Dear Parents/ Guardians,
News from the Classes Ms. O’Connell’s Room 1 pupils wore a hat to school for "Hat Day" in the class on March 4th last. Ms. Doherty’s Room 19 pupils and Ms. O’Connell’s Room 1 pupils enjoyed fun in the snow last Friday.
Hot School Meals
Each pupil in the school will receive a free hot meal each day following the Easter break. As a result, ‘The Lunch Bag’ service will be ceasing from Monday April 8th. Carambola (https://www.carambola.ie/) is the company who administrate the hot meals programme in our school. The practicalities of this will be relayed to you in due course.
Dress Up for World Book Day
We are encouraging 2nd class pupils to dress up for World Book Day tomorrow Thursday 7th March. Children can pick a character in a book and dress up like them on the day, alternatively, they can wear clothes of their choosing.
School Closures
We will be closed on Friday the 8th March for the referendums on family and care.
We will be closed on Monday 18th March and will open on Tuesday 19th March.
We will be closed on Tuesday 28th May for staff training on the New Primary Maths Curriculum.
Parents Association Subs
Our Parents Association rely on support from our parent body. Each year the PA collect subscriptions of €10 per family in order to support the purchase of resources for our pupils or to support fun events within the school. Subs can now be paid online via Aladdin. Your support would be greatly appreciated. Thank you to all who have already contributed. Please also keep a close eye on the St. Thomas’ PA Facebook page which keeps you up to date on upcoming events.
Our next PA meeting will take place on Wednesday 13th of March at 8pm. All welcome.
Easter Raffle
Our Parents Association will hold an Easter Raffle on March 31st. Tickets are 2 Euro per strip of 5 Euro for 3 strips. Tickets will be available from the PA at drop off and pick up. Amazing Easter treats, vouchers and prizes up for grabs. Many thanks for all your support.
WOW Day Shamrock Parade Dress up in your St. Patrick’s Day colours and walk to school on Friday March 15th for Seachtain na Gaeilge. Children can design and make a snake to bring on the walk. If you have a high viz jacket for your child, he/she can wear it. Saint Patrick ..or..Patricia will lead the Park n Stride. PARK N STRIDE this allows families who live further away to participate in the launch. Simply park at the Lord Lucan car park. Assemble from 8.25 onwards. Leaving car park at 8.30. Parents can then bring their children to their line in our junior yard to listen to the DJ Paddy. We will monitor the number of children who walked and the results will be sent to green schools HQ. If you can’t make the Lord Lucan Park and Stride, organise a place and time to meet and walk as a group from Hillcrest or AGP area! Many thanks to Ms. Power and the PA for all their work in organising this.
Lucan Sarsfield’s GAA
Lucan Sarsfield's GPO Alan has been in with the school and would love to give anyone the opportunity to come and experience the National sport of GAA.
The GAA is a sporting community that helps children develop new friendships, life skills and fundamental movement skills that work on the A, B, C’s (Agility, Balance & Coordination) and R, J, T’s (Running, Jumping & Throwing) to improve a child's Athletic development for sport and for life.
Lucan Sarsfield’s Academy runs every Saturday morning for the ages between 4-7 years old and has teams for boys and girls from U8's all the way up to adult. If this sounds of interest or if you'd like to know any more information, Alan would be delighted to take a call on 087 121 3587
LUCAN ST PATRICKS DAY PARADE is holding an Art competition. For your chance to win a place for you and your family to sit on the viewing stand for the parade and runner up prizes or art sets, we would love to see your amazing pictures of St. Patrick himself.
SEND YOUR ENTRIES TO info@lucanstpatricksday.org by Monday 11th March at 6pm. Winners will be announced on Tuesday 12th March.
Afterschool Clubs
Smiling Soul Kids Yoga - Kids yoga will start on Tuesday the 27th of February – 12th of March for 3 weeks in Room 19. Available for all classes.
Kids yoga gives children an opportunity to explore body and mind while gaining strength, flexibility and balance through fun positive and relaxing activities. They will benefit from learning life skills, which would help them to cope with stressful situations and build self-esteem and can enhance creativity.
Children will also take part in: Mindfulness and relaxation, Breathing techniques, Art and journaling. For more details and to secure a place please contact Ms. Doherty at smilingsoulkidsyoga@gmail.com
Easter Camp
“Easter Camp 2nd – 5th April with Ms O’Reilly and Ms Carragher in St Thomas JNS. The Camp will include art, sport and games, construction activities, baking and an Easter egg hunt. It will start at 9.30am and finish at 2pm. Please email eastercampstthomasjns@gmail.com for further information.
Wellness Easter Camp
Join Ms. Barnes and Ms. Doherty for art, yoga, mindfulness, games, Easter egg hunts and much more. Monday the 25th of March to Thursday the 28th of March. 9:30am – 2pm daily. Price: €90 Email: wellnesscamplucan@gmail.com
Job Vacancy – Secretary
We are seeking a part time secretary for 18.5 hours per week. Please click on the following link for further information https://StThomasJNS.com/News/Job-Vacancy-Secretary/1679118/Index.html . Closing date is Friday 15th March 2024.
Teresa Moynihan
Principal