New Row PS
43 New Row
Castledawson
BT45 8AP
028 7946 8426
We care
Principal:
Mrs D Graffin
B.Ed. M.Ed.
PQH(NI)
We share
We learn
Week beginning Mon 19th June 2017
LAST WEEK OF AFTERSCHOOLS ACTIVITES
(2-3 ONE PICK-UP CLUB & Homework club to 4pm run as normal until Thurs 29th June)
 Y7 at Castledawson PS for rehearsal of school play 10am
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Mon 19 June  Y5 Swimming (pm)
A/S 3pm: Y6 Transfer Club
 Y1 School Nurse 9-2pm (day 3 of 4)
Tues 20th June  9.45am: St Patrick’s College Castle Cup camogie & hurling
A/S 2pm: Fundamentals (Y1&2) CW
 Gaelic Jersey Day (£1 for St Malachy’s Feile Fund) & activities for Y1-6 led by Y7
 Y1-3 Fundamentals with Ciaran Sharkey – last day
Wed 21st June  Y1 School Nurse 9-2pm (day 4 of 4)
 Last track session of the school year for New Row Runners
A/S 3pm: Songtime (Y3&4) DD & DG, Golf (Y5-7) Tony Mulholland
 Y7 Trip to the North Coast, including surfing in Portrush
Thur 22nd June
A/S 2pm: Soccer (Y3) Danny, Sum Fun (Y2) 3pm: Camogie & Hurling (SD & EB)
 Y1 Assembly 9.30am. All parents & friends of Y1 very welcome. (over by 10am)
 Presentation of Sports Awards 9.30am Rescheduled due to clashing events
Fri 23rd June  Y4 Fit for Life fun day 10-1pm
 Aaron Devlin Football Tournament (Boys)
A/S 3pm: Gaelic Football (Y4&5) MMcI
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Sun 25 June Moneyglass & District ‘Hell for Leather’ 10K & 5K. Reg from 12 noon. Race starts 1.30pm
 BOOKATHON Sponsored Walk leaving 1pm – all parents and friends of New Row very
welcome to join us!
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Mon 26 June  No swimming for Y5
 No Afterschools Activities (finished Fri 23rd June). Afterschools club as usual 2-4pm
 Last day for Y6 Transfer Club 3-4pm
 Y7 Leavers’ Assembly 9.30am – New time
 1.15pm: Sports Assembly & Awards (parents/families of award-winners will be
Tues 27th June
informed in advance and only these families need to attend)
 Y7 Rainey Orientation for Y7 1.30pm
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Wed 28 June  End of Year Mass 10am (no Y1-3 fundamentals)
 Junior Musicians’ Assembly 9.30am. Performances from Y3, 4& 5 & singers from
Thur 29th June
Y3&4. All parents of Years 3-5 very welcome to attend.

Music exams for 4 violinists: 2xGrade I, 1 x Grade II and 1 x Grade III. Good Luck!
Fri 30th June
 School closes 11am – no breakfast club or afterschools club
 2017-18 School dates, holidays etc: Now posted online at newrowps.com - Download our app today!
 Free school meals forms are in the office. Please collect or one can be sent home on request.
 Sports Day – What a great day we had on Friday! Thanks for all your support and encouragement.
Many thanks for your continued support
Mrs Deirdre Graffin
Principal
Congratulations & Celebrations
Fantastic achievement for our ladies footballers who
were crowned South Derry Champions once more.
New Row lifted the Sharon Donnelly Trophy last year
and were delighted to take it home again to
Castledawson. The final against St Brigid’s Mayogall
was hard-fought but our girls’ grit, determination
and skill won through – as well as Mr McIver’s
excellent management. We entered two teams and
the support from the rest of the girls was amazing!
Our New Row Runners programme organised by
Mrs McElroy has proven to be a great way to keep
fit and active together, as well as achieving personal
goals. The last track session will be this Wednesday.
Congratulations to everyone who ran in Loup 5K on
Saturday, especially Nadine Lagan who came 1st,
Karen (3rd) & Philip Loughlin who was 1st over-40
past the post. Well done to everyone for taking part
– now keep running!
New Row BOOKATHON
Monday 26th June - Leaving School at 1pm
Only one week to go to our New Row BOOKATHON! We will walk to the Hillhead and
back. Any parent or family member who is free is very welcome to join us and all helping hands would be
much appreciated.
Bookathon sponsor forms: All families should have their sponsor forms now so please help by getting as
many sponsors as possible. In every class, all returned forms will be entered into a draw, as well as a prize
for most sponsorship. This is our last fundraiser of the year and it is a great afternoon for a great cause.
Online Safety Update Week 3:
How did you get on with keeping screens out of bedrooms at night time? Not always easy, but worthwhile.
Our message for Week 3: Set filters on You Tube (Advice found on parentinfo.org)
YouTube is incredibly popular with children of all ages. YouTube Restricted Mode enables you to choose
whether to limit content on YouTube that might not be against YouTube Community Guidelines but even
so may be unsuitable for your children. When you opt into YouTube Restricted Mode, mature content and
age-restricted videos won't show up in search, related videos, playlists, shows and movies.
Here's how to do it:
1. Go to the bottom of any page on YouTube. There, alongside the YouTube logo and some other boxes, is
the Restricted Mode box (this was formerly called Safety Mode.)
2. Click so that Restricted Mode now reads ‘on’ and click ‘Save’. If you turn it on and you have a YouTube
account, you can sign in to your account and lock Restricted Mode so that no one else can change the
settings whenever YouTube is accessed from that browser.
Don’t forget:
 To lock Restricted Mode, you need to have a You Tube or Google account.
 You need to be 13 to have a YouTube account.
 Spend some time watching YouTube with your children and check out what they like.
 Pay particular attention to what is shown in the related video menu when your children search for their
favourite videos.
 Parent Info is a collaboration between Parent Zone & CEOP, a command of the National Crime Agency
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