APRIL
2007 NEWSLETTER
Dear Parents
Many thanks to
the parents who participated in the
recent Sacramental meetings and
services.
Congratulations to the P3 children
who made their First Penance
recently. Many thanks to Miss Walsh
for her efforts in the children’s
preparations.
Thank you to
everyone for the donations of Easter
eggs. The children will enjoy the
fun of the raffle whilst also
raising valuable funds for our
Easter charities.
QUIZ:
The Friends
of the School held another
successful quiz in the Halfway
House. Many thank to everyone who
attended, made donations of money
and prizes or helped in any way.
This week:A
reminder that school finishes at
11am on Thursday. The Easter Egg
Raffle will take place on Wednesday
morning and hopefully the Easter
Bunny will make a visit at some
stage this week and leave a trail
of eggs !!
Cross community Activities:
P4 and 5 enjoyed a wonderful one
night residential in the Ulster Folk
Museum last week. Many thanks to
Miss Cunningham and Colleen for
their help in the organization of
the trip and giving up their time to
accompany the children on the trip
Feis: Congratulations to
everyone who participated in the
recent Feis.
Refurbishment of toilets: The
toilets are nearly finished and
should be ready to use after the
Easter holidays. The toilets have
been an issue over the past few
years so it is great to have a
modern facility for our children In
addition the children will now have
access to cool fresh water at all
times. So please make sure each
child has a water bottle so that
they can access the water. We are
also having fresh water.
Enjoy the
Easter Break.
HURLING: Many
thanks to Glasdrumman GAC for
presenting us with a set of Indoor
Hurl’s. With Miss Fegan in school
they are being put to good use.
INTO 7’s
Congratulations to the Lower Mourne
team that qualified for the final of
the Down 7 a side competition.
Paddy, Martin and Gerard were the
representatives from our school.
Best of luck in the finals.
RECONCILIATION:
Father Peter held a penitential
service recently for P4-7 .
CONGRATULATIONS:
Congratulations to Mrs McEvoy and
her husband on the birth of their
son Sean. All are well and she can’t
wait to get back to work in
September!
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS:
Teachers are providing children with
the opportunity to improve their
skills in football,hurling/camogie,
netball and music.Please encourage
your children to attend the sessions
which are on after school on
Mondays,Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Clubs are open for P4-P7 pupils.
QUIZ:
The Friends
of the School held another
successful quiz in the Halfway
House. Many thank to everyone who
attended, made donations of money
and prizes or helped in any way.
Cross community Activities:
P4 and 5 enjoyed a wonderful one
night residential in the Ulster Folk
Museum last week. Many thanks to
Miss Cunningham and Colleen for
their help in the organization of
the trip and giving up their time to
accompany the children on the trip
St Columban’s
All Ireland Victory:
Congratulations
to St Columban’s on their
magnificent victory in the All
Ireland football final last weekend.
It was a magnificent achievement
and great to see four of our past
pupils involved namely Ryan Doran,
Jamie Carroll, Martin McGrath and
Shane Harrison. Hopefully we shall
get the chance to see the boys and
their cups in school over the next
few weeks.
Also
congratulations to another past
pupil ,Paul Quinn who narrowly lost
an All Ireland title in his title
fight in the Irish Youth Boxing
Championships last weekend.
