Meet our new Active Flag committee-they’ll have a busy year ahead!
Well Done to this group of talented footballers who reached the Division One Semi Final and lost narrowly to Duagh NS.
Sixth Class students have been working hard getting ready for Active Breaks on Rainy Days.
We are excited to announce our Active Schools Committee for the 2018/2019 year. Keep an eye on our Active schools notice board (outside the office) to find out more!
Newsletter
Holy
Family National School
Rathmore,
Co. Kerry
Tel.
064/7758492 Mobile: 086/1806018
e-mail hfnsrathmorekerry@gmail.com
http://hfnsrathmorekerry.blogspot.ie/
8th November
2018
Dear Parents,
Parents Committee - Fundraiser
BINGO
RATHMORE COMMUNITY CENTRE
SAT. NOV. 10th 2018
at 7.30pm
Fabulous Prizes
All welcome
Anyone who can provide some home baking for
refreshments, it would be much appreciated.
These can be left in the Community Centre from 2 to 3pm and from 7pm.
Children
attending Bingo must be accompanied by an adult
Bingo
Books €10 each, Double Books €12, Jackpot Sheet €2
We hope
that everyone will have an enjoyable night
Bring a
biro or marker to mark your numbers – Best of luck
Christmas Annuals
It is that time of year again. The
Folens Christmas annuals - €2.50
each and
Educate.ie annuals - €2 each are available to order in the school.
Closing date for orders for Educate.ie annuals is this
Friday Nov. 9th. Closing date for Folens annuals is Fri. Nov.
23rd. Children can order these
if they so wish – no compulsion.
Cumann na mBunscol
Football
Well done to the Cumann na mBunscol team who won the county Final in
Austin Stack Park on Wed. 24th October. They now progress to play Duagh N.S. on this
Friday @ 12.15pm in Castleisland GAA pitch.
Your support would be warmly welcomed.
The children will travel by bus and the cost is €6. We wish them the best of luck.
Team Hope
The Team Hope 2018
Christmas Shoebox Appeal is underway.
The children have brought some beautifully decorated boxes to school
which will bring much joy to many less fortunate children this Christmas. Team
Hope deliver the shoeboxes to children in Eastern Europe and Africa. The closing date for receipt of shoeboxes has
been extended to next Wed. 14th
November. They must be dropped to
Killarney on Wednesday – anyone with a van who would be available to transport
them, please contact the school. Thank You.
Halloween
Dress Up Day For Brú Columbanus
Thursday 25th October was a No Uniform Day in school and the
children had great fun dressing up in their costumes. They also raised €194.70 towards Brú
Columbanus and this is very much appreciated. Thanking all for their donations.
Parent / Teacher Meetings
We
are having parent/teacher meetings on next Tuesday 13th Nov. from
2.45 pm and Wednesday 14th Nov. from 3.05 p.m. All pupils will go home at 2.30 pm on
Tuesday and at 2.50 pm on Wednesday.
The bus will be
running at 2.30pm on Tuesday and at
normal time (2.50pm) on Wednesday.
We would appreciate if you could arrange to collect your child /
children at these times. Appointments
have been sent to parents.
Parent – teacher
meetings for Junior Infants will
take place in January 2019.
Public Speaking
Competition
Well done to our
Public Speaking team who competed in the IRD Duhallow Public Speaking
Competition on Tuesday 6th
November in the James O’Keeffe Institute in Newmarket. It introduced them to
public speaking, helped them gain confidence and developed their research
skills. They were a credit to our
school. The team are Katie Rea, Amy
Donnelly, Olivia Cronin Liam O’Keeffe, Lauren Horan and Ciara Hughes.
Book Fair
We thank everybody who supported our Book Fair. It has been a tremendous success. We thank
Ms. O’Connell for organising the Book Fair and the members of the Parents
Committee who came in and helped out.
The total takings were €2520.00
60% of the value of the books sold at the book fair, which comes to
€1512.00, has been redeemed in the form of free books for use in the school.
Drama
Classes
Drama Classes began in the school on Tuesday last 6th
Nov. All classes are involved. Margaret O’Sullivan is our Drama Teacher. We know that all will have a very enjoyable
experience. These classes are being
funded by the Parents Committee.
Irish
Dancing Classes.
We say thanks to Triona Mangan, Irish Dancing Teacher who has given
Junior to 2nd Class lessons in Irish Dancing. These classes were also funded by the Parents
Committee.
Hurling
Patrice Diggins – Kerry Games Development Officer will be coming to the
school weekly until Christmas promoting some hurling skills and participation
with the pupils.
Visit
to St. Joseph’s Day Care Centre
Mr. Dineen’s Sixth Class pupils visited St. Joseph’s Day Care Centre on
Wed. 24th October for
Halloween where they sang danced and played tunes for the elderly. It was both entertaining and very enjoyable
for both the pupils and the elderly.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Cumann na mBunscol Football - Fri. Nov. 9th
@ 12.15pm in Castleisland GAA pitch
Parents Committee Bingo -
Sat. November 10th at 7.30pm in Community Centre
Closing date for receipt of Shoe boxes is Wednesday
Nov. 14th
Parent Teacher
meetings - Tues. 13th and Wed.
14th November
Talk for Parents of Confirmation children – Thurs. 15th Nov. at 7.30pm in Holy Family N.S.
First ‘Communion Programme
Mass’ - Sunday 18th November at 11.30am in the church
Closed Friday
7th December
Christmas Pageant
– Thursday 13th Dec. and
Friday 14th Dec. @ 11am on both days.
Christmas Prayer
Service for pupils and staff -
Wed. 19th Dec. 2018
Christmas
Holidays:
Closing for
Christmas holidays on Friday December
21st
Closed Monday December 24th to Friday
January 4th 2019
Re-opening Monday January 7th 2019
Well done to 5th and 6th Class pupils who represented the school recently in the IRD Duhallow Public Speaking Competition.
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