September Newsletter

School Fund

Thank you to all our parents who have already submitted their School Fund. If you have not already done so, please forward it to the school office. A contribution of £20 per child or £30 per family is requested.

First Penance

First Penance for our P4 children will take place on Thursday 16^th October at 7pm in the Church of St Therese. Children should be seated by 6.50pm. A date for First Communion is yet to be confirmed.

Maths Puzzle Challenge

The Happy Puzzle Company will visit our school on Wednesday 1^st October and Thursday 2^nd October.

The idea of the programme is to give the pupils the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned during the day, whilst adding new challenges for the whole family to solve.

On Wednesdy  1^st October from 7.00pm there will be a Parents and Family puzzle evening in the school hall. Please note places are limited to 120 participants only. Thank you to our PTA for helping to fund the event.

Cancer Awareness Pink Day

The school will host a Pink Day on Friday 3^rd October for Cancer Awareness. All children may wear something pink or their own clothes on the day and parents are asked to donate a £1 to Macmillan Cancer Support.  

Coffee Morning

Our annual PTA coffee morning will take place in the school assembly hall on Friday 3^rd October from 9.00am to 11.00am. All parents are invited to attend especially our new parents in P1 and pre-school to meet memebrs of our PTA and memebrs of staff.

Parent Information Meetings

Thank you to all our parents who were able to attend the Parent Information Meetings last week. The postponed P1/ P2 Information Meeting will take place in the school hall on Thursday 2^nd October from 7.00pm.

PTA AGM

Thank you to all our parents and staff who were able to attend the recent PTA Annual General Meeting. It was good to see such a large turnout.

At the PTA AGM the following committee members were proposed and seconded.

Chairperson (shared role) – Fran McEvoy & Marilyn McGinley

Vice Chairperson - Sarah Tugwell

Secretary - Michelle McKee
Treasurer -  Karen Turner

Thank you to our outgoing Committee for their tireless work and endeavour throughout 2013/14. This is greatly appreciated by all the children, parents, staff and Board of Governors.

Parent Teacher Meetings

Please note Parent Teacher Meetings will take place on Monday 27^th and Tuesday 28^th October from 9.00am.

School Closures

School will be closed for children from Monday 27^th October to Friday 1^st November (inclusive) for the midterm break.

Fit To Dance

Our  annual fundraiser, this year,  will take the form of a ‘Fit to Dance’ challenge on Thursday 23^rd and Friday 24^th October. Each child will be issued a sponsorship form prior to the event. On return of the sponsor form and sponsor money each child will be entered into a school raffle.  With your support we hope there will be a great response to our school’s fundraising event.

Confirmation

This year’s Confirmation for our P7 children will take place on Sunday 19^th April at 3pm in the Church of St Therese.

Halloween Disco

A Halloween Disco organised by our PTA, will take place in the school hall on Friday 24^th October from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. Admission £3.

Football Team Victory

Congratulations to the school football team on winning the EVO 7-Aside tournament at Cheney Park last week.

The boys performed fantastically winning all their games during the tournament. The final with Bridge Primary was a tight affair with St Mary’s winning 1-0. 

Well done to all the boys who played fantastically well but a special mention for Captain Donal Scullion, Daniel McGivern and Taylor Hill who all had an excellent tournament.

School Certificates

Congratulations to Maria Jablonska, Calum Irvine, Tyler Gorman, Dylan Thompson, Aimee Gribben, Beth Johnson, Jonathon Burke, Madison Cairns, Lily Conlon, Darerca Vint, Eve Montague, Patrycja Fabich, Jane McQuaid, Nicolas Guerrero, Denis Kerr, Ryan Meara, Thomas Cunningham, Ellie Gibbs, Helen Vaughan, Issac Tugwell, Darerca Vint, Riley Cull, Maria Convery,  and Fergal Scullion on being awarded a class certificate for good work during the week commencing Monday 22^nd September.

Congratulations to Evie Ward, Lydia Newbert, Callum Clement, Ryse Berry, Katie McAlorum, Jake McAleenan, Thomas McGrath, Thaii Berry, Emily King, Seana Berry, Isaac Tugwell, Aimee Turner, Amy McPolin, Aine McCorry,Ellie Gibbs, Connor Hussey, Calvin Stokes, Robert Lorencs, Lee-Thomas Smyth, Olivia White,Fionntan Keenan,  Paris Dolan and Aoife Gallagher on being awarded a class certificate for good work during the week commencing Monday 15^th September.

Congratulations to Patryk Bebenkowski,Jonathon McGrath, Sorcha Boersma, Amy Glendinning, Patrick Kennedy, Niamh Norris, Cara Henning, Charlie Lennon, Ciaran Mone, Connor McKee, Niall Simpson and  Niamh McNally on being awarded a class certificate for good work during the week commencing Monday 8^th   September.