Dear Parents/Guardians,
Quiz Night: Our 1st Annual St. Thomas’JNS & Scoil Áine Naofa takes place in the Lord Lucan tomorrow night Friday 1st March at 8pm sharp. €40 per table of 4/raffle/spot prizes and live music. All proceeds will be divided between both schools. If you are a member of the local business community and would like to donate a voucher/gift towards the annual raffle please do so through the school office. Thanks to all the school suppliers who have already donated prizes and will, be acknowledged on our website . Come along for what promises to be a great night!
Coicís na Gaeilge:
Dia dhaoibh! As usual we have a number of activities taking place in the school during (4th -16th, March). Two classes will visit from our neighbouring Gaelscoil. (Eiscir Riada) on Monday 11th March. During the next two weeks we will be focusing on promoting the use of spoken Irish, and on Irish music and culture, and we encourage you to use “cúpla focail” (a few Irish words) at home as well. We will have lots of prizes for children ‘caught’ speaking Irish during the week.
Irish Dancing: Currently all our classes are receiving lessons in Irish dancing from Rita Doyle.
This finishes this week in the run up to Coicís na Gaeilge.
School Art Competition 2019: Well done to our winners of our art competition:
Jun. Inf.: Queenie Xie (R.2) Brian Stomowski (R.3)
Sen. Inf.: Alice Wang (R.7), Hannah Li (R. 10), Kyle Kelling (R.6)
1st Class: Bianca Guzan (R.11), Zita Kearney, Sophie Egerton (R.15)
2nd Class: Sofia Mereacre, Kian Lee & Kai Maher (R.18)
Colours Day (Wear our World) On Friday 15th March we are asking children to dress up in their club , county or national colours for our annual Colours Day where we celebrate the richness and diversity that makes up modern Ireland and which is represented by all of our pupils in our school.
This year we are asking every child to bring in €3 to support one of our pupils (Holly Finlay: 2nd class: Ms. Kerrigan) Holly is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, and her current and future care needs have necessitated her parents Mattie and Alison, and her sisters Grace and Cara to move to a new home that will allow her to live her life independently.
We ask all parents to support Holly through our Colours Day.
Parents’ Survey on Technology: Please complete the following survey to help us identify the use of digital technologies in the home environment. Click on this link to access the survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GH79RLL
Túsla Fostering Recruitment Campaign: Túsla are currently recruiting foster families to cater for children of all ages. Details on tusla.ie or ring Sandra Dempsey, Fostering Social Worker.(087)6834870.
Yours sincerely
Michael Maher
Principal