Scoil Ursula N.S.

19th March 2010

Parent Circular

A chairde,

Some items for your information:

GAA Mini-Sevens: Congratulations to the Girls’ and Boys’ Mini-Sevens Football Teams who did very well recently in a Blitz Event in Calry. The Girls’ Team qualified for the next stage by winning all of their matches while the Boys Team lost out narrowly to the eventual winners. A big thank you to both coaches, Ms Murphy & Ms. Caffrey. The girls will play their semi-final in Ballintogher next Thursday.
Tennis Coaching: Tennis Coaching Workshops for 2 to 6 classes take place tomorrow, the 23 of March. All equipment will be supplied by the coach, Olwyn O’ Toole.
Easter Holidays: The school will close for the Easter Holidays this Friday, 26 of March at 12:30pm to facilitate the swimming) and we reopen on Monday, April 12. An Easter Egg Hunt will take place on the day of the Holidays. A big thank you to the Parents’ Association for organising this event.
Súgradh le Chéile: Also on the day of the Holidays, 1 Class children and their parents will be participating in creative play workshop called Súgradh le Chéile. Thank you to Ms Greavy and Mrs Kernan for arranging this worthwhile event.
Lilac Day: This year’s Lilac Day will take place on Friday, March 26 (also on the day of the Easter Holidays). This is a No-Uniform Day and children are asked to wear lilac to school and to make a voluntary contribution. All proceeds will go to the Bláthnaid Foley Memorial Cancer Trust Fund.
Mobile Phones: We are continuing to collect old mobile phones to acquire ICT equipment for the school. Please send in any old phones you have and perhaps you could encourage people in your workplace to donate also.
Tesco Tokens: We are, again this year, collecting Tesco Tokens to acquire Sports and ICT equipment for the school. This is in no way to endorse Tesco as a brand name above other supermarkets. However, if you do already shop in Tesco, we would appreciate it, if you would send in the tokens to the school. Thank you to Ms Murphy and her 5 class for overseeing this venture.
Lá Gaeilge: Tá Seactain na Gaeilge linn arís agus bí Lá Gaeilge mait againn sa scoil de Máirt seo caite le Ceolcoirm íontac le na ranganna sóisreaca & a gcairde agus Tráth na gCeist taitneamac do na ranganna sinsreaca! Buíocas mór do gac duine a d’ullmaig agus a glac páirt sa ceiliúradh idir páistí agus múinteoirí!
Greenschools: Our Greenschools Campaign for our 4 Green Flag continues apace under the direction of Mrs Mc Nabola, Bridget Doherty and their hardworking Greenschools Committee. Parents are asked to encourage their children to participate in our Walk on Wednesday (WOW) events where feasible (next one this Wednesday). We also have Cycle Training organised for 6 classes on Thursday March 25. Our assessment takes place on Monday, April the 19.
World Book Day: We had a very successful World Book Day Event on Thursday, the 4 of March. Thank you to all who dressed up on the day and to the PA for their generous donation of Book Token prizes!
Write-a-Book Project: Congratulations to our two 2 Classes who took part in the Write-a-Book recently. The books they produced were all fantastic and thank you to their teachers, Ms O’ Keeffe and Mrs Smyth, who put in so much work with the children. The writer, Frank Wynne, gave a talk to the pupils on Friday week and discussed their work. A presentation ceremony took place last Friday evening in the Education Centre, where Róisín Martin and Paulina Bak received their Special Merit Awards from popular children’s author, Brianóg Brady Dawson. Well done girls!!
Tag Rugby: The pupils of 6 class took part in a Tag Rugby Extravaganza in Sligo IT last Friday. Our four teams played three games each and all remained unbeaten throughout a very enjoyable event. Thank you to their teachers, Ms. McGrenaghan and Ms Caffrey, for looking after them during the day.
Open Day: The Open Day for new enrolees to the school will take place on Wednesday, the 14 of April. Please let us know if you have anyone starting in September.
Website: Keep up to date with the latest school news on www.scoilursula.com and a big thank you to our Webmaster, Ms Carr.
Le meas,

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Tony Gallagher, Principal.