Dear Parents/ Guardians,
Pupils in Ms. O’Reilly’s Room 14 enjoyed participating in Rince le Rita this week where they took part in Irish Dancing.
Dress Up for World Book Day
We are encouraging 2nd class pupils to dress up for World Book Day on Friday 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.
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.
Easter Raffle
Our Parents Association will hold an Easter Raffle on March 21st. 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.
School Art Competition
Congratulations of the winners of our annual school art competition organised by Ms. McGowan. Room 2 Harry Chambers Room 5 Harun Jamal Room 6 Sam Greene and Aisling Duffy Room 13 Caoimhe Byrne and Noah Higgins Room 16 Charani Mohan Room 18 Jessica Doolan Room 19 Sienna Carabini.
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
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
Attendance
Schools have an obligation to keep a register of the students attending school. We are obliged to inform TUSLA if a child is absent for more than 20 days in a school year no matter what the reason. We have noticed an increase in the number of children presenting to school late in the mornings. We encourage all children to be in the line for 5 to 9. From Monday, 5th February, if any child is late to school, parents will be asked to sign a late register form when dropping the child to school. It is important that we do everything possible to encourage full attendance. If a child attends school 10 minutes late each day, that’s just short of 1 hour a week. We want to see all children in school for the full school day and we ask for your co-operation in this regard. Míle buíochas.
Teresa Moynihan
Principal