A huge THANK YOU to everyone you helped make today a very memorable and enjoyable school tour. Here are a few pictures from the day.
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Congratulations to all the boys and girls in Second class who celebrated their First Confession today.
Newsletter
Holy Family National School,
Rathmore, Co. Kerry.
Tel. 064/7758492 Mobile: 0861806018
e-mailhfnsrathmorekerry@gmail.com
http://hfnsrathmorekerry.blogspot.ie
16th
June 2021
Dear Parents,
FIRST CONFESSION
Fr. Pat will celebrate First
Confession with the boys and girls in Second Class on this Friday 18th
June at 10.30am in our outdoor classroom. The boys and girls are eagerly
awaiting and have been well prepared by Ms. Julie O’Mahony their teacher. May they continue to receive God’s
forgiveness and love in the years ahead.
SCHOOL TOUR
/ SPORTS DAY
We have fun filled days arranged for each class on this
Thursday June 17th for our Sports Day and Wed. 23rd June
for School Tour Day.To defray the cost of both days we had a no uniform day
last Friday which realised €665 – Thank you for your generous donations. The costs involved for both days comes to
approx. €1400. We are asking each family
to contribute €5. Please put money in an
envelope and give to class teacher. Thank You.
Dates for Communion and
Confirmation Ceremonies 2021
Message
from Fr. Pat:
Dear Parents/ Guardians,
Though Government
regulations allow for First Communion and Confirmation in July, many families
have already planned to be away during that month. Therefore, it is felt that the autumn option
is the most suitable for all.
Please see below the proposed
dates.
Please Note:
Given that we don't know what guidelines will apply at that time, please work
on the presumption that attendance will be confined to the Parents/ Guardians
of the child and their siblings.
Sacrament of
Confirmation:
Confirmation Practice 1: Friday Sept 3rd 1p.m Rathmore
Church
Confirmation Practice 2: Friday Sept 10th 1p.m Rathmore
Church
Celebration of the
Sacrament of Confirmation:
Saturday Sept 18th 11am Confirmation 1st Session
Sept 18th 2pm Confirmation 2nd Session
Only
one ceremony at 11am if regulations at that time allow.
First Communion
Saturday Sept 25th 11am Holy
Family First Communion (Boys)
2p.m Holy Family First Communion (Girls)
Only
one ceremony at 12 noon if regulations allow.
BOOKLISTS
Booklists will be finalised this week and given to the pupils. We are asking for €35 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 2020, or you may prefer to pay
in full in September. There is a maximum charge of €60 per family.
The oldest member of each family should pay this to their class teacher. We
also have the E-payments 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.
BOOK RENTAL
Please
ensure that your children return all books and other school property to their
class teacher before Friday 25th June.
LEE
STRAND
We
have registered for homework diaries for all students from 2nd to 6th
classes. We will submit the tokens in
August when we will collect the diaries from Lee Strand. A big thank you to all the boys and girls
who have been bringing in tokens from Lee Strand milk cartons over the
year. We are starting to collect tokens
for next year’s journals. And during the
summer continue to collect Lee Strand tokens and you can bring them in
September.
FAREWELL TO
6TH CLASS BOYS AND GIRLS
We wish the 14 girls and 20 boys who are moving from
6th class, good health and the Grace of God in the years ahead.
Boys: Oskar Borowiak
Girls: Eimear Barron
Ben Carmody Christina Cronin
Cathal Casey Lily Daly
Evan Cronin Áine
Fitzpatrick
Cian Fitzgerald Ava Kelleher
Jakub Hyciek Christine Moynihan
James Mahoney Melissa Murphy
Cillian Miley Daria Nowak
Damian Moynihan Marcelina Nowak
Cian O’Connell Rachel O’Connor
Daniel O’Connor AoibhínnO’Donoghue
David O’Donoghue Rachel Rahilly
Eoin O’Sullivan Sarah Sheahan
Jamie O’Sullivan Karolina
Toporowska
SzymonPopielski
DawidRapacz-Kruk
Krzysztof Silski
Paul Togher
Jonatan Zajda
Alan
Zheng
SIXTH CLASS
GRADUATION
Weather permitting
we intend to take our Sixth Class pupils on a Graduation Walk to Shrone Lake on
Thurs. 24th June. Fr. Pat
will also join us for a Prayer Service.
We look forward to this special day out with the Sixth Class pupils.
OUTDOOR
CLASSROOM AND SENSORY TRAIL
We are absolutely
delighted to be able to make use of our outdoor classroom at last. This beautiful addition to the school was
made possible by the wonderful generosity of our main sponsor Reen’s Garage who
donated €1000. Rentokil Pest Control
Ireland also donated €500. We thank them
sincerely. We have added a variety of
equipment constructed by Danny Kelleher and Don Casey. Benny Moss and Denis Kelleher volunteered
their time to help with assembling. Many
students have been busy weeding and painting to create this beautiful space. See pictures on the blog. Huge thanks to all and to the SET team and
SNAs who researched, planned and co-ordinated the project to date. We look forward to carrying out further
developments over the summer that will ensure we can use this area all year
round.
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ROOF WORKS
We are really pleased to be nearing completion of the final phase of our
school re-roofing. I would like to thank
Brian Fleming who completed Phase 1 and Tommie Finnegan for their work on this
project. We appreciate that they carried
it out with minimum disruption to the pupils and staff. July will see us commence the resurfacing of
the playground at the rear of the school and commencement of our new additional
classroom.
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. We added sports equipment and will lay the new
playground markings on the new courts over the summer.
SCHOOL UNIFORM
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 & O’Keeffe’s Drapery & Footwear,
Ballydesmond. You may wish to purchase an additional generic navy top
(unlabeled, round neck sweatshirts - available from numerous outlets in the
area). These can be worn with the school crested tracksuit to allow for
additional washing if you wish. 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. Please ensure that jumpers,
cardigans and jackets are marked with child’s name.
OLD SCHOOL UNIFORMS
If you have old school uniforms and they are in reasonable condition, we
would be delighted if you could bring them to the school.
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/
NEWSLETTER
BY EMAIL
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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.
POLAND - FAMILIES
RETURNING
We
have a number of families returning to Poland after spending the last number of
years with us. We appreciate the
contribution they have made to our school and wish them all the best for the
future. Go néirí an bóthar libh (Irish Blessing meaning “Safe Travel”).
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations and best wishes to Ms Catherine Dillane on the
birth of her baby girl, Katie in May 2021.
SUMMER HOLIDAYS
We will be closing for Summer Holidays on Friday June 25th at
12 noon.
School will re-open on Monday 30th August.
CALENDAR FOR
2021-22
School
opens Monday 30th August 2021
Closed Monday 25th October to
Friday 29th October (Mid Term)
Closed Wed. December 8th
Closing Wednesday 22nd December at
12:00 to Wednesday 5th January, 2022 (Christmas holidays)
Re-opening
Thursday 6th January, 2022
Closed Thursday 24th and Friday 25th
February (Mid-Term)
Closed Thursday 17th March (Public
Holiday) and Friday 18th March
Closed Monday 11th April to Friday
22nd April (Easter Holidays)
Re-opening
Monday 25th April, 2022
Closed Monday 2nd May (Public
Holiday)
Closed Monday 6th June (Public
Holiday)
Closing Friday 24th June for Summer
Holidays
We wish everybody a
happy, sun filled and safe summer holiday
Paul and Staff
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