Monday, March 29, 2010

This Blog is now active!

Dear parents and children,

You can now expect to see all important announcements and copies of notes on this blog.

January Notices

NOTICE TO PARENTS
Welcome back everybody after our enforced extended holiday.

1. DVD - of IT'S A BABY and CINDERELLA & ROCKERFELLA staring the 'STARS' of Crossmolina National School is on sale for €10. It is a lovely keepsake and provides great viewing for all the family. If you wish to purchase one please put €10 in an envelope with your child's name and hand it into the Office.
2. CONGRATULATIONS to Meadhbh Walsh who was selected as a finalist in the Western People/Sligo Supply Centre Christmas Publishing Project. This was a competition where children from around the county were given the opportunity to create content for the Western People's, North Pole Times Christmas magazine, with the opportunity of winning an interactive whiteboard for their school worth €3,500. Each school represented by a finalist was placed in a draw on the day to determine the winner of the whiteboard. This went to a school in Foxford. Meadhbh was presented with an Award of Excellence.
3. CALENDAR:
January - school as normal each day.
(end of January) - Whistle Blast Quartet (27/28/29 January)
February -
Friday 5th - 11am Grandparents Afternoon
To coincide with Catholic Schools Week 31st January - 7 February in our School and Parish we intend celebrating Grandparents afternoon in our school. Parents, grandparents, family, all Carers and friends are welcome to come and visit. Children without grandparents are very welcome to invite a significant person from their life as a substitute.
Friday 5th - children go home at 12.30pm to facilitate staff meeting
15th & 16th - no school - mid-term break
22nd - 6th class visit to St. Tiernan's College
(date to be confirmed) 6th class visit to Gortnor Abbey
4. SWINE FLU VACCINATION - The HSE has asked us to send Forms out through the school. Please complete and return by Friday 15th January. Date for vaccination to take place in the school will be confirmed shortly. FORM MUST BE RETURNED and signed even if you are not getting the vaccination.
5. PHOTOCOPYING - It is this time of the year again when we ask you for the annual fee for photocopying. The cost is €10 per child and €20 per family. Please send €10/ €20 (whichever is appropriate) in an envelope (with your child's name marked on the outside) to Phil before Friday 5th February.
6. Cash For Clobber: A reminder to you when you are 'spring-cleaning' that we get €3.50 for every black bag of clothes. If you have some filled at home you can drop them at anytime into School and we will store them in the shed. We hope to have another collection after mid-term (end of February).
7. New Entrants September 2010: If you have a child (or know of a child) who wishes to enroll in our School for next year send in his/her details or contact the Office (31768).
8. Swimming: Third & Fourth Class will start on Tuesday 19th January. Many thanks to our bus driver Johnny Corcoran who again sent boxes of Tayto into our school for all the children before Christmas.
9. School Lunches: New menus are starting next week. Children were given the option of ordering a new sandwich each day. As part of our Green Schools Policy we encourage you to send a lunch box with your child to bring home any uneaten food and wrappings.
10. Homework Club: resumes Monday 18th January.
11. Children's Choir: The choir is needed to sing at Mass on the following dates, instead of the first Sunday of every month: Sunday 24th January (other dates to be confirmed) to support the Parish First Holy Communion Programme - DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

Dated Thursday January 14th 2010.