Bhí ranganna 1 go 4 I nGallaimh inné le haghaidh an féile drámaíocht. Táimid fíor bhuíoch don coiste an lá a athrú dúinn tar éis an droch aimsir.

Táimid fíor bhródúil as an dream uilig a ghlac páirt ar stáitse. Cómhgairdeas do na múinteoirí scoile go léir ach go mór mhór do Mrs. Reilly agus Mr. Rushe.

Fuair na drámaí árd mholadh ón móltóir agus thug sé mholadh speisíalta don chaideán ghaeilge atá ag na daltaí. Bhí said thar barr ar an stáitse agus ba chóir go mbéadh muid bródúil astu.

Go raibh maith agaibh freisin do na tuismitheoirí a bhogadh suas chun tacaíocht a thabhairt dúinn.

Well done to our latest students of the week. The teachers, when announcing their individual class winners spoke so highly of each of the pupils.

Some of the students chosen this week could get the award every week such is the standard of their work and application!

Other’s have made a huge improvement, displayed great maturity while continuing to work hard on area’s that they find difficult. One student was chosen in particular for their kindness towards another student who was upset and for a great improvement in their classwork and application.

Well done to all ,it really is lovely to see the ‘happy faces’ when the students names are called and positive way to end another busy week !

Another very busy week lies ahead, please take note of some important dates for your diary below.

Swimming:

Swimming began on Wednesday last. Thank you to all our Mums and Dads who ensured we arrived safely on time and to all our young swimmers who were so well-behaved in the pool. We hope they all enjoyed their lesson.
The remaining dates are as follows

Wednesday 4th March @ 10.a.m. and 11 a.m.
Wednesday 11th March @ 10.a.m. and 11 a.m.
Wednesday 18th March @10.a.m. and 11 a.m.
Wednesday 25th March @10.a.m. and 11 a.m.
Rang 1/2//5/6 Swimming on these dates at 10 a.m. leaving school at 9.10 a.m.
Rang 3/4 Swimming on these dates at 11 a.m. leaving school at 10.10 a.m.

Féile Scoldramaíocht:

Comhghairdeachas to the children from 1st to 4th Class who performed so well last week in Scoil Raifteiri, Castlebar with their respective plays. Táimid an bhrodúil as na páistí mar go n-oibríonn siad go crua agus go ndéanann gach duine a ndícheall agus iad ag foghlaim agus ag labhairt gaeilge.Buíochas mór le gach duine a chabhraigh linn chun na dramaí a chur ar siúl go háirithe Helen and Joseph McCafferty agus na múinteoirí. Rinne na paistí go hiontach and tá muid go léir ag dul tríd go Féile Scoldrámaíochta Chonnacht. Beidh Féile Scoldrámaíochta Chonnacht ar siúl i mbliana ar an 2ú Márta i Seanscoil Sailearna in Indreabhán(Invern Co Galway), Co. na Gaillimhe. The children from Rang 1/2/3/4 will take part in the Connaught Drama Festival on Tuesday next March 2nd and will be on stage at 12.40 and 1.10 pm respectively.

Parents Association

The next meeting of our Parents Association will take place on Wednesday evening (March 4th) at 8.30 p.m.
We thanks all our parents as always for their continued support and interest in our school.

You Shall Be My Witness:

On Monday evening next March 4th our Confirmation students from 5th and 6th Class will begin the preparatory programme ‘ You Shall Be My Witness’ here in school at 7.45 pm . All the candidates have received a letter from Fr.Johnston outlining the programme. Reminder the enrolment ceremony will take place tomorrow evening at the 8pm mass.

Enrolment Day:

We are now accepting enrolment applications for the 2015/16 school year. Enrolment forms are available by calling our school secretary, Geraldine, at 094-9254905 in the school office, by email at office@stattractasns.ie;or alternatively you can download a copy of our enrolment form from the homepage of our school website listed below.
We will be holding an open afternoon on Friday March 20th at 2 p.m. and we very much look forward to meeting our new students and their parents/guardians.

Mrs Reilly’s First and Second Class put lots of work into these beautiful St.Valentine’s Day cards and send lots of love to their families on St. Valentine’s Day.

We hope you all have a lovely Day!!

On Thursday Feb 12th the children of 4th, 5th & 6th attended a Magical Science Show in GMIT Castlebar. This show was a wonderful opportunity for the children to experience the wonder of science and all its wonder. A number of children were chosen as volunteers to take an active part in the science experiments. There were loud bangs, weird smells and lots of smoke to add to the amazing show. Children got to see how many household items can be used in science experiments and also how science helps us to do amny tasks on a daily basis.
We learned about gravity and how it helps us stay on the ground and not float off into space. We look at balance and how we all like to feel safe and secure. We took part in an experiment involving magnets and looked at the strength of various types.
We experimented with water and its properties. We also look at how gas is all around us. It even come out of us at both ends !!! The children particularly enjoyed an experiment involving Peppa Pig and it showed that all animals produce methane gas! Now that was interesting.
We hope that this show will help our children to get involved in science and become the scientists of the future.
The main points were to enjoy science but to always be safe, use protective clothing/goggles when doing experiment’s and finally to always seek permission from a parent or guardian.

Yesterday afternoon all the teachers mentioned how pleased they were with the efforts of their students throughout the past week. Not alone with our important curricular areas but also with the many extra curricular projects we are involved in.
We learned of great work throughout the classes with our Green School’s project, all our students are preparing very well for our latest application. We heard how Rang 1/2,3/4 are working so hard for the Féile Dramaíochta, Rang 5/6 are focusing on their Junior Entrepreneur project and preparing for Engineering Week which will take place next week. We spoke of the great work that is ongoing in our Junior Classes, this week they had a visiting presenter who was bowled over by the depth of their interest and knowledge and finally well done to Senior Infants and First class who have created their class blog which is just fantastic !! Maith sibh!

Our students of the week this week were chosen for a variety of reasons; consistently working hard in class, listening well and putting their hand up, while respecting others to another student making huge progress across the subject areas in recent weeks.
Others consistently and continuously put themselves forward through their hard work, attention to detail and concern for others and this week it was lovely to see a selection of these students rewarded. We were delighted to learn also of students who have matured greatly, happy to wait their turn, always very conscious and thoughtful of others. These students continue to set a wonderful example in their class grouping.

Well done to each and everyone of this week’s ‘Students of the Week’! As always very much deserved!

Finally two important events that we’ve been asked to remind you about in the coming week.

Community Games

The Annual General Meeting will take place on Monday February 9th at 8 pm in the Sports Complex. The committee have appealed to families that may have an interest in the Annual Track and Field events as it is important to finalise what events will be entered this year.

Story Time

Starting this Tuesday February 10th there will be story time at the library at 4pm. This will continue every Tuesday. All are welcome/

Congratulations to Ms.Sloyan and the girls and boys of Senior Infant and First Class who have created a wonderful class blog.

This blog provides us all with a great opportunity to view and learn about the fantastic work that is ongoing in Ms.Sloyan’s room, where every student is working very hard.

We look forward to following this work on the link below in the coming weeks and month. We hope to have a new home for the blog shortly on our homepage which will make it easier to access. For now just copy the address below to your browser and you will access the blog!

http://seniorfirstcharlestown.blogspot.ie/

Maith sibh!!