Category: General School Information

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Local Mini 7’s Final’s 2017

Well done to our Girls and Boys teams who today competed in the Local Finals of the Mini 7’s in Charlestown. Both our teams gave fantastic accounts of themselves, with many of our students experiencing the thrill of wearing their school jersey for the first time.

As with our Cross Country preparation earlier this term, we were delighted with the progress of the students, each of the children played their hearts out and gave their all! Comhghairdeachas to our Girls team who progressed to the area finals which will be played after our Mid Term break against St.Attracta’s Ballaghaderreen and commiserations to our Boys who as we mentioned tried their very best and were competitive in both of their games.

A special word of thanks to all at Charlestown G.A.A. for organising and supporting today’s games, particularly given the weather conditions. Finally and indeed most importantly a huge thank you and well done to all the local participating schools who played such a part in ensuring it was a very enjoyable morning. There are so many talented footballers in this area that the children can only look forward to having great days together wearing their club colours.

Maith sibh go léir!

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Ms.Sloyan’s First Class Participate in the Ireland Eye Study

We were delighted to welcome Ms. Síofra Harrington Senior Lecturer at National Optometry Centre in Dublin to our school this morning. Síofra visited the girls and boys from Ms.Sloyan’s First Class as part of their participation in the Ireland Eye Study. This study is the first national study examining the health of children’s eyes. More than 1,500 schoolchildren across the country aged six-seven and 12-13 years are participating in this Study.

We were delighted to take part in the study and well done to all Ms. Sloyan’s students who really were on their best behaviour! Maith sibh!

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Best of luck Mr.Rushe and Kilmovee Shamrocks

Best of luck to Mr.Rushe and Kilmovee Shamrocks who tonight play Moy Davitts in the County Junior B Final at the Connaught GAA Centre of Excellence in Bekan.

Mr.Rushe has given huge service and commitment to his club over many years and we hope that tonight will prove memorable for him and all his teammates. Our connections do not stop with Mr.Rushe, Ms.Anne Sweeney’s son Ciarán is playing this evening, her husband Neil is also a selector on a management team with Séan and Martin Mulvaney past pupils of our school.

It is twenty seven years (1990) since Kilmovee last appeared in a County Final, they have yet to be successful at adult level, all of us here in St. Attracta’s wish them well and hope that changes this evening!

The sporting weekend does not end tonight. Best of luck also to Ms.Yvonne Keegan who’s beloved Kiltimagh play in the County Intermediate Final on Sunday in McHale Park. Ms Keegan’s brother Tomás is an important member of the Kiltimagh squad who go into battle again against Moy Davitts at 1.30pm. Finally to Mrs Reilly and Paddy who will be supporting Tourlestrane on Sunday in the Sligo County Final.

Lots to look forward to here in St.Attracta’s over the weekend. We hope we have many happy faces here with us on Monday morning!

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Halloween Fancy Dress Disco Friday October 27th

Halloween Fancy Dress:

Our Parent’s Association are hosting our annual fancy dress Halloween Party with a Halloween Disco Fundraiser on Friday, October 27th in the CBD Complex at 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

This promises to be a very exciting and fun evening. Any fancy dress costume is acceptable on the night! Parents are welcome to come, dress up and join in the fun and see the children in their costumes. We will have our annual Fancy Dress Runway at this event. Admission is €5 or €10 per family. Refreshments will be available from our Parents Association at a very small cost!

We look forward to seeing you all there! As always we thank our Parents Association for all their hard work and support.

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School Closure: Tuesday October 17th

The National Emergency Coordination Group and the Department of Education and skills have instructed that all schools remain closed Tuesday 17th. We re-open on Wednesday morning October 18th. We hope that all our pupils, families and staff are safe and well.

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School Closure Monday October 16th: Status Red Weather Alert

As a result of the status Red Weather Alert and acting on the latest advice from the Dept. of Education, in the interests of health and safety for all our students, families and staff we will remain closed tomorrow Monday 16th October and re-open on Tuesday morning October 17th. Take care everyone!

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Mayo Day 2017

Our preparations continued for Sunday’s All Ireland Final with a fantastic morning this morning in school earlier.

All the children and staff came dressed to support their team ensuring our classrooms, corridors and yards were a sea of green and red.

We had a ‘ Ceilí mór amuigh sa chlós’ with stirring renditions of ‘The Green and Red of Mayo’ and Bring Sam Home. A special word of thanks to all our parents who helped with the preparations at home and of course to Mr.Rushe who co-ordinated events this morning.

It was fantastic that all our students were with us for the first time , Ms.Duffy’s, class joined us for what turned out to be a very enjoyable and fun morning.

Finally we hope you all enjoy Sunday’s game. We wish our past pupil Tom Parsons well. We are so proud of his achievements and are very hopeful in the coming weeks that we will have the pleasure of welcoming him back with Sam Maguire to his alma mater.

Maigh Eo abú!

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Up for the Match!

What a morning we had in school welcoming RTE’s Mike McCartney and past Mayo stars and parents of students in our school John Casey and Aidan Higgins.

Their visit was part of a recording for a segment on RTE’s Radio’s Drivetime show this evening (Friday 15th) between 5.30 and 7pm.

Mike interviewed Aidan and John and visited Mr.Rushe’s 6th Class, Ms.Henry’s 5th Class and Mr.Clarke’s 3rd/4th Class taking the views and opinions of our wonderfully informed students!

Mike was very generous with his time telling us all about being a reporter working with RTE and what it is like working on match days.

We concluded our morning with a fantastic ‘Up for the Match’ discussion where John and Aidan shared their experiences of playing for Mayo in All Ireland Finals, the build up to these games, the morning of the match, the parade and the game itself.

Young and old really enjoyed this!

A very special word of thanks to Aidan, John and Mike for their patience and openness with the children. We look forward to tuning into Radio One this evening! Up Mayo!

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Second and Third Class School Tour : Horizon Westport

Last week the children from 2nd & 3rd class headed off with great excitement for their school tour to Horizon Outdoor Activity Centre in Westport. Mr Rushe, Mrs McCafferty and 32 eager children departed Charlestown at 8:30am for the short trip to Westport. The weather was forecast to be dry and hot so sun cream and shades were the order of the day. The children arrived at the Activity Centre and were met by staff members who brought us to our information meeting. We were briefed on the 6 activities that the children would be taking part in and also about the safety procedures of the centre. Then it was off for a day of fun and memories.

Each child got to take part in archery, rock climbing, trampoline aeroball, high rope climbing, fencing and a blindfolded trust activity. There were lots of cheers, laughter, screams and high jinks as the children got stuck into each activity. As always we were so proud of the excellent behaviour of our children.

We arrived back at the school at 5:20pm tired, dirty but very happy. A sincere thanks to all the parents for helping make the day a success and for having the children ready for action.