NOVEMBER
2005 NEWSLETTER
Welcome Back
We welcome back
Mrs McEvoy to the school following
her maternity. So instead of two
little people to look after she now
has a lot more to look after with
the boys and girls in P1 and
Reception class.
With Mrs McEvoy
coming back we said good bye to Miss
Hanna. She really enjoyed herself in
St Mary’s over the past year and we
thank her and wish her well in her
future career.
We hope the
children enjoyed their mid term
break and return refreshed for the
run up to Christmas.
The teachers have
been busy recently undergoing 2 Days
of Numeracy Training. Children will
undoubtedly benefit from this and in
St Mary’s we aim to keep pace with
educational change as and when it
happens.
IMPORTANT DATES
Holidays Thursday 8th
December
Friday 23rd
December(Half Day) - Monday 9th
January
Late Opening 11:30 am on Friday
11th and 25th
November
Due to
the Transfer Examination
School Quiz Friday 11th
November- Half Way House @930pm
Pantomime Wednesday 14th
December
Operation
Christmas Child:
We shall be
repeating this worthwhile activity
again this year. As most of you know
we ask you to make up shoe boxes
containing a variety of small gifts
for needy children in areas such as
Eastern Europe and the old Soviet
Bloc countries.
Information
leaflets will be dispersed shortly
and all presents should be returned
as soon as possible. They will be
collected from the school in the
third week of November. Thank you
Halloween :
The children enjoyed a range of
seasonal activities including
ducking for apples, ghost stories
and even pancakes with maple syrup.
Thank you to everyone who sent in
sweets, etc for our party.
Donation for Cross Community Trips
Thank
you to those families who have
already sent in their £5 donation.
We would really appreciate all other
donations to be returned as soon as
possible. We really do need this
money in order to maintain the
present level of trips.
CLUBS:
After school clubs will soon
finish for the winter months.The
last session will be week beginning
14th November
CONGRATULATIONS:
Well done to Glasdrumman CLG on
winning Division 3. Some of the club
members visited the school recently
and received a great reception from
the children. They also presented us
with two new footballs. Thank you.
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS
All orders have been sent away. Late
orders may be ordered by families
through the website of the
Photograph company involved i.e
Tempest Details are on the order
pack. Due to a change in ordering
procedure we are unable to deal with
any late orders.
Pupil Records
We
sent out data collection sheets at
the start of the month for a range
of data including mobile numbers,
medical information, permission for
trips and internet use. Please
complete and return as soon as
possible as we would like to keep
our records up to date. Thank You
The Annual
Raffle:
The raffle will take place at our
Quiz Night on the 11th November in
the Half Way House.
Our Quiz Master
will be Mr Tony Bannon and a good
night’s entertainment is promised.
Please come along and support our
school.
Please try to
sell the allocated tickets and all
returns should be made by Wednesday
9th November.
Thank You
A
reminder that meals increased to
£1.55 and Snacks increased to 90p at
the start of this school year
PANTOMIME:
The school shall be attending the
Pantomime “ Jack and the Beanstalk”
on Wednesday 14th
December. As in previous years the
FOSA have paid for the transport to
Belfast. If you would like your
child to attend it will cost £6.50.
Reception are welcome to go but must
be accompanied by an adult. There
will probably be some places for
adults to travel to the show .
Please indicate on your childs reply
if you wish to travel. Do not send
any money yet until final numbers
can be verified. You shall be
receiving a more detailed later
soon.
Christmas Production: It is
the turn of Key Stage 1 to put on
the Christmas Show this year. We
look forward to their performance
with great anticipation
Good
Bye : The school recently said
good bye to our dinner time
supervisor Martina McCabe. Martina
has served the school well over the
past number of years and we thank
her for her time with us. We wish
her well for the future.
US Trip
I
recently spent a few days in the USA
visiting our partner schools in
Portville and Wellsville in upstate
New York. It was extremely
interesting and informative with the
highlight being a video conference
in which I was able to communicate
with my own class P6/7 from the
distance learning lab in New York.
The class had prepared a video
diary describing various aspects of
life around Glasdrumman and the two
classes also swapped “Care Boxes”
which contained a variety of items
including football jerseys,, sweets,
magazines etc. The project will
allow our children continue to
develop a wider awareness of the
people and cultures that share this
world with us.
