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

NEWSLETTER

Holy Family National School

Rathmore,   Co. Kerry.

                                                           Tel. 064/7758492

E-mail hfnsrathmore@eircom.net

                                                                                                21^st June 2017

Girls:              Aimee Cremin

Aoife Cronin

Miriam Dineen

Muireann Hughes

Leah Kennedy

Chanel Kycwak

Norma Leader             Boys:      Michael Dennehy

Mairead Mahoney                       Anthony King

Megan O’Donoghue                    Oisín Malone-Walker

Marian C. Nagle                          Kacper Mocarski

Emily Reddington                      Arnab Das Sheikh

Emily Redic

GRADUATION MASS

Graduation Mass for our sixth class pupils will take place on Friday 23^rd June at 1pm.  All parents of sixth class are invited to attend the Mass and there will be refreshments after. 

RETIREMENT OF MRS MAUREEN HICKEY

A very special event in the history of our school will take place on next Thursday 29^th June as we mark the retirement of

Mrs Maureen Hickey. 

The occasion will commence with Mass at

12.00 noon in the school followed by presentations and refreshments. 

You are all very welcome to attend.

Maureen has a long and distinguished association with education in Rathmore.  She started teaching in the Convent Primary School from 1997 to 2000. She taught in St. Joseph’s B.N.S. from 2000 to 2007 and since 2007 in H.F.N.S.   She served as Deputy Principal In St. Joseph’s B.N.S. and  H.F.N.S.  Maureen played a big role in the successful amalgamation of St. Joseph’s Boys School and the Convent Primary School.

The Parents association have kindly offered to provide refreshments for the occasion and if anyone would like to bring in some home baking we would very much appreciate it.

This year they are organising an END OF YEAR SCHOOL DISCO FOR HOLY FAMILY N.S. PUPILS. It will take place in TEACH IOSAGÁIN ON THURSDAY JUNE 29^TH 6.30PM TO 7.45PM FOR JUNIOR AND SENIOR INFANTS FIRST AND SECOND CLASSES   -  8.00PM TO 9.30PM FOR THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH CLASSES  - ADMISSION €5 PER PUPIL.  Children must be dropped at the door of Teach Ioságain and collected at the appointed time.   Children will not be allowed out of the building during the  Disco.  We hope that children will have a most enjoyable night.   There will be a shop with cans and crisps for sale on the night. Parents Committee would welcome volunteers to help out on the night please give your name to any member of the Parents Committee.

We would like to thank our parents’ committee members for all of their hard work during the past school year

 All of the funds raised by the Parents Committee are spent for the benefit of children in our school. During the  school year the music, drama and gymnastics lessons were paid for by the Parents Committee and they also gave the school €794 towards the swimming lessons.

                               

If you haven’t already done so, please ensure that your children return all books and other school property which children may have taken home e.g school scissors etc. to their class teacher before Friday 30th June.

The whole school uniform, i.e. Crested jumper, grey polo shirt, grey pants/skirt/pinafore, navy crested track suit bottom is available from Nora O’Connor “The Washbasket” Rathmore.  As usual it is also available from O’Keeffe’s Drapery Ballydesmond. Black shoes must be worn with uniform.  Runners to be worn for P.E.  White socks or grey tights to be worn by girls as part of their uniform.  It is absolutely necessary that children’s names are put on all uniform jumpers and cardigans otherwise we cannot be responsible for missing garments.

If you have old school uniforms and they are in reasonable condition, we would be delighted if you could bring them to the school. 

Booklists will be distributed to children during the week.  We are asking for €30 per child for the coming year for Arts/Crafts and Photocopying. This may be paid in 2 instalments, one in September and one in January 2017, or you may prefer to pay in full in September.  There is a maximum charge of €50 per family.   The oldest member of each family should pay this to their class teacher. We also have the epayments system up and running and will notify you by text before returning to school at the end of August.  In this way you can pay book rental and  Arts/Crafts and Photocopying by visa/credit card.  Lee Strand Dairies will be supplying homework journals to the whole school in September.  There is no need to buy a homework journal for your child/children.   

COURSES IN IRISH

Ógras Irish Language Summer Camp – 10^th to 14^th July in the GAA Hall Gneeveguilla. 10am to 2.30pm with a trip on Thursday.  The cost is €55 for the week for 1 student €50 for the second and subsequent children.

This tournament took place in Fitzgerald Stadium on Monday 12^th June.    Holy Family N.S. won two games in their group beating Glenbeigh and Loughguittane and  were defeated in the quarter final by Kenmare.   Well done to Holy Family Team.

AWARDS

For the third year in a row we have received our Discover Primary Science and Maths Award.  A thank you to all who worked towards achieving this award.

MOBILE PHONE NUMBERS

We have a facility for texting parents.  If you have not received any text message from Holy Family N.S. please let us know.  The text automatically goes to the mother’s mobile phone unless we have been instructed otherwise.  Therefore it is important that if you change your number to let us know.  Thank you

EAL (English as an Additional Language)

The Department has failed to sanction the appointment of one temporary EAL (English as an Additional Language) teaching post for 2017-2018 school year.  This is a huge loss to our school.  If you have an opportunity please lobby public representatives and ask that EAL be reinstated. 

SOUTH KERRY CUMANN NA mBUNSCOL HURLING FINALS

Holy Family N.S. defeated St. John’s Kenmare in the South Kerry final in the Spa GAA field on Wednesday May 31^st.  Well done to our team who became South Kerry Division 1 champions.  They then played Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn in the County Division 2 final on Thursday 15^th June in Abbeydorney.  However Gaelscoil were a very strong side and we were beaten on the night.  The panel were Michael Dennehy, Darragh Nagle, Sean Finnegan, Ciaran Collins, Cian Twomey, Cian Healy Mangan, Jack Buckley, Kyle McAuliffe, Liam O’Keeffe, Shane Daly, Daniel Dineen and Ross Moriarty.  Thanks to Eoin Casey and Finbarr Daly for training the team.

SUPER SEVEN’S JUNIOR BASKETBALL LEAGUE

Our boys team from third and fourth class took part in this competition at the Presentation Gym Killarney on Wednesday May 31^st.  Congratulations and well done to our team who won the Super Seven’s Junior Basketball league by defeating Nohoval N.S. 13 to 2.   The following was the panel – Padraig Moynihan (Captain), Michael Togher, Shane Daly, John Hughes, Liam O’Keeffe, David Darmody, Sean McAuliffe and Conor Moynihan.  Thanks to Jamieson Hughes for organising and training the team.