APRIL NEWSLETTER
Dear Parents & Guardians,
Welcome back after the Easter holidays. Please find below a list of recent and upcoming events.
School Athletics: The annual John Manning Inter-school athletics competition will take place on Wednesday 25th April.
Temple Street Coffee Morning: Denise Lucia, Niamh Davison’s grandma is organising a cake sale in aid of the Ronald McDonald House Charity. Denise will be making various cakes that will be on sale on Friday 20th April in the school hall from 1:00 – 3:00pm. We would ask each child to bring €2.00 on the day. Parents are welcome to contribute by baking some cakes for sale or buying some of the treats for themselves. This is a very worthy cause and we would ask people to support it if you can.
R.S.E.Talks: The Relationship Sexuality Education talk is taking place this year for 5th and 6th class children and parents on Tuesday 14th June from 7:15pm – 9:15pm in the school hall. The talk will be delivered by qualified professional, Therese Fennessy.
School Matches: There will be a number of hurling and camogie matches coming up in the next few weeks. Our school policy is that we get buses for all matches. We ask for €2 per child to help with the cost of bus.
Public Library Visit: We are having our annual visit from the school’s library service on Monday 23rd April. Once again I would like to thank the school S.N.A. Joby Madden for co-ordinating the exchange of the books this year.
School Nurse Visit: The junior infant children will have their vision and hearing tested by the school nurse on Thursday 17th May.
First Confession/First Communion: I would like to congratulate our 2nd class children on making their First Penance. Preparations are well under way for First Communion on Saturday 26th May.
School Closures:
Friday 4th May Annual leave.
Monday 7th May – Bank Holiday
Friday 25th May – Referendum
Wednesday 30th May – Staff meeting. Children go home at 12:30pm. Buses run as normal
Thursday 31st May – Teachers In-service. New Language Curriculum
Monday 4th June – Bank Holiday
Tuesday 5th June – Annual leave.

School Policies: Following on from the adoption of the new Child Safeguarding statement and Risk Management the following policies have been reviewed and will be discussed at the next Board Meeting.
– Work Experience and Student Teacher Policy
– Code of Conduct for External Agencies working within the school community
– Supervision of Pupils
– Promotion and Marketing of Commercial Products
– Garda Vetting
– Parent-teacher Communication
– Emergency Closures
– Brief Absences
– Policy on Transfer of Essential Information
– Staff Meetings
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Should you have any further queries in relation to any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact me at the above number.