Friday, April 30, 2010
APRIL JUNIOR FOOTBALL BLITZ
The excitement was high in the Junior Rooms on Wednesday April 28th when finally their day had arrived to play on the big pitch. A Football Blitz was organised for Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class. First class had the honour of leading the teams this time. A total of 60 children were involved. Sixth Class acted as mentors/managers for the blitz and got a taste of how stressing such a job can be! Many thanks to parents Michael Murphy & Claire Hopkins for giving up their time to come in and ref. Great skill was shown by the children. It was a fun time for all. Thankfully the weather stayed dry and sunny for this memorable occasion. Lots of parents gathered to watch the future stars take to the field, some for their first time.
NOTICE TO PARENTS –MAY & JUNE CALENDAR
1. Monday 3rd - No school – Public Holiday
2. Tuesday 4th - Senior Infants start swimming
3. Wednesday 5th - OLD CLOTHING/MOBILE PHONES COLLECTION - LAST DAY to bring in bags of unwanted clothing. Each bag/mobile phone is worth €3.50 to our school.
4. Friday 7th - Children go home at 12.30pm to facilitate Staff Meeting.
5. Saturday 8th - 11am First Holy Communion Mass
6. Monday 7th June - School closed – Public Holiday
7. Friday 25th - School closing for summer holidays
8. Congratulations to the following children who were selected as finalists in the Mayo Volunteer Centre Art Competition. The theme was how volunteering can make a difference in their community.
6th-Kate Iarajuli, Imelda Van der Westhuizen, Aishling Tolan, Sean O’Boyle, Aaron Howley, Niamh Larkin, Madeline Keane & Liam Flanagan
4th-Cian Garrett, Zoe Connor & Niamh Gill
3rd-Eimear Syron & Grace Leonard
2. Tuesday 4th - Senior Infants start swimming
3. Wednesday 5th - OLD CLOTHING/MOBILE PHONES COLLECTION - LAST DAY to bring in bags of unwanted clothing. Each bag/mobile phone is worth €3.50 to our school.
4. Friday 7th - Children go home at 12.30pm to facilitate Staff Meeting.
5. Saturday 8th - 11am First Holy Communion Mass
6. Monday 7th June - School closed – Public Holiday
7. Friday 25th - School closing for summer holidays
8. Congratulations to the following children who were selected as finalists in the Mayo Volunteer Centre Art Competition. The theme was how volunteering can make a difference in their community.
6th-Kate Iarajuli, Imelda Van der Westhuizen, Aishling Tolan, Sean O’Boyle, Aaron Howley, Niamh Larkin, Madeline Keane & Liam Flanagan
4th-Cian Garrett, Zoe Connor & Niamh Gill
3rd-Eimear Syron & Grace Leonard
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
NOTICE TO PARENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS:
1. FRIDAY 23rd April - Children go home at 12.30pm to facilitate Staff Meeting.
2. THURSDAY 16th May– OLD CLOTHING/MOBILE PHONES COLLECTION – please fill as many bin liner bags as you can of unwanted ladies and gents clothing, footwear, bedding, towels, curtains, blankets, duvet covers etc. Each bag of clothing/mobile phone is worth €3.50 to our school. Old mobile phones need to be kept separate so they should be handed in separately to the Office.
3. FIRST CONFESSIONS – (Second Class pupils) - Wednesday 28th April at 2pm in St. Tiernan’s Church.
4. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION – Saturday May 8th @ 11am in St. Tiernan’s Church.
5. SWIMMING – First & Second class have two more weeks left. Senior Infants will start in May for four weeks so over the next few weekends parents are asked to teach their child how to dry themselves and get dressed quickly and also organize their swimming bag. Swimming will be from 10am to 10.50am on Tuesdays so if parents are free to assist getting their child dressed they are more than welcome to attend.
6. MMR VACCINATION for 6th class pupils – Tuesday11th May and Friday 14th May. More information nearer time.
7. JACK JUDGE MEMORIAL CUP FOOTBALL LEAGUE has just commenced for classes 2nd to 6th. We would encourage you to ensure that your child has their football gear with them on the day they are playing as unfortunately we have only a small amount of spare gear here at school. REFEREE’S WANTED… so if you are available please contact the Office at 31768.
8. FOOTBALL TRAINING – Michael Fitzmaurice will coach for one hour and 45mins in our school every Wednesday for 8 weeks. Time slot is 9.30am – 10.50am.
9. TRADITIONAL MUSIC – New term will beginning next week 19th April. Enrolment for same is from 3pm to 3.15pm and class then from 3.15pm to 4.15pm. The same criteria applies as before.
10. TRAFFIC DURING SCHOOL HOURS – We welcome you to come to see the league matches. However, in the interests of safety please park in the Church yard or outside the school gate.
11. OTHER UPCOMING SCHOOL CLOSURE DATES: - Monday 3rd May - Bank Holiday; Friday 7th May - Children go home at 12.30pm to facilitiate Staff Meeting.
1. FRIDAY 23rd April - Children go home at 12.30pm to facilitate Staff Meeting.
2. THURSDAY 16th May– OLD CLOTHING/MOBILE PHONES COLLECTION – please fill as many bin liner bags as you can of unwanted ladies and gents clothing, footwear, bedding, towels, curtains, blankets, duvet covers etc. Each bag of clothing/mobile phone is worth €3.50 to our school. Old mobile phones need to be kept separate so they should be handed in separately to the Office.
3. FIRST CONFESSIONS – (Second Class pupils) - Wednesday 28th April at 2pm in St. Tiernan’s Church.
4. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION – Saturday May 8th @ 11am in St. Tiernan’s Church.
5. SWIMMING – First & Second class have two more weeks left. Senior Infants will start in May for four weeks so over the next few weekends parents are asked to teach their child how to dry themselves and get dressed quickly and also organize their swimming bag. Swimming will be from 10am to 10.50am on Tuesdays so if parents are free to assist getting their child dressed they are more than welcome to attend.
6. MMR VACCINATION for 6th class pupils – Tuesday11th May and Friday 14th May. More information nearer time.
7. JACK JUDGE MEMORIAL CUP FOOTBALL LEAGUE has just commenced for classes 2nd to 6th. We would encourage you to ensure that your child has their football gear with them on the day they are playing as unfortunately we have only a small amount of spare gear here at school. REFEREE’S WANTED… so if you are available please contact the Office at 31768.
8. FOOTBALL TRAINING – Michael Fitzmaurice will coach for one hour and 45mins in our school every Wednesday for 8 weeks. Time slot is 9.30am – 10.50am.
9. TRADITIONAL MUSIC – New term will beginning next week 19th April. Enrolment for same is from 3pm to 3.15pm and class then from 3.15pm to 4.15pm. The same criteria applies as before.
10. TRAFFIC DURING SCHOOL HOURS – We welcome you to come to see the league matches. However, in the interests of safety please park in the Church yard or outside the school gate.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Interactive Whiteboards have arrived!
During the Easter Holidays, our classrooms were equipped with Interactive Whiteboards, complete with laptops. Interactive Whiteboards do two things with make them a worthy addition to our classrooms.
Firstly they assist the teacher in teaching, by providing multimedia resources which improve the quality of the lessons being taught. It brings the power of multimedia and the Internet to the teachers fingertips.
Secondly, they improve the children's learning experiences in the classroom, through the use of the resources of the Internet, audio, video, animation, text and interactive activities etc
Teachers will be receiving training in the use of the boards outside of school time over the coming weeks.
Firstly they assist the teacher in teaching, by providing multimedia resources which improve the quality of the lessons being taught. It brings the power of multimedia and the Internet to the teachers fingertips.
Secondly, they improve the children's learning experiences in the classroom, through the use of the resources of the Internet, audio, video, animation, text and interactive activities etc
Teachers will be receiving training in the use of the boards outside of school time over the coming weeks.
Net at the back of the Goals!
Prior to the beginning of the football season, the net to catch the balls was erected on a new frame behind the goalposts at the playschool end of the pitch. This was particularly important to stop footballs landing on the busy part of the running track which younger children use frequently during the good weather. Our sincere thanks to Tommy Dolan for his time and effort in making this happen for us.
Football League Begins
The football got underway on a fine sunny day on our school pitch today. Brendan Larkin refereed as both teams played a hard fought game, in good spirit and with much enthusiasm. The league will continue during lunchtimes, weather permitting for the next few weeks. Parents and relatives of children involved in the games are invited to come along to support their children during lunchtime. We hope to have throw in at 12 30 sharp, so that children are back in their rooms at 1 pm with the other children. We wish all the teams the best of luck!
If you are a parent, and would like to help with the refereeing, we would be delighted to hear from you.
If you are a parent, and would like to help with the refereeing, we would be delighted to hear from you.
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