Holy Family N.S. Rathmore Co.Kerry P51 N290

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               Holy Family  National  School,    Rathmore, Co. Kerry

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                                                                                                     25^th May, 2016

GIRLS FOOTBALL – COUNTY FINAL

Our girls football team are into the County Cumann na mBunscol football final after defeating Cullina N.S. in an exciting game with a scoreline of 8-08 to 8-03. The panel are: Nicole Cronin, Norma Leader, Megan Kiely, Marian Nagle, Megan O’Donoghue, Aoife Nagle, Caoimhe Dineen, Lily O’Brien, Ciara O’Keeffe, Maggie Buckley, Miriam Dineen, Muireann Hughes, Cathy Kiely.  The final v Lixnaw is due to take place at Austin Stacks Park, Tralee on Wednesday evening June 1^st – date, time & venue to be confirmed.

Thanks to Áine O’Donoghue and Paudie Dineen for all their work with the team.

SPONSORED WALK

We are issuing sponsorship cards for our annual sponsored walk today.  The money raised will be used for the benefit of our children.  We would appreciate a big effort from every family as the sponsored walk is always the biggest source of income for the parents committee.  One card will be issued to each family.  Please do your best to get as much sponsorship as possible.  One rule applies – all cards issued must be returned to the school regardless of the amount collected before Wednesday 8^th June.

FAMILY FUN DAY

Also don’t forget our FAMILY FUN DAY SUN JUNE 19^TH  2 TO 5 PM. We are looking for donations for our Bric a Brac Stall.  The following items would be much appreciated:

*Games  *DVDs  *Playstation Games  *Nintendo Games  *Toys  *Books 

*Unwanted gifts  *Football boots  *Household items – No Electric items

Items must be in good condition. 

Please drop items into school office on or before Friday June 17^th.

If anybody would like to bake for the Family Day could you please give your name to Maureen in the school office. The very popular Bumper Soccer has been booked again this year and we hope to have bouncing castles and lots of fun for everybody. Further details will be sent home nearer to the event.  Please keep this date for your diary. Fingers crossed for a fine day.

NATIONAL FINAL OF CREDIT UNION SCHOOLS QUIZ

We are justifiably proud of our school U-13 & U-11 quiz teams who took part in the National Credit Union finals at the R.D.S. in Dublin on Sunday April 10th.  This is our third year in a row to get to the National Finals. Getting to the R.D.S. is a huge achievement and both teams did us proud on the day. Our U-11 team were Seán Finnegan, Jack Buckley, Fionn Murphy and Anna Cashman and did very well in their category.

The U-13 team were Paraic Finnegan, Ciara O’Keeffe, Dara Moriarty and Maggie Buckley and came second after a tie-breaker.  For those of us who were present at the RDS it was a nail-biting experience as our team members played like tigers right up to the end scoring ten out of a possible twelve points in the last two rounds thereby catching up with the leaders in the dying moments of the competition. Unfortunately the tiebreaker did not go our way but won the honour of being runners up for the second year in a row. This is indeed a wonderful achievement and congratulations to all involved.

Each member of the U13 team were presented with a Tablet, Ear phones and a plaque, The school holds on to the cup for the runners up for another year,. The school also received a seven hundred and fifty euro prize which has been lodged to the school account and will be spent for the benefit of the school.

We congratulate both teams and thank their mentor Ms. Anne Marie Murphy for preparing them so well.  The school wishes to acknowledge with gratitude the generous support the Credit Union has given us for this event.

SCÓR QUIZ

On Sunday 17th April,  four boys from sixth class travelled to the ISK in Killorglin to represent Rathmore GAA club in the County final of Scór na bPáistí. They won the competition doing both their school and club proud. The team members were Paraic Finnegan, Andrew Moynihan, William Casey and Dara Moriarty.

CYCLING CLUB

In April the Sliabh Luachra cycling club presented the school with a five hundred euro cheque. We would like to thank the club most sincerely for their generosity. The money has been lodged to the school account and will be put to good use.

BORD GÁIS ENERGY STUDENT THEATRE AWARDS

This year 2,888 entries were received from 349 primary and secondary schools across Ireland and it was a huge achievement for our school to reach the final.  We were nominated in two categories – Ms. O’Donoghue was nominated for best direction and Sean Burke O’Donoghue for best male actor in a leading role.  Congratulations to Sean on getting the award.  It was a marvellous achievement and heartiest congratulations from all at Holy Family N.S. for receiving such a wonderful accolade.  A big thank you to Áine O’Donoghue and last year’s 6^th class pupils for their wonderful production with the help of Helen Dillane and Anne Marie Murphy.  You can still view this on the school blog.

The children from last year’s sixth class were invited to attend the awards but unfortunately it clashed with an all-Ireland Basketball final for First years and some of the girls were unable to attend.  However a wonderful day was had by all.  We visited Glasnevin Cemetery  and  had a guided tour, visiting the grave of O’Donovan Rossa and  heard P. H. Pearse’s oration at his funeral being enacted by an actor.  We visited the graves of Michael Collins, Eamon deValera, Daniel O’Connell and many others. Then we crossed the road to St. Paul’s Cemetery where we saw the monument on which Patrick O’Connor’s name is inscribed.   We would like to thank Mr. Denis Kerins of Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra and their secretaries Lorraine and Marian for helping us to organise the event.  More pictures of this event are available on the blog.

SUPER SEVENS BASKETBALL

PHOTOGRAPHS

Donal O’Donovan, photographer visited our school on Monday & Tuesday 9th & 10th May.  All children had their photographs taken. Proof sheets of photographs have been sent home.   There is no obligation to purchase photographs.  Please return proof sheets before June 3rd indicating your order. Please remember to return proof sheets whether you are ordering or not.

CREDIT UNION

From 16^th to 20^th May was NATIONAL YOUTH SAVINGS WEEK.  We extended this to Friday 27^th May. We have had a great response to this promotion and all the students who bought stamps since 16^th May will be included in the draw on Friday morning for seven €10 Prizes sponsored by Rathmore & District Credit Union.

SEVEN A SIDE BOYS AND GIRLS FOOTBALL TEAMS

Our Boys football team recorded some excellent results at the East Kerry Sevens competition played in Dr. Crokes pitch on Tuesday 12th April.  Victories over Anabla NS and Knockaderry NS ensured top spot in our group. A quarter final win over Loretto NS pitted Holy Family NS against Knockanes NS in the semi-final.  This proved a very entertaining encounter with Knockanes claiming victory in a final scoreline of 4-04 to 3-03.  Great credit due to all the players.

Squad: Andrew Moynihan, William Casey, Kacper Domalik, Michael Dennehy, Paraic Finnegan, Dara Moriarty, Fionn Murphy, Fahad Miah, Ornob Shahin, Oisin Malone Walker, Arnab Das Sheikh, Kacper Mocarski.

On Wed. 13th April, the girl’s football team took part in the East Kerry 7-a-side football blitz.  The team played very well and had 2 comprehensive victories against Loughitane NS and Coolick NS in the first round.  The team made it through to the quarter final but were unfortunately beaten by a very strong Knockaderry side who went on to win the tournament.  Well done to all the girls involved for the tremendous effort they put in on the day. 

Panel:  Maggie Buckley, Caoimhe Dineen, Lily O’Brien, Ciara O’Keeffe, Nicole Cronin, Megan O’Donoghue, Norma Leader, Megan Kiely, Marian Nagle, Muireann Hughes, Miriam Dineen.

PROCLAMATION DAY TUESDAY MARCH 15TH

A big thank you to all who helped make our Proclamation Day so successful. All those who attended were very impressed by the presentations made on the day by various classes. The music and singing on the day were excellent. Thanks to all members of staff who worked so hard to make it a success and I’m sure it will be an event our children will remember for years to come.

A most enjoyable ceolchoirm took place in the afternoon and was enjoyed by pupils and staff.

SWIMMING LESSONS (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Classes)

Swimming lessons for the boys and girls from second to sixth class will not take place on this Thursday May 26th as Junior classes have their school tour and the senior classes are attending ‘Patrick’ in the INEC.  The final swimming lesson will be on Thursday 2nd  June.

NEW LAPTOPS - ALL IRELAND RAFFLE

Holy Family N.S. has just purchased twenty laptops and a charging unit. This was made possible because of the success of our raffle over the last two years. These will be put to good use in all classes.

DISCOVERING PRIMARY SCIENCE AND MATHS

FIRST COMMUNION

A sincere thank you to all the parents for their co-operation and willing participation in the First Communion ceremony on last Saturday, 21^st May.  We would also like to thank the First Communion class teacher Brenda Moynihan and Sheila K. Murphy SNA. Thanks to Helen Dillane for conducting and organising the choir, Maura O’Leary for the music and all the pupils who took part in the choir. And of course not forgetting Fr. Pat for making it such a wonderful occasion for all

CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION

This year’s Corpus Christi Procession will take place in Rathmore  on next Saturday 28^th May  after 6pm Mass.  It will process from the church to the new graveyard section and down through Holy Family N.S. grounds and finishing at the Grotto.   All the children from the parish who have received their First Holy Communion this year are invited to join the procession in their First Holy Communion outfits. 

We would like to encourage as many children and families as possible to take part in the procession.

ACTIVE SCHOOLS FLAG

Active Schools Week took place in the school from the 25^th-29^th April. A huge range of physical activities were undertaken including Tug of War, Limbo, Athletics, Dodgeball Tournament (students vs teachers) and an Active Sports Quiz. Talks were provided by Donie Kelleher of the local cycling club and Tae Kwon Do instructors, Master Bobby Enright (Peak Performance Personal Training) and Jerry Reen which were very interesting and beneficial for all students. Garda John Crowley gave a talk on Road Safety to all classes.  The Parents Association also organised a very successful athletics event for all classes. We would like to thank all parents who organised this event as well as all parents who attended events and supported Active Schools Week. We would also like to thank the organisations who gave talks to the students as well as the teachers, students and Active Schools Committee for their enthusiastic participation during the week. Before AS Week, Jamieson Hughes provided us with a very interesting talk on his training for Triathlons and Iron Man events. We thank Jamieson for giving us an insight into the importance of activity and healthy eating in our lives. Following AS Week we had a wonderful talk by an athlete from Kerry Stars Martina McCarthy and her coach Tom Joe O’ Donoghue. After the talk second class took part in a demonstration session where they participated in activities undertaken by Kerry Stars during their training sessions. They greatly enjoyed this session. Thanks to Martina, Tom Joe and Joan O’ Connor (Kerry Stars coach) who helped to organise the session.

Last week we had a visit from the Active Schools assessor.  Following this very successful visit we hope to hear whether we have achieved the flag in the next few weeks.

Thanks to Miss Dillane and Miss O’Donoghue for leading this project.

CLOUGHOULA N.S. SPORTS & PATTERN DAY

Millstreet Co. Cork

SUNDAY MAY 29^TH 2016

Commencing at 1.30pm

Children’s Races, Bubble Soccer, Pony Cycles, Dinky Diggers, Refreshments, Home Baking , Shop

& much much more.        A great day out for all the family.        Everybody welcome.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Corpus Christi Procession in Rathmore on next Sat 28^th May after 6pm Mass

Closed Monday 6^th (Public Holiday) and Tuesday 7th June

Closed Friday 10^th June – Teacher in-service

Sponsored Walk cards to be returned by Wed. 8^th June

Family Fun Day  Sunday June 19^th

Closing Thursday 30th June, 2016