Category: Newsletters

BOOK BILLS/RENTAL: 
Once again thanks to all who have paid.  Any refunds due to parents who qualify for the book grant will be paid this week.

INFANTS:
Our new infants have settled in well and will remain in school until 2pm from tomorrow (Thursday 15^th).  The children will line up at the back of the school from tomorrow morning.  The first bell goes at 9.15 am, so as close to that as possible will be helpful.  Please remember the extra lunch, but not too much!

POSITIVE PARENT PARTNERSHIP (Triple P):
The group spoke to our new parents in June and our Parents Association has invited them back to provide a training course open to all parents in the autumn.  The course will run over 4 nights (October 6^th, 13^th, 20^th and 27^th with a follow up on November 17^th).  We would highly recommend the course.

HOMEWORK CLUB:
The club is back this week and it is great to see the enthusiasm.

TIN WHISTLE:
Classes resume this week as follows:

Thursday:  children who have never played before.

Friday:     all other children.

FOOTBALL:
Competitions are now in full swing.  The girls met a very strong Abbeyleix team last Thursday and will hope for better luck when they visit The Heath this week.

The boys have 2 wins out of 2 after another impressive performance in Durrow yesterday.  They will travel to Gaelscoil Phortlaoise next week.  Many of the boys are part of the Ballylinan G.F.C. team which will meet Killeshin next Tuesday in O’Moore Park in the U12 County Final.  We wish them well and hope they will do us all proud. This group has improved greatly over the summer months and congratulations to all involved.  Fingers crossed!

FOUND:
A sum of money was found in the junior infant yard this morning (Wednesday). Please contact the school office.

HEALTH INFORMATION UPDATE: 

We are updating our files in relation to health issues for children that we need to be aware of.  Please complete the form below for each of your children and return it to the school.  If there are no illnesses/allergies please state “none” and return the form to us anyway.

BE-ACTIVE SCHOOLS CAMAPIGN:

Next week is “European Week of Sport” and we will be organizing a number of activities.  All children to wear their school tracksuit on Wednesday.

HOMEWORK CLUB (1^st to 6^th Class):

Starts back Monday September 12th.

NUT ALLERGY:

We are asking parents of children in Ms.Twomey’s Class not to include nuts or nut products (including Nutella) in their child’s lunch please.

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Child’s Name	Class Teacher	Illness/Allergy

 

 

Signed: __________________________

 

Date: _________________

Book Rental/School Contribution (Costs):  Thanks to everyone who has paid.  Through the book rental scheme we have tried to keep cost as low as possible.  The benefit to families is often greater in the senior classes.

As explained before the school contribution pays for the services provided for your children such as materials for art/science, assessment tests, photocopying, 24 hour personal accident insurance, etc.  As we have to pay many of these costs in advance we would appreciate payment as soon as possible please.

Book Grant:  Families  who qualify for the “Back to School Clothing Allowance” are also eligible for the book grant.  Please let us know.

School Tracksuits:  Tracksuits ordered during the summer are now ready for collection.

Cumann na mBunscol Football League:  Competitions begin this week with the girls hosting Abbeyleix on Thursday while the boys are at home to Mountmellick on Friday

Girls U12 Football: Congratulations to the girls who were crowned county champions last Saturday.  In very bad conditions they defeated Park/Ratheniska by the narrowest of margins 3-1 to 1-6.  Well done to all concerned!

Parking: A reminder to parents that the junior playground is open for parking after school (3pm).

Healthy Lunch:  As part of our policy we are asking that parents do not send sweets, crisps (and similar snacks), chocolate, fizzy or energy drinks to school please.  We would also ask parents to be careful about the quantity of food they are sending in as children feel they need to finish everything.

Class Allocation 2016 / 2017

Jnr Infants:                   Mrs. Kavanagh (Rm. 6)

Jnr/Snr Infants:         Ms. Twomey (Rm. 5)

Snr Infants:                   Ms. Goff (Rm. 4)

1^st Class:                           Ms. Brennan (Rm. 2)

2^nd Class:                         Ms. Kiernan (Rm 1) (Ms. Farrell will return                                             after Easter)

2^nd/3^rd Class:                 Mrs. Hurley (Rm. 7)

3^rd/4^th Class:                 Mrs. Julian (Rm. 8)

4^th/5^th Class:                 Ms. Cunningham (Rm. 8)

5^th Class:                        Ms. Sukprasert (Rm. 11) (Ms. Hayden will                                               return on Sept 28^th)

Resource/                         Ms. Curran
Learning Support:       Mrs. Browne
Ms. Cotter (Deputy Principal)                                                                    Ms. Farrell

 

Welcome back to everyone and a special word of welcome to our new junior infants and children who have joined us up through the school.

A few points to remember:

Arrival Time:

9.15 am for all children.

(For the first two weeks junior infants go directly to their classroom via the back middle door).

Departure Times:

• Junior Infants finish at 12.30pm each day (up to and including Wednesday September 14^th). Parents wait at the junior play area.

• Senior Infants finish at 2pm as usual. All other classes finish at 3pm.

• The overflow car park at the junior play area will be open at 3pm each day.

• A reminder that parking outside the main gate is only on the left side of the road facing away from the school.

School Tracksuits:  Tracksuits ordered during the summer are now ready for collection.

Book Rental/School Expenses:  Please use the envelope provided with the school report (one envelope per child please).  This will help us to provide receipts and keep an accurate record of payments.

Staff News: Ms. Hayden is away on parental leave at present and will return at the end of the month.  She is replaced by Ms. Sukprasert.

Congratulations – to Mrs. Julian (previously Ms. Mulhare!) and her husband David who married in July.

HOLIDAYS:  A reminder that the school closes tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12.30 (infants available from 12.20).  The overflow car park will be open from 12pm.  No uniform required.

THANKS!  We thank all parents who helped out in any way since last September.  A special word of thanks to our Parents Association (including those who helped at our 6^th Class graduation last Thursday) and to our new Board of Management for their generosity and commitment to the school.

 SCHOOL YEAR 16/17:  The school re-opens on Wednesday August 31^st.  For parents who have ordered new track suits they will be available on Thursday and Friday August 25^th/26^th from 10am to 12 noon in the school sports hall.

P.S. if parents have uniforms/tracksuits in good condition and are no longer needed they can be left in to the school up to Friday July 8^th.  (The school office will be open each day from 9am – 3pm).

DRAWING CLASSES:  Thanks to Fiona O’Connor for all her work with children from 4^th and 5^th classes.  The results are amazing.  Well done to all concerned.

SUMMER CAMP (July 4^th – 8^th):  Camp hours are 10 am – 2pm each day (children should arrive for 10 am – not too early please!)

Have a great summer!