Céad míle fáilte........

May I wish you all a “céad míle fáilte” and every blessing and success for the new school year.

1. Friday 10th September - Children go home at 12.30pm to facilitate Staff Meeting.
2. Homework Club resumes on Monday 6th September from 3pm to 4pm (sharp).
Cost €2 per day.
3. Lunches - From Monday, please send a bottle of water with your child to
school every day. It will be refilled during the day if need be. This will eliminate any
concerns parents have about cleanliness of bottles.
1st – 6th class
Sandwiches will be supplied on Mondays and Tuesdays and rolls Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. The fruit will be supplied as before.

Junior Infants & Senior Infants
Sandwiches will be supplied on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
with Wednesday ‘roll’ day.

Please encourage your child to avail of the free lunch service.
4. SWIMMING - 6th class start on Tuesday 7th September for 6th week.

End of Year reminders

1. Friday 18th Bring & Buy Sale Ø for Fr. John Gallagher (SMA Missions) and Jesus & Mary Mission in Nigeria.

Raffle for school funds. (1 sheet 50c; 3 sheets €1 and 5 sheets €2) Tickets can be purchased at any time. The child's name will be written on the back of each sheet of tickets. Lots of prizes.

Donations of books, toys and baked goods gratefully accepted. No shoes or clothes acceptable. Items can be brought into school from Wednesday 16th June.

2. Friday 18th SCHOOL BOOKS - all books given out on the Rental Scheme must be returned to Class Teacher in good condition.

3. Monday 21st School Tour.

4. Wednesday 23rd 6th Class Mass at 2pm followed by graduation. Parents/Guardians are invited.

5. Thursday 24th Cyril Clinton Cup for 6th class pupils Ballycastle N.S. .v. Crossmolina N.S. at 10.30am in Ballycastle. Bus departs at 9.45am. § 1.15pm 3rd&4th class play.

6. Friday 25th 6th class –end of year play 12.10pm - School holidays

Jack Judge League 2010

The Jack Judge League took place in the school during the months of April and May. Seventy children from second to sixth classes took part in this lunch time league. Our referees were Brendan Larkin, Brendan Mc Andrew and Michael Murphy.
The final took place on Wednesday 12th May at 2.00pm. The blue team battled hard led by captain Stacey Mangan, but the deserving victors on the day were the footballers led by Lorcan Moore. The referee for this match was Brendan Larkin.

Well done to every person who took part in this league.

NOTICE TO PARENTS – JUNE EVENTS

Invitation
Some of you may be aware that Sr. Bernadette is retiring. You are all invited to a ‘farewell concert’ for her on Friday June 4th at 1pm. This will be an opportunity to say slán agus beannacht. Children will go home at 2pm.
June
Wednesday 2nd 2.15pm – 2.45pm – new entrants meeting
Friday 4th 1pm - Concert – children go home at 2pm
Monday 7th School closed – Public Holiday
Wednesday 9th First Class Tour
Thursday 10th Sports Day (weather permitting) & Ryan Lynch Memorial Soccer Blitz
Friday 18th Bring & Buy Sale for Fr. John Gallagher (SMA Missions)
and Jesus & Mary Mission in Nigeria. Raffle for
school funds. No shoes or clothes acceptable. Donations of books, toys and baked goods gratefully accepted. Items can be brought into school from Monday 14th June.
Monday 21st School tour for 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th
Wednesday 23rd 6th Class Mass at 2pm followed by graduation. Parents/Guardians are invited.
Thursday 24th Cyril Clinton Cup – Ballycastle N.S. .v. Crossmolina N.S. at 10.30am in Ballycastle.
Friday 25th School holidays – children go home at 12.30pm


School lunches - each Wednesday for the month of June, children will receive a ‘roll’ for their lunch with whatever filling they choose from the menu.

Homework Club will continue until Thursday 17th June.

NATIONAL PARENTS COUNCIL PRIMARY invites you to Conference 2010 (free)– Saturday 12th June from 11am to 4pm in National College of Ireland, Mayor Street, Dublin 1. Guest Speakers Minister for Education & Skills, An Tanáiste Mary Coughlan T.D.; Mr. Neil Griffiths: “So you want to read a story?”; Dr. Therese McPhillips PhD: Supporting the Development of Reading Skills in Primary School; Ms. Sarah Jane Flynn – Presentation and workshop on “Paired Reading” an enjoyable, easy way to spend time with your child and develop their reading. Parents Assocation Meeting Tuesday 1st June at 9.30pm in Hineys if you wish to find out further information.

Crossmolina N.S. Play Chess.

Last Thursay May 6th, Templemary National School came to Crossmolina in a long awaited chess challenge. Twenty students from Templemary played numerous games against the chess players in our school. In total over forty players from our school took part, and over one hundred games of chess were played. Children from second to sixth class participated.

It was an excellent learning experience for our players, as we had not played competitively apart from our own school competitions, and the players from Templemary posed a tough challenge, under the expert guidance of Mr. Dunford.

We would like to thank Mr. Dunford and the children who came to play us. It was a very enjoyable experience!

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