Dear Parents/Guardians,

The school build will commence on Monday, 7th December 2015.  Children will not be permitted to use the side entrance at tower they usually use when entering the school, while the build is ongoing.

Junior and Senior Infants classes will enter the school through the Main Entrance (beside the office) each day.

1st, 2nd, 3rd and Mr. Donovan’s 6th class will enter the school through the unused side gate to the right of the main entrance (carpark) and enter their classrooms through the Fire Exit doors at the rear of the school.

4th, 5th and Mr. Fitzgerald’s 6th class will enter the school through the old entrance to centre of school.

Reminder:

The gates will open at the usual time 9:50am in the mornings.  Please note that children are not supervised before that time and there is no responsibility for their safety.  We are asking parents not to drop their children off before this time.  This will be particularly important throughout the building project.

Thank you for you co-operation and continued support.

The following are the notices for the week 30th December 2015.  These are subject to change:

Wednesday 2/12/15:

This is the deadline for the St. V. De Paul “Gift Tree” and “Food Appeal” collection, so please send in any donations you may have to this worthy cause.  Thank you to all families who have donated items to these appeals.

There will be Basketball matches for boys and girls in the school @ 11am, weather permitting!!

The photographer for the school calendar will be attending the school to take class photographs, so ALL pupils must wear their full uniform on the day.  Tracksuits can be brought in by children who are doing P.E. or playing basketball on the day.

Thursday 3/12/15:

All children will be going home @ 1:35pm to facilitate a staff meeting.

Playball will be on @ 1:35pm for all children in the one session

Sunday 6/12/15:

The children from the school choir will be singing carols at the Village Christmas Tree and Crib Lighting at 5:30pm.  All parents/guardians are welcome to attend.

Monday 7/12/15:

We have just received confirmation that the “New Build” will start on 7th December.  Every effort has been made to ensure the safety of children during this time, however we are asking all Parents/Guardians to be patient as there will be times when some parking will not be available.  This is an exciting project and hopefully any inconvenience caused will be worthwhile and we ask you to be extra vigilant of children when dropping and collecting from the school.  We also are trying to keep the loss of car parking spaces to a minimum, but  some inconvenience in this regard will be inevitable.  We will keep you informed of progress of build throughout the project.  Details of new entering and exiting will be sent to you before Friday.

Thank you for your continued support.

We are asking children to bring in a Christmas Tree Bauble to decorate out Christmas tree in the school.  All baubles brought in will be returned on the last day of term, before the Christmas Holidays Tuesday, 22nd December 2015.

Please find the link below for the Rainbows Programme being held in Allen Parish in January 2016.  Please fill out the form and return to the school by Friday, 27th November as they need to be collected by Olive Heuston.  Forms are available from the office.

Rainbows In Allen Parish

Unfortunately, the photographer is unavailable on this Friday for to take the class photographs. This will be arranged for another day and we will give you notice of same.

There will be a photographer in the school on this Friday, 27th November to take class photographs for a Christmas Calendar.  Can ALL pupils please wear their full school uniform, they can bring in a tracksuit to change into later if they have P.E. on the day.

Thank you Tommy Mullaney for the new Jerseys. They worked a treat for our U11 Boys team who are county champions.
Well done boys, keep up the good work!!

Notices for week 16/11/15:
Tuesday, 17/11/15:
Basketball training for boys 5th & 6th class after school from 2:45pm to 3:45pm.
There is no basketball training for girls.