December Newsletter
5th Class Science Fair
The 5th class Science Fair took place on 28th November in the Junior GP Room,, it was opened
by Professor Ferguson. The pupils provided demonstrations for everyone who attended.
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Parents of 5 class were invited to come along and see our girls in action!
Commitment Ceremony
In preparation for Confirmation the Commitment Ceremony for 6th class pupils will be held
in Mount Merrion
errion Church on Sunday, 2nd December at 7.30pm. This will be the first fformal
ceremony in preparation for their Confirmation.
2nd Class Communion Mass
We had a wonderful afternoon on Monday, 19th November in
n Mount Merrion Church
celebrating the Enrolment Ceremony. The girls sang beautifully and read with expression. I
even heard a wonderful melody from the parents!
Wizard of Oz play will be held in the Senior School Hall on Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th
December at 7.30pm. All the girls will go to see the play on Tuesday during school
school time.
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Many thanks to all the pupils of 5 and 6 class who collected their tickets from
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Welcome Office.
4th Class Jack Frost: Parents of 4th class pupils are invited to the performance on Tuesday,
11th December at 2.00pm.. All pupils in the school will see the performance that morning
morning.
Each Class Chooses a Charity to Support for Christmas
Montessori Department
3rd Class
St Vincent de Paul Food Drive. There will
be information on each class door of
items that are needed
eded for each hamper.
Each parent can decide which items they
would like to contribute to the appeal
appeal.
The list of food items is at the end of this
newsletter
Holles Street Children’s Hospital
4th class
Sr Nora Burke’s
’s Food Appeal for ffamilies
in Ireland
5th class
Heart to Hand– Two weeks ago, the girls
filled backpacks with goodies for children
in Romania
6th class
Sr Nora Burke’s
’s Food Appeal for ffamilies
in Ireland (Ms Holmes)
Sunshine Home (Ms Beatty)
The School Choir
The School Choir will be singing carols in
Dundrum, Monday, 10th December at
11.00-12.30 for the Lauralynn/Sunshine
Home
The choir will also perform carols in
Cedar House and Mount Merrion
Community Centre/Church
Support Sheet
Thank you to all parents who completed the form so far. It is not too late to send your form
to the Welcome Office or your child’s class teacher
teacher!
Aftercare (Aftercare for Pre-Montessori,
Montessori, Morningers and Middle Morningers)
It is a long busy active day for our pupils. It would be great if you could provide a small
packed lunch as the children need more energy for the fun activities that take place in
Aftercare.
Green Committee
The Green Committee celebrated the third Green Flag award. We had a whole school
assembly where a slide show highlighted the events that were carried out to gain the third
Green Flag. A huge congratulations to the Mount Anville Community and the Green
Committee. I believe that growing vegetables will be one of the new projects that will be
steered by the Green Committee.
Library Committee
Marita Conlon McKenna visited the 5th and 6th class pupils on 24th October. The girls really
enjoyed talking with Marita and were fascinated at the real-life situations which helped to
inspire her in writing her books. Marita is a past pupil of Mount Anville Schools. Each girl
received a signed bookmark from Marita, which I am sure they will treasure.
Don Conroy visited 1st and 2nd classes on 6th November, which was a great success. Don
drew animations of characters from some of his books on A3 posters for each class, which
are now proudly displayed in the classrooms. He also signed and donated three of his books
to the school library. The feedback amongst students and staff has been marvellous –
meeting a real author, having already seen and read their books in the library, has been very
meaningful for the children. We are looking forward to a visit from award winning children’s
author Benji Bennett who is coming to visit us on Wednesday 5th December at 9.30am. He
will visit with our pre-Montessori and 3-6 year olds. If parents wish to have a signed copy of
any of his award winning books dedicated to their child, order forms are available from class
teachers.
Book Fair: Our annual Book Fair was held on Thursday 22nd November. It was an extremely
successful event. The selection of books was wonderful and the cooperation from all
involved Library Volunteer Committee, parents and staff made it a very positive experience.
The Bookcreche.com hosted this year and allowed us approximately one third commission
of the total income. Total sales amounted to €6,100. The commission will be divided
between various reading schemes for the classes.
Physical Education
Ms Heffernan attended a meeting hosted by the Irish Hockey Association (IHA). The IHA is
working on a new initiative for Junior hockey. As part of their plans gum shields and shin
guards are now compulsory. Wearing gum shields has always been compulsory in our school
but anyone without shin guards will not be allowed to take part in school, PE or lunchtime
hockey.
The Welcome Office
Ms Maoilíosa is delighted with the response regarding absences/changes to schedules.
Please continue to keep her up-dated of changes. Ms Maoilíosa has a huge basket full of
unwanted/unloved school clothes. They need a home! Could it be your home?
4th Class Cribs
4th class have been busy making beautiful cribs which will adorn both Junior corridors for
the next few weeks. As you can see from the picture of the first two received a huge effort
has been put into making them.
Extra-Curricular Activities and the Christmas Week
There will be no extra-curricular activities on the week of 17th to 21st December. The school
will close at 12.30pm on Friday 21st December for the Christmas break.
The Christmas Celebration
Our whole school Christmas Celebration will commence at 5.30pm on Wednesday, 19th
December. The pupils can begin to take their place at 5.00pm and we would like all the
pupils in their places by 5.15pm. Ms Josephine and her violin orchestra will play from
5.15pm as the Mount Anville Community enter the Church. Whilst St Theresa’s church is
beautiful and vast, spaces are naturally limited. We will commence at 5.30pm sharp.
The Montessori Department: St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Food Appeal
It’s that time of year again. St. Vincent de Paul have expressed an urgent need for food. We
hope to make 3 food hampers per Montessori class for the many needy families in Dublin.
Please could you write your child’s name on a minimum of 2 items below –these are the
food items that St Vincent de Paul have requested.
Thank you so much for your help.
St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Food Appeal
Please do not send in any food items in glass containers, tins or carton only.
Groceries
Child’s Name
Rice
Pasta
Rice
Beverages
Other
Tinned Food
Child’s Name
Pasta
Pasta
Cornflakes
Rice Krispies
Weetabix
Cereals
Groceries
Rice
Packet Soup
Tea
Coffee
Concentrated Juices
(in plastic bottles)
Peas
Crackers
Beans
Crackers
Tomatoes (3 pack)
Pineapple
Peaches
Crackers
Treats
Pears
Biscuits
Biscuits
Biscuits
Spaghetti
Cake
Macaroni cheese
Ravioli
Cake
Cake
Spaghetti & meatballs
Sweets
Tuna
Sweets
Salmon
Sweets
Creamed Rice
Condiments Marmalade/Jam
Tomato Ketchup
YR / Brown sauce
BBQ Sauce
Mayonnaise/Salad Cream
Other
Sugar
Cartons of custard
Raisins
Instant noodles
Pot Noodles
Salt