7^th January 2016 

Dear Parents and Guardians / A Thuismitheoirí agus a Chaomhnóirí,

Athbhlian Faoi Mhaise Daoibh – Happy New Year to you all!

Today is Christmas Day in Ethiopia, it is called Ganna. Thanks to Tariku in Junior Infants, who brought in a bun for every child in his class, some bunting and a poster about Ganna. Families celebrate by gathering and eating together, no gifts are exchanged.

After school choir will begin with Sorcha next Monday from 2.30-3.35pm.  30 places will be offered on a first-come first-served basis from 3^rd to 6^th class. If your child is interested they must let Sorcha know by the end of the school day tomorrow. Spanish classes will continue from next Thursday. Religion classes for 1^st and 5^th will commence again at the start of February.

Our value for the month of January is Fairness.  We will be linking this with the upcoming Fair Trade fortnight during February and March.

There are still some School Calendars available for sale from Karen’s office.

Frása na Seachtaine:  Dia Duit (junior infants to 2^nd class)

Cen sort lá atá ann? – Tá sé fluich/tirim (3^rd to 6^thclasses)

Le meas,

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Róisín Conlon,

Príomh Oide

PTA NEWS

We hope you all had a lovely break and are all set for spring term.

The PTA will meet for the first time in 2016 next Wednesday at 7pm and if you have anything you would like to raise with the PTA please email us at [email protected] or speak to your class rep. We will meet the FIRST Wednesday of every month going forward but we are also in regular email contact between meetings, so don’t hesitate to get in touch with us whenever needed.

We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our outgoing teacher rep Susan for all her hard work over the past year and to welcome new teacher rep Katherine – we look forward to working with you over the coming year.