MAY
2008 NEWSLETTER
Dear Parents
P4 enjoyed a
lovely day for their First
Communion. Many thanks to everyone
who made the day so special for
them.
May is a very
busy months so please make note of
the dates as there are a number of
trips and events in the upcoming
weeks.
Enjoy the term.
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday 5th May School
Holiday
Friday 25th May School
Development Day - Assessment
Monday 28th May SCHOOL
HOLIDAY
Tuesday 29th May P7 “I’m
Special Your Special Workshop”
Monday 4th June Staff Development
Day – Catholic Ethos
Wednesday 6th June 7.30pm
in Annalong Community Centre for
next years P1 Parents regarding the
Revised Curriculum
Friday 8th June Sports
Day (Provisional)
INSPECTION
The school is
undergoing an Inspection by the
Department of Education on the 27th
and 28th May. Each family
should receive a short questionnaire
which they should complete and
return in the SAE by the 16th
May. All positive comments about the
school would be greatly
appreciated!!
School
Development Plan:
The current 3 Year Plan is now
coming to a close. We are beginning
our process of reflection and
looking forward. With this in mind
we shall be shortly issuing you
with questionnaires to collect your
opinions and views across a range
of ischool issues.
FOOTBALL
The football team
played well in the recent games
against Cabra and Dechomet.
Unfortunately they were too strong
for our team.
Congratulations to Glasdrumman GAC
on winning the Local Community award
from Newry and Mourne Council.
OPUS Photos. P7 children
recently had their photos taken in a
totally different way from the usual
school photos. The results were
amazing and if you get the chance
try to see some of them.
We
intend to bring the company back in
the autumn so that families or
groups can have the opportunity to
have their photos taken in a very
professional and classy manner. The
school will also receive commission
from the venture.
Sacred Heart Presentation Tralee.
Our partner school from Kerry
are heading north in June and are
having a residential in Rostrevor.
Our older children will join them
for a day’s and nights activities
and then the girls will visit the
school on the 11th June .
We hope to organise some fun
activities and refreshments for the
girls during the visit. More details
later.
Balloon Race;
The school shall be holding another
balloon race in early June. We hope
to raise over £1000 which will help
fund new equipment
Tesco Vouchers:
Last week saw the arrival of a
number of items of new playtime
equipment for lunchtimes. Why don’t
you ask the children what their
favourites are.
EMU TRIPS:
Tue 14th –Fri 18th
P6/7 SHARE Residential in Fermanagh
Early June P1-P3 EMU Trip to
Beach and sport activity days for
all classes
Thank You:
On behalf of my wife and myself I
would like to thank everyone for
their kind thoughts and gestures
over the past few weeks following
the birth of the boys, Mal and
Finn.
P7 Confirmation
Confirmation takes place on
Wednesday 22nd May at
11am.
Only those children singing in the
choir should attend school on that
day. P7 children should make their
way to the church .
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. Any
outstanding money should be paid by
Wednesday 7th May
Uniform:
A
short reminder that it is important
that children should be wearing
their uniform at all times. Many
thanks to everyone for their support
in this.
Orders for
next years uniform shall be sent out
shortly.
INTO SEVENS : Well done to
the boys who reached the semifinals
of the INTO Football Sevens playing
for the Lower Mourne team. They were
beaten by the eventual county
finalists Castlewellan and Burren.
UNIFORMS:
Please make sure that all uniform
orders are in by the 18th
May.
Recycling
Clothes : 90 bags of clothes were
recently collected resulting in a
cheque of £180 for school funds.
We are now
looking for old mobile phones and
used printer cartridges. Thank you.
CULTRA
RESIDENTIAL:
P4 and P5 enjoyed a
lovely one night stay at h
their friends from Newcastle. They
were busy baking bread, printing and
ceilidh dancing. Many thanks to Miss
Cunningham and Colleen who
accompanied them on the trip. Have a
look at the display in the entrance
hall if you get a chance.
