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

Last Sunday 10th March we took part in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Rathmore and won ‘Best Float’. The Frank Buckley Memorial Cup 2019 is in the trophy cabinet.  The theme was ‘Education: Past, Present and Future’.  Congratulations, well done and thanks to all who helped decorate the float on Sunday morning and who braved the elements to do so.  We wish to thank all the pupils of Holy Family N.S. who took part in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.  The children were very well behaved and were a credit to the school.  We wish to thank Paudie Cronin of MC Group for the use of the lorry for the occasion. A special thank you to Pádraig Moynihan and the teachers who prepared the children so well in the weeks running up to the parade.  Congrats to all!!

First Confession takes place on Wed. 13th March at 8pm (after mass) in the church.  The choir is practising for the night and we would like as many children as possible to attend.

Seachtain na Gaeilge continues (4th to 17th March) at Holy Family N.S.  On this Wednesday, 13th March, we will have Lá Glas -  We are asking pupils to wear some green  on the day – and to bring a little donation and all proceeds go to Trocaire. 

This Wednesday, March 13^th we will have W.O.W. (weather permitting).  Children can be dropped off  at the entrance to the graveyard (on top of the hill above the church) at 9am and walk through the graveyard to the school for Walk on Wednesday.  Teachers will be there to accompany children on their walk to school.  This is a part of our Active Schools initiative. 

Also Gymnastics classes continue on Tuesdays up to April 2nd – Children to wear tracksuits on Tuesdays and Thursdays for ‘Tracksuit Thursday’ for our running initiative.

REVIEW OF POLICIES

Review of policies is ongoing in Holy Family N.S.  Parents can view Physical Education policy, Data Protection policy and Anti-Bullying policy in the office.  We would welcome any comments you may have on any of the policies.  The policies will be on view until Tuesday 19^th March.

Reminder:  Our annual table quiz takes place on Thursday 11th April 7.30pm – 9.30pm in the school.

Last Thursday 7th March we celebrated World Book Day.  Every pupil in the school received a voucher which can be exchanged for either a free World Book Day Book or used as a €1.50 discount towards other books with a value of €3.99 or more in all participating bookshops.  The offer is valid until 31st March.

We are very grateful to Lee Strand who have provided free homework journals to our school for the past 4 years.  Last year there was a great response from all the pupils and we were able to get free homework journals for everyone.  We need 10 tokens either Mighty Mike tokens from Lee Strand Milk cartons and bottles or the bar code from Dawn Dairies cartons and bottles for each homework journal.    I know that some children have brought in tokens since September and there is a great response again this year.  We need as many tokens as possible and if you have more tokens please keep bringing them in. Thank You.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS, TEL. NO

If any of your child/childrens’ details have changed e.g. address, contact details, illness, etc. please contact the school as soon as possible.   Thank You.

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.  Thank you