Dear Parents & Guardians, I hope you are all keeping well and that you and the children are looking forward to Christmas. Below are a few items for your attention. Parent Teacher Meetings: It was great to have face to face meetings again. We would like to thank all the parents who attended the meetings & for all the positive feedback that you gave to the teachers. It’s really constructive when the children can see that parents & teachers are working together for their benefit. School Book Fair: Our annual School Book Fair took place recently. We would like to thank you all for your support. Over a thousand euro was spent on books & thanks to you we were able to retain €294 of this to put towards our Literacy Interventions. Thanks to Ms Keely for organising. Thanks also to Joby & Assumpta for helping to run the Book Fair all week, particularly the two evenings of the Parent-Teacher meetings. Christmas Concerts: We are delighted to say that we will be having Christmas Concerts this year. The date is Monday 19th of December & we would like to invite you into the school to watch the performances. The Junior/ Senior Infants & First & Second class are doing Nativity plays. The children from 3rd-6th will be performing Dance routines they have been learning with the Dance company Dance It Out. They will also be playing some tunes on the tin whistle accompanied by their Music teacher Yvonne Barrett & singing some Christmas Carols. The following are the times: Infants 11-11:30am 1st & 2nd 11:45-12:20pm 3rd & 4th 12:30- 1:pm 5th & 6th 1:15-1:45pm Shoeboxes: Thank you again for supporting our shoe box appeal. There was a fantastic response again for this very worthy cause. There were over 100 shoeboxes donated. Thanks to Ms Hayes for co-ordinating & getting our photo in the paper. Thanks also to Ms Kelly for getting the shoeboxes collected. Clothes Collection: Thanks to you all for donating to the recent clothes collection. Once again there was a great response. €135 was raised as a result of the collection. County Final Success: Congratulations to the St Thomas’ team & management on their recent County final...
Read MoreDear Parents & Guardians, We have all just completed our first month back at school. The children have really settled back into the routine of school life & the teachers are really happy with the progress the students have made so far. I would like to bring to your attention some recent & upcoming events in the school. Staff: A warm welcome to all our staff who have returned to school this month. We are delighted to have Ms Olivia Flynn (who is teaching support LSRT a post shared with Ardrahan National School) & Ms Sarah Leneghan, (who will be covering Principal Release Days & LSRT) back teaching with us again this year. First year Froebel student, Chantelle Prendergast, will be assisting in the Infant room on Mondays for 6 weeks starting next Monday. Chantelle will then be doing a 3 week teaching practice placement in January. Communication: As per last year our monthly newsletters will be emailed to you & they will also be available to access on the Schools website. Text-a-parent will still be used for more urgent messages. It is important that we have all the correct contact details. If your contact details have changed, please send a note to the class teacher in your child’s homework diary with the updated contact details. School Photos: County Photos were in the school on Friday 23rd September 2021. The proofs of the photos & the order forms will be delivered to the school shortly. We will send out the proofs with your child & if you are interested in getting the photos you can go online or return the order form to the school on the date provided on the proofs. Healthy Eating: At this time every year we take the opportunity to remind parents of our School’s Healthy Eating Policy. Children are asked to bring healthy lunches each day. A small treat is permitted on Fridays. Seesaw: We will continue to use Seesaw as a remote learning platform this year. If you would like further information on Seesaw please go to www.seesaw.com. Thanks to Ms Cusack for all the work she has done to have this up & running for us again this year. Wellness Wednesday: As...
Read MoreDear Parents & Guardians, I hope this finds you all safe and well. The end of the second term is upon us & it’s good to see normality returning to school life. Please see below a list of recent and upcoming events. Lifting Covid-Restrictions: Schools have been given the go-ahead to remove Covid-19 restrictions. After the Easter break there will be no staggered breaks for children. Children from all classes will be on the yard at break times. The school closing time will be 3pm for children from 1st -6th. There is no longer a requirement for children to bring their own face cloth to dry their hands after washing. As pods are no longer a requirement there will be more flexibility around changing seats for group work in classes. Children can enter the school grounds from 9am but will continue to be dropped at the school gate by parents or guardians. We would also ask parents to use the front door of the school & press the intercom if you need to pick up your child or drop off something for them. We thank for your assistance on this matter. Development of the school Grounds: There was a great turn out to the meeting held on Thursday 3rd March in the school hall. Everyone in attendance were happy with the plans & very supportive of the development. A new committee of the Kilchreest Community Recreation Group was formed & the following are the officers of the Committee. Chairman: Mike Mahony, Vice Chairman: Shane Nash, Secretary: Francis O’Connor, Assistant Secretary Mairead Glynn, Treasurer: Fiona Clarke, Assistant Treasurer: Lisa Mahon, PRO: Michael Fahy. We thank all those who have volunteered. Work has started with grant applications & we are very grateful to Mairead, Shane & Aidan Clarke for all the time & effort they are putting into this. It is very much appreciated. We will be keeping you all updated as & when there are any updates. Standardised Tests in English, Maths and Gaeilge will take place in the coming weeks. Drumcondra English – Thursday 26th May Drumcondra Maths – Tuesday 31st May Drumcondra Gaeilge – Thursday 2nd June Please make every effort to ensure your child is present on...
Read More22nd February 2022 Dear Parents & Guardians, Please below a list of some recent & upcoming events for your attention. Parent Teacher Meetings: As per the last newsletter face to face Parent-Teacher meetings will take place on Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th of March from 3:30-6pm. The appointment schedule is attached. If the appointment time does not suit, please make contact with the class teacher & an alternative appointment time will be arranged. We would ask that you remain in your car until your allocated appointment time. Approach your child’s classroom from the playground side of the school & knock on the classroom window to let the teacher know you are there. Mask wearing will no longer be a requirement but I feel it’s a personal choice at this stage. If you’d prefer the teacher to wear a mask during the meeting, please ask. We will be trying to keep to the 10min appointment times so as not to have people waiting outside. Disruption to ESB service: The ESB have made contact to notify us that due to essential maintenance there is a planned outage affecting the school on Wednesday 02/03/2022 from 9am until 5pm. There will be no electricity in the school on that day but we are going to keep the school open. The heat will be coming on from early that morning so the school will be warm. We will include plenty of movement breaks but you might put an extra layer of clothing on your child that day. Meeting about the Development on the school grounds: We recently shared the plans with you for the proposed development on the school grounds. In the past few days planning permission has been granted for the project. Work now starts on securing the funding required. In order to access some of the grants the Kilchreest Community Recreational Group was set up a few years ago. There will be a meeting of this group which you are invited to attend on Thursday 3rd March at 8pm in Kilchreest N.S. Hall. We hope you will be in a position to attend. Covid Guidelines: The most recent recommendations from NPHET have been adopted by Government. This means from...
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