Thursday March 3rd: PTA after-school art continues.
Friday March 4th: PTA coffee morning, 9am. All are welcome. (‘The 1st and 3rd Friday of every month.’)
Tuesday March 8th: MMR & 4-in-1 vaccinations for some Junior Infants. (Letters were posted directly to parents by the HSE. Contact the Immunisation Office with any queries: 053 92 43289.)
Thursday 10th March, from 9am: School Photos. Every child will be included in Class Photos, (unless parents specifically request otherwise in writing.) For individual (or family) portraits return ‘Image Masters Studio’ form to the office. Please note that there is no obligation on parents or guardians to purchase any photographs.
Evening Class for Parents and Guardians: ‘helping your child with Maths.’
Primary School Maths (focusing on parts of the 5th-6th class maths curriculum) with Andrew Murray, 7-8pm beginning Tuesday March 8th. €20 for 4 Tuesdays. Brush up on some rusty maths skills: fractions, percentages, decimals, etc. Help children with the transition from 3rd/4th class maths to 5th/6th class maths.
Bookings (first-come-first-served) through the school office. Please place full payment in an envelope marked with your name, contact number, amount and course booked. Minimum number of participants: 8. Last day to book: tomorrow, March 4th.
School Disco: many thanks to the children on our School Council and the parent volunteers for all their work
Seachtain na Gaeilge (SnaG:) (Irish language week) There are many SnaG events and activities for the children to look forward: Radió SnaG will broadcast throughout the school at 10.20am daily, SnaG assemblies, Léamh le Chéile and Ceolchoirm Beag. Also, work for ‘ticéidí glasa’ (green tickets) by using the Irish language as much as possible. We’d be delighted to hear from some set-dancing or music-playing parents – please speak with Grace (who teaches 2nd class) or leave a message with Bernie in the office.
Another highlight for the children… ‘Damhsathon,’ Wednesday March 9th. Each class will be allocated a time slot and they need to ‘keep dancing.’ Suggested donation: €2 per child, in aid of Courtown Lifeboat Station.
Also: for pupils and parents… Trath na gCeist Boird (table quiz,) Tuesday March 15th, 7pm. All are welcome. Mixed teams of 4 or 5 pupils and parents can be arranged on the night. Prizes and spot-prizes!
Gorey St. Patrick’s Day parade: Parent group working on our parade entry every morning: drop in… help needed. Theme = outer space.
Keep thinking about (optional) costumes or crafts you and/or your child could wear on the day: black clothes with tinfoil stars attached, homemade alien masks or head gear, costumes that your child may already have (Buzz Lightyear, etc.) Families could also bring their own bubbles or bubble machines.
All are welcome on the day itself: 2.45pm, Thursday March 17th. We hope to be one of the biggest, loudest and most colourful parade groups again this year. Further details to follow.
Parking on school grounds: don’t block other cars. (The ‘set-down’ areas are for drop-off and pick-up only: stay with your vehicle. Thanks.)
