Upcoming School Closures
A reminder that this will be a short week for the children in the school. Wednesday will be a normal dismissal time but he school will be closed to facilitate staff training on Thursday and then on Friday for the St Patrick’s Day Holiday. Also, a reminder that the school will be closed for two weeks for the Spring Break beginning Monday, 3rd April through Friday, 14th April.
Credit Union Quiz Champions (Again!)
We are delighted to say that our quiz team managed to do it again and win 1st Place at the chapter level of the Credit Union Quiz, beating all the best teams from all
around the county. They have now earned the right to go to the national finals at RDS at the end of the month. We couldn’t be prouder of this achievement and wish
them the very best in the final level of the competition.
Preparations for the Spring Fair
The next Parent-Teacher Association meeting will take place on Wednesday, 15th March at 19.30. The main focus will be planning the Spring Fair, our annual fundraiser and community event. The Fair will take place on Saturday, 13th May. We are urgently looking for prizes for the raffle, a major part of our fundraising effort. If you are able to approach a local business, that would be great. A donation letter for requesting donations can be collected from Claudia in the office. The deadline for gathering the prizes is soon, Friday, 31st March. Many thanks for your assistance!
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Táimid ag ceilúradh Seachtain na Gaeilge anois sa scoil. Ar an Déardaoin bhí ceacht corpoideachais spesialta trí mheán na Gaeilge ag gach rang sa scoil le Ger. Ar an Aoine chasamar an scoil le chéile ag tionól Gaeilge. Inniu bhí discó ciúin againn (mile buíochas le Malachy!) Amárach ar an Máirt, beidh tráth na gceist againn sa halla. Faoí dheireadh ar an gCéadaoin beidh Lá Glás againn (ná dean dearmad – cur ort do chuid éadaí glasa!) agus baileoimid airgid le hagaidh Vincents.
We are celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge at school. On Thursday we had special PE lessons with Ger in Irish. On Friday we had a fantastic Irish assembly with all the
classes sharing songs and poems in Irish. Today we had a silent disco. (Many thanks to Malachy for arranging it!) Tomorrow on Tuesday we will have a Quiz in the
halla. Finally, on Friday we will wear our green for Lá Glas, and we will be making a collection for Vincents as part of the KETNS Be Kind Collection.
Chess Tournament
Well done to the children who represented the school at a recent chess tournament. It was an enjoyable day, and all the children showed great skill in their games.
Fun in the Snow for Active Homework
The recent winter weather has been exciting and lots of children had great fun with their active homework we do each week as part of our Active Flag campaign
this week as it coincided with the lovely snow fall!
World Book Day
Well done to everyone who dressed up for World Book Day. There were some amazing costumes! All the classes also marked the day by doing many different
activities related to their favourite books and book characters.
Engineer’s Week
We have also been busy last week doing different design challenges and engineering activities to mark Engineer’s Week. The children in junior infants explore making bridges
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