END OF YEAR REPORT:
Your child’s report will be posted today. The envelope will include:-
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Report
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2017/2018 Book List
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Receipt for voluntary contribution 16/17
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Book rental/school payment envelope.
Your child’s report is an official document, please keep it safely.
STANDARDISED TESTS (see attached – 1st – 6th Class):
Please note that the test is not an “exam” and it is unfair to make direct comparisons. Teachers gather information about your child’s learning all the time and this is part of the process. It is an indication of your child’s achievement in English (reading) and Maths. Read the last paragraph of the leaflet carefully.
CLASS DIVISIONS 2017/2018:
Junior/Senior Infants: Mrs. Kavanagh
Junior/Senior Infants: Ms. Twomey
1st Class: Ms. Cunningham
1st/2nd Class: Ms. Brennan
2nd Class: Ms. Farrell
3rd Class: Ms. Goff
3rd/4th Class: To be confirmed
4th Class: Ms. Hogan
5th Class: Ms. Hayden
6th Class: Mrs. Hurley
6th Class: Mrs. Julian
Learning Support/Resource:
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Connolly, 2. Ms. Curran, 3. Ms. Cotter, 4. Mrs. Browne,
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To be confirmed.
When you receive your child’s booklist (with reports) you will know his/her class for the next year.
REMINDER: School closes on Friday June 23rd at 12.30 pm. (infants available from 12.20 pm).
SCHOOL TOUR SEASON:
Monday June 19th:
Junior/Senior Infants (from Mrs. Kavanagh, Ms. Twomey and Ms. Goff)
Monday June 26th:
1st Class (Ms. Goff & Ms. Brennan)
Tuesday June 27th:
2nd – 6th classes (Ms. Kiernan, Mrs. Hurley, Mrs. Julian, Ms. Cunningham, Ms. Hayden, Mrs. Connolly) – Full details will be sent by class teachers.
EXAMS:
Good luck to our past pupils who are sitting state exams at the moment.
SUMMER CAMPS:
A booklet produced by Laois County Council is being sent home today which you may find useful.
Super Troopers Camp at the school from July 3rd – July 7th, 10 am – 2 pm daily.
A MESSAGE FROM 5TH CLASS:
Following a very successful Junior Entrepreneur Programme, each child in 5th class has received their share of the overall profit of €1,040.
Each student has received €20 each, and as a group they have decided to donate the remaining €240 to the Irish Cancer Society.
TRACK SUITS:
Last orders now being taken. Orders will be taken by phone if you know the size you need – 059 8625195.
SCHOOL CLOSURE:
A reminder that school closes tomorrow (Friday) at the usual times and re-opens on Thursday June 8th at 9.15 am.
GYMNASTICS:
As classes are due to begin on Thursday June 8th and 9th children should wear school track suit on both days.
TIN WHISTLE:
Please note that there will be no classes next week (June 8th and 9th)
HOMEWORK CLUB:
Finishes today, (Thursday) for this year.
SCHOOL SCREENING SERVICE:
(Vision, hearing and growth) next Thursday June 8th for children in Senior Infants, children new to the school and if parents have concerns.
TRACK SUIT:
Orders now being taken for September via the school office on or before June 16th please.
SUMMER CAMP (July 3rd – 7th):
“Super Troopers” are back to the school again this year. Junior Infants – 6th Class. More details to follow.
PARENTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORED WALK:
Despite having to take shelter half way through the walk on Tuesday, it was a great success. The children covered over 1,000 km which would bring us from Malin Head to Mizen Head and back!
Even better news, the event raised just over €3,000 for the Parents Association which will help to fund the group’s activities in the coming year. Congratulations to all involved.
FIRST COMMUNION:
Congratulations to the children in 2nd Class who received the sacrament last Saturday. We were very proud of them all and it was a very special occasion. Thanks to Ms Kiernan and Mrs Hurley for their hard work and their attention to detail made everything run smoothly on the day. Thanks to Mrs. Browne and her choir (who turned out in great numbers and sang so well), Ms. Brennan and her “whistlers” and Margaret Brennan for providing the music.
PARENTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORED WALK:
Please return any sponsorship cards to the school and thanks to the people who have done so already. Our walk will go ahead on Tuesday next (31st) and we are hoping for a “colourful” occasion, so children can wear their favourite jersey/t-shirt. Our target is to walk from Malin Head to Mizen Head, a distance of 466 km. One lap by the school fence is 0.5 of a km. so we will see how many laps we can complete!!
REMINDER – JUNIOR INFANTS – SEPTEMBER 2017:
The children will come together to meet teachers on Wednesday May 31st from 1.30 – 2.15 pm. A speaker from Positive Parenting Partnership will provide a workshop for parents during this time.
TRACKSUIT:
Orders are now being taken for September with a deadline of Friday, June 16th.
SCHOOL SCREENING SERVICE:
Vision, hearing and growth will be screened on June 8th for children in Senior Infants, any pupils new to the school and any child for whom there are parental or professional concerns.
HOMEWORK CLUB: Finishes next Thursday June 1st.
FIRST COMMUNION:
Our best wishes go to the children in 2nd class and their teachers for Saturday. The weather forecast looks hopeful!
CHOIR:
The choir should be in the church at 11.15 please and the ceremony should be over by 12.30.
HOMEWORK CLUB:
Homework Club will end on June 1st for this year.
SENIOR INFANTS-EYE/EAR TESTING:
The H.S.E. will visit the school to carry out testing on Thursday, June 8th. It is not necessary for parents to be present.
TEEN PARENTING COURSE:
Continues tomorrow night (Wednesday 17th). There will then be a two week break and it will recommence on June 7th.
REMINDER – JUNIOR INFANTS – SEPTEMBER 2017:
A meeting for parents of children starting school in September will be held on Tuesday May 23rd at 2.15 pm. at the school.
The children will come together to meet teachers on Wednesday May 31st from 1.30 – 2.30 pm. A speaker from Positive Parenting Partnership will provide a workshop for parents during this time.
PARENTS ASSOCIATION NEWS
Sponsorship cards for the walk on May 30th are being sent home today. We ask people to be as generous as possible.
