Dear Parents/Guardians  
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Mid-Term Break – School Closed
Reminder: The School will be closed for mid-term break from Monday 18th February to Friday 22nd February inclusive.

Peace Proms Saturday 2nd Feb 8pm RDS
The Peace Proms choir will be travelling to the RDS on Saturday evening to represent the school at this year’s Peace Proms. It promises to be a very special occasion for all involved and we are very proud of the work and commitment the choir members have shown this year. A detailed note was sent home on Monday, to parents of children attending the event. The note is also on the school website. If anyone has a spare ticket for the event, please contact the office. Thanks a million. Choir Committee

Grandparents Day
A big thank you to all the grandparents who attended our prayer service and visited classes yesterday, to celebrate Grandparents Day. We have had some lovely feedback from our Grandparents and it is very much appreciated. We value this day and like to mark it in an appropriate way. Thank you also to the Parents Association for all of your help – it couldn’t happen without you!

Mid–term Camp will be held on the school grounds (Feb 18th – 22nd). Places are limited so please book early. Application forms available in reception or from Mr. O Toole

Lip Sync – March 9th ~ Our rehearsals have begun in earnest and we are delighted to have had very positive feedback!  Everyone’s support is appreciated and we are all working hard to achieve our goal.
Our goal is to raise the remainder of the monies needed to fund the installation of the new all-weather pitch, which every child in the school will benefit from!! Please check our Facebook page for updates!
Participants are still more than welcome to join – it’s not too late!! If you would like to participate or to sponsor the event please email snulipsyncbattle@gmail.com  Thank you to everybody and keep up the good work!!

Book Fair: reminder book fair being held next week 6th February – full details were sent on the Aladdin app! If you recently changed your phone please make sure you have downloaded the Aladdin app. Thank you!
 

Thank you for your co-operation with the above.
 
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Noreen Duggan
Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians  
 
Reminder: closing date for return of Junior Infants application forms, for September 2019, is tomorrow Friday 25th January.     

​Catholic Schools Week, Assembly & Grandparents Day
Catholic Schools week takes place from Sunday 27th   January until 3rd February. 
As part of Catholic School’s Week, all members of our school community, parents/guardians and children, are invited to attend 7pm mass on Saturday next 26th  January in Chill Mhuire, School uniform is not obligatory.
Grandparents Day will be held during Catholic Schools Week on Wednesday next 30th January. For health & safety reasons related to space in the hall, only Grandparents of children in Snr Infants, 2nd, 4th and 6th Classes are invited to attend a special assembly which will be held at 9.10am in the school hall followed by a visit to classrooms. Tea and coffee, organised by the Parents Association, will be available in the small hall immediately afterwards. We look forward to meeting our Grandparents that morning

Lip Sync!! ~Thanks to all the parents/guardians/friends who have already signed up to take part in our Lip Sync battle on March 9th! Rehearsals kick off on Monday next 28th January.  It is already promising to be great fun preparing for the event and I’m sure everybody is going to enjoy themselves.  We are all very excited about it here and everybody is working very hard to ensure, with your support, that it is successful. 
If you have not already returned the note pledging your support in some way, we would appreciate it if you could do that as soon as possible please!! Our goal is to raise the remainder of the monies needed to fund the installation of the new all-weather pitch, which every child in the school will benefit from!! Please check our Facebook page for updates! Thank you to everybody and keep up the good work!!

 
Junior Infant Parent Teacher meetings:  will take place on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th February.
Junior Infant Immunisaion – taking place on Monday/Tuesday next week – please return forms!

Book Fair: we will be hosting a book fair the week of 6th February – full details were sent on the Aladdin app yesterday!

Thank you for your co-operation with the above.
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Noreen Duggan
Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians  
         
REMINDER

*SCHOOL CLOSED TOMORROW FRIDAY 17TH   JANUARY 2019*IN-SERVICE DAY. Please note that the school has been directed by the Department of Education to hold a Compulsory In-Service day to facilitate training for teachers in the new Primary Language Curriculum. The school will be CLOSED tomorrow Friday 18th JANUARY.
 
GREAT NEWS!!  The school has been awarded a grant from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, in the amount of €107,800, to part-fund the installation of a new all-weather pitch! The application process was demanding and required a lot of time and effort on behalf of school staff – so well done to everyone on all their efforts.  This was our second attempt to secure the funding and we are delighted to be successful.
This funding will take us just over half way towards the total cost of the installation of the pitch and we are hoping to raise the remainder through our Lip Sync event on March 9th!
Now that we have the all-weather pitch in our sights it gives us even more enthusiasm to really drive on the preparations for our fundraiser. We have had a positive response from staff and parents, however we still need quite a number of parents to put themselves forward to achieve our target. We really need your help now!!!

BAG TO SCHOOL Clothes collection taking place again  on Monday & Tuesday next week 21st & 22nd January– Drop off unwanted clothes, shoes etc to main hall foyer on Monday and Tuesday mornings only from 8.45am – 9.10am.

Junior Infant Parent Teacher meetings:  will take place on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th February
Date for your diary: Catholic School Week runs from 26th January to 2nd February this year. Grandparents Day is Wednesday 30th January!! We will have more details in next week’s Thursday note but keep the date free!

Book Fair: we will be hosting a book fair the week of 6th February – details to follow

Thank you for your co-operation with the above.
 
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Noreen Duggan
Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians           
Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh agus Bail ó Dhia ar ár gcuid oibre i mbliana. Happy New Year to everyone and God Bless all of our work for this year.  Thank you for your support during the past year and I hope we will all have a healthy, happy and fruitful 2019.
 
Volunteers needed!!! We are holding an exciting fundraiser to create an all-weather sports pitch on the school grounds!! Please see full details above!!  March 9th – save the date!!!
 
REMINDER: IMPORTANT NOTICE  SCHOOL CLOSURES – IN-SERVICE DAY –

SCHOOL CLOSED TOMORROW WEEK FRIDAY 18TH JANUARY 2019.
​Please note that the school has been directed by the Department of Education to hold a Compulsory In-Service day to facilitate training for teachers in the new Primary Language Curriculum. The school will be CLOSED on Friday week 18th January 2019

Swimming
Swimming classes start back on Friday 8th February for Ms Byrne’s 6th class and Mr Howard’s 5th Class.
Pupil Safety: Notification received about a van driver acting suspiciously around children in the Roseberry Hill area this week.  I would urge all parents/guardians to remind children about safety measures around strangers. Children should not speak to strangers and should walk in the opposite direction and alert another trusted adult, if approached by a stranger. Further safety information. https://www.tusla.ie/parenting-24-seven/6-12-years/child-safety-practices-reduce-injury/how-to-teach-my-child-about-stranger-danger/

Book Fair: we will be hosting a book fair the week of 6th February – details to follow
Basketball will be on every Tuesday evening for the next 8 weeks for 4th class.

 
Reminder that dogs are not allowed on school campus!!
Tusla FREE 9-week parenting programme for parents of 1-6 year olds. The Parents Plus Early Years programme will commence on 19th February 9.30am to 12noon in Newbridge Health Centre. Information/bookings, please contact: Noreen (045) 446364/ Elaine (045)920900


Thank you for your co-operation with the above.

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Noreen Duggan
Principal