Special thanks to Shane Ryan who visited our school today to help our Active Schools Committee to officially open our Active Walkway.
Newsletter
Holy
Family National School,
Rathmore, Co. Kerry.
Tel.
064/7758492
e-mail
hfnsrathmorekerry@gmail.com
school blog: hfnsrathmorekerry
blog
8th
May, 2019
Dear
Parents,
PARENTS COMMITTEE UPDATE:
A big thank you to our Parents Committee who
organised a clothes collection in the school.
We received 1,120kg. of clothes.
The money raised will be used to purchase iPads for the school for station
teaching.
Remember it is because of the fundraising efforts of
our Parents Committee that we have been able to fund:
1) Instrumental music for two terms
2) Drama for 6 weeks up to Christmas
3) Gymnastics for five weeks
4) Contributing about €1000 to our swimming
lessons. As a result of Parents
Committee subvention we will be able to maintain a price of €35 for 6 weeks
swimming lessons i.e. for transport and swimming lessons.
Our annual Table Quiz was held on
Thurs 11th April and the total proceeds came to €597.50. It was very well attended and a great
success. Thank you to everyone who helped out on the night.
NO UNIFORM DAY
We held a
no uniform day fundraiser for ‘Féile’ on Friday 12th April. It raised €295.90. Thank you to all who supported it.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
A sincere thank you to all the parents for
their co-operation and willing participation in the First Communion ceremony on
Saturday, 4th May. We would
also like to thank the First Communion class teachers
Áine O’Donoghue and Brenda Moynihan. Thanks to Helen Dillane for conducting and
organising the choir, Maura O’Leary for the music and all the pupils who took
part in the choir. Thanks to all members of the staff who contributed to making
the day so special and of course not forgetting Fr. Anthony for making it such
a wonderful occasion for all.
SWIMMING LESSONS (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
& 6th Classes)
Swimming lessons commence on Thurs. May 9th
and continue on 16th, 23rd, 30th May and 6th
and 13th June.
DISCOVER PRIMARY SCIENCE
I would
like to thank the pupils and teachers for their efforts towards us achieving
the Discover Primary Science and Maths Award.
Our application has been submitted and we look forward to hearing good
news. Thank you to Paul Darmody who
visited the school as a guest speaker and thank you to Ms. Fitzgerald for
co-ordinating the project.
ACTIVE SCHOOLS
We are
currently celebrating Active Schools Week.
We had two educational and enjoyable visits from Angelina Foley and
three Special Olympians, Colm, Thomas and Aaron and Kerry footballer Aislinn
Desmond. Cynthia Daly from Gneeveguilla Athletic Club will visit on Thursday.
Thank you to the Active Schools Committee and co-ordinators Helen Dillane and
Áine O’Donoghue for their hard work.
SPRING CLEAN
In conjunction with the National Spring
Clean all of our classes take turns to carry out a weekly litter pick on the
school grounds. This forms part of our
on-going efforts to look after the environment.
Our Green Schools Committee are currently working towards Green Flag 7,
the theme is ‘Global Citizenship and Energy’.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOOTBALL SKILLS COMPETITION
Pádraig Moynihan, John Hughes and Daniel
Dineen represented the school in the East Kerry Skills Competition. Well done
to Daniel who qualified for and participated in the Individual County Skills
Well done to Pádraig Moynihan and Leah Daly
who represented the school in the Primary Game Trials recently.
BASKETBALL
The Boys Team got to the Final of the Easter
Blitz in Duagh losing narrowly to a strong Castleisland team. The girls and boys are currently
participating in the Super Sevens and we wish them well. Many thanks to Jameson Hughes, Miriam Moynihan
and Catherine Dillane for their assistance.
LIBRARY
The Mobile Library will come to our school
on this Thursday 9th May. The
library service visits the school once a fortnight.
LEE STRAND
We will be sending off tokens for free homework diaries for all the
students in May to Lee Strand. Again
this year every boy and girl will receive a free homework diary. A big thank you to all the boys and girls who
brought in tokens from milk cartons and plastic bottles over the year.
SCOIL LAITIARAIN
Scoil Laitiarain in Cullen will run an
Irish language summer school for 10-15 year olds from 1st to 12th
July, 2019. Forms available from our
school. For more information please contact
Mary O’Keeffe at 086 3021503.
SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICES
Please note that eye care,
hearing and dental services are available free of charge to all primary school
children. If you need any information
please contact the school.
SCHOOL
BLOG
Please log in to school blog frequently
where you will find links and information on Internet Safety, homework
etc. http://hfnsrathmorekerry.blogspot.ie/
DATES TO REMEMBER
Active Schools Week – Tuesday 7th to Friday 10th May
Swimming lessons commence
Thursday 9th 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
Graduation Ceremony - Tuesday
25th June
Closing Thursday 27th June 2019
Active 
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