MAY
2006 NEWSLETTER
EMU TRIPS:
Tue 23 May P1/2@ Newcastle PS for
Art Workshop
Thu 25 May P3@ Newcastle PS for Art
Workshop
Thu 1 June P1/2@ Newcastle PS for
Art Workshop
Thu 8 June P3@ Newcastle PS for Art
Workshop
UNIFORMS:
Please make sure that all uniform
orders are in by the end of this
week.
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS: After
school clubs have started again for
P4 – P7. Please encourage your child
to attend these activities
DAIRY COUNCIL: P6 and 7
enjoyed an informative and
interesting presentation from the
above organization on the subject of
Healthy eating
P7 SHARE Trip:
A kit list and arrangements will be
sent out this week for the upcoming
residential with Newcastle PS.
Hopefully the weather will be
pleasant for the week.
P7
Confirmation
Fri
12th May Sacrament of
Confirmation in St Joseph’s at 12
noon. School will close at 11am on
that morning. It would be helpful if
parents could collect their children
at this time. There will be an early
lunch.
Holy Communion Preparation Sunday
14th May
P4
children are invited to attend
either 10am Mass in St Mary’s or
11am Mass in St Joseph’s. There
will be a special Homily for the
children and they will sit in
reserved seats at the front of the
church. They will also be invited to
join Fr Peter and Fr Harry on the
altar during the celebration of the
Eucharist. Please make the school
aware of which Mass your child will
be attending
GRIDCLUB
This is an excellent website which
is ideal for primary school
children. The school has subscribed
to the site and this enables
children to use the site at home.
Instructions are as follows.
Go to the website
at
www.gridclub.com and log on to
the Grid Club Learning Centre –
Games and Activities. You will need
to type in the Username and Password
for access. These are both in lower
case
USERNAME: stm937
PASSWORD: bt344qn
If you have any
problems please contact the school.
Newcastle Lions: Thank you to
the Lions for their kind donation of
£250. They are highlighting
“Stranger Danger” through a poster
competition. Two posters will be
chosen and featured in a Calendar
FOOTBALL
Congratulations
to the football team who started off
their league with a 5-3 to 3-3 win
over Moneydarragh last week. Let’s
hope they can keep up the good form
for the upcoming matches.
IMPORTANT DATES
Friday 12th May
Confirmation at Noon in St Joseph’s
School closes at 11am in order to
facilitate with this important event
Sunday 14th May Special
Mass for Holy Communion children
Tuesday 23rd May P1/2 EMU
Art Workshop
Thursday 25th May P3 EMU
Art Workshop
Friday 26th May School
Development Day - Assessment
Monday 29th May SCHOOL
HOLIDAY
Thursday 1st June P1/2
EMU Art Workshop
Saturday 3rd June First
Communion in St Joseph’s
Wednesday 7th June Sports
Day
Thursday 8th P3 EMU Art
Workshop
Friday 9th June School
Development Day –Revised
Curriculum/Child Protection
Friday 23rd June Prize
giving Day
CONFIRMATION Friday 12th
May
School closes at 11am.
P7 children are not to attend school
on that morning.
P6 children who are in the choir can
go home after the service.
Parents and guests who are attending
the Confirmation Service should
arrive early.
Healthy Break
times:
A short reminder that milk and water
are the only drinks allowed at break
time. Please do not send in any
fruit drinks or yoghurt drinks.
Thank you.
SPORTS
DAY
Sports Day has
been provisionally booked for
Wednesday 7th June.
TOKENS
We
are also collecting tokens for the
Irish News Trip to Croke Park and
Tesco Vouchers for schools
Dear Parents
Thank you to
everyone who contributed to the fund
raising during Lent whether it was a
money contribution or one of the 120
eggs that were donated for the
Easter raffle. A figure of around
£600 has been raised for our Lenten
charities- Trocaire and Heartstart.
P7 and P4 are
looking forward to Confirmation and
First Communion and thank you for
your help in their preparation for
these Sacraments.
Please make note of the dates as
there are a number of trips and
events in the upcoming weeks.
