Newsletter
Holy Family
National School, Rathmore, Co. Kerry.
Tel. 064/7758492
Blog: hfnsrathmorekerry blog
9th
April 2019
TABLE QUIZ
OUR
ANNUAL TABLE QUIZ TAKES PLACE ON THIS THURSDAY 11th APRIL 7.30PM –
9.30PM IN THE SCHOOL. IT WILL BE DIVIDED
INTO 2 CATEGORIES 3RD & 4TH CLASSES AND 5TH
& 6TH CLASSES. TEAMS OF 4
- €5 PER STUDENT - €20 PER TABLE. RAFFLE
ALSO ON THE NIGHT WITH VALUABLE PRIZES TO BE WON. PLEASE SUPPORT.
Children can bring their own treats.
If anyone would like to donate a raffle prize it would be welcome.
FRIENDSHIP WEEK
Friendship week is a week of friendship activities
from 8th to 12th April 2019. This
year’s theme for Friendship Week is ‘Welcoming Communities’. Friendship Week
is Amnesty International Ireland’s annual human rights education and
fundraising event, developed specifically for primary schools.
Every class will be doing a variety of activities
during the week and it also ties in with our Green Flag theme ‘Global
Citizenship’.
NO UNIFORM DAY
On Friday
12th April we will have a no uniform day for pupils to raise some
funds for ‘Féile’. Féile is an annual tournament comprising the sports of
hurling and camogie. Rathmore GAA will be hosting
the event and a number of our children will have the opportunity to participate
in the competition. Children can bring in a donation on the
day. (Remember also that we are closing
at 12 noon on Friday for Easter holidays.)
PARENTS
COMMITTEE – CLOTHES COLLECTION
The
Parents Committee in conjuction with Lenrec have organised a Clothing
Collection on Thursday May 2nd.
Please drop off your unwanted clothes and textiles to the school. Over the Easter holidays you may have an
opportunity to do a ‘Spring Clean’ and clear-out those wardrobes, drawers,
cupboards of unwanted clothes. Items suitable for the collection are: *Men’s clothing *Women’s Clothing *Children’s Clothing *Household Textiles
i.e. Curtains, Towels *Shoes *Handbags *Belts.
Items – Not suitable are:*Dirty or wet clothing * Mats
*Carpets *Duvets/Pillows *Books
*Laptops or Mobile Phones.
So
Parents get chatting to families, friends and neighbours and bring those bags
in. The clothing collection will take
place on the week we return after the Easter holidays – Thursday May 2nd.
This is a fundraiser for the Parents
Committee and will help towards subsidising Swimming Lessons.
SWIMMING LESSONS (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
& 6th Classes)
Swimming
is part of the school curriculum. We
have organised swimming lessons for the boys and girls from second to sixth
class for six days commencing Thurs. May 9th, and continuing on May 16th,
23rd, 30th and June
6th & 13th. The
children will be taken by bus to Glen Eagle Hotel Aquilla Club, Killarney. The
cost of the lessons and transport will be €35 per child. This year, also, the transport will be
subsidised by the Parents Committee. To
keep the cost at the same price as last year, our Parents Committee are giving
€1000 towards the cost. (Otherwise it would cost €45 per child.) A big thank you to the Parents Committee for
their fund-raising efforts and making this possible. We will set up the epayment method for swimming and
you can pay directly into our bank account or children can start bringing in
the money when it is convenient.
Please ensure that children bring swim
gear, caps and a towel on these days. No
need for shampoo. If your child has
goggles he / she can bring them also. There are a number of hair dryers
in the changing rooms, time does not allow for the complete drying of long
hair. It might be an idea if girls with
long hair would try and prevent their hair from getting totally wet by wearing
waterproof head gear that you might deem suitable. Some people find that a
rubber swim hat is very useful for this purpose. Even
if your child has no previous experience of swimming, it is really important
that they take this opportunity to learn skills that may save their life
someday.
SCHOOL TOURS
We
would like to give you notice also of the cost of the school tours.
On
Fri. 17th May 3rd to 6th classes will travel
to Star Outdoors in Kenmare. The cost is
€37 per pupil.
On
Thurs. 20th June Junior Infants to 2nd classes will travel to
Killarney and will have activities in the Killarney Leisure Centre and also
will go to the Cinema. The cost of this
tour is €26. We will issue more details
before each of the school tours.
SPRING CLEAN
Kerry
County Clean Up will take place on this Saturday, 13th April and a call has
gone out to individuals and communities across the county to get involved in
the annual litter collection effort.
Here at Holy Family N.S. we do our bit as well – all classes will be
involved.
ACTIVE SCHOOLS WEEK
Work continues towards obtaining the Active
School flag for our school. Active
Schools Week takes place in our school From Tues. 7th May to Friday
10th May. The Active Schools
Committee will issue a letter announcing
all the activities taking place during Active Schools Week when we come back
after Easter Break.
LÁ GLAS – FRIDAY 16TH MARCH
We had Lá Glas –on Thursday 14th
March. Children wore green on the
day. All proceeds go to Trocaire and it
realised €317.80. ‘Go raibh míle maith
agaibh’ to all who contributed.
DISCOVER PRIMARY SCIENCE & MATHS
As part of “Discover Primary Science & Maths Award”,
we had a Lego Workshop for 3rd to 6th classes on Tuesday 2nd April. This introduced robotics and machines and
mechanisms with use of programming. Pupils
and teachers are extremely busy preparing and showcasing a variety of science
and maths experiments to achieve the award.
CHOIR
A
big thank you to all the boys and girls in 4th, 5th and
6th classes who participated in the choir for the First Confession on Wed. 14th
March. We wish to thank Mrs.
Brenda Moynihan Ms. Áine O’Donoghue who prepared them for the First Confession
and Mrs. Carmel Casey who led the choir.
They sang beautifully and their participation
added immensely to the occasion. Thanks to all the parents for bringing the
children.
DO THIS IN MEMORY MASS
The next
‘Do This in Memory’ Mass is on Holy Thursday 18th April at 6.00pm as part of the Mass of
the Lord’s Supper.
ALDI POSTER
Aldi
Ireland in conjunction with the IRFU organised a competition giving primary
schools the chance to win €50,000 to develop their playing facilities and help
more kids live a healthy and active lifestyle. Irish Rugby player stickers were given with every €30
spent in their store and pupils brought these in and each poster consisted of
300 stickers. We have filled two posters
and are in with two chances for the big prize.
Thanks to all for collecting the stickers.
MINI-SEVENS FOOTBALL COMPETITION
The boys and girls participated in the Mini
7’s recently in Killarney. Both teams
acquitted themselves very well on the day.
FAI PRIMARY 5 – A SIDE SOCCER COMPETITION
The Spar 5 a side soccer tournament for
boys and girls was held recently, in St. Brendan’s Park, Tralee. Well done to all involved and thanks to the
parents who drove them there.
LIBRARY
The Library will come to our school on
Thursday 11th April and also
during the Easter holidays on Thursday 25th April. If anyone wishes to avail of the service they
are in the village at 12.30pm.
REVIEW OF POLICIES
The Board of Management wishes to inform you that the review of the Anti – Bullying Policy and Child
Safeguarding Statement for Holy Family N.S. was completed on Wed. 27th March
2019. These policies are available to
view on the blog or from the office.
EASTER HOLIDAYS
Please note that the school
will close at 12 noon on this Friday 12th April at 12 noon and the
bus will run at this time.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Holy Family N.S.Table Quiz - Thursday 11th April 7.30pm – 9.30pm in the school
No Uniform Day – Friday 12th April
Do This in Memory Mass – Holy Thursday 18th April at 6pm
Easter Holidays:
Closing Friday 12th April at 12 noon
Closed from Monday 15th April to Friday 26th April
Reopening Monday 29th April
Clothes Collection – Thursday May 2nd
First Communion - Sat.
4th May at 11am
Closed Monday 6th
(Public Holiday)
Active Schools Week – Tuesday 7th to Friday 10th May
School Tour (3rd to 6th Classes) - Fri.
May 17th
Closed Friday
24th May – Voting for Local Elections
Closed Monday 3rd
June (Public Holiday) & Tuesday 4th June
School Tour (Junior Infants to 2nd classes) - Thurs. 20th June
Closing Thursday 27th June 2019
Wishing
you all a Happy Easter
Guímid
Cásca shona díbh go léir
From
all the staff at
Holy
Family N.S.
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