Newsletter
Holy Family National
School, Rathmore, Co. Kerry.
Tel. 064/7758492
e-mail hfnsrathmore@eircom.net
School Blog: hfnsrathmorekerry blog
25th January,
2017
Dear Parents,
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 2017
The theme for Catholic Schools Week for 2017 is
“Catholic schools: Learning with
Pope Francis to Care for Our Common Home”
Sunday
29th January to Friday 3rd February 2017
To mark Catholic Schools Week we are having a prayer service in the school on Friday 3rd February at 10.30
am. Parents and Grandparents are
invited to the prayer service which will focus on Grandparents Day which is
officially on Wednesday 1st February but we will mark it on Friday. After the prayer service we will organise a
cup of tea after which Grandparents will be welcome to visit the classrooms of
their grandchild/grandchildren. Some
Grandparents might consider bringing in an object from their own schooldays and
talk about it to the children when they visit the classroom.
The publication on Catholic Schools Week can be
accessed on http://www.catholicschools.ie
CREDIT UNION QUIZ
Two teams will represent the school in the
Rathmore & District Credit Union Quiz which will be held in the Secondary
School Gym on Sunday 29th January at 2.00 p.m.
ENROLMENT
Enrolment of new pupils will take place on Wednesday
22nd February. If you know of anyone
intending to enrol a child in our school please let them know. Enrolment will
take place at 1.00 p.m. Enrolment Forms
will be available from School Office from Wed. 1st February and are
to be returned to the office by Wed. 15th February.
CONFIRMATION
Confirmation
Pledge: In the
past, the Pledge of Abstinence from Alcoholic Drink and Drugs was part of the
Confirmation ceremony. Now the pledge is
taken by confirmation candidates on a separate occasion. It is separated from Confirmation itself in
order to highlight its importance in these times. This year it is planned to have the taking of
the Pledge after the Penitential Service on Thurs. Feb. 16th.
Penetential
Service for Confirmation Candidates and their families: Thursday Feb. 16th at
8pm in Gneeveguilla Church. Families will
be given practical arrangements for the Confirmation ceremony i.e. seating
arrangements, photography arrangements etc.
It is important to attend.
Confirmation
Ceremony will be
held in Rathmore church on Tuesday 21st February, 2017 at 3.30 p.m. Children singing in the Choir for
Confirmation will go to the Church from school and we ask parents to collect them
immediately after Confirmation at approx.4.45 p.m. We are very grateful to the children and their
parents for their co-operation.
FIRST CONFESSION AND COMMUNION
First Confession will take
place in the church on Wednesday 8th
March at 8.00 pm
First Communion
for Holy Family N.S. will be held on Saturday 20th May at 11.00 am
INTERNET SAFETY
Safer Internet Day is Tuesday 7th
February. There is lots of valuable
information, accessible through our school blog. On the blog there are links to
the following: “A Guide to Social Networking Websites” “A Guide to Cyber Bullying”, “A Guide to Filtering
Technologies”, and lots of Internet Safety Tips for Parents. It is important that parents keep themselves
informed on all aspects of Internet safety/Social Media as most children engage
with social networking and access the internet at some stag
LEE STRAND
We are very grateful to Lee Strand who have provided free
homework journals to our school for the past 4 years. Last year we collected ten tokens for each
homework journal. It was a whole school
effort and we were able to get a free homework journal for each pupil in the
school. In order to provide us with free
homework journals again this year please collect Mighty Mike tokens from Lee
Strand milk cartons and bottles and the
bar code from Dawn Dairies cartons and bottles.
Please do your best to collect as many tokens as possible and bring them
to the school office. Thank you.
PARENTS’ COMMITTEE
Just to let you know the
Christmas Raffle raised a total of €1,070 and this goes to the Parents
Committee for their funds. Upcoming
event - table quiz will take place after mid-term break. Date to be confirmed.
SWIMMING LESSONS
We
hope to start swimming lessons immediately after Easter. These lessons will be for pupils from 2nd
to 6th classes and will run for 6 weeks. We will issue more details nearer the time.
CHRISTMAS LEAGUE
Our Christmas League is now into its final
phase and we hope Finals will be played before mid-term.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER
It
is important to let us know if you have changed your contact details (address
/telephone number) so that we can update your child’s/children’s contact
details as soon as possible. Thank You.
CREDIT UNION SAVING STAMPS
A number of children
are availing of saving stamps in the school.
It is important to encourage children to save and buying saving stamps
is a very good way of developing the habit of saving. Stamps are €1 each. Stamp cards are available from the school and
when they have filled they can bring to the Credit Union and lodge €20 to their
Savings account.
LOCAL ST. VINCENT dePAUL FOOD APPEAL
The local Conference of St. Vincent de Paul organisation wish to
sincerely thank everyone who donated items to their food appeal in Holy Family
N.S. before Christmas. All items donated were very sincerely appreciated and
helped them to fill hampers which were distributed to needy families before
Christmas.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Rathmore
& District Credit Union Quiz - Sunday 29th January at 2pm in Secondary
School Gym
Prayer
Service and Grandparents Day – Friday 3rd
February
Penetential Service for Confirmation
Candidates and their families: Thursday Feb. 16th at 8pm in
Gneeveguilla Church.
Confirmation
- Tues 21st Feb at 3.30pm
Enrolment - Wed 22nd
February at 1pm in school
The school will be closed for mid-term break on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th February
First
Confession – Wednesday 8th
March at 8.00pm in the church
Closed Friday 17th
March – St. Patrick’s Day
Easter Holidays:
Closing Friday
7th April
Closed from Monday
10th April to Friday 21st April
Reopening Monday
24th April
Closed Monday 1st May-
Public Holiday
First
Communion - Sat. 20th May at 11am
Closed
Monday 5th (Public Holiday) and Tuesday
6th June
Closing Friday
30th June, 2017