January

Newsletter

Our Lady of Lourdes

National School

Slieverue

Tel. 832339

 

 


Parent /Teacher meetings.

Please note that the dates for Parent/Teacher meetings will be on Mon. & Tues. 13th & 14th February. Please avail of this opportunity to meet with your child's teacher and discuss progress etc.  We urge you to attend at the time which will be allotted to you shortly.

Attendance

Our new starting time seems to be working very well.  Grateful thanks to all parents and teachers for your co-operation in adjusting to this new timetable.  Please try to have all children in school at 9.a.m.  as children who arrive late may feel embarrassed as attention can be focused on them.

Reasons for pupils' absences must be communicated in writing, by parents/guardians to the school and will be retained by the school. To facilitate this, such communications should be on a separate page or sheet of paper.  (Not in Homework Diary).  If a child is absent, when the child returns to school s/he should give a written note to the class teacher which contains the child's name, the dates of absence and the reason for the absence. These notes will form a record which may be inspected by the Education Welfare Officer on a visit to the school. 

 

Need a spare jumper???

There has been an accumulation of jumpers/tracksuit tops/jackets since the last school year and the first term this year which are too good to give to the charity shop.  If you wish to avail of any spare clothing, items will be on display in the General Purpose room from 2 o'clock tomorrow for the week.  These items can be collected before or after school.

 

Fundraising

We are delighted to let you know that €1009 was raised by the 6th class Christmas Bring and Buy Sale.   Well done to all who contributed and helped.  This money will go towards the refurbishment of the new Parish Hall.

 

Credit Union Quiz

Children from senior classes will be participating in the Waterford Credit Union Schools Quiz on Mon. February 6th in Dooley's Hotel, Waterford.  All teams should be in the hotel at 7.15 p.m. in school uniform.

School Enrolment

Parents / parishioners who wish to send their child to Slieverue National School in September 2012 and who haven't already done so should register their child immediately please. All children born on or before 30th September 2008 are eligible to start school this year. Please register your child immediately as a large number have already registered.

 

Congratulations to our past pupils

Congratulations to our past pupil Peter Kenny who was a recipient of the 2011 All Ireland Scholarship Third Level Education Award which was sponsored by J.P. McManus.  Peter achieved excellent results in his Leaving Cert.

We also congratulate Dr Breda Lynch, Slieverue who recently published her first book on the history of the Cistercian Monasteries.   The book is called “ The Cistercians – a Monastic Landscape”.  Well done Breda.

We love to hear news of our past pupils. 

 

New Board of Management

We have now in place our new Board of Management.  The eight members include: – Chairperson Fr. Corcoran, Parents' nominees:  Michael  Freyne and Emma Mulligan. Bishop's nominee : Noreen Dempsey. Teacher's nominee: Ms.  F. Hayden.  Community representatives:  Michael Keane and Keira Doyle.  Principal: K. Grant.   We wish them well for the coming term.

 

Congratulations

Congratulations to Ms Guilly on the birth of her baby son Nathan and also to Ms  Brennan on the birth of her baby daughter Molly.  We wish them all the very best of health and happiness for the future.

 

Monday Choir

Monday after school choir will continue as usual until Easter.  Choir finishes at 3.30 p.m.

 

 

 

Diary Dates

 

Mon. Feb. 6th:

Credit Union Quiz

Mon. & Tues. 13th & 14th Feb.

Parent / Teacher meetings.

 

Thurs. & Fri. 16th & 17th  Feb.

Mid-term break.

Tuesday Feb. 21st

R.S.E. meeting for 5th & 6th class parents at 7.30 p.m.

Wed. March 7th

First Confession  7.30 p.m.

Mon. March 19th 

Public holiday  - school closed.

Fri. March 30th

Easter holidays – return Mon. April 16th

Tues. 15th May

Retreat  in Peace in Christ, Kilkenny for Confirmation class.

Sun. May 20th

First Communion.

Sat. June 2nd

Confirmation for 6th class.

Mon. & Tues. June 4th & 5th

School closed.

Wed. June 27th

Summer holidays.

 

“Ar scáth a cheile a mhaireann na daoine”

(People live by helping each other)