St Patrick’s Holiday and Spring Holidays
School will be closed on Tuesday, 17th March for St Patrick’s Day. The Spring Holidays will be from 30th March through the 10th April. There will be an early dismissal on the last day of the term at 12.00 on Friday, 27th March.
Vision and Hearing Screening
The public health nurse will return to the school on Tuesday, 10th March for vison and hearing screening. Forms will be sent home and must be returned no later than Friday, 6th March.
Pupil Online Database
A form will be sent home asking for information requested by the Department of Education and Skills. Please return these forms by Friday, 6th March. If you have questions or concerns, please speak with Matt.
Spring Fair
Please save the date for an event to be held at the school on Saturday, 18th April. We will be having a Spring Fair from 12.00-16.00. Both a fundraiser and an event to develop our school community, there will be a craft market, a café, a bouncy castle, a raffle and workshops and activities for parents and children to enjoy together including circus skills, parachute games, visual arts and more. There will be planning meeting for the event on Wednesday, 5th March at 19.00 at the school. All parents are invited to attend the meeting and help ensure a great event for our school.
Literacy Practice at Home
You will find a new set of letters to practice in the plastic envelopes. The word-building activities are very important and ideally should be done a few minutes daily. In addition, we’ll soon be sending home readers. We’ll prepare these books at school and then children should read them with an older family member. In addition, we will be sending home a written task approximately once per week.
Last week we enjoyed making and eating pancakes on Pancake Tuesday!
Gaeilge
Perhaps it is wishful thinking, but we’ve been learning about clothing for warm weather. Of course, we’ve also learned a few words related to clothes for rainy weather as well.
bríste gearra (breesh-tuh gya-ruh) – shorts
t-léine (tee-lay-nuh) – t-shirt
scath báistí (scah baw-shtee) – umbrella
Comments by Matt Wallen