Happy New Year!
Welcome back to all our pupils. We hope that parents had a good Christmas break and wish everyone in our school community all the best for 2019.
Tin Whistle
Continues as usual this week; Friday for beginners and Thursday for all others.
Homework Club
Homework club resumes this week as normal.
School Calendar
There are still a few on sale, price €8. A big thanks to all who supported our calendar by placing an advertisement for their business.
Green Schools News
All children are now required to take home in their lunchboxes any lunch wastethat they may have. This will include any food waste and wrappers etc. and will also give you an indication whether the amount of lunch provided is appropriate for your child. If there is too much food it may be reduced, a ‘proper’ lunchbox may be reused and some wrappings may be recycled. As a green school, we aim to reduce, reuse and recycle (in that order), and encourage people to be responsible for the waste that we produce.
Fear Less
Are you concerned about your child experiencing anxiety? Triple P (Positive Parenting Programme) are holding a free talk for parents on Monday 21stJanuary from 7 to 9 p.m. in Scoil Mhuire National School, Abbeyleix. Topics include:
Understanding anxiety|
Parents as models
Thinking flexibly & realistically
Avoidance and exposure
Constructive coping and problem solving
If you are interested, please contact Sinéad at sinead.higgins@tusla.ie
School Uniform
It has been decided that we will change to wearing a white T-shirt with the tracksuit from now on. Yellow T-shirts are being phased out, but may still be worn. As these need to be replaced, please do so with white ones. Please note that the school uniform (tracksuit) requires plain bottoms (no logos), not leggings. Thank you.