22/11/2016
Dear Parent/Guardian
Please note the
following information-
Student Council Movie Night -this Thursday- 2 e
per child.
·
Drop off
at 6.30 to classroom and pick up at 7.45. Please note it may take a little time
checking kids in and out.
·
Children
may wear pj’s and bring cushions with them if they wish.
·
Children
may bring a treat
·
Student
Council were deciding on movies and will give me a final list tomorrow. All
movies will be G and will not be PG rated movies
·
As it is
dark very early we ask that children are dropped off and collected by
an adult/that parents group together to organise supervision to and from
the school.
Sam Maguire Cup
·
Sam is
coming to the school on Thursday morning with Neil our GAA coach! If children
can wear blue or Dublin colours-we will get a picture with each class grouping.
Xmas Appeal
·
The PC
and the Student Council were discussing charities for this year’s appeal. The
Student Council are checking up with Dublin based charities to find out what
their needs are with the hope that children will donate a small item to the
charity that they will choose.
·
The
charities work with the homeless and we will be covering this with the children
before Xmas.
Parking-
Can I remind parents
not to park on the roundabout, including days when it is wet-it is very
frustrating and unfair on other parents but is also a health and safety issue.
Science Week
All children were
involved in different experiments and activities during Science Week. The older children in 5th and 6th
class were involved in the Intel Science Competition. They worked on
their own or in groups and developed a range of projects from sound insulation ,to
health/effects of diet etc.
Huge work and more
importantly practical hands on learning came from their projects as they
carried out experiments and wrote up their findings . All the children were
commended by the judges but in particular the judges highly commended some of
the 4th class children-Diego, Daniela, Yasmin and Alicia.
Only one project
progresses to the next stage. This group had a really interesting project which
included coding and related to sensors and traffic lights-well done August,
Narrotam, Lochlan and Vedh from Colum’s class and we hope they do
well in the next round!
Marathon
The children in 6th
class were involved in running a marathon over a period of time from when
they came back to school and finishing up last Sunday. It was a great achievement!
Well done Karl and his
class for all their hard work. This project was initiated by DCC. It was
unfortunate that DCC held the final event on a Sunday as not all the children could
attend for the last run, but they put in fantastic effort right throughout. Not
many adults can say they ran a marathon in primary school!
The PC will be
looking into a History Project based on our school/families. There will be a
need for volunteers who may have some interest in history.
Topic/themes/ideas
will need to be discussed but it could be a very interesting project where we
learn about each other. Some staff have already expressed interest and will
join the group. More info to follow
Reminder-Food
Fair-St Vincent’s GAA Club, Malahide Road De 2nd-6pm-8pm-more info to follow
from the Parent Council.
Thanks to the PC for
their continuous hard work/support to the school
Other dates this
week-
BOM meeting-tomorrow
night
Staff Meeting-this
Thursday straight after school
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