Christmas Newsletter

“Nollaig Shona Daoibh go léir”

Dear Parents,
We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy Christmas and a peaceful new year. Thank you for all your support and encouragement during the last few months. As you will see from this newsletter things have been very busy! We would like to thank the students and all the staff for their dedication and hard work . The students are lucky to have such talented and hard working teachers! We have been very busy preparing for the Christmas Plays to ensure they will be a resounding success. We would also like to thank the parents for helping children with their lines, making costumes, you’ve been a real support. We’ve some amazingly talented children, they have worked so hard and their enthusiasm is infectious. I’m sure the ‘bright lights’ beckon for some in the future!

Important Christmas Concert Information

Our Christmas concerts will take place on Thursday 19th December.
Ms. Murphy’s class will start at 5.00 pm sharp, with Mr. Fitzgerald’s class following after a short break at 5.40. Finally Ms O Grady and Mr Donovan’s class will start at 6.15 pm. Unfortunately our hall is not big enough to accommodate all parents at one time, so in order that everyone is given a chance to see their own child, we are asking parents to leave seats free to front of hall for parents of the Junior Infant children. These parents are asked to leave with their children at the end of the Junior Infant concert, leaving seats free for the next concert. Parents of Ms O Grady and Mr Donovan’s class are asked to wait until the first 2 plays are finished before taking their seats. In the past the hall has been filled very quickly with older children from the village who are not related to children performing. While we would love to accommodate everyone who would like to see the show, we simply do not have the room, and with this in mind we are only admitting children under 16 who are with their families. There will be parking available to back of the school and we are asking parents to take extra care when moving in or out of parking spaces as there will be a lot of very excited children around during this time.
We are all looking forward to a great night and with your co-operation everyone should get to see their children perform in comfort.
Thank you in anticipation

Digital Schools of Distinction
We have just heard that Robertstown National School has been the first school in Co. Kildare to be awarded the much sought after” Digital School of Distinction” award.
This is not an easy award to achieve and we would like to thank staff, children, parents and Board of Management for their support in helping us.
The children’s knowledge in this area received very high praise on day of inspection.. We will post the written report as soon as it arrives
Well done everyone!!!

Head Lice Outbreak
There has been an outbreak of head lice in the school. Head lice are spread mostly by direct head-to-head contact. The sharing of hats, combs, and other hair accessories can also spread head lice, but this is not common. Anyone can get head lice. A head lice infestation has nothing to do with cleanliness or parenting skills.

It is important that all parents check their children when they return from school. If you find that your child has head lice please begin treatment as soon as possible with a medicated head lice product available from any pharmacy. Prompt action is required to ensure more children don’t get head lice.

Public Heath Nurse is in the process of setting up two week head lice blitz, when we have more information we will let you know.

Christmas Carol Service
On 1st of December we had a lovely Christmas Carol Service. It was great to see so many children, staff and parents support this. We would like to give a special thanks to Jenny Ennis and Claire Magrane who have been working hard with the choir. The choir sounded beautiful and have worked very hard over the past few weeks so well done all in the choir. Santa arrived to applause, cheers and chanting. A very enjoyable evening was had by all and everyone was feeling very festive and Christmassy after it.

Giving Tree

Many thanks to everyone who brought in a gift for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Giving Tree. People have been very generous. Please drop unwrapped gifts into Ms. Stynes in the morning. Last day for gifts is Friday December 13th.