Tuesday,
November 12th 2019
Dear
Parents/Guardians
Newsflash!!
Halloween
is only just over but already we’re looking forward to Christmas.
Some
of us will be enjoying a rather longer break than others. In fact, some people won’t be coming back at
all!
That’s
right, after 9 wonderful years at the helm of Our Lady’s N.S. and a long and
fulfilling teaching career I have taken the decision to retire at the end of
December.
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.
·
Sponsored
Walk raised €1035 and huge thanks to all for your support.
·
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 €335.
Book
Fair
·
Due
to the success of our Book Fair on October 10th – 17th,
we received €657 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 11th October, the children looked
fabulous in their jerseys. We raised €175
for GOAL.
Christmas Activities
·
Christmas
Shoe Box Appeal
We organised 10 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 Wednesday Dec 18th
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 16th and they will be
“delivered” in time for Christmas holidays.
·
Christmas Mass/Raffle
This
year our Bumper Raffle will take place on Wednesday 18th 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 2nd,
return by Monday 16th Dec. All parents welcome to attend.
·
Christmas Annuals
Christmas Annuals are available in the school for
€3, school children only, no extra books can be ordered!
Junior/Senior Infants – Carnival - 1st
/ 2nd Class – Fairground
3rd / 4th Class –
Parade - 5th / 6th Class –
Festival
Every child who buys an annual will automatically
be entered into a free draw for Christmas Chocolate hampers.
Money needs to be in by Friday 6th
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 (1st – 6th)
each night.
·
Requisites
Reminder: If anyone has overlooked payment of requisites, €21 for 1st
– 6th and €15 for infants, please forward to the school at your
earliest convenience.
·
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.
Upcoming
Events
DATE
|
EVENT
|
Tues
12th Nov
|
Taster
Day – Presentation Convent for 5th & 6th Class
|
Tues
19th & Wed 20th Nov
|
Parent/Teacher
meetings - all Classes
|
Mon
18th Nov
|
Hearing
& Vision Screening –Jnr Infants
|
Friday
13th Dec
|
Final
swimming lessons for 3rd to 6th Class students
|
Wednesday,
December 18th at 11am
|
Christmas
Mass Celebration in School Library
Bumper
Christmas Raffle
|
Friday,
December 20th
|
Christmas
Holidays – 12noon
|
Monday,
January 6th 2020
|
Return
to school
|
Thanking
you once again for your continued support.
____________________________
Sheila O’ Sullivan (Principal)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Members
of Board:
Fr Derry Quirke
Sheila O’ Sullivan Deirdre Egan Áine McGrath
Anne Croke
Willie McGrath Tom Butler Tadhg Vaughan
