Newsletter
Holy Family National
School,
Rathmore, Co. Kerry.
Tel. 064/7758492
e-mail hfnsrathmore@eircom.net
School Blog: hfnsrathmorekerry blog
24th January, 2018
Dear Parents,
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 2017
The theme for Catholic Schools Week for 2018 is
“Catholic schools: Called to be a
Family of Families”
Sunday
28th January to Sunday 4th February 2018
To mark Catholic Schools Week we are having a prayer service in the school on Thursday 1st February at 11.00 am. Parents and Grandparents are invited to the
prayer service which will focus on Grandparents Day which is officially on
Wednesday 31st January but we will mark it on Thursday. 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.
CREDIT UNION QUIZ
Three
teams will represent the school in the Rathmore & District Credit Union
Quiz which will be held in the Secondary School Gym on next Sunday 28th January
at 2.00 p.m.
LIBRARY
The mobile library will visit our school on
next Thursday February 1st.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Donal
O’Donovan, photographer, will visit our school on Tuesday & Wednesday 20th
& 21st February. 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. We will also notify you again before these
dates.
ENROLMENT
Enrolment of new pupils will take place on Friday
23rd February at 1.00pm in the Junior Infants classroom. If you know of anyone intending to enrol a
child in our school please let them know.
Enrolment Forms will be available from School Office from Mon. 5th
February and are to be returned to the office by Fri. 16th
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. 8th.
Penetential
Service for Confirmation Candidates and their families: Thursday Feb. 8th
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 13th February, 2018 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.5.00 pm. 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 14th
March at 8.00 pm
First Communion
for Holy Family N.S. will be held on Saturday 5th May at 11.00 am
LEE STRAND
There are
lots of milk tokens being brought in by pupils to the school. We are collecting tokens for Homework Diaries
and for Lee Strand ‘Cash 4 Schools’ €500 draw. Our school could win €500. The last draw takes place end of
January. We thank everybody and keep up
the good work.
PARENTS’ COMMITTEE
Just to let you know the
Christmas Raffle raised a total of €648.50 and this goes to the Parents
Committee for their funds.
SWIMMING LESSONS
We hope to start swimming lessons immediately
after Easter commencing Thursday April
12th. 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 wishes 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
28th January at 2pm in Secondary School Gym
Prayer
Service and Grandparents Day – Thursday
1st February
Mobile
Library
- Thursday February 1st
Penitential Service for Confirmation
Candidates and their families: Thursday Feb. 8th at 8pm in
Gneeveguilla Church.
Confirmation
- Tues 13th Feb at 3.30pm
Photographer
– Tues. & Wed. 21st &
22nd February
Enrolment - Fri.
23rd February at 1pm in
school
The school will be closed for mid-term break on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th February
First
Confession – Wednesday 14th
March at 8.00pm in the church
Closed Monday 19th
March – Public Holiday for St. Patrick’s Day
Easter Holidays:
Closing Friday 23rd
March
Closed from Monday
26th March to Friday 6th April
Reopening Monday
9th April
First
Communion - Sat. 5th May at 11am
Closed Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th May – May Bank Holiday Weekend
Closed
Monday 4th June - Public Holiday
Closing Wednesday
27th June, 2018
Reminder School Closed on Tomorrow Wednesday January 10th as teachers will be on in service for new language Curriculum
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