Newsletter
Holy Family
National School, Rathmore, Co. Kerry.
Tel. 064/7758492
e-mail hfnsrathmorekerry@gmail.com
Blog: hfnsrathmorekerry blog
5th
March 2018
INTERNET SAFETY TALK
Internet Safety Talk will be given to
children in school on Thursday next March 8th. The presentation will be made by Jason
O’Mahony of “Children of the Digital Age”.
There will be a talk for parents on Thursday night March 8th
in the school at 7.30pm. It is very
important that all parents should attend as our children engage to such an
extent online and parents should be aware of the dangers that this can cause
our children. Thanks to our BOM and Parents committee who jointly sponsored
this event.
PHOTOGRAPHER
We have to reschedule Donal O’Donovan, photographer
again and he will visit our school on Wednesday , 21st Thursday 22nd
March. All children can have their
photographs taken without any obligation to purchase photographs. It would be nice if we had full attendance on
those days so that class photos would be complete.
CHILD PROTECTION
Unfortunately
because of the weather staff training for Child Protection had to be postponed
and will now take place on Friday next 9th March. Children will go home at 12.00 noon. Please arrange to collect your child(ren) at
this time. The bus will run at this
time.
LENTEN TALK
Fr. Pat has asked us to give a reminder on
the Lenten Talk to be held in Teach Iosagain on this Wednesday March 7th
at 8pm. It will be given by Gerry Hussey Performance
Psychology Consultant & Motivational Speaker and he will speak on “Spirituality for today – looking after body,
mind & soul”
ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
Holy Family N.S. will be taking part in the Rathmore Parade on next
Sunday 11th March at 2 p.m., assembling at the Credit Union at 1.30
p.m. The theme for this year’s parade is
‘Mammy’. This year, again, Paudie Cronin,
on behalf of MC Group is providing us with an arctic trailer to accommodate the
school band. We would appreciate if
parents could volunteer to help out our parents committee to decorate the
float. The arctic truck will be on the
school grounds at 4.30pm. If you are free at this time please come along. Children must be careful while on the trailer
– absolutely no messing on the trailer. This week children are busy practicing
their music for the parade. Please
encourage them to do their best so that they will know their tunes on the day.
A number of children want to participate in the parade with other groups also
on the day. We have asked that the order
of the parade will facilitate this and as soon as children reach O’Keeffe’s XL
shop they will be free to leave our group and join whatever group they wish. Please collect children as soon as possible
after they finish. The children will
dress in their full uniform and it would be nice if they could wear green
hat/ribbon to add to the occasion.
CREDIT UNION QUIZ
3 teams represented
our school in the Rathmore Credit Union Quiz on Sunday 28th January in the
Secondary School Gym. We had two
U13 team and one U11 team. The U-11 team were Liam O’Keeffe, Ross Moriarty, Eoin
Cashman and Grace Murphy. The U.13 team A were Jack Buckley, Fionn Murphy,
Anna Cashman and Rachel Frampton. U13 Team B were Sean Finnegan, Aine Leader,
Ciaran Collins and Darragh Nagle. The U11 team and U.13 A team won their categories and will go forward on this Sunday March 11th to the Chapter
23 quiz in Tralee. The U13 B team did us
proud on the day but did not qualify for Sunday’s event. We congratulate all involved and their
teacher Anne Marie Murphy. We wish the U11 team and U.13 A team the best of luck on Sunday next.
FIRST CONFESSION
First
Confession takes place on Wed. 14th March at 8pm (after mass) in the
church.
SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE
As we celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge (5th
to 17th March) at Holy Family N.S. we would urge parents to
encourage their children to use ‘cúpla focal’ at home. Ba chóir go mbeadh meas
mór againn ar ár dteanga féin. Labhair í agus mairfidh sí.
ENROLMENT
Due to the snow last Friday we had to
postpone the enrolment day. Enrolment of
new pupils will now take place on Friday March 16th at 1.00
p.m.
CHOIR
A
big thank you to all the boys and girls in 4th and 5th
classes who participated in the choir for the Confirmation on Tues. Feb. 13th. We wish to thank Mrs. Brenda Moynihan who
prepared the choir for the Confirmation.
They sang very well and their
participation added immensely to the occasion. Thanks to all the parents for
bringing the children.
PARENTS COMMITTEE UPDATE:
OUR
ANNUAL TABLE QUIZ TAKES PLACE ON THURSDAY 22nd MARCH 7.30PM – 9.30PM IN THE
SCHOOL. IT WILL BE DIVIDED INTO 2
CATEGORIES 3RD & 4TH CLASSES AND 5TH &
6TH CLASSES. TEAMS OF 4 - €5
PER STUDENT - €20 PER TABLE. RAFFLE ALSO
ON THE NIGHT WITH VALUABLE PRIZES TO BE WON.
PLEASE SUPPORT If anyone would like to donate a
raffle prize it would be welcome.
GYMNASTICS
Gymnastics began on Tuesday 20th
Feb. for all classes in the school.
These classes are being funded by the Parents Committee and will run for
5 Tuesdays in all. Tracksuit bottoms to
be worn by children on Tuesdays for gymnastics.
We hope the children will enjoy these lessons.
SCHOOL BLOG
Please log in to school blog frequently
where you will find links and information on Internet Safety, homework
etc. http://hfnsrathmorekerry.blogspot.ie/
EASTER HOLIDAYS
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SCHOOL WILL CLOSE AT 12 NOON ON FRIDAY
23rd MARCH AND THE BUS WILL RUN AT THIS TIME.