NEWSLETTER MARCH 2018

The rescheduled first confession will now take place on Monday 16^th of April in Moville at 7.00pm.   ___________________________________________________

A reminder that the school will be closed this Friday, 9^th March to allow staff to gain training on new Child protection regulations. As St. Patrick’s day falls on a Saturday this year the school will closed on Monday 19^th as it is a bank holiday. The Easter holidays run from Monday 26^th of March to Friday 6^st of April. School reopens on Monday 9^th of April.

____________________________________________________The parent’s association will be holding a meeting in the school next Tuesday 13^th of March at 7.30pm to formally elect a new committee. We urge as many parents as possible to attend.   ___________________________________________________

Well done to all children in 3rd and 4th class who are now currently partaking in swimming lessons. They are all making great progress and enjoying every single moment of it. Please note 3rd and 4^th class complete their 7 week block on Wednesday 14^th of March. 5^th and 6^th class will commence their 8 week block of swimming on Wednesday 21^st of March. 

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The girls soccer team are currently taking part in the Inishowen 6-a-side league. They have been doing the school proud and have put in some spirited performances to date.

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It is vital that all parents inform their teachers in relation to any medication that their child is taking in school. The school generally advocates the self-administration of medicines (eg. inhalers) under the supervision of a responsible adult.  Please consult our Administration of medicines policy, available on our website www.scoilcholmcille.ie  

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A reminder that it is important that children are on time each morning.   Please note that any child not in school by 10.30am has to be marked absent, irrespective of any notes to teacher stating that they will be in afterwards. This is due to our new electronic roll books.

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As part of Seachtain na Gaeilge next week there are a number of activities taking place. Rang a 5 agus a 6 will be attending a tráth na gceist at Gaelscoil Cois Feabhail on Wednesday 14th. Meanwhile there will be a Ceolchoirm on Thursday 15^th. On Friday 16^th we have our Lá Glas. All children will be asked to dress in green and the children will partake in a Céilí Mor in the school yard.  ____________________________________________________

Our rescheduled World Book Day 2018 will take place tomorrow, Thursday 8^th of March. All children are encouraged to take part by dressing up as their favourite book character or coming to school in their pyjamas with their favourite book under their arm. A reminder too of our World book day photograph competition. All children are invited to have a photograph taken of them reading in an unusual place and emailed to scoilcholmcillewbd@gmail.com. All entrants will be entered into a draw for a £10 Easons book voucher.   ___________________________________________________

Is mise le meas

Karol Lynch

School Principal

Please note that school reopens as normal tomorrow (March 5th). Cant wait to here about all the craic that was had!!!

Due to poor weather conditions last week our training day for child protection will now take place this Friday.  School will be closed this Friday 9^th of March for children. Staff will be undertaking training on Child Safeguarding and reviewing our child protection procedures within the school as well as drawing up a new safeguarding statement. Thank you for your understanding.

World book day will now take placed on Thursday 8^th of March. All children taking part can dress up as their favourite book character or alternatively come to school in their pyjamas with their favourite book under their arm. Thanks to everyone who has taken part in the World book day competition by taking a photo of their child reading in an unusual place. All entrants will go into a draw for a €10 book voucher. Take your photos and email to scoilcholmcillewbd@gmail.com

The book fair in the school will run from today, Monday 5^th  until Thursday 8^th,  from2pm-4pm in the GP room.  Parents are welcome to browse and purchase books on display.

Dear parent/guardian a reminder that the school will close on Friday 2^nd of March so teachers can complete training in relation to child protection.

Thursday 1^st of March is world book day. As usual to celebrate we invite all children to come to school on that day dressed as their favourite character from a book. Another option is to come dressed in your pyjamas with a book under your arm! We hope to put up some photographs of children reading in unusual places on our website. We invite all parents to photograph your child reading a book in an unusual place and email their photo to scoilcholmcillewbd@gmail.com. If you’re looking for some inspiration you can check out www.scoilcholmcille.ie for some photos that were sent in last year. All entrants will be entered into a draw for a book voucher.

A reminder that our rescheduled open night for incoming Junior Infants 2018 will now take place  on Wednesday 28^th of February from 6pm-7pm. Let’s hope for better weather!!

Patsy Cavanagh will put on a performance/workshop this year for the school on Tuesday 27^th of February in the GP hall. Last year the children really enjoyed his depiction of the battle of Clontarf with Brian Boru and the Vikings. This year’s theme is Emigration and I’m sure that it will prove to be both educational and enjoyable for the children. In order to cover the cost of the performance/workshop we ask for a €1.50 contribution from all children.