Dear Parents,

Remembering Our Dead

• A prayer service was held as we pray for our relatives and friends who have died.

Team Hope

• We thank you all for your support for the Christmas Shoebox Appeal. This year we collected 104 boxes. Well done!

December 8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception

• Pupils will attend the 11.30 mass in the church.

Christmas Concerts

• First Class and Second Class will perform a Christmas Nativity Concert for parents on Thursday, December 15th in our school hall at 2 p.m.
• Junior Infants and Senior Infants will present their Christmas Nativity Concert for parents the following day, Friday, December 16th in our school hall at 1 p.m.

Mass on December 22nd

• Pupils will attend mass at 10.00 in the church and sing Christmas carols. Recorder Medley of Christmas Songs will be performed by pupils from Third –Sixth class immediately after mass.

School Holidays

Christmas 2016

• School will close on Thursday December 22nd 2016 and re-open on January 9th 2017

February 2017 mid-term break

• Thursday & Friday 23rd & 24th February 2017

March 17th Public Holiday

Easter 2017

• School will close on Friday 7th April and re-open on Monday 24th April 2017 unless changes are required as part of contingency arrangements to make up for time lost due to unforeseen school closures.

April 27th

• No school as teachers will attend Continuing Professional Development in the Primary Language Curriculum.

May 1st May Bank Holiday

June 5th June Bank Holiday

Summer Holidays

• School will close on Tuesday, June 27th.

Le gach dea ghuí

Marie Griffin (Principal)

Thanks to all those who supported the Christmas Shoe Box Appeal for 2016. The Shoe boxes were collected today Tuesday 22nd November.

On October 25th representatives of each class made a presentation of €600 to Jacinta Hannon.  The proceeds were raised by the school last June when the school held a Fun Day to support the Hannon family. The Hannon family received a Labradoodle from the charity My Canine Companion. Jacinta brought Emmy (a year and half old Labradoodle) with her to receive the cheque.

Tuesday 25th October was Maths Day in the School. The children and teachers  had a great day doing Active Maths, Orienteering, Tangrams and Board Games!

Cumann na mBunscol Girls 7 a-side Football

Girls from 5^th and 6^th class played in the Cumann na mBunscol Girls 7 a-side Football Games in Caherconlish on Wednesday October 12^th.  They had four great matches against teams from Caherconlish Cappamore Oola and Garrydoolis. The girls won two of their matches against Cappamore and Caherconlish and were narrowly defeated by Oola and Garrydoolis.  They played with great heart and commitment and were a credit to our school.

Panel: Sarah-Jane Flynn, Danah Roche, Leah Gow, Kate Swords, Ria Walsh, Rebecca Johnson, Sasha Rainsford, Siobhán Boevi, Sophie Rainsford O’Keeffe, Alannah Cummins, Siobhán Cooke, Grace Ross and Molly O’Sullivan.

Cumann na mBunscoil Boys 9 a-side Football

Boys from 5^th and 6^th Class took part in the East Limerick Cumann na mBunscoil 9 a-side Boys Football Blitz on Wednesday 5^th of October at Doon G.A.A. grounds. The boys played against Nicker, Caherconlish, Caherelly and Oola. The boys lost to Nicker in the first game, then they beat Caherconlish, they lost out narrowly to Caherelly in a very close game and in their last match they lost out to Oola. The boys played great football and showed great teamwork and commitment throughout. Their discipline was exemplary and they represented the school extremely well. We thank them for all their efforts.

Panel: Jeffrey O’Rourke (captain), Evan Parker, Jack Ryan, Ola Olatilewa, Adam Melikchi, Ruairí Walshe Kelly, Joe Shanahan, John O’Brien, Conor Barry, David Kemp, Emmett Crowe, Luke Moroney and Eoin Callanan.

3rd – 6th Class have recently been doing PE with Tony Breen and Transition Year students from Glenstal. This has been great fun and much appreciated by all concerned.

Congratulations to Senior Infants teacher Mr Colm Óh Anluain who presented a workshop at FEILTE 2016 on 1st October in the RDS, Dublin. 

FÉILTE, the Festival of Education in Learning and Teaching Excellence, is a celebration of teaching which showcases the work of teachers who are leading innovative learning projects.

Mr Óh Anluain’s workshop was based on his book Henry’s Piano and the Levo – to encourage hands-on learning of Maths and Science.