BACK TO SCHOOL
The school will re-open on Thursday, 30th August at 9.20 a.m.
TONY GRIFFIN CYCLE
Many thanks to the
Confirmation & Communion Classes who contributed €300 to the
Tony Griffin Foundation for Cancer Research. Tony will finish his marathon
cycle in Ennis on Sunday, 1st July. He will be joined by representatives
from many Clare schools on the final leg of his journey. Dermot Molony
from 6th class will represent our school.
THE BIG WILD READ
Once again Clare County Library's
Annual Summer Reading Challenge for children will take place during
the months of July & August. Membership cards will be available
in all Clare Library Branches from the 1st July, 2007.
Children signing up to take part in "The Big Wild Read" (the
theme of this year's challenge) will be given bright and colourful folders
to record this summer reading. They will also receive sets of stickers
to decorate their folders. Children who complete the Summer Reading
Challenge by reading six or more books will receive certificates of
merit in September.
We would encourage all children to partake in this wonderful initiative.
READING CHALLENGE
Well done to all the pupils for
taking part in the Reading Challenge. A total of 2,991 books were read
by the children of the school, an average of 30 books per child.
STAFF APPOINTMENTS
We welcome Mr. Brian Spring who
will be Acting Principal in Mr Kearney's absence. Brian, who is from
Ennis, is currently on the staff of Ennis C.B.S. and also taught for
one year in Holy Family Senior School, also in Ennis. He is a B.Ed.
Graduate of Mary Immaculate College where he was also conferred with
a Masters in Education. Brian has been working for the past two years
with the Primary Curriculum Support Service of the DES as a trainer
in History, Geography and Science.
THANK YOU
The staff would like to take this
opportunity to thank parents, Board of Management, Parents` Association
and all others involved in the life of the school for the help, support
and co-operation we have received in the past year.
SUMMER WORK
Various improvement works will
be carried out in the school over the summer months. New fencing will
be erected behind the portakabins and the line markings on the basketball
court will be redone. Inside the school classrooms will be equipped
with whiteboards and multimedia projectors. It is also planned to do
some interior painting.
INDOOR SHOES
When purchasing indoor shoes for
the coming year, we would ask parents to ensure that the shoes have
rubber soles.
PENPALS
Well done to the pupils of second
class who have been busy all year writing to their pen pals in Stonehall
N.S. Many friendships have been made and we encourage the pupils to
continue this link with their new friends during the next school year.
BOOK AMNESTY
We would ask all children to look
around their homes for any school books and return them to the school
in September.
FLEADH CHEOIL
Congratulations to all the musicians
from the school who participated in the Clare Fleadh Cheoil in Kilmihil
last Saturday, 23rd June.
The Under 15 group and Under 12 group came 1st and 2nd respectively,
and will represent Clare in the Munster final in July. Well done also
to Gráinne Burke who came 2nd in the Under 9 tin whistle.
Under 12 group: Caoimhe Horner, Aine McNamara, Hannah Leonard, Colin
Vaughan & David Kearney.
Under 15 group: Sarah Cunningham & Dermot Molony.
CONGRATULATIONS
Mrs. Peggy O`Reilly visited the
school yesterday to present certificates to all those children who recently
took the Leinster School of Music exams in Speech & Drama. The children
did exceptionally well and are to be congratulated.
COMMUNITY GAMES
The Community Games Athletic County
finals will take place this Saturday, 30th June at the Roslevan Field.
