Month: January 2019

We are eagerly looking forward to greeting you all! Traditionally, Feb 1st is regarded as the first day of Spring, but after a mild December/January, it looks like winter has finally arrived. That didn’t stop parents, teachers and children from gathering rushes and making hundreds of beautiful crosses all this week. Huge thanks to MrDamien, Ms Gillian, Mr Paul for great enthusiasm and patience sa halla! Many thanks too to the two Reed Fairies who delivered sackfuls!So, parents and grandparents, please come. Fr. Sean looks forward to giving you all a very special blessing.

We are all well settled into our routine and very busy. Everyone enjoyed the Christmas break but we were equally glad to meet up with friends and colleagues. A lot has happened in the last fortnight. Take a look at some of our recent activities. Our afterschool Lego Club is fully subscribed and we hope to provide a club thereafter for other classes. Mr Damien is delighted with donations and the children are really looking forward to it. Three of our staff attended Lexia.uk course last week and we now have 60 children trialling this highly acclaimed literacy software. Each child’s progress is pitched at their own personal level and progress is tracked in phonics, spellings, comprehension. So far, so good! Other evening courses attended this January were GDPR Compliance, Standardised Testing and Management. The children are equally busy, especially our fabulous Junior Infants. They grow so quickly! They are still our little stars! Special thanks are due to Sixth Class pupils who take turns playing with them in the junior yard.