle Corbett 0-1.

Game 3.
Our Lady's N.S. 4-4 Lisvernane 0-2
Scorers: Isabell Corbett 2-1, Ciara Marnell 2-0, Emer Dunne 0-2, Debbie Darcy 0-1.

Game 4.
Our Lady's N.S. 3-3 Moyglass 1-0
Scorers: Emer Dunne 1-3, Isabell Corbett 1-0, Shauna Dunne 1-0.

Game 5 - Shield Final
Knockavilla 2-0 Our Lady's N.S. 1-2
Scorers: Isabell Corbett 1-1, Debbie Darcy 0-1.

Our Lady’s N.S. All Time Ladies Football Top Scorers
Pos.	Name	Games	Total Score
1.	Isabelle Corbett	5	4-3 (15)
2.	Ciara Marnell	5	3-0 (9)
3.	Emer Dunne	5	1-5 (8)
4.	Shauna Dunne	5	1-0 (3)
5.	Debbie Darcy	5	0-2 (2)

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