Our Lady’s N.S.
Ballingarry, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Tel/Fax: 052
9154533
Blog: ourladysns.blogspot.ie
12/04/18
Dear
Parents/Guardians
·
Welcome
back after our Easter break! Hope you
all had a very pleasant Easter.
Pancake Tuesday
·
Firstly
I want to once again thank our hard-working Parents Council members who
provided us all – children and staff alike with some very tasty pancakes on
Pancake Tuesday. We enjoyed various delicious toppings and we were all spoiled
for choice on the day!
School
Show
·
A
huge thanks to all involved in our very exciting presentation of “Jack and the
Ballingarry Beanstalk” on Wed 21st and Thurs 22nd March.
Thanks to staff and parents for all the hard work,
co-operation and amazing team work involved in the preparation for the
show. Our Lady’s is very fortunate to
have such dedicated staff and parents who work in unison for the benefit of all
our students.
The students did a wonderful job on both nights
and we are so proud of them.
Well done again to all our students.
I don’t have a total on money raised as yet but I
will inform you by text as soon as the expenses are sorted.
Recycling Day
·
Thanks
to all who sent in bags for our recycling on 22nd March.
Again your support is very much appreciated.
Bag Pack
·
Please
put June 15th and 16th in your diary for The Bag Pack in
Dunnes in Thurles for our school fundraising.
Parents Council will be sending out a request for names of parents
willing to give a few hours of their time over these two days. We will need lots of volunteers so we hope
once again to call on you in our hour of need.
I.T.
·
We
are glad to announce further investment in our schools I.T.
A Mi Touch Interactive LED Multitouch screen has
been installed in the 5th and 6th Class. Two tablets are to be purchased for use in the
Resource/Learning Support Dept.
Further investment will be made over the coming
years.
Some dates for your
calendar
Ø Swimming for Jnr to 2nd
class commenced on Monday 9th April and will continue for 8 weeks –
final lesson on Mon, June 18th
Ø Spikeball – Wed 18th April for 6 weeks
Ø Bank Holiday – school
closed Mon 7th May
Ø First Holy Communion – Sun
20th May
Ø School closed – Mon 21st
May
Ø R.S.E Talk for 5th
and 6th class parents – Tues 22nd May at 7.30pm in Parent
Room
Ø School Photos – Wed 23rd
May
Ø New Entrants Open Day – Thurs
24th May
Ø School Closed – Wed 30th
May – In-Service Day
Ø R.S.E. Talk for 5th
& 6th classes – Fri 1st June
Ø Bank Holiday – Mon 4th
June – school closed
Ø Bag Pack – Dunnes, Thurles
– Fri 15th and Sat 16th June
Ø School Holidays – Wed 27th
June at 12noon
Reminders:
·
Please
ensure that infants are
collected promptly at 2pm
·
Please
ensure that we have an up to date phone number for our TextaParent so that all
parents can be contacted at all times in case of emergency.
·
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 (1st – 6th)
each night.
v IMPORTANT HEALTH & SAFETY MESSAGE!
A case of head lice has been reported once
again. We ask ALL parents to check heads
and treat with appropriate treatments from your chemist. You MUST do this immediately in order to
avoid re-infecting others.
It is vital that you check your child’s hair on a
regular basis.
Thanking
you
_________________________
Ms
S O’ Sullivan – Principal
