WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
25th February 2016
Week 10 (Term 2)
Dear Parents and Guardians,
There is a new After Schools Club being trialled for two weeks by the Hurling Coach David
Magowan for P1-3 children starting on Wednesday 2nd and 9th March from 2:15p.m to 3:00p.m
outside on the Muga. If you wish your child to attend please ensure you let the class teacher
know by dropping them a wee note giving your permission.
Assembly News
The children discussed how Trocaire use our donations to help people around the world who
are in need, they gave superb examples of how money can be used to sanitise water, build
wells, to grow crops to feed their families and to help purchase animals such as cattle and
chickens.
At P1-3 Assembly we were overjoyed to see our European Ballet champion Hannah in P2
show her dance routine. She was a little star and we know she will do so well at the World
Championships next year. Kim McCord in P4 and Cadence Courtney also showed their recent
trophies for Hip Hop, Tia Cunningham had a gold medal for Irish dancing and Eoin Coleman
achieved a gold medal for Gaelic football and Cian Reynolds in P1 for being a Puddle
Jumping Champion at castle Espie. We are so proud of the children for these great
achievements!
Mrs Hassett the Numeracy leader gives the P4-7 children Maths Challenges each month. The
children worked on some of the tasks together, as we are working to develop the children’s
mental skills this year. There was great enthusiasm in the hall with children wanting to share
how they solved the problems. So a huge thanks to Mrs Hassett and all the teachers for
working on the development of these skills with the children. Remember to try and help the
children at home by getting them to explain the processes for solving maths calculations, they
should actually be able to teach the adults new skills and no calculators allowed!
Superstars for excellent behaviour, good manners and working well at all times in
February:
P1 Riley Daly, Megan Walsh and Kacie McCashin
P2 Holly Rose Millken, Eireann McCallan and Jayden Daly
P3 Odhran Cathcart, Tomas Fay and Ethan Moylan
P4 Daniel Krzosek, Emma McNally, Alannah O’Hara, Aliayah Harriott-Kane and Aimee
Brennan
P5 Oisin Sands-McAllister and Tia Cunningham
P6 Joshua Quigley, Alex Singh and Shane Hickland
P7 Katie Boyle, Matthew Malone and Aimee Irvine
Head teacher’s Awards went to:
P1 Lara McCusker for her beautiful painting of People who help us
P2 Alyssa O’Hara for being such a thoughtful little girl
P3 Kelcie Haughey for being such a kind friend
P4 Kim McCord for her superb achievement at dancing
P5 Oisin Sands-McAllister for his exceptional manners
P6 Shane Hickland for being such a gentleman
P7 Katie Irvine for her lovely friendly manner around school
Accelerated Reader Certificates went to:
Reading Reader Awards went to Conor O’Neill and Conal Burns. Rising Reader was achieved
by Raichael Duffy and Ciara McCaherty. Independent Reader was awarded to Saskia
McManus and Advanced Reader went to Adam McVarnock. The reading culture around the
school is really wonderful to see and is helping boost the children’s interest in literacy. Well
done to one and all!
Maths Challenge Awards went to:
P4 Catherine Magee, P5 Eoin Nolan and Tia Cunningham, P6 Kacey McCourt and
P7 Yasmine Noble. Mrs Hassett was so impressed with the children’s ability to explain how
the children explained how they solved the answers.
This week we wished all the following children a Happy Birthday
Karlie Brenna, Eva Garland, Ciara McCaherty, Caleb McGuigan, Ryan McClenaghan,
Kadyn Smith,Garry Og McAree, Declan Rice, Jessica Mulryne, Jessica Campbell-Hilling,
Aaron Black, Ben Fitzsimons and Clodagh Hardy
Holidays for 2016/17
(This list may be subject to change)
The list for next year is as follows:
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Children will return after the summer on Wednesday 31st August (9:00-12:00p.m)
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Staff Development Day Friday 30th September (School closed for children)
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Halloween Break: Monday 31st October until Friday 4th November (Inclusive)
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Wednesday 21st December School closes at 12:00p.m for Christmas break and reopens
on Thursday 5th January for a full day
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Mid-term Break: School closed Monday 13th February until Friday 17th February
(Inclusive)
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Staff Development Day Friday 17th March (School closed for children)
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Easter Break: School closes on Holy Thursday 13th April at 12:00p.m and reopens on
Monday 24th April for a full day
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May Bank Holidays: Children are off Monday 1st, Tuesday 2nd, Friday 26th, Monday
29th and Tuesday 30th May
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School closes for June 2017 on Friday 30th June at 12:00p.m.
Can we remind parents that the school hasn’t’ the authority to authorise holidays outside
these dates and if a child is taken out of school for a family holiday it will be recorded as an
unauthorised absence on our returns to the Department of Education.
Special Assembly for Grandparents will take place on Friday 11th March at 9:30a.m
Please encourage grandparents to come along and join the children and have a cup of tea or
coffee.