Our Lady's N.S.
Our Lady's N.S. is a six teacher primary school in Ballingarry, Thurles, Co Tipperary
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Newsletter - November 2018
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.
- Sponsored Walk raised €1150 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 €405.00
Book Fair
· Due to
the success of our Book Fair on October 15th – 18th, we
received €900 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 12th October, the children looked fabulous in
their jerseys. We raised €190 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 20th 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 17th and they will be
“delivered” in time for Christmas holidays.
·
Christmas Mass/Raffle
This year
our Bumper Raffle will take place on Thursday 20th 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 3rd. All parents welcome to attend.
- Christmas Annuals
Christmas
Annuals are available to order through the school for €3.
Junior/Senior
Infants – Carnival - 1st / 2nd Class –
Fairground
3rd
/ 4th Class – Parade - 5th / 6th Class –
Festival
Money
needs to be in by Friday 7th 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.
- Dog Fouling
On
Health & Safety grounds we are deeply concerned that some dog owners are
entering school grounds and allowing their dogs to foul. This is extremely worrying as children can
pick up various infections/diseases from dog faeces.
We
would strongly urge all dog owners not
to allow their dogs onto school grounds and to keep their dogs on a leash when
walking past the school..
Upcoming Events
DATE
|
EVENT
|
Tues
Nov 13th
|
Taster
Day – Presentation Convent for 5th & 6th Class
|
Tues
13th & Wed 14th Nov
|
Parent/Teacher
meetings - all Classes
|
Mon
Dec 3rd
|
Hearing
& Vision Screening –Jnr Infants
|
Friday
18th Dec
|
Final
swimming lessons for 3rd to 6th Class students
|
Thursday,
December 20th at 11am
|
Christmas
Mass Celebration in School Library
Bumper
Christmas Raffle
|
Friday,
December 21st
|
Christmas
Holidays – 12noon
|
Monday,
January 7th 2019
|
Return
to school
|
Board of Management
The following is
the Agreed Report from Board meeting held on Thurs 25th October.
- The Board is delighted to have 101 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 Mrs Meagher well on her retirement.
- 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 - €1150.00
Ø
Halloween
Dress Up Day - €405
Ø
Book
Fair - €900 worth of free books for the School Library
Ø
GOAl
Jersey Day - €190
Your
invaluable support is much appreciated and all monies raised will be put to
good use for our school this year.
- The Board congratulated our 3rd to 6th
class students on their recent participation
and
success in Athletics and wishes to thank Ms Mason and Mr Gleeson for their help
in preparing them.
- The Board is glad to announce the upcoming investment in the schools I.T. Two Mi Touch Interactive LED Multitouch Screen will be installed in the Junior Room and Mrs O’ Dea’s Room. Further investment will be made over the coming years
- The Board wishes to express gratitude to all members of our School Community who helped to have our school looking so well on our return in September. Thanks to Pat our Caretaker, Evelyn our Cleaner and Michael Kavanagh who is in charge of the grass and Willie McGrath our “Safety Officer” who stored our benches over the Summer break
- The Board thanked Catriona Geeves for her service to the B.O.M over the past three years and wished her and her family well. Áine McGrath who received the next highest number of votes at election time is willing to take over the role for the remaining year of the current Boards tenure.
The Board welcomed Áine on board!
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
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Happy Halloween!
As usual, Halloween was a terrifying experience at Our Lady's N.S. The children made a huge effort with their costumes again this year. Mrs. Egan's pumpkin soup went down a treat and the 'Fashion Parade' was as popular as always.
Scholastic Book Fair
The annual Scholastic Book Fair is a great way to get children excited about reading. It also helps the school to earn free books for the library. Thanks to everyone who supported the book fair again this year.
Cross Country Running
On Wednesday, October 24th. our 3rd to 6th Class athletes travelled to Marlfield to compete in the South Tipperary Primary Schools Cross Country Championships. They did exceptionally well. Both of our girls' teams secured silver medals while both of our boys' teams won gold. On top of that our boys won the Bill Hyland Perpetual Shield for the 'Best Boys Medium School Gp 1' competition.
There were individual medals for Jack Treacy (1st) and Eoin Boylan (2nd) in the 3rd/4th Class Boys race. Elizabeth Tye won a bronze medal in the 5th/6th Class Girls race. Ben Ivors (1st) and Tommy McGrath (2nd) won medals in the 5th/6th Class Boys race.
Well done to all our young athletes.
There were individual medals for Jack Treacy (1st) and Eoin Boylan (2nd) in the 3rd/4th Class Boys race. Elizabeth Tye won a bronze medal in the 5th/6th Class Girls race. Ben Ivors (1st) and Tommy McGrath (2nd) won medals in the 5th/6th Class Boys race.
Well done to all our young athletes.
Monday, 22 October 2018
Swimming
Our Lady’s N.S.
Ballingarry,
Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Tel/Fax: 052
9154533
Email: ourladysns@gmail.com
Blog: ourladysns.blogspot.ie
Charity No: 20167202
Wednesday 17th October 2018
Dear Parents/Guardians
As part of our P.E. Curriculum we are pleased to offer swimming lessons
again this year. Lessons for 3rd
to 6th class only will commence on Tuesday next 23rd October.
Buses will leave the school promptly at 9.45am.
Swimming lessons will cost €6 per week or can be paid in full. If paying weekly we ask that €6 be paid in
advance of the swimming session each week.
Please ensure your child has the following for swimming classes:
1. Swimming togs (one piece swimming suit for girls- no
bikinis)
2. I large towel
3. Swimming hat (children are not allowed in the pool
without a hat)
4. Plastic bag for wet
things
5. Spare pair of socks
6. Underwear! Children
may wear their swimsuits under their tracksuits in the morning so don’t forget
to pack the undies
7. A bag for all gear
8. Verruca shoes are
optional – available in most sports shops
9. Could the girls
with long hair have it tied up please
10. No spray deodorant
– roll-on only
11. No hair products
inc shampoo, gels mousse etc
*Below is the list of swimming dates for 3rd – 6th
class: (6 Fridays + 2 Tuesdays)
(There are two swimming lessons in one week so as to have session
completed before Christmas.)
1
|
Tues, 23rd Oct
|
5
|
Fri 30th Nov
|
2
|
Fri 9th Nov
|
6
|
Fri 7th Dec
|
3
|
Fr 16th Nov
|
7
|
Tues 11th Dec
|
4
|
Fri 23rd Nov
|
8
|
Fri 14th Dec
|
Thanking you for your co-operation
Yours sincerely
Ms O’ Sullivan
Ms S O’ Sullivan – Principal
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Members
of Board:
Fr Derry Quirke
Sheila O’ Sullivan Deirdre Egan Catriona Geeves
Anne Croke
Willie McGrath Tom Butler Tadhg Vaughan
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