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Newsletter March 12th ‘20
Dear Parents/Guardians,
COVID-19:We would like to direct your attention to updated guidance issued by the Department of Education on talking to children and young people about COVID-19. Click on the following link: www.education.ie/ covid19. For daily health updates check: hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus.
In the event of an emergency school closure we will post details on the school website: stthomasjns.com with weekly updates. We will also upload appropriate work/activities/ reading material/ educational apps./links for each class level from tomorrow and send home additional materials as required..
Quiz Night: Our Annual St. Thomas’JNS & Scoil Áine Naofa takes place in the Lord Lucan Friday 27th 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! (dependent on above).
Coicís na Gaeilge:
Dia dhaoibh! As usual we have had a number of activities taking place in the school during (2nd-13th, March). Two classes are visiting our neighbouring Gaelscoil. (Eiscir Riada) today Thursday 12th March. Over the last two weeks we have been 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 tomorrow the 13th March.
Shamrock Parade WOW Morning: As Coicís na Gaeilge draws to a close our final event is our WOW Morning tomorrow Friday 13th March. Our WOW Theme this year stands for Wear Our World where our pupils are invited to wear the colours of all our nationalities in our school! We will have music on the yard to greet all our walkers!
So bring all your colours and walk a mile with a smile. St. Patrick is looking forward to meeting you at the Park & Stride (Lord Lucan car park) we will be leaving at 8.25am.
This year our walk is in support of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Leamhcáin. This local group do excellent work promoting Irish music in our community and have given their time free of charge to perform for us over the last few years. Please bring in €3 per pupil to support this local organisation.
South Dublin County Council is recruiting relief school wardens to cover the Lucan/Clondalkin area.
Please contact the Road Safety Unit on 01 4149207 or email roadsafe@sdublincoco.ie
Cadoo App: You should have received a text message this morning with a link to download the Cadoo App. This is a messaging app that will be used going forward to contact parents/guardians with school notices.
If you have any queries on the matter, please email c.foley@stthomasjns.com
Yours sincerely
Michael Maher
Principal