Newsletter - May 2019

Wednesday 15th May 2019

D.L.P – Ms O’ Sullivan
D.D.L.P – Mrs Egan

Dear Parents/Guardians

Welcome back after our Easter break!  Hope you all had a very pleasant Easter.

Confirmation Day
Congratulations to our 5th & 6th Class students who were confirmed on Friday 3rd May.

Junior Infant Welcome Day 
On Thursday 30th May at 1.15pm we invite our New Junior Infant Class of 2019/2020 and their parents to a welcome meeting in the school.
We are looking forward to seeing them all.

School Tours
Our Junior Tour will travel to Nore Valley Park on Wednesday 5th June, cost is €15.
1st & 2nd Class will go to Castlecomer Discovery Park on Thursday 6h June, cost is €20.
3rd to 6th Class will go to Trabolgan on Monday 10th June, cost is €30.
All tours are subsidised and buses are paid for from fundraising

Bring and Buy Sale
Our fundraising “Bring and Buy Sale” takes place on Wednesday 12th June.  Our 6th class students are going to organise and manage the event again this year.
Donations of toys, books, unwanted gifts, jewellery, brica brac, home baking etc will be greatly appreciated for the sale.
All donations will be accepted from Monday 27th May.

Matches/Games
We would like to congratulate all our Hurling/Camogie/Soccer/Spikeball players on their achievements during the school year.

• Some important dates for your calendar for the rest of this very busy term:-
 First Holy Communion – Sun 19th May
 School Closed – Mon 20th May
 School Photographs – Tues 21st May
 First Communion parents can bring in Communion outfit and dress their children for photographs if they want Communion photos, 11am for Communion photos.

 Polling Day, school closed – Fri 24th May
 New Entrants Open Day – Thurs 30th May
 School Closed – Fri 31st May
 School Tour
 Junior/Senior Infants – Wed 5th June – Nore Valley Park
 1st & 2nd Class – Thurs 6th June – Castlecomer Discovery Park
 3rd – 6th Class – Mon 10th June - Trabolgan
 Bring & Buy Sale – Wed 12th June
 Sports Day – Thurs 21st June
 Graduation Day – Tues 26th June at 11am.
 Summer Holidays – Wed 26th June at 12noon, return Thurs 29th August.

Reminders:
• 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.  Due to recent regulations gum shields are now obligatory for football training.

• School Lunches
Please check Carambola website for updates/menu changes on school lunches.  Please talk
to your child and change their menu choices regularly online.  We encourage all children to eat their healthy lunches in school.

• Headlice
IMPORTANT HEALTH & SAFETY MESSAGE:
We are asking ALL parents to PLEASE PLEASE check your child's hair on a regular basis and treat immediately if infected. This has to be done in order to avoid re-infecting others.

• Policies on Blog:
All relevant School Policies are available for viewing on the school blog at: ourladysns.blogspot.ie

• 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 (1st – 6th class) each night.
The health & safety of all 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.

Thanking you

  _________________________
   Ms S O’ Sullivan – Principal


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Members of Board:
Fr Derry Quirke       Sheila O’ Sullivan              Deirdre Egan          Áine McGrath
Anne Croke                  Willie McGrath             Tom Butler               Tadhg Vaughan